The Ad Gentes Centre of the Divine Word Missionaries, where the XI General Chapter will take place, is located in Nemi (Rome). Let’s have a look to this wonderful town in the Roman Castels area.

The Ad Gentes Centre of the Divine Word Missionaries, where the XI General Chapter will take place, is located in Nemi (Rome). Let’s have a look to this wonderful town in the Roman Castels area.
Monday, 10 September from 9.15 onwards each organism presented their report in the form of a market place which was a new and creative idea. The report was presented in different places in power points, graphs, brochures, charts, pictures and various cultural items of the place putting into evidence the journey of each organism, the success, challenges faced and the future vision. This has helped ...
We are almost concluding the study of work document during these last days and now we are about to prepare the Acts of the Chapter which will guide us in our missionary life for the coming six years. With immense joy and profound gratitude for the journey made together during this XI General Chapter, we conclude with the thanksgiving eucharistic celebration on Saturday 29 at 16.30 hours.. Cardinal...
The communities of Rome have welcomed the proposal of the General Direction of praying creatively for the forth-coming General Chapter. With this intention a pilgrimage was organized on 27th May Sunday. Following the footsteps of the traditional route of the Roman pilgrims, about 23 km along the “7 Churches” – the Basilicas of the city, we walked, prayed and offered the pilgr...
Today we started the work on the revised text of our Constitutions. We gathered in the Chapter hall for a short introduction session where the members of the commission for the constitutions presented the important/main modifications done. We proceeded for the personal study and the sharing in the groups divided according to the language Italian, English and Portuguese. Sr. Micheline invited us to...
Sunday 16 September we had a day off together in Tuscania, a little town in province of Viterbo. On monday 17 September we started the study session about Instrumetum laboris, that will guide decisions for the next six years.
Here is the first of some interviews with the delegates of the XI General Chapter….What do they expect from this Chapter? Which are their desires? Sr. Julia Adinawe, born in Papua New Guinea and now in North Africa as a missionary sister of the Immaculate, has been invited to participate at the Chapter to represent PNG. In this interview – in english – you can find her point of v...
After having concluded the elective session and having spent the Sunday leisurely, Monday 24 we took up the study of the work document in view of preparing the Acts of the Chapter.
The XI General Chapter has been concluded on 29 afternoon at 16.30 with the thanksgiving eucharistic celebration presided over by Card. Fernando Filoni, Prefect of the Congregation for Evangelization of People.