Two audiobooks to prepare you for the Church Synod.
We have been invited by Pope Francis to embark on a journey together towards a synodal church, to reflect together on how we can live communion,
actively participate, and open ourself to mission amidst the complexities of the world today.
As an aid for this synod, a highly recommended book
is Pope Francis’ encyclical on fraternity and social friendship,
Fratelli Tutti, now available as an audio book.
Also newly released as an audio book is Nostra Aetate,
the ever relevant Vatican II document on our relationship with other religions.
Both available on audible, audiobooks and wherever great books are heard!
Listen to sample of both books on Audible or Audiobooks Nostra Aetate
We are happy to announce a new rosary recording with scripture readings
- available on CD, USB, online streaming platforms including spotify and apple music.
Listen to the sample clips below.
A cookbook by the Daughters of St Paul
Heavenly Voices Concert DVD
As part of our fundraising efforts for a new convent,
a souvenir DVD of our Heavenly Voices Centennial Concert
will be given as a gift for donations of $20 and above.
UPDATE: THIS IS CURRENTLY OUT OF STOCK!
WE THANK YOU ALL FOR YOUR WONDERFUL SUPPORT!
This video was recorded by Sr Theresa Lim, fsp
Also recorded by Jeanette Kong at http://youtu.be/6sSt_bvcn0Q
"We are One" is the first track from the CD, "Unconditional" which is available for a minimum donation of S$10.
All proceeds go to the Daughters of St Paul Building Fund in Singapore.
Also available at Apostolate of the Media, Church of the Risen Christ, Toa Payoh.
We are one
Our Publications
My Prayers to God with Love and Joy
By Bruno Forte & Antonio Tarzia, 64 pages, $6.50
2nd print by Daughters of St Paul, Singapore, 2013
Sample pages:
For orders, please email pauline.fsp@gmail.com with your name, contact number, address and quantity required.
NOTES FROM KENYA - A Missionary's Experience
Notes from Kenya - A Missionary’s Experience by Sister Wendy Ooi, fsp
Reviewed by Christopher Smith
The world is continually changing, and the Daughters of St Paul, an international community of religious women, has made it its mission to propagate the Gospel using modern forms of communication. In doing so it has needed to acquire the skills necessary for working with modern media, from a knowledge of studio recording methods for producing CDs and DVDs through to the computing skills necessary for developing websites and establishing a presence within social media, such as Facebook. A new type of nun is clearly required for such work, and one such person is Sister Wendy Ooi, the author of Notes from Kenya, who, some years ago, left her work with the Singapore Broadcasting Corporation to take up her vocation with the Daughters of St Paul.
Sister Wendy’s most recent posting, five years ago, was to Nairobi, the capital of the East African country of Kenya. During her time there she kept in touch with distant friends and colleagues through the medium of an on-line ‘blog’, or diary, as a means of letting them know what she was doing, and that blog forms the basis for her book, Notes from Kenya - A Missionary’s Experience, now embellished with additional photographs and text.
The focus of Sister Wendy’s work in Nairobi was working for the audiovisual or ‘AV’ sector of the Paulines, and she describes in the book the production of CDs like the Heart of Peace, a collection of peace songs produced in response to the regional violence there, and the production of DVDs on subjects such as the Stations of the Cross and the Parables.
But this book, far from being a dry description of Sr Wendy’s working routine, provides a complete and colourful picture of all aspects of her life throughout her five years in Kenya.
She describes the relationship between the convent and the local community, with subjects ranging from outreach work in nearby villages through to the sometimes surprising cultural differences that she encountered in attending gatherings like local funerals.
She doesn’t shy away from discussing difficult subjects, with reflections on the extreme tribal violence that was widespread on her arrival in Kenya, the kidnappings of fellow Sisters and the murder of a Priest, and the extreme poverty faced by locals on Nairobi’s doorstep, in the Kibera slum.
Scattered throughout the book are Sister Wendy’s reflections on her cultural and religious influences, from literary figures of the past through to contemporary performers like Suzanne Vega. Sister Wendy experienced her own taste of fame when, after producing one CD, Unconditional, she found herself mobbed by admirers in search of her autograph!
During her time in Nairobi she would make a point of meeting up with fellow ex-pats and, by chance, VIPs - Prime Ministers, Ambassadors and Nuncios included - to celebrate Singaporean and Malaysian National and Independence days, and a feast of a time was had by all.
On the few occasions when she was able to take leave from the convent Sister Wendy took the opportunity to venture away from Nairobi, on safari in the Great African Rift Valley. The book is lavishly illustrated with over three hundred of Sister Wendy’s personal photographs, many of them covering the wildlife and landscapes that she encountered on those expeditions. The book has been designed by Sister Wendy herself, and the care with which she has created it, with special African-themed graphics throughout, has resulted in a book that is a pleasure to behold.
I began by saying that Sister Wendy, with her modern media skills, was a new type of nun, but the truth is that she is only one of many, each bringing their own skills and abilities by way of adaptation to the ever-changing world. With Notes from Kenya Sister Wendy has successfully captured the life of just one ‘modern nun’, and has illustrated, with good humour, how it is possible to maintain the more conventional roles of a nun while, at the same time, actively participating in the modern world
(Priced at S$18. Available at Apostolate of the Media bookshop, Church of the Risen Christ, and selected parishes in Singapore. Online orders please write to pauline.fsp@gmail.com Sales proceeds go to the Pauline Mission in Mozambique, Africa.)
