Christmas Letter 2024 "Hope does not disappoint

"It was the mystery of Christmas that converted me," says Father Chevrier. That's why this feast is so important in the Pradosian tradition. Every year, the General Director, Armando Pasqualotto, and his assistants, Luc Lalire and Sergio Braga, send a Christmas letter to all the Pradosians around the world. At the end of ...

Celebration of the birth of Prado in France and around the world

10 December is a key date for Pradosians around the world, who each year celebrate the birth of the institute founded in 1860. On the programme for this 164th anniversary, moments of prayer and fraternity, but above all an edition in memory of a distinguished member of the Prado family, Alfred ANCEL, superior of ...

Pilgrimage to Prado by the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament - USA

Photo above: from left to right Father Armando Pasqualotto (General Director of the Institute of the Priests of Prado), Brother John Thomas Lane (Provincial Superior of the Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament) and Father Luc Lalire (First Assistant of the Institute of the Priests of Prado). On Tuesday 12 November 2024, those in charge of Prado General had the honour of welcoming Brother John Thomas Lane, Provincial Superior of the Congregation of the ...

Meeting with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Secretary of State of the Holy See and visit to the Dicastery for the Evangelisation of Peoples - Rome

Photo above: In the centre, Cardinal Pietro PAROLIN surrounded by the members of the Prado General Council with, from left to right, Fathers José Maria TORTOSA, Damiano MEDA, Diego MARTIN PEÑAS, Joseph NIKIEMA, then Armando PASQUALOTTO, Bienvenu BABINDAMA KOKANI, Sergio BRAGA DOS SANTOS NETO and Luc LALIRE. Audience with Cardinal Pietro Parolin, ...

Colloquium on Mission and Vocation of the Laity - Rome

From 9 to 13 October 2024, a conference was held on The mission and vocation of the laity in a synodal Church, a reflection on the importance and mission of the apostolate of the laity according to the Second Vatican Council (Lumen Gentium 31, Gaudium et Spes 43, Apostolicam Actuositatem 1). This congress, organised by the International Movement ...