INTRODUCTION “All these with one accord devoted themselves to prayer, together with the women and Mary the mother of Jesus, and with his brothers” (Acts 1:14). In preparation for the Solemnity of Pentecost and the Feast of Mary, Queen of the Apostles, we gather "spiritually" in the Upper Room. Together with Mary and the Apostles, we confidently invoke the gift of the Holy Spirit upon the entire world. On this spiritual journey, we will be guided by the teachings of our Founder. His words, addressed especially to the Daughters of St. Paul, will help us know, love, and spread devotion to Mary in her title as Queen of the Apostles: the one who first gave Jesus to the world. This Novena takes on a special meaning this year: we wish to entrust the Congregation's journey of this six-year term to Mary's maternal intercession. We place in her hands the Chapter Direction, the fruit of our Twelfth General Chapter, and the profound needs of a humanity awaiting pe...
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