The third annual meeting of Institute of St. Vincent Pallotti in Rome, held on 17 June 2010, reflected on the theme: "Collaboration among the priests, consecrated persons and lay faithful in the vision of Pallotti". After specifying the significance f the word "collaboration", the speaker, Fr. Stanisław Stawicki SAC, affirmed that St. Vincent Pallotti proposed and sustained a "Theology of Relationship". According to him, in fact, there is no love, neither human nor divine, without relationship between persons, and since God is love, He is the model, the origin, and the end of every relationship. In the world of today, which is so fragmented, it is not easy to maintain united the contrasting realities. In the opinion of the speaker, if the religious, priests and lay faithful want to remain in a state of relationship, they must take care of such relationships. St. Vincent Pallotti cared much about these relationships: he desired to construct networks of communion among the charisms and worked for unity among the religious. Therefore, he tried to embrace all the spiritualities of the 18th Century, and made every effort to know, love and serve the Lord in all the Congregations. This saint tried, besides, not only to promote communion among the secular, regular clergies as well as the religious, but also wanted to be a "unifying point" between the clergy and the lay people, both men and women.
In conclusion, Stanisław Stawicki SAC, invited the Pallottines to reflect seriously on one aspect of their priestly identity, that is, to be "a bridge between the secular and regular clergy in the Church of God". He also reminded that the formation should be always in the spirit of the foundation. In order to take care of our relationships, we need to undertake common and regular formation programs right from the beginning; indeed, we need to "form together" not only occasionally, but regularly, for example, though the meetings of study organized by the St. Vincent Pallotti Institute in Rome. It is formation that can change our mentality, especially the formation "right from the beginning".

The renewal programme for the Pallottine priests, organised by the General Secretariat for Formation, took place from 7 to 15 June 2010 with the participation of 20 confreres coming from different Pallottine entities. The meeting was divided into two principal moments:
- from 9 to 11 June: participation in the events organised by the Congregation for the Clergy in the basilicas of St. Paul, St. John and St. Peter;
- in other days: participation at the "Pallottine events" with many conferences, sharing, liturgical celebrations and visit to the Pallottine places in Rome, Camaldoli, Frascati and Grottaferrata.

Let us pray for our departed Confrere:

• Fr. Gerhard Lauck (CJ) - Germany, born on 23.07.1928; First Consecration on  21.09.1950; Priestly Ordination on 25.07.1950; died on 21.06.2010.

Keeping in mind the XX General Assembly, which will be held from 20 September to 15 October 2010, the General Secretariats have organised the following summer programmes at the International Centre for Pallottine Formation – "The Cenacle" - in Via G. Ferrari 1 (Rome).

• Renewal Programme for the Pallottine priests on the occasion of the closing of the Year for the Priests (7-15 June 2010) [PROGRAM: Italiano - English]
In connection with the celebration of the closing of the "Year for the Priests" organised by the Congregation for the Clergy in Rome, the General Secretariat for Formation will organise a course of ongoing formation for the Pallottine priests who celebrate the 25th and 50th anniversaries of their priestly ordination. The participants, about 20 confreres, will also participate in the initiatives organised by the Congregation for the Clergy.

• IIIrd Meeting of Pallottine Parish Priests (1-8 July 2010) [PROGRAM]
The General Secretariat for Apostolate will organise the IIIrd Meeting of Pallottine Parish Priests, as part of the project for the animation and coordination of the parishes in accordance with our charism and this year the theme will be "Liturgy in the parish context". About 20 confreres will be participating in it.

• Meeting of "Those responsible for Pallottine Formation in UAC" (15-21 July 2010)
The General Statute of the Union of Catholic Apostolate states in art. 11 that the Rector General of the Society is "ipso iure" its Ecclesiastical Assistant and, "taking account of the proposals of the National Coordination Council and with the consent of the General Coordination Council, nominates a person who, in close collaboration with him and the National Coordination Council, has responsibility for ensuring the initial and on-going Pallottine formation of the members of the Union in that territory."
The approved National Coordination Councils are invited to present the nominations for such a responsibility and the persons were chosen. It was considered important, therefore, to hold a Meeting of study and reflection for these persons along with Rector General, Fr. Friedrich Kretz, organised by the President of the General Coordination Council, Fr. Derry Murphy, together with the General Secretariat for Formation.

• "Week of Pallottine Historical Studies" (26-31 July 2010)
The Historical Commission established by the General Council has organised a "Week of Pallottine Historical Studies", addressed mainly to confreres who are engaged in the teaching of history, to archivists, formators and to all those who are interested in deepening their knowledge of the history of our Society and the Union of Catholic Apostolate.
The themes treated will be: the historical times of St. Vincent Pallotti, his missionary inspiration and the development of the Society, some of its recent historical developments, the conservation of the historical memory through the care for archives and the chronicle of the community.

Saturday, 15 May 2010, unfortunately on a heavily rainy day, the traditional Easter Picnic of the Generalate Community, was organised with the participation of the confreres, the workers, the candidates of Preparatory Formation of the Italian Province, a priest from the community of Via Giuseppe Ferrari and two confreres from the community of San Silvestro. The well-organised picnic enabled the participants to follow the footsteps of St. Francis of Assisi in the "Holy Valleys", by visiting the sanctuaries of Fonte Colombo - where the Mass was celebrated presided over by Fr. Gilberto Orsolin - Foresta, Poggio Bustone and Greccio. All the participants were touched by the welcoming presence of the Franciscan Friars and above all, by the testimony of the Young Austrian in the sanctuary of Foresta, who is a member of the Community World X, founded by a Franciscan Friar. The picnic was concluded with a festive supper.