A National Conversation on Religion and Disaffiliation in America
Some of the thoughts in this post comes from a fascinating project of The Atlantic to look carefully at the phenomenon of religious disaffiliation entitled Choosing My Religion: The Changing Experience of Faith Among Young People in America. On January 16, 2018 I will be attending an enlightening conference...
Bishop Gomes of Bangladesh: “We are All Involved in asking the Royhinga for Forgiveness”
Archbishop Francis Gomes of Dhaka, Bangladesh spoke recently on the extraordinary visit of Pope Francis to his country. “By coming to Bangladesh the Pope first of all wanted to show, as spiritual leader, trust in our country and attention towards the Bengali people. We are grateful. The whole country stopped...
Bishop Gomes of Bangladesh: "We are All Involved in asking the Royhinga for Forgiveness"
Archbishop Francis Gomes of Dhaka, Bangladesh spoke recently on the extraordinary visit of Pope Francis to his country. “By coming to Bangladesh the Pope first of all wanted to show, as spiritual leader, trust in our country and attention towards the Bengali people. We are grateful. The whole country stopped...
Pope Francis’ Message for the World Day of Peace 2018
Traditionally, the Feast of the Mother of God on January 1, is also a crucial time to bring our world to her intercession as we begin a new opportunity of hope and solidarity for 2018. As Catholics, our commitment to a culture of encounter, dialogue, understanding, and peace, whether...
Pope Francis' Message for the World Day of Peace 2018
Traditionally, the Feast of the Mother of God on January 1, is also a crucial time to bring our world to her intercession as we begin a new opportunity of hope and solidarity for 2018. As Catholics, our commitment to a culture of encounter, dialogue, understanding, and peace, whether...
Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year from the Xaverian Missionaries USA
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A Letter to My Muslim Friend
In my research and study in Christian Muslim relationships, I have been studying with other Christians and Muslims the images of Jesus in the Bible and the Qur’an, and the interesting conversation between these “two Jesus'”. Recently, we ended our study together where we all had to write a...
How Christians and Muslims Flourish Together in These Times
Fr. Carl Chudy, SX On October 27th and 28th, I had the distinct opportunity to join Christians and Muslims in the Farmington Valley area of Connecticut in a special program entitled, “How Christians and Muslims Flourish Together in these Times.” It was a conference featuring keynote speakers, workshops...
The Lord of the Miracles
A post shared by James Martin SJ (@jamesmartinsj) on Oct 22, 2017 at 11:33am PDT Recently I came across an Instagram post of Fr. James Martin, SJ filming a special Peruvian Catholic devotion called the Lord of the Miracles in New York City. It reminded me of the traffic...
World Mission Sunday 2017
Every third Sunday of October the Church worldwide celebrates a special commemoration called World Mission Sunday. We celebrate the opportunity as Christians we have to receive Christ, in order to share Him in every corner of the earth. Take a look at the message of Pope Francis for this year’s...