Fr. Carl Chudy, SX If you ever heard the joke about a priest, rabbi, and imam who got together, you may find it delightfully surprising that priests, rabbis, and imams, among other religious believers get together with great frequency all over the world, even in White Plains, New York,...

Fr. Joe Matteucig, superior of our community in Holliston, Massachusetts, delivered an inspiring homily on the Sunday gospel for the 21st week in ordinary time.  (Matthew 16: 13-20) The image above is the name of Jesus written in the ancient Aramaic style. The gospels record several very pointed, poignant,...

Tucked in the triple border between Brazil, Colombia and Venezuela, southwest of the state of Amazonas, the diocese of Altos Solimões, faces major challenges to promote evangelization in the largest biome on the planet. According to Bishop Adolfo Zon Pereira, bishop of the diocese, the first challenge is that...

Mr. Ed Mechmann is the Director of Public Policy and the Safe Environment Program for the Archdiocese of New York. Recently he shared this blog post on STEPPING OUT OF THE BOAT, his own blog for the Archdiocese. In the aftermath of #Charlottesville and so many other tragedies, we...

In the light of the 500th anniversary of the Reformation and the great progress of dialogue between the Catholic Church the the Lutheran Church, we wanted to share a perspective from our mission in Sierra Leone, West Africa. Fr. Luis Birabaluge, Xaverian Missionary in Sierra Leone shares with us...

Part I by Fr. Carl Chudy, SX Walking from the humid, hot weather of Orlando, Florida to the Orange County Convention Center, you are immediately struck by the large, diverse crowd of Catholics in many lifestyles and ministries, sisters in habits, those without, priests in colors, religious in habits,...

Fr. Tony Lalli shared some thoughts on the gospel of Matthew 7:15-20 “Beware of False Prophets” When you surf through your television channels or scan through the wavelengths of your radio, you are unavoidably confronted with people who call themselves prophets. How do you distinguish he false ones from...

The Xaverian Missionaries work in Sierra Leone, West Africa since 1950. In our work to create new vistas for Christianity, a new Catholic community has been taking shape in Yiffin, Sierra Leone, in collaboration with the Protestant community,  American MCA Church. In the 90’s, I was parish priest of...

Yearly during Ramadan, the Holy See at the Vatican sends a letter of support and prayer to Muslims worldwide with special themes. This year our focus is on the shared spiritual challenges of caring for the earth. PONTIFICAL COUNCIL FOR INTERRELIGIOUS DIALOGUE MESSAGE FOR THE END OF RAMADAN E ‘Id...

Fr. Carl Chudy, SX This summer, the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops will be convening an unprecedented gathering of key leaders from dioceses and Catholic organizations from all across the country in order to assess the challenges and opportunities of our time, particularly in the context of the Church in the United States. The...