The Vatican’s and China’s Evolving Relationship
Recently, Victor Getan, Senior International correspondent for the National Catholic Register, published an interesting article for the Council on Foreign Relations, called, The Pope and the Politbro: The Vatican’s Chinese Diplomacy. With the extraordinary importance of the changing climate in China for the Church, we offer a synopsis, citing...
The Vatican's and China's Evolving Relationship
Recently, Victor Getan, Senior International correspondent for the National Catholic Register, published an interesting article for the Council on Foreign Relations, called, The Pope and the Politbro: The Vatican’s Chinese Diplomacy. With the extraordinary importance of the changing climate in China for the Church, we offer a synopsis, citing...
50 Years of Missionary Priesthood
On Trinity Sunday, May 22, 2016, the Xaverian Missionaries, along with friends and family, gathered at Our Lady of Fatima Shrine in Holliston, Massachusetts, where we celebrated the enduring, generous priestly service of three of our men, Frs. Tony Lalli, Dominic Caldognetto, and Ivan Marchesin. They were ordained together in Milwaukee, Wisconsin...
Pentecost in a Time of Faith, Doubt, and Division
Fr. Carl Chudy, SX Twenty first Century Pentecost The core purpose of the Xaverian Missionaries is parceled out in a small slice of the larger evangelical commitment of the Church in something Vatican II called the “mission ad gentes.” This Latin term is a fancy way of saying that...
Bringing the Concerns of “Laudato Si” to a Global Stage
The Xaverian Missionaries supports very directly the efforts of so many wishing to bring the concerns of the Church regarding the Care of our Common Home. Catholic Climate Movement offers wonderful opportunities for this. We included their most recent message. Two amazing things happened yesterday. Both are about how we,...
Bringing the Concerns of "Laudato Si" to a Global Stage
The Xaverian Missionaries supports very directly the efforts of so many wishing to bring the concerns of the Church regarding the Care of our Common Home. Catholic Climate Movement offers wonderful opportunities for this. We included their most recent message. Two amazing things happened yesterday. Both are about how we,...
#BetterTogetherDay is April 7, 2016
The Power of the Resurrection in a Diverse World The joy and hope of the Easter Season is with us in a very different world than the first disciples experienced, and yet there are some interesting similarities as well. The world of the first disciples and the initial growth of...
NOW IS THE TIME FOR PEACE
With the plight of refugees out of the news cycle, we thought we would share what our bishops are doing in this area. Bishop Cantu and Mr. Stephen Colecchi shared their visit to refugee centers. Please pray for justice for all refugees. A poster with the message, “Now...
Believers and Non-Believers, We Are All Brothers and Sisters
Fr. Carl Chudy, SX In these days several important international events are converging together with a common thread of wisdom for our hyper-differentiated world we live in, where the more diverse we become, the more divided we become. Three Roads, One Path Recently, at the end of the International...
Courage to Proclaim The Diversity of God’s Kingdom in a Fearful World
Fr. Carl Chudy, SX On Sunday January 10, in the chilly air of central New Jersey with sisters Jennifer and Carolyn Herring, we visited the historic Muslim community in Old Bridge, New Jersey. We tried to represent the work of Groundwell in a growing atmosphere of anti-Muslim sentiment and...