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...
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...
Connecting the Dots: The Religious Challenge Submerged in Global Climate Change
“Everything is related, and we human beings are united as brothers and sisters in a wonderful pilgrimage, woven together by the love God has for each…and which also unites us in fond affection with brother sun, sister moon, brother river and mother earth. Pope Francis,” Laudato Si (2015) Where...
Jubilee of Mercy for Catholics, Jews, and Muslims
Opening the Holy Door of St. Peter’s Basilica and the Year of Mercy, Pope Francis also hopes to open a year of “fervent dialogue” among Christians, Muslims and Jews, so that all who profess faith in a merciful God may be stronger in showing mercy toward one another. The...
On the Way: Lutheran and Catholic Churches Come Closer Together
The Evangelical Lutheran Church of America and the Catholic Church released a very important document entitled: Declaration on the Way: Church, Ministry, and Eucharist. The heart of the Declaration is the Statement of Agreements. On church, ministry and Eucharist, the Declaration draws together a litany of 32 consensus statements, where...
November 5: Feast Day of St. Guido Conforti, Founder of the Xaverian Missionaries
Fr. Carl Chudy, SX On October 23, 2011, on a chilly morning overlooking the Piazza at St. Peter’s in Rome, thousands of pilgrims gathered in a sea of yellow hats and scarfs marking us all as the larger family of the Xaverian Missionaries in 21 countries worldwide. The canonization...