Advent Reflection by Fr. Grimm, Maryknoll Missioner in Tokyo, Japan
WHAT DOES THIS WONDROUS, HOPEFUL SEASON OF ADVENT MEAN TO YOU? SHARE YOUR THOUGHTS, JUST CLICK COMMENT....
MISSION DAY FOR PRIESTS AND RELIGIOUS
This year, as has become customary, the Pontifical Missionary Union of Priests and Religious proposes to priests and consecrated religious a prayer vigil for the Day of Missionary Priests, which will be celebrated Saturday, Dec. 3, the day the Church commemorates St. Francis Xavier, patron of the missions. The...
AFRICA, THE WORLD'S SPIRITUAL LUNG
Pope Benedict XVI spent a couple of days in Benin, Africa in a very symbolic and important journey for the Church of Africa, and for us all. Benedict XVI’s visit to Benin and the apostolic exhortation, Africae Munus, which he signed in Ouidah make an important contribution to world coexistence...
More than 20,000 Catholic Teens Gather in Indianapolis
Frs. Rocco Pupolo and Adolph Menendez of the newly formed, GLOBAL YOUTH MSSION Services (GYM) for the Xaverian Missionaries share the missionary spirit with 23,000 Catholic teens from all over the country. The National Catholic Youth Conference is a powerful, biennial, three-day experience of prayer, community, and empowerment for...
Commemorative Issue of the Canonization of St. Guido Conforti
Xaverian Mission Newsletter November 2011...
The Fragrance of a Rose
The Arc Leading to the New Church Fr. Anthony Germano, a Xaverian Missionary who has worked in Bangladesh for more than thirty years, shares a letter and some pictures of a newly built church with the outcasts of Chuknagar in Bangladesh. With this church was installed a new bell...
Canonization Mass with Pope October 2011
Canonization Mass with Pope October 2011, a set on Flickr. Here are some official pics of the canonization mass in Rome, October 23, 2011. There was a mass of 50,000 people for the event, thousands of whom were friends of the Xaverian Missionaries from all over the world....
From Kabala, Sierra Leone, West Africa
Here are some pics of our Filipino student, Vince David, of his life in Sierra Leone during his internship. The yellow scarf being held up is from the recent canonization of our Founder, St. Guido Conforti. Vince is shown third from the right...
Christians and Hindus: Promoting Religious Freedom
Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, president of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue, has written a message to Hindus for the feast of Deepavali. The message, which also bears the signature of Archbishop Pier Luigi Celata, secretary of the pontifical council, is entitled: “Christians and Hindus: together in Promoting Religious Freedom”....
Church in Bangladesh Cheers First Tribal Missionary
There was great cause for celebration in northwestern Dinajpur diocese recently when the first tribal Santal Catholic was ordained for the Xaverian Missionaries. Holy Cross Bishop Moses M. Costa of Chittagong ordained Lucas Marandy, 36, as confrere to the Society of St Francis Xavier for Foreign Missions (SX) at...