XIV Provincial Chapter

XIV Provincial Chapter, a set on Flickr. The Xaverian Missionaries of the USA gathered in Bordentown, New Jersey to forge a new path for the next four years and to establish new leadership....

Global Issue and Challenge of Power and Abuse in the Church

The experience of abuse in the church, although grabbing headlines in the USA and Europe, is indeed a global issue that the Church world wide is grappling with. I wanted to share this short article of Fr. Kelly, SJ in Thailand and efforts underway in other places in the...

Xaverian Missionary Bishop, George Biguzzi, Steps Down in Sierra Leone, West Africa

The arrival of Christian missionaries in Africa over two centuries ago had a profound effect on the continent, sometimes somewhat controversially. It has been said that when the missionaries arrived, the missionaries had the bible and the Africans had the land. The missionaries invited the Africans to pray. When...

CHRISTIANS AND BUDDHISTS: INCREASING DIALOGUE THROUGH EDUCATION

As Catholics, our outreach, dialogue and cooperation with other faiths is crucial to our global mission. Here’s a story from the Vatican News Service on this… Made public today was the annual Message to Buddhists for the Feast of Vesakh, issued by the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue. The...

ECUMENICAL ADVOCACY DAYS

Fr. Rocco and other advocates with Congressman McGovern Hello Everyone, I just got back from Washington DC.   The Ecumenical Advocacy Days (EAD) were the best yet… it was our 10th anniversary and everything about this weekend from Friday to Monday went better than ever. Much of what went...

COEXIST

Mary Aktay, Communications Dir. Xaverian Missionaries With the atrocities in Toulouse, France and Kandahar, Afghanistan still gaping wounds, it is good to know there are many, many devout people of all faiths dedicated to bringing about a better world, individually and collectively. The UK based COEXIST Foundation is a...

World Catholicism Week 2012

World Catholicism Week 2012, “Real Presences: Eucharist, Society, and Global Catholicism,” is a celebration of the globally interdependent dimensions of the Catholic experience of faith at DePaul, in Chicago, across the Americas, and around the world. The weeklong event is open to all DePaul faculty, staff, and students, as...

Join Us for the Novena of Grace March 4-12

The Xaverian Missionaries have traditionally carried on the Novena of Grace to St. Francis Xavier, a prayer that has began in the mid 17th century. Join us and many throughout the world that rely on the intercession of St. Francis Xavier in our dream of God to change the...