Dear friends, Fr. Germano We have been showered with many blessings here at Chuknagar in southern Bangladesh. In September 2011, after a course of six years of working with Bengalis wishing to become Christian, 70 catechumens received baptism at the end of October in 2011. We inaugurated the formation...

Filipino Contemporary Art by Fr. Eugene Pulcini, SXRector of the Theology Program of the Philippines Our Founder was a man who lived by Faith. Should one ignore the guiding role his faith – expressed in short sentences – played in understanding and dealing with the vicissitudes of his life,...

Xaverian Mission Newsletter February 2012...

Sr. Margaret Aringo Benedict XVI recalled the fact that the Feast of the Presentation on February 2 commemorates the visit by Mary and Joseph to the Temple to present their firstborn to the Lord, in accordance with Mosaic law. There they met Simeon and the Prophet Anna who, the...

Fr. Lovat in center with people from his parish The Xaverian Missionaries have been working in Cameroon, Africa since 1982. Fr. Italo Lovat, one of our missionaries who used to work in the United States, has been in Cameroon for many years. In Bamenda, where he works, they are...

You may have heard of the plight of many Christians in northern Nigeria, Africa who have been persecuted by an Islamic extremist group called Boko Haram. Better known by its Hausa name Boko Haram, is a Salafist jihadist terrorist organisation based in the northeast of Nigeria, in the areas predominated...

National Migration Week will be observed in dioceses around the country January 8-14. This year’s theme, “Welcoming Christ in the Migrant,” and the artistic renderings in the week’s materials depict the disciples welcoming a stranger on the road to Emmaus. “Just as on the road to Emmaus, Christ’s disciples...

Annual Clergy Dinner 2011, Wayne, NJ, a set on Flickr. In thanksgiving for the canonization of our founder, St. Guido Conforti, we joined together with Bishops Serratelli, Rodimer and local priests we collaborate with....

We offer a simple, beautiful poetic mediation for this feast of Our Lady, Mary, Mother of God! By Peggy Rosenthal Sometimes with my Christmas cards I include a favorite seasonal poem. So consider this post a greeting card for the season. First, I can’t resist sharing the poem that...

It’s Christmas every time You smile at your neighbor And hold out your hand. It’s Christmas every time You remain silent And listen to each other. It’s Christmas every time You don’t accept the principles That relegate the poor to  The margins of society. It’s Christmas every time You...