Fr. Mark Marangone Returns to the USA After 13 Years in Colombia
Fr. Mark Marangone on the left with friends at our Mission Festival in Franklin, Wisconsin. We welcome Fr. Mark Marangone, after more than 13 years of missionary work in Colombia, Latin America. Fr. Mark is no stranger to our work in the USA. He studied theology in Chicago, was...
Xaverian Missionaries Take on New Mission in Thailand
Bishop Pibul Visitnoncachai of the Diocese of Nakhom Sawan Recently, the Xaverian Missionaries have taken on a new mission in Thailand, increasing their global mission reachout to nineteen nations worldwide. We committed ourselves to the Diocese of Nakhom Sawan under Bishop Pibul Visitnondachai. We are looking at the possibility of a new...
Five hundred Mothers Minister to Prisoners for Lent in Africa
Fr. Nick Colosuonno reports from the Democratic Republic of the Congo in Africa. He has settled in after a number of years out of Africa in the parish of Cahi in Bakavu. Fr. Nick Colosuono in the Easter Processionof his parish. Fr. Nick’s Parish from a bird’s eye view...
Set out to Form a More Perfect Union…Happy July 4th!!
As America’s 224th birthday comes around, it’s a good time to celebrate just how far we’ve come towards living out our ideals. And it’s also a good time to reflect on how far we still have to go, together as a nation. For the Catholic Church, John Paul II most...
The Feast of the Body of Christ and Global Justice
Procession in our parish in the Philippines As we approach the Feast of the Body and Blood of Christ on Sunday, June 25, I thought recent words of the Holy Father was worth sharing: “Thus the Eucharist, while uniting us to Christ, also opens us to others, makes us...
El Salvador Immersion
El Salvador Immersion, a set on Flickr. Fr. Adolph Menendez, Xaverian Missionary who worked in Japan and Mexico, accompanied a group of college students to El Salvador for a mission experience. This program is organized through FOCUS, a Catholic Campus Ministry program. (www.focusonline.org) Take a look at the pics!...
College Students of Different Faiths Come Together to Make a Difference
Students of all faiths and traditions are taking action together to change the world. Students from coast to coast have come together across faiths and traditions to make the world Better Together. Over 70 campuses have registered so far, working on issues ranging from homelessness to food deserts. Get...
Xaverian Provincial Celebrates 25 Years as a Missionary Provincial
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Two Xaverian Missionaries Pass Away
Fr. Aldo Rotini Fr. Achille Figini On June 9, 2011 Fr. Achille Figini passed away after many years of service in Mexico. He was ordained to the missionary priesthood in 1955 and from 1966 to 1972 he worked in Spain. From 1973 he spent the rest of his life...
DR CONGO: The first hospital in Kamanyola inaugurated
Downtown Kamanyola The Ruzzi River, near Kamanyola, defines the border between theCongo and Rwanda. ”The Diocese of Uvira, eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, inaugurated on Monday, in joy, in cheerfulness and thanksgiving to the Lord, its first hospital” Etienne Esube told Fides. “The new structure the first of...