Check out this SlideShare Presentation on the realities of global mission today. 7. A Single but Complex Reality View more presentations from Fr. Carl Chudy....

ASIAN HUMAN RIGHTS COMMISSION – URGENT APPEALS PROGRAM The Asian Human Rights Commission received information that Muslim fundamentalist and extremist groups have advocated publicly that a Christian lady, Aasia Bibi, sentenced to death under the blasphemy laws should not be pardoned even though her pardon was awarded by a...

Pope Benedict XVI has advanced the sainthood causes of 16 Catholics. The announcement was made following the Pope’s meeting with Cardinal Angelo Amato, head of the Vatican’s office for the causes of saints, Dec. 10. The Church’s newest saint will be Blessed Guido Maria Conforti, founder of the Xaverian...

We, Xaverian Missionaries, arrived in Brazil in 1953 in response to an appeal made by Pope Pius XII. The first areas of work were located in northern Paranà.  Our presence could be described as Gospel proclamation, spiritual assistance, and social-material-political betterment.  We opened seminaries in Jaguapità (1959), Londrina (1965),...

Bible on a Chinese IPhone The Apostolic Exhortation, which is dated 30 September, Memorial of St. Jerome, is the fruit of the Twelfth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, which was held in Rome from 5 to 26 October 2008. A missionary focus of the sharing of...

Fr. Bonardi, one of the first XaverianMissionaries, born in Bostonwho was sent to China in 1904. The catholic newspaper, The Pilot, of the Archdiocese of Boston recently shared a story of the beginnings of our congregation, the Xaverian Missionaries. The article was written by Mr. Frank Mazzaglia. Enjoy! Long before...

Money alone will not transform the lives of the poor in developing nations, the head of Caritas Japan has told an international forum in Seoul. “Transferring financial resources from developed countries to developing countries by itself cannot bring about drastic changes in people’s lives at the grassroots level, Bishop...

Blessed Guido Conforti (center), with the firstfirst missionaries to go to China. On November 5 the Xaverian Missionaries, more than 800 priests and brothers strong, celebrate the figure of their founder, Blessed Guido Maria Conforti.The Xaverian Missionaries were founded first for China, then to all the world. It was...

Blessed Guido Conforti (center), with the firstfirst missionaries to go to China. On November 5 the Xaverian Missionaries, more than 800 priests and brothers strong, celebrate the figure of their founder, Blessed Guido Maria Conforti.The Xaverian Missionaries were founded first for China, then to all the world. It was...

Xaverian Mission Newsletter November 2010...