Xaverian Mission Newsletter – May 2010
Xaverian Mission Newsletter May 2010...
Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars New Album
The Xaverian Missionaries have worked in Sierra Leone is 1951. During the war years from 1999-2002, the country suffered much. Yet, in the midst of great violence, redemptive voices arose like this fine group that taking the world music scene by storm. Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars is a band...
Sierra Leone's Refugee All Stars New Album
The Xaverian Missionaries have worked in Sierra Leone is 1951. During the war years from 1999-2002, the country suffered much. Yet, in the midst of great violence, redemptive voices arose like this fine group that taking the world music scene by storm. Sierra Leone’s Refugee All Stars is a band...
“BE FAITHFUL UNTIL THE LAST BREATH”
Francisco Java, Bali and Alfonsus Vicidius Lombok were ordained August 9, 2009 in Mataram. P. Francisco (left) is now in Paris for language training. Alfonsus (center) is in Rome to study”spirituality”, and Father Vicidius (right) is now a missionary in the Mentawai Islands (Indonesia). When the bishop, after our...
"BE FAITHFUL UNTIL THE LAST BREATH"
Francisco Java, Bali and Alfonsus Vicidius Lombok were ordained August 9, 2009 in Mataram. P. Francisco (left) is now in Paris for language training. Alfonsus (center) is in Rome to study”spirituality”, and Father Vicidius (right) is now a missionary in the Mentawai Islands (Indonesia). When the bishop, after our...
Pa Sorie Kondi: Without Money, No Family
The Xaverian Missionaries are working in Sierra Leone, West Africa since the early fifties, witnessing the courage and ingenuity of the people of “Salone”, as well as the richness of their small but diverse culture. The story of Pa Sorie is one of those stories of courage and creativity that...
Catholic Cultural Diversity
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The Death of Father Lucky
Fr. “Lucky” Peterlini, Xaverian Missionary who served in Sierra Leone, West Africa died on the 16th of February. Father Lucky entered the Xaverian Missionaries in 1948 in Italy and then came to the United States to complete his theology studies before being ordained in 1963. He acquired a degree...
Re-visioning mission: the Catholic Church and culture in postmodern America
The mission of the Catholic Church from the United States has suffered a certain crisis of meaning for many years now. The former Pontiff, John Paul II, wrote the last major encyclical on mission, Redeeming Mission, partly in answer to false assertions that perhaps this mission is not as...
Hindu Heroine: Hema Konsotia
Hema Konsotia is a member of India’s lower-caste Dalit community, known by some as the “untouchables.” She is also a college graduate and union activist who works with Dalits, teaching skills and urging political involvement.In this Worldfocus program, I am reminded of the Vatican’s message to the Hindu world for the...