Looking Deeply: Interfaith Dialogue with Hindus, Christians, and Sikhs

The Metrowest Interfaith Dialogue Project, a special project of Our Lady of Fatima Shrine, Holliston, sponsored an evening of sharing across faiths. On Tuesday, December 7, multifaith neighbors gathered around a fascinating conversation and surprising connections with Hindus, Christians, and Sikhs. Swami Tyagananda, head of the Vedanta Society of...

Responding to Racism, Homophobia, and Antisemitism in our Community

The Xaverian Missionaries at Our Lady of Fatima Shrine in Holliston, Massachusetts works with other faith communities as we widen the circle of the Kin-dom of God both within and beyond the Catholic community. Recently, bias incidents showed up in our local public schools with racist, homophobic, and antisemitic...

The Triumph of Diversity

In Wayland, Massachusetts, the Islamic Center of Boston hosted the first in-person interfaith meeting amid the pandemic after more than a year. The Xaverian Missionaries collaborates with the Mosque in their outreach programming. By Pietro Rossini – Xaverian Missionaries USA Dr. Arthur P. Ciaramicoli’s book, “The Triumph of Diversity,”...

My Encounter with the Xaverian Charism

Hilda Cecilia Blanco Arreola The Xaverian Missionaries in Mexico run a Lay Xaverian Missionary Program and invite lay people to join us in our dedication to the church’s mission. Hilda Cecilia Blanco Arreola shares with us her experience. In life, we can have different ways of looking at ourselves....

God in Everything

Today is a period and a society in which the Church, Christianity, and religion in general, seem to be reaching the end. Our epoch has been defined as a truly ‘cultural night’, a night foreshadowed by the terrible proclamation that God is dead. Completely bucking this general trend, Conforti’s Testament...

What Muslim Scholars Owe Afghanistan

Used with permission from the author By Mehlaqa Samdani At their first press conference, the Taliban promised to uphold the rights and freedoms of women, the media, and civil society in Afghanistan within the framework of the Shariah. This left many wondering how the Taliban would choose to implement...

500 Years of Christianity in the Philippines

On the occasion of the 500th anniversary of the arrival of the Catholic faith to Philippine shores, we are happy to offer this article written by Fr. Adorable Castillo, cicm, a Filipino missionary. This article has been published in May 2021 on ”CHRONICA”, the CICM bimonthly Bulletin, with the same...

Xaverian Missionary Appointed New Bishop of Padang, Indonesia

“Let us thank the Holy Father for placing his trust in the person of Fr. Vitus and the family of the Xaverian Missionaries. We join the whole Xaverian family in rejoicing and thanking the Lord; we assure elected Bishop Vitus Rubianto Solichin SX of our affection and prayers.” Fr....

Fr. Berton: The Missionary with a Big Heart

Xaverian Missionary, Fr. Joseph Berton worked for many years in Sierra Leone, West Africa and was founder of the Family Homes Movement. June 25, 2013-June 25, 2021: 8 eight years have passed since Father Guiseppe Berton – also known as Father Bepi – left this world. Yet; despite the...

Dialogue of Life and Faith

Thank God, I grew up in a family and in an environment where Muslims and Christians live together in peace....
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