How I encounter God through the Xaverian Missionaries
Don Mueller The Xaverian community has blessed my life for almost 35 years. Fr. Alex has asked me to share how I have encountered God through my encounters with them. The ways are endless, but I have grouped my reflections in 4 blessings. I will not single out any...
February 5-6, 2020: Feast of Consecrated Life and Vowed Mission
In 1997, Pope Saint John Paul II instituted a day of prayer for women and men in consecrated life. This celebration is attached to the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord on February 2nd. This Feast is also known as Candlemas Day; the day on which candles are blessed symbolizing...
Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2022
“We saw the star in the East, and we came to worship Him.” Matthew 2:2 The theme for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity in 2022 was selected by the Middle East Council of Churches and originates from the churches in Lebanon. Present times in Lebanon are extremely...
Fr. Victor Bongiovanni: A Missionary of Eighty Years
Last year one of our veteran missionaries, Fr. Victor Bongiovanni celebrated his eightieth year after working for decades in Sierra Leone, West Africa. Fr. Louis Bira, a Xaverian colleague in Sierra Leone conducted an interview with Fr. Victor. June 26, 1941-June 26, 2021, 80 good years have passed since...
Merry Christmas and a Blessed New Year
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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...