Catholic Global Mission Today

For Greater Glory

noreply@blogger.com (Fr. Carl Chudy, SX) — Fri, 18 May 2012 10:00:00 PDT

Even as modern-day church-state relations improve, the impact of Mexico's three-year Cristero Rebellion in the 1920s on the Catholic Church remains widely debated in Mexican...

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A Missionary for most of the 20th Century Dies

noreply@blogger.com (Fr. Carl Chudy, SX) — Fri, 11 May 2012 16:23:00 PDT

Father Angelo Calvi died today from heart failure. He was 92 years old. He joined the Xaverian Missionaries in Vicenza, Italy in 1935, made his vows in 1939, and was ordained a priest in...

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Africa Night with the Xaverian Missionaries

noreply@blogger.com (Fr. Carl Chudy, SX) — Wed, 09 May 2012 03:56:00 PDT

Africa Night at Fatima Shrine, a set on Flickr. On Saturday, April 28, 2012 AFJN Executive Director Dominican Father Aniedi Okure and Policy Analyst Bahati Jacques conducted an information session at...

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Fr. Mario Celli, Missionary to Africa and Brazil, Passes Away

noreply@blogger.com (Fr. Carl Chudy, SX) — Sun, 06 May 2012 15:02:00 PDT

On May 4, 2012, the Xaverian Missionary, Fr. Mario Celli died at S. Luis S. Paolo (Brazil), around 8 am. He was 68 years old, being born at Monte Porzio Catone (Rome) on 7.12.1943. He...

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noreply@blogger.com (Fr. Carl Chudy, SX) — Thu, 03 May 2012 15:48:00 PDT

Xaverian Mission Newsletter May 2012

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Xaverian Missionaries on the Radio

noreply@blogger.com (Fr. Carl Chudy, SX) — Tue, 01 May 2012 16:20:00 PDT

The Xaverian Missionary Fathers serve Christ in the missions in African and Asia, as well as at the Fatima Shrine in Holliston in the Archdiocese of Boston. Scot Landry and Fr. Chris O’Connor talk...

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War Don Don

noreply@blogger.com (Fr. Carl Chudy, SX) — Mon, 30 Apr 2012 11:47:00 PDT

The Xaverian Missionaries have been working in Sierra Leone, West Africa since the early 1950's. One of the most horrible times occurred during the war in Sierra Leone from 1991-2002. By 2002...

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USA Xaverian Missionaries Elect New Provincial and Council | PRLog

noreply@blogger.com (Fr. Carl Chudy, SX) — Tue, 24 Apr 2012 14:18:00 PDT

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XIV Provincial Chapter

noreply@blogger.com (Fr. Carl Chudy, SX) — Sun, 22 Apr 2012 18:47:00 PDT

XIV Provincial Chapter, a set on Flickr. The Xaverian Missionaries of the USA gathered in Bordentown, New Jersey to forge a new path for the next four years and to establish new leadership.

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Global Issue and Challenge of Power and Abuse in the Church

noreply@blogger.com (Fr. Carl Chudy, SX) — Fri, 13 Apr 2012 07:39:00 PDT

The experience of abuse in the church, although grabbing headlines in the USA and Europe, is indeed a global issue that the Church world wide is grappling with. I wanted to share this short article...

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Xaverian Missionary Bishop, George Biguzzi, Steps Down in Sierra Leone, West Africa

noreply@blogger.com (Fr. Carl Chudy, SX) — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 13:23:00 PDT

The arrival of Christian missionaries in Africa over two centuries ago had a profound effect on the continent, sometimes somewhat controversially. It has been said that when the missionaries arrived,...

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CHRISTIANS AND BUDDHISTS: INCREASING DIALOGUE THROUGH EDUCATION

noreply@blogger.com (Fr. Carl Chudy, SX) — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 06:00:00 PDT

As Catholics, our outreach, dialogue and cooperation with other faiths is crucial to our global mission. Here's a story from the Vatican News Service on this... Made public today was the annual...

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ECUMENICAL ADVOCACY DAYS

noreply@blogger.com (Fr. Carl Chudy, SX) — Fri, 30 Mar 2012 16:39:00 PDT

Fr. Rocco and other advocates with Congressman McGovern Hello Everyone, I just got back from Washington DC. The Ecumenical Advocacy Days (EAD) were the best yet... it was our 10th...

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COEXIST

noreply@blogger.com (Fr. Carl Chudy, SX) — Fri, 23 Mar 2012 08:04:00 PDT

Mary Aktay, Communications Dir. Xaverian Missionaries With the atrocities in Toulouse, France and Kandahar, Afghanistan still gaping wounds, it is good to know there are many, many devout people...

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World Catholicism Week 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Fr. Carl Chudy, SX) — Tue, 20 Mar 2012 17:02:00 PDT

World Catholicism Week 2012, "Real Presences: Eucharist, Society, and Global Catholicism," is a celebration of the globally interdependent dimensions of the Catholic experience of faith at DePaul, in...

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Join Us for the Novena of Grace March 4-12

noreply@blogger.com (Fr. Carl Chudy, SX) — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:17:00 PST

The Xaverian Missionaries have traditionally carried on the Novena of Grace to St. Francis Xavier, a prayer that has began in the mid 17th century. Join us and many throughout the world that rely on...

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A Letter from Bangladesh

noreply@blogger.com (Fr. Carl Chudy, SX) — Thu, 01 Mar 2012 11:26:00 PST

Dear friends, Fr. Germano We have been showered with many blessings here at Chuknagar in southern Bangladesh. In September 2011, after a course of six years of working with Bengalis wishing to...

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Lenten Reflection 1: St. Guido Conforti: When God is Enough

noreply@blogger.com (Fr. Carl Chudy, SX) — Wed, 22 Feb 2012 04:09:00 PST

Filipino Contemporary Art by Fr. Eugene Pulcini, SX Rector of the Theology Program of the Philippines Our Founder was a man who lived by Faith. Should one ignore the guiding role his faith –...

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Xaverian Mission Newsletter Feb 2012

noreply@blogger.com (Fr. Carl Chudy, SX) — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 13:20:00 PST

Xaverian Mission Newsletter February 2012

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African Sisters Launch Eight Nation Strategic Plan

noreply@blogger.com (Fr. Carl Chudy, SX) — Fri, 03 Feb 2012 08:17:00 PST

Sr. Margaret Aringo Benedict XVI recalled the fact that the Feast of the Presentation on February 2 commemorates the visit by Mary and Joseph to the Temple to present their firstborn to the...

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Helping the Disabled in Bamenda, Cameroon

noreply@blogger.com (Fr. Carl Chudy, SX) — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 06:35:00 PST

Fr. Lovat in center with people from his parish The Xaverian Missionaries have been working in Cameroon, Africa since 1982. Fr. Italo Lovat, one of our missionaries who used to work in the United...

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The Imam and the Pastor in Nigeria

noreply@blogger.com (Fr. Carl Chudy, SX) — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 06:39:00 PST

You may have heard of the plight of many Christians in northern Nigeria, Africa who have been persecuted by an Islamic extremist group called Boko Haram. Better known by its Hausa name Boko...

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A Week to Understand Immigration Reform for the Church

noreply@blogger.com (Fr. Carl Chudy, SX) — Tue, 10 Jan 2012 14:28:00 PST

National Migration Week will be observed in dioceses around the country January 8-14. This year’s theme, “Welcoming Christ in the Migrant,” and the artistic renderings in the week’s materials depict...

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Annual Clergy Dinner 2011, Wayne, NJ

noreply@blogger.com (Fr. Carl Chudy, SX) — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 05:34:00 PST

Annual Clergy Dinner 2011, Wayne, NJ, a set on Flickr. In thanksgiving for the canonization of our founder, St. Guido Conforti, we joined together with Bishops Serratelli, Rodimer and local priests...

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Mary, Mother of God

noreply@blogger.com (Fr. Carl Chudy, SX) — Sun, 01 Jan 2012 06:36:00 PST

We offer a simple, beautiful poetic mediation for this feast of Our Lady, Mary, Mother of God! By Peggy Rosenthal Sometimes with my Christmas cards I include a favorite seasonal poem. So...

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