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Pope Francis: Jesus' Mercy Fulfills the Law
Reflecting on the Readings of the Day, the Holy Father focused on the significance of Jesus' fulfillment of the law: what it means, and how He accomplishes it. Listen to Vatican Radio here. 

Pope Francis has returned to a practice he developed during the Year of Mercy: making a Friday afternoon visit to people in need of or deserving special care. For the visit, he chose the Sant' Alessio-Margherita di Savoia Regional Centre for the Blind in Rome. The centre is home to 37 adults and senior citizens who are blind or severely visually impaired, but the structure also offers specialized classes for 50 children with the same challenges. Discover more.  

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A Great History Still To Be Accomplished
  «You have not only a glorious history to remember and to recount,
but also a great history still to be accomplished! Look to the future,
where the Spirit is sending you in order to do even greater things »
(Vita Consecrata 110)
 
The Xaverian Family is getting ready for the XVII General Chapter.   The sad circumstances that obliged us to convoke this Chapter - the death of our Superior General, Fr. Luigi Menegazzo - makes it "special." [A] General Chapter, besides being an institutional appointment in view of renewing the general governing bodies of the Congregation, is always a precious opportunity in which every Institute is called, above all, "to discern, in the light of the Spirit, the best ways to preserve and adapt their charism ... to changing historical and cultural situations."
Read more of Xaverian Missionary Fr. Eugenio Pulcini's reflection.

"I am a missionary" is series of "vocation stories spots", wherein young Xaverian students from four continents share their motivations and experiences of the great adventure of the Mission they have just started.
For "Open Mosque Day" in Massachusetts Fr. Rocco Puopolo SX and Fr. Carl Chudy SX (pictured right) visited our friends who welcomed many guests in an opportunity to get to know one another and to learn about Islam. Many thanks to the Imam and the wonderful community at Masjid e Basheer in Framingham, MA (Islamic Society of Framingham) See more. They will also be at Fatima Shrine, Holliston MA on April 30th to present the Interfaith Journey with Mary through the lens of Islam. We are planning to stream the event live on our Facebook page.

 
 
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Three Faiths coming together to work for social change
 
ParliaMentors is a UN award-winning leadership programme where teams of university students of different faiths and non-religious beliefs collaborate to create real social change while being mentored by MPs. Through expert-led training, support from local and national NGOs and access to Westminster, ParliaMentors gives students the networks and skills they need to affect real change in their communities, in their careers and in the political arena. 
Lent Prayer for Conscience and Courage
  
Loving God,
lead us beyond ourselves
to care and protect,
to nourish and shape,
to challenge and energize
both the life and the world
You have given us.
God of light and God of darkness,
God of conscience and God of courage
lead us through this time
of spiritual confusion and public uncertainty.
Lead us beyond fear, apathy and defensiveness
to new hope in You and to hearts full of faith.
Give us the conscience it takes
to comprehend what we're facing,
to see what we're looking at
and to say what we see
so that others, hearing us,
may also brave the pressure that comes
with being out of public step.
Give us the courage we need
to confront those things
that compromise our consciences
or threaten our integrity...

(Pray more) 

~Joan Chittister OSB  
Come Pass It On Again!

...and Again and Again and Again!
...and Again and Again and Again!


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