In his message for the 54th World Day of Peace marked on 1 January, Pope Francis offers the Church’s social doctrine as a "compass" to foster a culture of care for peace in the world.

We invite you to pray with the Xaverian Missionaries and work for World Peace.

Fatima Shrine Pax Christi Group Meeting: Second Friday of each month from 4:00pm to 5:30pm. Meets at the Conference Room behind Xavier Hall. Next meeting is Friday January 14th. New members welcome. We are one of 14 Pax Christi groups statewide and are part of Pax Christi USA and Pax Christi International. Email Fr. Rocco for more information

Valentine Brunch at Fatima Shrine. Hosted by the new volunteers group here at the Shrine. Sunday February 13th at 11:00 AM (after the 10:00 AM Mass).

Pietro Rossini SX finished his first semester at Boston University in December. He states: "It was an intensive time in which I had the chance to learning new skills, meeting new friends, and learning from many stories of people I came across for my work as a journalism student." He looks forward to the start of his next Semester

Through the Islamic Center of Boston, Wayland, MA, Shaheen Akhtar (Muslim Interfaith practitioner), Rev. Cindy Jacobsen of Lutheran Church of the Redeemer (Woburn), and Fr. Carl Chudy SX of the Metrowest Interfaith Dialogue Project at Our Lady of Fatima Shrine, (Holliston) presented Christian and Muslim views of Mary, mother of Jesus. A stimulating discussion followed that underlined our connections and how faith communities can build bridges of unity amidst our divisions.

― Mary Oliver, Winter Hours: Prose, Prose Poems, and Poems

Fr. Carl Chudy SX writes: "I want to thank Swami Tyagananda for accepting to share his work with our interfaith community and frankly found it a fantastic opportunity to deepen my interfaith literacy around the Advaita Vedanta tradition of Hinduism. This ancient text teaches something at the heart of Christianity in many different forms, and that is the art of discernment or the discrimination between what I understand in Hinduism, the real (unchanging, eternal) and the unreal (changing, temporal)..."

O God, you are the source of life and peace.

Praised be your name forever.

We know it is you who turn our minds to thoughts of peace.

Hear our prayer in this time of war.

Your power changes hearts.

Muslims, Christians, and Jews remember, and profoundly affirm,

that they are followers of the one God,

children of Abraham, brothers and sisters;

enemies begin to speak to one another;

those who were estranged join hands in friendship;

nations seek the way of peace together.

Strengthen our resolve to give witness to these truths by the way we live.

Give to us:

Understanding that puts an end to strife;

Mercy that quenches hatred; and

Forgiveness that overcomes vengeance.

Empower all people to live in your law of love. Amen.

Learn what it means to be "rooted in love" and celebrate the US XVI Provincial Chapter. Appreciate the dedication of a Xaverian Bother training to be a nurse in the Philippines and the determination of the Xaverian Missionaries as they recover from the flooding in Thailand. Discover the "Evolving Mission ad Gentes" and experience "God in Everything." . Read it here.

St. Guido Maria Conforti, founder of the Xaverian Missionaries. Our "missionary to the world" became a saint on World Mission Sunday, October 23, 2011. Learn all about him here. 

Mother Celestina Bottego, founder of the Xaverian Missionary Sisters of Mary. Read about her here. Read the latest about her in The National Catholic Register.