Delegation House, Wayne NJ

12 Helene Court

Wayne, NJ 07470

(973) 942-2975

The 18th General Chapter of the Xaverian Missionaries has concluded. Thank you for your prayers of support!

NEW INTERNATIONAL LEADERSHIP OF THE XAVERIAN MISSIONARIES 2023-2029

Fr. Fernando Garcia Rodriguez (center) was re-elected Superior General, and Fr. Mauro Loda (second to right) was newly elected Vicar General. Fr. Fabien Kalehezo T’Chiribuka (second to left), who was confirmed for the second term as the second councilor; Fr. Felipe de Jesús López Orozco (right), as the third councilor; and Fr. Franciscus Xaverius Sudarmanto (left), the fourth councilor.

A reunion of the delegates to the XVIII General Chapter of the Xaverian Missionaries who studied at the Catholic Theological Union in the US. Second row left to right: Pascal Atimissi, from Congo, missioned among the Kayapó in Brazil, John Convery in the UK Province, Mauro Loda is Vicar General of the Congregation, Gabriel Basuzwa teaches in Burundi and the Congo. First row: Juan Alvera works in Mexico, Alfredo Turco is the Provincial Superior of the Italian Province, Francois Noah from Cameroon missioned in Sierra Leone, and Mark Maragone is the USA Delegation Superior. All CTU graduates.

Fatima Shrine, Holliston, MA

101 Summer Street

Holliston, MA 01746

(508) 429-2144 

Ongoing Activities

• Holy Hour and Benediction every Thursday at 5 p.m. in Conforti Chapel
• Lectio Divina every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m. in the Conference Room of the Hall.
• Pax Christi on the second Friday of each month from 4:00 - 5:30 p.m. in the ‘Upper Room’ in the Office/Residence building
• Writer's Workshop every first Thursday in the Upper Room

Please note the new time for the Fatima Days Mass this year is 6 PM, not 7 PM as in the past.

We welcome the following pastors to preside at our Summer Fatima Days Celebrations!

August 13th  

Rev. Lambert Nieme of St. Mary’s Parish in Wrentham

September 13th  

Rev. Stephan Donahue of St. Catherine’s Parish in Norwood

Laudato Si' Project

Pope Francis, in 2015, promulgated the encyclical, Laudato Si', or Care for Our Common Home. He states: "I urgently appeal, then, for a new dialogue about how we are shaping the future of our planet. We need a conversation that includes everyone since the environmental challenge and its human roots concern and affect us all."

The Meadow Restoration part of our Laudato Si project has begun here at Fatima Shrine. What are the benefits of returning the land to meadows?

The meadow triples biodiversity, hosting over 84 plant species and numerous bug and spider species.

It is more climate-resilient than traditional lawns, with wildflowers surviving prolonged dry spells thanks to their deeper roots.

Reduced mowing and fertilization cut carbon emissions by 1.36 tonnes per hectare per year.

The meadow reflected 25% more sunlight, helping cool the urban environment.

Survey responses highlighted the meadow's benefits to mental well-being, environment, and educational value.

One-third of our lawn will be converted back to meadows in the next 5 years

Progress at the construction site of the first of hopefully five community garden plots that will produce food for local food pantries. Laudato Si! Praise God!

~Fr. Rocco Puopolo, sx

Susan Nolan, one of our interfaith dialogue partners from the Baha’i faith, is organizing a special interfaith prayer event together with friends. All are welcome anytime. Contact Susan for more information here. The gathering can be found here.

Awesome "Fish-Fry" at St. John the Evangelist parish in Greenfield, WI.

~Fr. Alex Rodriguez, sx

For World Youth Day – The Pope Video 8 – August 2023

Pope Francis, quoting Saint John Paul II, tells us, “If you live with young people, you become young yourself, and the Church needs young people.” Thus begins the video with the prayer intention for August, produced by the Pope’s Worldwide Prayer Network, in which Pope Francis responds directly to questions posed by a few young people.

In his responses, he also reminds them to follow Mary’s example, who, “as soon as she knew she was going to be the mother of God, didn’t stay there taking a selfie or showing off. The first thing she did was to set out on a journey, in haste, to serve.”

And he concludes the video with the desire that this WYD be “a seed for the world’s future. A world where love is at the center, where we can sense that we are sisters and brothers.”

Read about Fr. Joe Matteucig's ministry in Taiwan. Learn about the XVIII General Chapter of the Xaverian Missionaries. Explore interreligious dialogue in the United States. Have fun at the Xavier Knoll Mission Festival in Franklin, Wisconsin. Support the Laudato Si' initiative at Fatima Shrine in Holliston, Massachusetts. Mourn the deaths of migrants in the Mediterranean and see the latest news of the US Delegation. 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. 

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