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SAINT MARY’S CHURCH – HOLLISTON, MASSACHUSETTS – USA

On Saturday, January 7 (Epiphany), our confrere Pietro Rossini will be ordained Deacon by Bishop Robert Reed, Auxiliary Bishop in the Archdiocese of Boston.

SAINT JOSEPH CATHEDRAL – BAFOUSSAM – CAMEROON:

On Saturday, November 26th, 2022, at 9:00 a.m., our confreres Yuventus Yonavan Cayono and Innocent Shamamba Ciza were ordained deacons by Bishop Paul Lontsié-Keuné, Bishop of Bafoussam.

CHRIST THE KING PARISH, MEXICO CITY, MEXICO:

On Saturday, December 3rd, 2022, at 12:00 a.m., our confrere Justin Bashagaluke Mihigo will be ordained deacon by Bishop Carlos Enrique Samaniego López, Episcopal Vicar for Consecrated Life in the Archdiocese of Mexico City.

ASSUMPTION OF BLESSED VIRGIN MARY PARISH, BUTTRIO, UDINE, ITALY:

On Thursday, December 8th, 2022, at 10:30 a.m., our confreres Kampianus Ordin Jemanu and Johanes Morgany will be ordained deacons by Bishop Andrea Bruno Mazzocato, Archbishop of Udine Diocese.

Fatima Shrine, Holliston, MA

101 Summer Street

Holliston, MA 01746

(508) 429-2144 

Ongoing Activities

• Holy Hour and Benediction every Thursday at 5 pm at Conforti Chapel
• Lectio Divina every Tuesday at 10:30 a.m.
• Pax Christi every second Friday at 4 p.m.
• Writer's Workshop every first Thursday in the Upper Room

Christmas at Fatima Shrine  

Christmas lights open on December 8th and run through December 27th. 5:00 p.m. to 9:00 p.m. Gift shop hours are extended from 11:00 AM to 9:00 PM during the Festival of Holiday Lights. Hot chocolate will be available in the Hall. 

Christmas Concert at Fatima Shrine presented by St. Cecelia's Choir of Ashland Sunday, December 11th at 3:00 p.m.  

The Jewish, Christian, Muslim, Bahai, Sikh, Hindu, and nonreligious 

neighbors of the surrounding Metrowest area gather for opportunities to come to know one another and to consider how our unique religious and secular worldviews ​can help us flourish together. We also share and network with programs from the Multifaith Collaborative of the Open Spirit ​Center of Framingham and the Islamic ​Center of Boston, Wayland

Interfaith Thanksgiving at Revere, MA

Thanksgiving Sunset photo by Fr. Alex Rodriguez SX

Blue is the color of Advent, and purple too, 

but we await not the sun but the Son,

and the world is not quite as respectful of the earth.

There is hardly a calm except that before the storm.

There is so much to do and so little time to do it.

Do what?

Go to work or go to school;

invest time, make money, build a church 

or a towel of babel?

Make a list, shop for gifts, trim a tree.

Blue for hope or blue for the blues?

“A voice cries out in the desert:

Make ready the way of the Lord,

Clear him a straight path.”

How can we hear his voice

unless we like the earth, respect the day of his coming,

with calm.

Take time.

Take a breath.

Be at peace.

All will be well.

[An Advent Meditation from Winter Souls-tice, Reflections on Light and Darkness in a Season of Grace by Father Kenneth E. Lasch

“Buddhism and its relevance in the modern world” was the topic of the interreligious dialogue activity held by the Xaverian Philosophy Community of Jakarta on October 29, 2022. Since the COVID-19 pandemic, interreligious dialogue has been carried out through zoom meetings. For the first time after the pandemic, we were able to carry out this activity in our presence, at our home...

Fr. Eugenio Montesi, XM, will celebrate Mass for his 60th Anniversary as a priest on Friday 2nd of December at 7 p.m., in St Mary’s Coatbridge.

Spirit of Strength who abides with us in the sparkles and shadows-

In the midst of this glitzy season

Filled with every distraction known to people,

Give us the focus to finish what we’ve started.

May Advent draw our attention to the sweetness of the journey-

Not the saccharine superficial sentiments of cultural expectation.

May Advent enliven our spirits and energize our tired minds.

May Advent drive us away from disturbances

And give us the gall to reach into the caverns of injustice

to aid in the delivery of God’s holy righteousness.

Amen.

An Advent Prayer from Michelle L. Torigian 

Catholic Advent Prayers for the 2022 Advent Season

Advent Prayers from Xavier University

Celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the Xaverian Missionaries' presence in the USA at Fatima Shrine, Holliston, MA. Learn how "Life is an Adventure," with Pietro Rossini, SX. Be inspired by Bishop Robert Reed's homily. Travel to Italy with Fr. Michael Davitti, SX, to celebrate his personal anniversary. Discover the missionary achievements in Chad and Cameroon and keep up with current events at the 3 Xaverian houses in the US. Read it here.

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