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USA Xaverian News
Provincial House, Wayne NJ
12 Helene Court
Wayne, NJ 07470
(973) 942-2975
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Welcome Bishop Kevin Sweeney to the Diocese of Paterson!
The Xaverian Missionaries bid you our sincerest welcome to Paterson, NJ, as the new shepherd of the Diocese.
We acknowledge and greatly appreciate your commitment to the mission “
ad gentes”
of the Church, the development of vocations, devotion to pastoral care of the clergy and service to the people.
We share your passion and offer our service. We are grateful for opportunities to work together sustaining the People of God in the service of the Reign of God and reaching out beyond ourselves and our borders to sisters and brothers in need.
Through the intercession of our founder, St. Guido Maria Conforti, please be assured of our prayers for your success and our continued support of the clergy and people of the Diocese of Paterson.
Yours in Christ,
Frs. Mark Marangone, s.x. Michael Davitti, s.x. Frank Grappoli, s.x.
and the Xaverian Missionaries
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A message from Fr. Fernando Garcia s.x., Superior General of the Xaverian Missionaries on the Jubilee Year of the First Constitutions and Testament Letter which begins on July 2, 2020 and ends on July 2, 2021.
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Beginning of the Xaverian Jubilee Year 2020 - 2021
Eucharistic celebration: Sanctuary of Saint Guido Maria Conforti
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Fatima Shrine, Holliston, MA
101 Summer Street
Holliston, MA 01746
(508) 429-2144
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We had our first outdoor Mass on Sunday, June 21. Our Sunday Mass will now be at 10:00 am each Sunday, outside at the new Martyrs Grove Altar for the summer. (Our Shrine Church will only fit 30 people due to social distancing, so we will have the Mass outdoor weather permitting.) The Covid-19 restrictions are the same... masks must be worn, social distancing, calling or emailing to let us know who is coming. The Morning Masses have resumed from Monday to Friday at 7:30 am in the Shrine Church. There is not a 7pm Mass on Tuesdays as we had before. On Saturday there is only one Mass in the morning at 10:00 am. Confessions and Holy Hour have yet to be resumed.
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The USA between Elections and the Coronavirus Pandemic
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...This election year, with the coronavirus turning our worlds upside down, will be all about Covid-19. All other issues: immigration, global climate change, global solidarity, income inequality, sexual ethics, all through the lens of pro-life stances, may very well take second place. So, the next elections will be very unpredictable. But whatever happens, the Catholic impact on American politics is highly significant and worth pondering.... Read the
full analysis
by Fr. Carl Chudy s.x.
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Xavier Knoll, Franklin WI
Xaverian Missionaries - Midwest Mission Center
4500 Xavier Drive - Franklin, WI 53132
(414) 421-0831
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Xaverian Global Family News
The Cry of the Earth
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The "Laudato si 'Week" took place last May: an important opportunity to explore and better understand the wealth of Pope Francis' encyclical, published five years ago.
If we re-read the text in this period, knowing that thousands of people have been affected by the virus , and just as we become aware of the painful consequences of the pandemic also on the globalized economy, perhaps, we realize better the urgency of planning and act in the direction indicated by the Pope.
During the compulsory confinement necessary to limit the spread of the disease, we have witnessed very particular processes: on the one hand the decrease or total cessation of many activities, on the other the marked reduction in the emissions of polluting agents; however, we do not feel comforted by breathing cleaner air, because the price paid to the virus in terms of human lives has been incongruous and terrible. We have also witnessed the exponential growth in the use of the Internet, apps and social networks, but the suffering due to social distancing has not spared anyone.
Read more from Fr. Enzo Oliviero Verzeletti s.x.
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A Lamentation and Prayer for Action Against Racism
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We are tired, O Lord,
Overwhelmed by the violence and death
That has ravaged this country,
Fed by prejudice and mistrust.
We are tired,
And yet we are called to mourn together,
To lament and to remember the names:
May the dead rest in your peace,
May our acts of solidarity with the living
Be a memorial to the dead.
We are fearful, O Lord,
As we see the violence and death
That plagues our nation,
So infected with the racism that remains
An open wound that has not healed...
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New Decade, New Look for the USA Xaverian Missionaries Newsletter. Shelter-in-place with the Xaverian Missionaries as we journey toward a "New Humanity." Read about a feature film being made about Fr. Marino Rigon SX who missioned in Bangladesh. Pray the Litany of the Coronavirus in a "Time of Exile" and get suggestions for coping in the crisis. Learn how St. Guido Conforti faced the pandemic of his time and more about the Centennial Jubilee of the First Constitutions and Testament Letter. Read it
here.
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St. Guido Maria Conforti, founder of the Xaverian Missionaries. Our "missionary to the world" became a saint on World Mission Sunday, October 23, 2011. Now there is a mobile friendly version of our website dedicated to him. Learn all about him
here
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Mother Celestina Bottego, founder of the Xaverian Missionary Sisters of Mary. Read about her
here.
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St. Francis Xavier Foreign Mission Society
Xaverian Missionaries
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