"Make of the World One Family!"
~ St. Guido M. Conforti
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SHARING CHRIST ACROSS FAITHS AND CULTURES |
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Goodbye to 2020
Fr Paddy Duffy SX
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...2020 will be remembered and studied for many years to come. Could we have done better as a world, as a country, as a community, as an individual? We will all have our answers, but we have the opportunities of 2021 ahead. The vaccine will play its part, will I, will you play your part in making our world a family? A family where all are welcome, all are fed, all are cared for and where we all have a contribution to make. ... Read more.
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Announcing an Exciting New Collaboration |
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A Cross Borders will be expanding this year to include Xaverian Missionaries' Provinces in Africa and Asia. Look for news and features from around the world in upcoming issues.
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Volunteers serving soul food to vulnerable use Xaverian Missionaries' Kitchen |
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The group have had to relocate twice throughout the pandemic, although they have now been lent the use of the Xaverian Mission Spirituality Centre. Going forwards, "Preston Windrush Generation and Desendants" want to expand the work they do, and are desperately hoping to find a suitable permanent centre. Learn more.
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God between the lines
Fr. Carl Chudy SX
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The reasons I became a Xaverian Missionary are not exactly the reasons I continue to be religious missionary in the church today. My life has evolved and changed over the many years and I have many unpredictable experiences that shape my understanding of faith and response to Christ. I like to think of my life at this point as, “God between the lines,” a way of saying it which is something I borrowed from a study of the Asian Study Centre with the same title in 2016.
The essays in this little volume were selected literature from four Asian countries scrutinizing the cultural pluralism through the literature of four Asian authors. It also speaks well of my own journey with the divine, transcendent Lord “between” faiths and cultures, across three continents, revealing the sacredness of all things... Learn more.
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Let Us Dream - The Path to a Better Future by Pope Francis
During the lockdown, Pope Francis wrote down some reflections to help our world to be a better place after the COVID-19 pandemic. In December 2020, Francis published a book containing a new path after this time of crisis: “Let Us Dream – The Path to a Better Future.” In this book, Francis asserts that the pandemic is a time of crisis and that every crisis is a time of change. It is an opportunity to change our daily habits and routines. The Pope addresses this book to all humankind proposing new paths to build a better world after this pandemic. Listen to this episode from Pietro Rossini SX to know more.
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The Prophetic Pontificate of Pope Francis
The pontificate of Francis has been prophetic. This in the sense Yves Congar describes as being made by someone who
“confers on the movement of time its true relationship with the design of God.” Pope Francis is a pope of the Second Vatican Council, not in the sense that he repeats it and defends it, but in the sense that he appreciates the intimate value of reading the Gospel at work today, or reading the Gospel in the light of contemporary experience. Read more.
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The Forgotten Radicalism of Jesus Christ
First-century Christians weren’t prepared for what a truly radical and radically inclusive figure Jesus was, and neither are today’s Christians. We want to tame and domesticate who he was, but Jesus’ life and ministry don’t really allow for it. He shattered barrier after barrier. Learn more.
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World Interfaith Harmony Week |
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The World Interfaith Harmony Week extends the Two Commandments by adding ‘Love of the Good, and Love of the Neighbour’. This formula includes all people of goodwill. It includes those of other faiths, and those with no faith.
The World Interfaith Harmony Week provides a platform—one week in a year—when all interfaith groups and other groups of goodwill can show the world what a powerful movement they are. The thousands of events organized by these groups often go unnoticed not only by the general public, but also by other groups themselves. This week will allow for these groups to become aware of each other and strengthen the movement by building ties and avoiding duplicating each others’ efforts. Learn more.
The Parliament of the World's Religions joins the global interfaith movement in the countdown to the United Nations World Interfaith Harmony Week. Observances for 2021 World Interfaith Harmony Week will likely be different for each observing community as nations around the world continue to grapple with the COVID-19 pandemic, but the Parliament remains a committed partner of organizers around the world. Learn more.
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