World Cup Soccer: The World Comes Together
June 2010 |
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HAVE I A DREAM?
 As Americans gather around baseball, apple pie and summer musings of the next football season, the rest of the world gathers around the world series of soccer. The long-awaited beginning of the 2010 FIFA World Cup today has been met with enthusiasm and joy by many South Africans. Raymond Perrier describes the celebrations that have already taken place to welcome the tournament and asks: where do we find God in this celebration of 2010? More.. |
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SOCCER UNCOVERING PROBLEMS OF AFRICA
 The celebrations in South Africa as the 2010 World Cup gets underway will be broadcast around the globe, but how much will we hear and read about the troubles that beset the country, some of which will be heightened by its hosting of the tournament? Graham Pugin SJ hopes that the Church can bear visible witness to the problems of trafficking, poverty and unemployment that the football may disguise.More...
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THE POPE'S MESSAGE FOR WORLD MISSION SUNDAY 2010
 Here is an early glimpse of the Pope's message to the global Catholic world for World Mission Sunday, October 2010. He says: "In a multi-ethnic society that experiences increasing forms of solitude and alarming indifference, Christians should learn to offer signs of hope and become universal brothers, cultivating the great ideals that transform history and, without false illusions or unnecessary fears, work to make the planet a home for all peoples." More... |
A FILIPINO XAVERIAN MISSIONARY OFFERS HIS LIFE TO GOD BY TAKING HIS FINAL VOWS
 Patrick Santianez of the Philippines, recently took his final vows, and on June 12, his ordination to the Diaconate in Sierra Leone, West Africa. In every corner of the world people like Patrick are giving their lives to God, and sharing it with the world.Take a look at more pics... |
WORLD CULTURE: STAFF BENDA BILILI
Staff Benda Bilili, from the Democratic Republic of Congo, are street musicians from Kinshasa, many of them disabled by polio. They describe themselves as the 'true journalists of Kinshasa' in the using their songs to document how the city's street kids, orphans, prostitutes and war refugees are 'the true heroes of this country'. Check out this video |
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Blessed Bishop Guido Maria Conforti
Founder of the Xaverian Missionaries 1895
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No Borders
Passion for Christ
Passion for Humanity
Fr. Carl Chudy, SX
12 Helene Court
Wayne, New Jersey 07470
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