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As we Americans just celebrated Independence Day - aka the Fourth of July - here's a modest proposal. How about adding an annual INTERdependence Day to remind us of something we seem in danger of forgetting: "We're all in this together!" A society where that simple fact has been forgotten is not a society. Of course, we value independence, national and personal. But we also value collaboration because little that's good has ever been achieved without it. And if we did not take communal responsibility for one another, where would we be? The fact that Christ died for all of humanity forges our solidarity with all, as individuals and nations.
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Fr. Carl Chudy SX Fr. Jim Clarke SX
Xaverian Missionaries USA Xaverian Missionaries UK
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Pope Francis, Shimon Peres, Mahmoud Abbas Invocation for Peace
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Pope Francis: "Dear Presidents, our world is a legacy bequeathed to us from past generations, but it is also on loan to us from our children..."
The meeting began with the following words: "May the Lord grant us peace! We are gathered here, Israelis and Palestinians, Jews, Christians and Muslims, to offer our prayer for peace for the Holy Land and for all its inhabitants." Discover more.
Read the prayers of the Pope, Pres. Peres and Pres. Abbas.
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Global Xaverian News...
 Xaverian Sisters Celebrate 60 Years of Service in MA
Sister Rosetta Serra, 85, remembers her congregation's foundress as having luminous eyes and open arms. She also remembers coming with her to start their first mission outside of Italy - in the Worcester Diocese. Read more from the Catholic Frees Press coverage.
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Xaverian Missionaries in Cameroon
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Conforti Update
Life in the Conforti Institute over the past couple of months has been busy! In May, Michael and Paddy continued with the Chaplaincy Formation Programme for teachers in the Archdiocese of St Andrew and Edinburgh. With the end of the Easter Season, John, Jim and Hugh's Prisoner Spirituality Course in some of the local prisons came to an end. They will begin again in Advent and take on a more prominent role in the ministry of the Conforti Institute.
 June saw the Servant Leadership programme for in-coming 6th year pupils (16/17 years old) swing into place. We had over 9 local Catholic schools partake before the summer holidays and another 9 after the holidays.
All-in-all a productive and fulfilling time! With the end of the school year the last week in June, John and Paddy were busy with end of term services, presentations and awards. It was also a sad time for St. Oswald's Secondary with Archbishop Tartaglia celebrating their closing mass before they move to new premises.
Jim Clarke, SX celebrated 25 years of priestly ministry on Sunday June 22nd. It was a great moment for all Xaverians in the UK region, which was also celebrated by Jim's family, the wider Xaverian family and friends! Congratulations Jim, and only 25 to go before the Golden Jubilee!
With the start of the Commonwealth Games in Glasgow on July 23rd our Commonwealth Days events came to an end. We had many discussions about diversity and difference that was informed by the many countries that are coming to Glasgow! We are looking forward to many visitors from local and international staying here in Conforti!
Take care and have peaceful and restful break!
~Fr. Patrick (Paddy) Duffy SX
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Imagine....
 ...a world with dignity, justice, and peace for all. A world with the tools to challenge the spiral of war, poverty and ecological devastation. A world where we apply these tools to our own lives as well as our larger society. Pace e Bene is bringing that world into being one person, one group, one organization at a time. Check out their Campaign for Non-Violence, a new, long-term movement to mainstream active nonviolence --making nonviolence an obvious and natural way of living and of fostering a world that works for all. |
 News from "theGYM"
Faith meets Faith
A DAY OF REFLECTION ON MISSION
FOR THOSE YOUTH WHO HAVE PARTICIPATED IN A PARISH BASED
MISSION / SERVICE TRIP
 This is meant as a day that includes prayer time, sharings of the various Mission Trips done by the different parish youths in small groups, large group analysis on mission learnings, screening of the video SEND, RECEIVE, SET FREE on the US Bishops Pastoral on MISSION, sharing by theGYM personnel of wider mission experiences, opportunities and next steps to continue the call to mission through the National Catholic Volunteer Network's publication RESPONSE. All participants will receive a copy.
Who can come?
We are inviting up to five representative youths who have participated in a Mission Trip from your parish in the past two years, be they High school juniors, seniors or college youths. We hope to invite up to 10 parish groups.
Our Aim is twofold:
1. One day reflection/follow up experience that would aid the young people in looking back at the experience they had in mission service, deepen some ideas about mission theology and praxis, witness best practices from their experience and enable us to introduce them to a wider mission praxis....
2. It is an opportunity for them to discover that it was their faith that motivated them to do what they did, AND calls them to do even greater things that only widens their sense of faith.
A day of reflection for youth offered by theGYM at Fatima Shrine in Holliston or in a parish near you!! Scheduling and venue depends of those who show interest. We can do this.
For more information contact
Fr. Rocco Puopolo, SX
Xaverian Missionaries
frrocco@xaviermissionaries.org
Celebration of Renewal of Vows
 On July 2nd the Xaverian Community of Holliston joined the Xaverian Sister community of Worcester to celebrate a special day when many of the sisters either take their first vows, renew their vows or profess final vows on that day. It was an important day of commitment for their founder, Mother Celestine Healy Bottigo and is now part of the tradition of the sisters. Sr. Susana Miranda Jimenez renewed her vows in the course of this celebration. She hopes to make the final and permanent commitment to the Xaverian Sisters of Mary next year. It was a wonderful witness of a woman of faith who has chosen to dedicate her whole life to the Mission of Jesus as a Xaverian Sister. Is God calling you to Mission to the margins!!?
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End "Obscene" Tax Breaks!
 FIFA must end its 'obscene' insistence on World Cup host countries giving tax breaks worth hundreds of millions to the event's corporate sponsors. A new campaign is urging. Brazil will lose up to �312 million in foregone revenue to World Cup sponsors including McDonalds, Budweiser and Johnson & Johnson, according to the campaign by InspirAction, Christian Aid's Spanish organisation. Learn more. |
Prayers Cross Borders!
 A University of Connecticut study finds that interfaith group prayer serves as a "bridging cultural practice" in the kinds of multi-faith community organizations ... "The prayer practices we observed appear to play a crucial role in binding participants together across significant racial and socioeconomic differences,... by being inclusive of multiple faith traditions, celebrating the diversity of the group, and encouraging individuals to interact with each other." Learn more.
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2016 World Youth Day Logo Unveiled
 Three elements are combined in the symbolism of the logo: the place, the main protagonists, and the theme of the celebration. The logo of the 2016 World Youth Day, to be held in Krakow, illustrates the passage from the Gospel according to Matthew, 5.7: 'Blessed are the merciful, for they shall obtain mercy,' chosen as the theme of the event. Discover more.
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SSVP - a good Catholic secret!
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An experience at a hospital has made me realise just how extraordinary the Society of St Vincent de Paul really is. Discover more.
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Be the Change you Wish to See in the World
Remembering the Father of South African democracy
 Every year on 18 July - the day Nelson Mandela was born - the UN joins a call by the Nelson Mandela Foundation to devote 67 minutes of time to helping others, as a way to mark Nelson Mandela International Day. Learn more.
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More than a Game...
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As the World Cup was about to kick off, Pope Francis called on fans and competitors to celebrate the event as an opportunity to promote dialogue, respect and peace. He also warned against all forms of discrimination on the sidelines, in the stands and on the field: "Let no one become isolated and feel excluded! Watch out! 'No' to segregation, 'no' to racism!" Learn more.
Football is, of course, more than just a game. It has at least some similarities with religion. It involves ritual. It's about moments where we merge our identity with something larger than ourselves. Discover more.Across much of the world, soccer is known as the beautiful game. For me, soccer first opened my mind and heart to the experience of the existence of the transcendent - that which could not be explained away by the simple laws of physics - and the game taught me invaluable lessons for life's spiritual journey. Learn more. |
Catholic Schools awarded.
 Catholic schools in Scotland are celebrating after being named amongst the best in the country at the 2014 Scottish Education Awards, with Scotland's teacher of the year prize going to a 'kind and approachable' All Saints Secondary teacher. Read more.
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Wedding Plans...
 For those in Ireland and the United Kingdom here's some help planning that special day. Click here.
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New MOBILE APP
The Xaverian Missionaries have a new Mobile App available on Apple, Android & Amazon. Now you can take us with you wherever you go. Remember: We are ALWAYS here for you!
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Catholic APPS " One Stop Searching...
"Catholic Aptitude" has them all.
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Church Teaching on World Mission
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Mission Links
Check out our new Website!
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ACrossBorders
Passion for Christ
Passion for Humanity
is a collaborative media project of the Xaverian Missionaries of the USA and the United Kingdom.
XAVERIAN MISSIONARIES 12 Helene Court Wayne, New Jersey 07470 CONFORTI INSTITUTE
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XMN
The Spring 2014 edition of the Xaverian Mission Newsletter is available online. Learn about the Xaverian Chapters; Christian Faith & Ethnic Traditions in Cameroon; the Dream of St, Guido; Healing Reflections on being a Christian and discover lots more.
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FOUNDER of the XAVERIAN MISSIONARIES
Saint Guido Maria Conforti
Our "missionary to the world" became a saint on World Mission Sunday, October 23, 2011.
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Venerable Mother Celestina Bottego
Prayer
Almighty and merciful God, you placed in the heart of Mother Celestina Bottego the burning desire that
your kingdom be extended
to the ends of the earth.
You enable her to give her all
for the birth of a missionary family.
We ask you to glorify her on earth,
and through her intercession,
to grant us the grace we seek in faith.
Father, May Your Kingdom
Come Soon Through Mary
The Xaverian Missionaries of Mary
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Pray as you go is a daily prayer session, designed for use on portable MP3 players, to help you pray whenever you find time, but particularly whilst traveling to and from work, study, etc.
A new prayer session is produced every day of the working week and one session for the weekend. It is not a 'Thought for the Day', a sermon or a bible-study, but rather a framework for your own prayer.
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Join us In the Global Mission of the Church!
Thank you for sharing in our mission.
Pass it on. Forward ACross Borders to a friend.
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