Fraternity and mission

«Fraternity and mission» is the magazine of the St. Charles Fraternity. Since 1995, it has collected witnesses and meditations from our missionaries.

  • Meditations

Who is the priest?

A meditation of Msgr. Camisasca on the origin and the purpose of priesthood.

  • Massimo Camisasca
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  • Testimonies

The richness of unity

Life in a Pontifical University grants the possibility of breathing in the greatness of the Church and of proposing what is dearest to one’s heart

  • Giovanni Ferrari
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  • Gallery

Vacation in Xinzhu

Four days of retreat for the community of Communion and Liberation in Taiwan.

  • Taipei
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  • Testimonies

A small, bright star

Sometimes a few words are enough to sustain hope, even in prison.

  • Francesco Montini
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  • Testimonies

Welcomed with a smile

When we meet others, we are welcomed into “someone's home.” A story from the charity at the Bambin Gesù pediatric hospital.

  • Fabrizio Carnino
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  • Meditations

In the light of the Covenant

A reflection on the experience of God’s accompaniment in these 40 years of history of the Fraternity of St. Charles.

  • Massimo Camisasca
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  • Testimonies

A yes lived together

The Missionary Sisters of St. Charles just marked 20 years from their founding. Since then, four houses of mission have sprung up, located in Italy, France, Kenya and the United States.

  • Filippo Boscagli
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  • Meditations

The Power of the Cross

The sacrifice of Christ on the Cross saves us and sends us into the world to witness to this saving love: the homily given by Cardinal Sean O’Malley during the Mass for the Exaltation of the Cross, which coincided with the celebration of the 40th anniversary of the founding of the Fraternity of St. Charles, at their house of mission in St. Paul, MN.

  • Card. Sean O'Malley
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40th Anniversary at St. Peter

Mass and gala dinner for the 40th anniversary of St. Charles Fraternity, featuring Card. Sean O'Malley and Msgr. Bernard Hebda.

  • St. Paul
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  • Publications

The rule of love

Love of God, love of family, love for the world: these are the three pillars of the experience recounted by this book. The afterword by Msgr. Massimo Camisasca.

  • Massimo Camisasca
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Forty Years of History

The celebration for the 40th anniversary of the Saint Charles Fraternity and the 20th anniversary of the Missionaries.

  • Rome
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Retreat in Camaldoli

The House of Formation began the new social year with a retreat in the Tuscan Apennines.

  • Camaldoli
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  • Testimonies

Someone awaits you

From pain and anger, to the search for someone who can remind young people of the reason why life is worth living.

  • Giuseppe Cassina
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  • Testimonies

That voice on the plain

Walking with a young man in his discovery of the voice of God: a testimony from Colombia.

  • Ezio Longoni
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  • Meditations

“It is I, do not fear!”

On the occasion of the priestly ordinations of the Fraternity of St. Charles, a meditation from the rector of the House of Formation.

  • Donato Contuzzi
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  • Testimonies

Leaving Him space

In pain just as in celebration, the initiative of God generates wonder and silence. A witness from Bogotá.

  • Andrea Sidoti
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  • Testimonies

Living with Intensity

Even in a secular university, there is space for a course on “humanity”: a testimony from the capital of Mexico.

  • Roberto Zocco
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  • Testimonies

Gratitude!

The occasion of a dinner among friends to remember the encounters and the gifts of a past year.

  • Teresa Zampogna
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  • Testimonies

Twenty Five Years of “Centro”

Twenty five years have passed since the Diocese of Rome entrusted the Youth Center of Colle Oppio to the care of the Fraternity of St. Charles. In this article, we revisit this quarter of a century.

  • Alessandro Banfi
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