This September, the Fraternity and the Missionary Sisters of St. Charles celebrated, respectively, the 39th and the 19th anniversaries of foundation. To celebrate this occasion, like every year, we organized a large gathering at the parish of St. Mary of the Rosary, in the neighborhood of the Magliana, in Rome. The program began with the […]
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The parishioners of Bad Godesberg (Bonn, Germany) and the friends of the German community of Communion and Liberation celebrated the 39th anniversary of the foundation of the Fraternity of St. Charles. After the celebration of the Holy Mass, the celebration continued with games and songs in the external spaces of the parish. It was also […]
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To begin the new social year, the House of Formation of the Fraternity of St. Charles spent a few days at the monastery of St. Scholastica, in Subiaco.
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Like every year, the Fraternity and the Missionary Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo participated in the 45th edition of the “Meeting for friendship among peoples.”
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The high school and university students of Communion and Liberation in Mexico met in Atlixco, in the state of Pueblo, for a weeklong retreat with the theme: “This is the paradox: Freedom is dependence on God.” In the final days of their gathering, they were joined also by their families and by other adults of […]
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From the 2nd to the 5th of July, before the Pacific OCean at El Quisco, there was the winter vacation of the young people of the parish Blessed Pietro Bonilli of Puente Alto. The story of St. Francis of Assisi was the golden thread of the invernal event, with the title “Your name was born […]
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The mission of the Fraternity of St. Charles in Santiago, Chile recently grew. This past 7th of July, on Sunday, there was the first Mass celebrated in the new church of Ciudad de Sol, dedicated to Mary, Mother Admirable. At the celebration, presided by the Episcopal Vicar, there were over 800 people.
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On Sunday July 23rd, at the church of Santa Maria in Domnica in Roma, Fr. Giovanni Barranni celebrated the first mass of the newly ordained priests of the Fraternity of St. Charles. With him were also concelebrating Ignazio Beghi, João Brito, Matteo Pagani and Martino Zavarise, all of whom were ordained the day before.
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On Saturday, June 22nd, in the papal basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls, Giovanni Barrani, Ignazio Beghi, João Brito, Matteo Pagani and Martino Zavarise received priestly ordination through the imposition of the hands of Cardinal Sean O’Malley. In the same liturgy, Tommaso Benzoni, Andrea La Piana and Simone Moretti were ordained deacons.
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The 25th and 26th of May, over 40 people participated in the spiritual exercises of Communion and Liberation in Taiwan, preached by Father Paolo Costa. The retreat was held at the Wencui Center in New Taipei City, in the district of Xindian.
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Every year, on the occasion of the Solemnity of Corpus Domini, the parishes of Rossau (entrusted to the care of the Fraternity of st. Charles) and Lichtental in Vienna, organized a Mass in the park and a procession through the streets of the city. The liturgy was followed by a parish party: a day of […]
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In preparation for the Solemnity of Corpus Domini, our parish of St. Charles at Ca’ Granda hosted Msgr. Mario Delpini. The archbishop of Milan, after having celebrated the Holy Mass and presided over Eucharistic Adoration, spoke at a presentation of the book Davanti al Re: sotto lo sguardo di Cristo (“Before the King: Under the […]
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On Saturday, May 25th, the seminarians Matthew Conte and Matthew Tobin, originally from New York and Washington D.C., respectively, were admitted as candidates for Holy Orders, the first step towards the priesthood. The rite took place during a Holy Mass celebrated at the House of Formation. After the ceremony, there was a celebration and a […]
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On Saturday, May 11th, the priests and seminarians of the Fraternity of St. Charles accompanied groups of Knights (middle school students) from Rome and the Lazio region to the city of Anagni for the traditional ceremony of the “promise”. About 70 kids renewed their decision to follow Jesus through the company of the Church.
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On Wednesday, May 1, during the Holy Mass celebrated by Fr. Paolo Sottopietra in the chapel of the House of Formation, Tommaso Benzoni, Simone Moretti and Andrea La Piana were definitively incorporated into the Fraternity of St. Charles. The three seminarians will be ordained to the diaconate on June 22 in the Basilica of St. […]
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During Holy Week, at our parish of Immaculate Mary in Mexico City, some university students of Communion and Liberation put on a “village mission”: a week of catechesis, workshops, games and prayers for the children of the neighborhood. For the university students, accompanied by our priests, it was an occasion to experience the joy of […]
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From March 23-27, Gioventù Studentesca (Student Youth) groups from across Mexico gathered at Cumbres del Ajusco National Park to spend several days together. The kids traveled from Mexico City, Oaxaca, Chihuahua, and Querétaro to take part in the vacation. The theme of the week, filled with games, hikes, prayer, and discussions, was “Called to Love”.
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The university students of Communion and Liberation in Chile held their vacation in Vilches, a locale at the feet of the Andes and in the center of the country. The young people, accompanied by the priest of the Fraternity of St. Charles, spent their days in hikes, games, singing and moments of sharing. The vacation […]
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On Saturday, March 16th, the parishioners of Santa Maria del Rosario gave life to a traditional Way of the Cross along the streets of the neighborhood of Las Aguas, the part of Bogotá where the Fraternity of St. Charles has been present since 2016. The event was, as always, an occasion of public testimony in […]
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The company of the Knights in Lazio met in the center of Rome for a public Way of the Cross.
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From Wednesday, February 28th to Sunday, March 3rd, the House of Formation of the Fraternity of St. Charles took a retreat together at San Giovanni Rotondo. The seminarians and their formators were able to pray in the places where St. Pio of Pietrelcina lived, thus having the occasion to become closer to one of the […]
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On Saturday, February 24, at the Catholic University Fujen of Taipei, Msgr. Massimo Camisasca presented the first Chinese edition of his book La Casa, La Terra e gli Amici (House, Earth, Friends). After the meeting, Msgr. Tommaso Chung An-Zu, bishop of Taipei, celebrated the Holy Mass in the university chapel in memory of Fr. Luigi […]
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As is usual, the recently ordained priests of the Fraternity of St. Charles gathered at Varigotti for a week of prayer, encounter and dialogue. From the 30th of January to the 6th of February, around thirty missionaries exchanged experiences and testimony from five different continents. To enrich their reflection, a few different guests spoke on […]
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On Saturday, January 27, the parish of St. Charles at Ca’ Granda (Milan) organized a pilgrimage in memory of Fr. Antonio Anastasio, called by all “Anas”. The day began with Holy Mass celebrated at the cemetery of Bruzzano, where our brother and friend was laid to rest, and continued with the visit to the tomb […]
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