The novena of Christmas is an important tradition in Colombia: for nine days, every evening, people gather with friends and family to celebrate together with traditional Christmas songs. In our parish of Bogotá, the priests of St. Charles organized a special novena for the children: for each day, games, songs, moments of catechesis and lunch […]
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On Saturday, December 16, in the chapel of the House of Formation, the seminarian Simone Moretti received the ministry of Lector. The following week, on Saturday, December 23, the seminarians Tommaso Benzoni, Andrea La Piana and Simone Moretti received the ministry of Acolyte. Both ministries are important steps approaching the diaconate and priesthood.
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As is tradition, on Sunday, December 17, close to Christmas, the Fraternity of St. Charles invited friends and benefactors to celebrate together with a Mass in the parish of St. Charles at Ca’ Grande. Besides the opportunity to celebrate with one another, the occasion was marked by a witness of Fr. Paolo Sottopietra, superior general […]
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On Saturday, November 18, the priests of the Fraternity of St. Charles who are on mission in Puente Alto (Santiago, Chile), accompanied the local community of Communion and Liberation on a pilgrimage to the sanctuary of the Virgin of Lo Vásquez. Photo by Josè Miguel Torres Garzon.
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On the occasion of the feast day of St. Charles Borroemo, on Saturday, November 4th, our mission in Puente Alto in Santiago, Chile celebrated the patron of the Fraternity with friends and parishioners. The program began with a witness from Sr. Maria José Viedma, followed by Holy Mass and an evening of songs and Italian […]
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On Saturday, October 21st, in the chapel of the House of Formation in Rome, five seminarians took part in the Rite of Temporary Incorporation in the Fraternity of St. Charles. The new temporary members are: Garrett Behr, Andrea Civita, Gianpaolo Gontero, Paolo Maurina, and Tiago Lucio.
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This past 17th of September was the celebration of the 25th anniversary of the founding of our parish of St. Joseph in Nairobi, Kenya. The celebration, which saw a great number of participants, was presided by Msgr. David Kamai, auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Nairobi. On this occasion, the 50 years of mission in […]
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On Saturday, September 16, we celebrated the 38th anniversary of the foundation of the St. Charles Fraternity, and the 18th anniversary of the Missionary Sisters of St. Charles. The party took place at our parish, Santa Maria del Rosario, in the Magliana neighborhood on the outskirts of Rome. The event began with witnesses from Santiago, […]
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The house of formation started the new year of seminary with a retreat in Cotignac, France. The central moment of the trip was the pilgrimage to the sanctuaries of Notre-Dame de Grâce and Saint-Joseph du Besillon in Contignac. Priests and seminarians also went to visit places where, according to an ancient local tradition, Mary Magdalene […]
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Once again, the Missionary Sisters and the Fraternity of St. Charles met lots of friends this year at the Meeting of Rimini from the 20th to the 25th of August. At our stand, many people saw the poster entitled “By Means of Them: Paul and Barnabas, the first missionary voyage”, and listened to the witnesses of our priests, […]
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Every two years, the priests, seminarians and sisters of Saint Charles gather from all over the world to spend a week of vacation together. This year the title of the vacation was “Life is mission.” From July 17 to the 23 they spent their days in Corvara (NorthEast Italy). The days were filled with meetings, […]
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On Sunday, June 25th, 2023, the newly-ordained priests of the St. Charles Fraternity celebrated their first Holy Mass at the Basilica of Santa Maria in Domnica in Rome, in the presence of H.E. Massimo Camisasca. (photo T. Prinetti – M. Milillo)
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On Saturday, June 24th, seven members of the St. Charles Fraternity, Daniele Bonanni, Luca De Chiara, Giorgio Ghigo, Giacomo Landoni, Andrew Lee, Andreas Scholz, and Philip Stokman received priestly ordination through the imposition of hands of Cardinal Christoph Schönborn, Archbishop of VIenna. During the same Mass, Giovanni Barrani, Ignazio Beghi, João Brito, Matteo Pagani, and Martino Zavarise were […]
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On Saturday, May 20, Mario Delpini, Archbishop of Milan, visited the parish of San Carlo alla Ca’ Granda. During the visit there was a celebration of the Holy Mass with a greeting of the altar servers and meetings with the kids of the catechism and the pastoral council. The day ended with a dinner with […]
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On Saturday, May 20, during the celebration of Holy Mass in the chapel of the House of Formation, Ezio Longoni, Alessandro Milanesi, Simone Moretti, and Carlo Quattri were admitted as candidates for Holy Orders, the first step towards the priesthood. After the mass, there was a party to celebrate the newly-admitted candidates.
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From May 18-21, Fr. Christoph Matissek and Deacon Giorgio Ghigo accompanied a group of university students from the CLU and the Catholic campus ministry on a 100km pilgrimage from Heiligenkreuz, a town with a Cistercian abbey near Vienna, to the marian shrine of Mariazell. Led by Fr. Christoph, the beautiful days of the pilgrimage consisted […]
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On Monday, May 1, during the celebration of the Holy Mass by Fr. Paolo Sottopietra in the chapel of the House of Formation, Giovanni Barrani, Ignazio Beghi, João Brito, Matteo Pagani, and Martino Zavarise were incorporated definitively into the St. Charles Fraternity.
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On Saturday, March 18, the small community of Communion and Liberation in Taiwan made a Way of the Cross, departing from the parish of St. Paul in Xinzhuang and passing through the nearby park. It was a moment of prayer and of identification with the Passion of Christ. At the end, there was the presentation of […]
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The kids from our parishes in Rome met at the Abbey of Casamari, near Frosinone, to make the “promise”, a step forward in the faith lived in friendship and communion with their friends and educators. The day was filled with songs, games, a visit to the abbey, and moments of prayer.
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