If one enters, he will be saved
Christmas: Making yourself small to understand the greatness of life.
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Prophets and Witnesses
All Christians are called to be prophets in this world. A meditation on Elijah and Franz Jägerstätter.
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Anniversary of Foundation
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 Lord placed a seed
The offering of oneself in the earth of the community makes our life come to fruition and renders it fertile. A meditation from the Vicar General.
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The promises of God
The great promises of God prepare us to welcome the vocation that He has thought of for us: the story of Ignazio Beghi.
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First Mass
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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Ordinations 2024
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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“Promise” of the Knights
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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An overflowing love
On April 8th, in Rome, Sr. Jennifer professed her final vows. Everything began in Minnesota with a desire for “something more".
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The small flames that light our life
From an encounter with a priest, the return to the faith and the beginning of a new path: the story of Sr. Raffaella, who, on April 8th, professed her final vows with the Missionary Sisters of St. Charles.
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Against the tragedy of habit
True newness is to glimpse the Mystery in all things. A meditation on contemplation and on how to look at reality.
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God is not what you expect
Doing charitable work among nuns, wheelchairs and a “strange” fullness. A story from Tor Bella Monica.
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Where Christ is Living
Why do you seek the living among the dead? It is the question that the angel asks the women on the morning of Easter. The same question is addressed to us, today.
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Way of the Cross of the Knights
The company of the Knights in Lazio met in the center of Rome for a public Way of the Cross.
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Lectors and Acolytes
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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The courage to ask
Living Advent entails rediscovering one’s own question, but also and above all, walking towards Him who can respond.
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“Taste and see”: about adoration and love
A meditation on the meaning of Eucharistic Adoration.
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Friendship is always a miracle
Friendship is the recognition of a grace of which we are the object. A meditation on the method and the fruit of mission.
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The right mother
A short hike with a group of families becomes an opportunity to reflect on the communal dimension of education
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Anniversary of the foundation
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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We do not become saints alone
A weekend in Rome in the company of a group of young families becomes the occasion to be accompanied on the road towards sanctity
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I too have won!
From the lakes of Minnesota, living an experience of communion in the family, to the call to the priesthood: the vocation of Philip Stokman, ordained in June.
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First Mass 2023
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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Ordinations 2023
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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