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.

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The World in Piazza Vittorio

A short way from the Termini train station, you can encounter all of the cultures of the world. Here, there is also the pastor of St. Eusebius who welcomes those who knock at the door.

  • Maurizio Pirola
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Showing Beauty

A group of young Hungarians in pilgrimage to the Sagrada Familia to discover the Beauty that touches the heart.

  • Michele Baggi
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Retreat in Pompei

For the formation house, a few days spent together in the magnificent setting of the Gulf of Naples.

  • Pompei
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Pain has become expectation

The suffering of the Madonna enters into our own, allowing us to look at the mystery of pain. A meditation from the rector of the House of Formation.

  • Ruben Roncolato
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My friend John

At the Catholic University Fu Jen of Taipei, the encounter with a special friend.

  • Emanuele Angiola
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The Journey to Truth

In Kenya, an exhibit on the life and thought of Fr. Luigi Giussani.

  • Nairobi
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“You have expanded my heart”

Christian life as imitation of Christ and total openness of heart. A meditation of Fr. Donato Contuzzi, Vicar General.

  • Donato Contuzzi
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A special place

In Minnesota, between the school and the parish, the first summer vacation of a special companionship.

  • Stefano Motta
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A true story

From Gudo Gambaredo to Venegono, a seminarian discovers gratitude in the encounter with the witnesses of the beginnings of the Movement.

  • Francesco Zannini
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An abyss of love

Going to the hospital to visit someone and leaving with the certainty of having found something more: a story from Mexico.

  • Tommaso Badiani
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Participating in Beauty

Young African, Indian and English people from the outskirts of Southampton: the Meeting of Rimini reveals a beauty that causes them to be reborn.

  • Matteo Pagani
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Walking towards the Lord

19 university students on the Via Francigena accompanied by Sr. Giulia and Sr. Alina: a journey full of expectation, which led to the discovery that truly “God loves you.”

  • Giulia Parete
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Colonia urbana 2026

Two weeks of friendship and communion for 250 children of Puente Alto, a neighborhood on the southern outskirts of Santiago, Chile.

  • Santiago de Chile
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To be happier

In a village in the Kenyan savannah, a missionary vacation with children to discover that true happiness lies in gratuitous love.

  • Daniele Bonanni
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The mustard seed

The mission of the priests of the Fraternity in Taipei, where even the smallest gesture is a sign of a revolutionary change of mentality.

  • Paolo Cremonesi
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Learning about “beautiful love”

Can one really speak to young people about affectivity and sexuality? At the Polytechnical University of Milan, a full lecture hall tells us yes.

  • Marco Ruffini
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A new life

Dozens of young people ask for baptism in the basilica of St. Joseph in Grenoble: a mysterious phenomenon that is transforming the Church in France.

  • suor Annie Devlin
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40th anniversary in Xinzhuang

In Taipei, in the Church of St. Paul, a celebration for the forty years of the Fraternity of St. Charles and the 20 years of the Missionary Sisters

  • Taipei
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Why do we do all this?

The mission of the Fraternity of St. Charles in Nairobi: almost thirty years of a journey in the words of Fr. Giuliano, Fr. Daniele, and Fr. Mattia.

  • Maria Acqua Simi
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Brother and friend

St. Francis and Giussani: two men divided by many centuries but closer to one another than it seems.

  • Massimo Camisasca
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“It must be true”

During a pilgrimage for the Jubilee, the proposal of the Church defeats the mentality of the world and reignites hope.

  • Patricio Hacin
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Mass at Ca’ Granda

In Milan, to exchange Christmas greetings, a celebration with friends, relatives, and benefactors.

  • Milan
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