“Taste and see”: about adoration and love
A meditation on the meaning of Eucharistic Adoration.
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«Fraternity and mission» («Fraternità e missione») is the magazine of the St. Charles Fraternity. Since 1995, it has collected witnesses and meditations from our missionaries.
Feast of St. Charles
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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Temporary incorporations
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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A task thought up just for me
Encountering the students of a French school allows for the reexamination of one’s own history. A reflection from Grenoble.
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25 years in Nairobi
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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The Passion Evenings
In the House of Formation, a series of evening encounters aimed at sharing the passions of each person and opening a window on the world. The account of a seminarian
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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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Heaven on earth
Our communion lets us experience God's presence in our daily life. A witness from a family vacation in the Rocky Mountains
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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 have nothing to offer”
One can offer everything to Jesus, even possessing nothing. A story from the parish of St. Joseph in Kahawa Sukari
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Pilgrimage to Cotignac
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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Rimini Meeting 2023
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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Life is mission
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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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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On the Roman Beltway
Mysterious things can happen to a German engineering student in Roman traffic: the story of Andreas Scholz, from Monaco in Baviera, a missionary in Milan.
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I have called you by name
From a “multi-ethnic” family to the desire to give his life to the Lord: the story of the vocation of Giorgio Ghigo, who became a priest on June 24th.
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From the particular to the Whole
The discovery of the reality of Christ, the search for fullness, the communion that feeds life, the yes to the call: the story of Luca De Chiara, newly ordained priest.
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I think I need to go
From Korea, to Canada, to Rome, following the golden thread of the vocation. This is the story of Andrew Lee, ordained to the priesthood on the 24th of June
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Finding the value that I was seeking
Daniele Bonanni was ordained to the priesthood this past June 24th. We propose the story of his vocation.
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So that nothing be lost
The vocation story of Giacomo Landoni, newly ordained priest of the Fraternity of St. Charles.
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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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