«Fraternity and mission» is the magazine of the St. Charles Fraternity. Since 1995, it has collected witnesses and meditations from our missionaries.
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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Last May, we participated in a “neighborhood mission.” It was an initiative started in a parish in the outskirts of Rome where Fr. Fillipo Pellini has been serving for almost a year. For the occasion of the consecration of the new church, they decided to extend personal invitations to the residents of the neighborhood. Together […]
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The foundation of marriage and the family is found in the service of the work of Christ, in the communion of the Church.
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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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A pilgrimage to the Holy Land to celebrate the 150th anniversary of Sacred Heart Parish in Boston, is a chance to rediscover one of the great gifts of God: communion.
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A meditation on almsgiving, prayer, and fasting, ways to prepare for Easter
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An episode, apparently unimportant, reveals one of the deepest needs of the heart: the knowledge of being loved. A story from the United States.
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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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Lent, forty days of preparation for Holy Week: a journey to enter into the gaze of Christ
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Only Jesus’ proposal to young people, through education and life lived together, can respond to their deepest questions.
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Christ satisfies the hunger of the heart of man through each and every Christian: a meditation on mission
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We propose an interview with Monsignor Paolo Pezzi, Archbishop of Mother of God at Moscow, that appeared in the Journal La Voce del Popolo.
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The witness of Fr. Valerio, who after 36 years is leaving his beloved mission in Africa to return to Italy
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All that we are is given to us by the Grace of Christ: A witness by Fr. Giampiero Caruso, missionary in Russia.
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Three days spent together with JPII Families, in the Rocky Mountains, with the desire to grow in the path to holiness
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The Church is born and reborn without making noise and even without great numbers
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Meetings with families to discuss the themes of education, communication between spouses, the use of technology: a witness from Taipei.
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God’s action in history is mysterious and sometimes passes through the limits and sins of His people: a meditation by Paolo Sottopietra
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