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.

Categories

The right mother

A short hike with a group of families becomes an opportunity to reflect on the communal dimension of education

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, […]

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

“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

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 […]

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, […]

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, […]

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.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

So that nothing be lost

The vocation story of Giacomo Landoni, newly ordained priest of the Fraternity of St. Charles.

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)

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 […]

We must love destiny, we must love the reason to live

We publish here the congratulatory message sent by Davide Prosperi, president of the Fraternity of Communion and Liberation, to the priestly and diaconal ordinands of the St. Charles Fraternity.

Pastoral Visit

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 […]

Candidacy for Admission to Holy Orders

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.

Pilgrimage to Mariazell

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 […]

The Lord is Knocking

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 […]

The Discovery of another

The foundation of marriage and the family is found in the service of the work of Christ, in the communion of the Church.

Definitive Incorporations

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.

Living stones

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.