Honoring Saint Guido Maria Conforti
Xaverian Missionaries Provincial Headquarters 12 Helene Court Wayne, NJ 07470-2813 Tel.: (973) 942-2975 Fax: (973) 942-5012 Email: missionmedia@xaviermissionaries.org Xavier Knoll Mission Center 4500 Xavier Drive Franklin, WI 53132-9066 Tel.: (414) 421-0831 Fax: (414) 421-9108 Email: franklin@xaviermissionaries.org Mission Center & Fatima Shrine 101 Summer Street P.O. Box 5857 Holliston, MA 01746-5857 Tel.: (508) 429-2144 Fax: (508) 429-4793 Email: holliston@xaviermissionaries.org
Dear Xaverian Family, As you can see, this is a very special issue of our quarterly newsletter commemorating the canonization of our founder, Saint Guido Maria Conforti. His name says it all: Comforting Guide, for he has in deed and in spirit comforted and guided his flock of missionaries to the ends of the earth to proclaim the Gospel of Jesus Christ. A Bishop who went beyond the boundaries of his own diocese to embrace the whole world, Saint Guido continues this work to this day with Xaverians serving in nineteen countries worldwide.
Xaverian Mission Newsletter Official publication of the Xaverian Missionaries of the United States Publisher Fr. Carl Chudy,SX Editorial Team Fr. Tony Lalli, SX Fr. Joseph Matteucig, SX Fr. Alfredo Turco, SX Editor Mary Aktay Printing AlphaGraphics, Totowa, NJ Email & Web: missionmedia@xaviermissionaries.org www.xaviermissionaries.org http:xaviermissionaries.blogspot.com
Our pilgrims to Italy for his canonization in Rome were comforted and guided by his spiritual presence as travelers became friends visiting his episcopates of Parma and Ravenna and touring the Motherhouse of the Xaverians. Saint Guido’s gentle hand directed our thoughts and prayers in Assisi and Padua, Florence and Venice as we participated in liturgies and shared meals and wonderful times together. We are called to continue his legacy and make his vision of the global mission of the Church and the world as one family become a reality by seeing Christ in all. May Saint Guido Maria Conforti continue to guide us in this effort and comfort us all the days of our lives. In Christ,
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Xaverian Mission Newsletter â–Ş November 2011