Drawing near to others
Together with some other seminarians, I go to a children’s hospital once a week for charitable work. We try to visit every room to talk to the children and their parents. We then invite them to pray and sing with us in the hallway, so that they can see something beautiful in one of the last places they would choose to be. We do not know what to expect every time we come into a room. There are times when a knock at a door could be answered with a look that tells us that we are the last people ...
Leave space for the Other
Dear brothers, A few days ago we began Lent. I want to share some reflections with you that have been with me during these days, and that I have already put before the seminarians. Lent invites us to leave behind the image we have of ourselves, to encounter God and to be able to find our I in him. It is he who opens wide the true dimensions of our personality. It is he who teaches us what the good would be for our lives, and what are the paths to reach it. Of course, in this transition we have the impression of ...
I am certain of Christ
Of Jewish origin (through his mother); an Islamic scholar; formerly a Buddhist adept. Now, a Catholic priest in the Holy Land, after working in Morocco and Saudi Arabia. If you wanted a poster boy for the postmodern concept of globalization, you could find it in this missionary from California, a “beanpole” of almost 2 meters (“6 feet 2 inches, to be exact”) who can’t be missed in the alleys of the Holy City. He is Fr. Vincent Nagle, priest of the Fraternity of St. Charles, stationed in Jerusalem since 2007. After first teaching English at the Catholic University of Bethlehem, ...
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Drawing near to others
by Apolonio LatarTogether with some other seminarians, I go to a children’s hospital once a week for charitable work. We try to visit every room to talk to the children...
Leave space for the Other
by Massimo CamisascaDear brothers, A few days ago we began Lent. I want to share some reflections with you that have been with me during these days, and that I have already...
Encounter: In Silence for the Church
by Jonah LynchMassimo Camisasca and some seminarians met with Mother Cristiana Piccardo, at the women’s Trappist monastery of Vitorchiano. Here are some excerpts from...
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The Fraternity of St. Charles Borromeo is a society of missionary priests working around the world. We live community life together and work in parishes, schools, universities, and hospitals.
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