Posted on August 3, 2017 by The Editor - Community
By Brother Stephen Obara OketchThe joy that we are yearning for is the interior peace that leads to exterior happiness. It means that we cannot express joy if it is not planted in us by God Himself. God is the main source of our Joy.…[read more]
Posted on August 2, 2017 by The Editor - Community
By Brother Deus SakaCourtesy serves as a tool that cherishes love and is governed by self-respect, respect for others, and common sense as the major principles. Prudence as a cardinal virtue plays an important role in our struggle for true discipleship.…[read more]
Posted on August 2, 2017 by The Editor - Transformation
By Brother Placide Ngoie MunangaI feel still capable of sharing a wider plan with the other inhabitants of this one village. More and more I understand that I must turn away from my concerns in order to concentrate on what is essential with the other members who are younger than I.…[read more]
Posted on August 1, 2017 by The Editor - Community
By Brother Stephen Cyprian Simiyu LuswetiOn the second day of retreat Brother Stephen reflects on the centrality of spiritual poverty to the life of a brother.…[read more]
Posted on July 31, 2017 by The Editor - Community
By Festus Kathuki MuluBrother Festus summarizes the first day of retreat, which was programmed around the theme, "Knowing and Living our Identity."…[read more]
Posted on July 26, 2017 by The Editor - Transformation
By Brother Paul MurrayPope Francis wants our community life to be the primary form of evangelization. In order to do this, we must learn to love and accept the Brothers we have, not the Brothers we want.…[read more]
Posted on July 19, 2017 by The Editor - Transformation
By Brother John CollinsHow will the American, Belgian, Congolese and Kenyan regions come together to make the personal and communal sacrifice, as well as commit to ongoing prayerful discernment and innovation, that is required to live as one village?…[read more]
One of them, a woman named Lydia, a dealer in purple cloth, from the city of Thyatira, worshiper of God, listened and the Lord opened her heart to pay attention to what Paul was saying. After she and her household had been baptized, she offered us an invitation, “If you consider me a believer in…[read more]
Posted on June 24, 2015 by The Editor - Community
Dear Brothers, Associates, and friends, Bro. Edward Driscoll invites all of you to read Laudato Si (Praised Be), Pope Francis’ encyclical on the environment. Many of you asked if we would respond as a Congregation. For your awareness, we have joined with other members of CMSM in doing so. However, we also want to invite you…[read more]
Posted on May 1, 2015 by The Editor - Community
From its origin, a hallmark of the Orangeburg mission of the Xaverian Brothers was hospitality. That hospitality occurred on many levels. As the previous reflections have stated, especially those shared by the Brothers who were members of the Orangeburg community, that hospitality was exercised to the neighbors of the Brothers on Amelia Street ─ Catholic…[read more]
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