Love is patient, love is kind. It is not jealous, [love] is not pompous, it is not inflated, it is not rude, it does not seek its own interests, …but rejoices with the truth. It bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. Love never fails. (I Corinthians 13:4, 7-8)…[read more]
Posted on September 23, 2024 by Fallon Bakalich - Call Fulfilled, Featured
Daniel - God be my judge, God guides me, God loves me. Amen! Dan was the child of Irish immigrants John Conaghan and Grace Curran Conaghan. He was born in Brooklyn, NY, on May 16, 1940. He is survived by his sister Mary Ryan (John), Patricia Gorman (+Jim) and Charles (Frannie).…[read more]
Posted on September 16, 2024 by Fallon Bakalich - Call Fulfilled, Featured
1962 was an instrumental year in the life of the young Tom Ryan. That is the year this son of Thomas F. Ryan and Mildred (Kennedy) Ryan, a child of Bronx, NY, began his high school career at Cardinal Hayes High School on Grand Concourse in New York City.…[read more]
Thomas Cully entered eternal life peacefully on September 2, 2024, after a long illness. Thomas was born in Brooklyn, New York, on November 3, 1937 to Peter and Katherine (O’Donnell) Cully. Both parents were from Donegal, Ireland. Thomas is predeceased by both parents, his older brother, Peter, and his younger brother, Charles, also a Xaverian Brother. He is survived by members of his brother Peter’s family. Many of Thomas’ loyal friends helped him greatly as he was able to do less for himself.…[read more]
For almost a hundred consecutive years, men of the Behenna family of Somerville were faithful members of the Xaverian Brothers. Herbert, later our Brother Guy, became an aspirant in our high school program at the Juniorate in Peabody in the mid 1920s, and we have been honored to have Eugene, later Brother Edgar, in our midst a century later. There were thirteen children in the Behenna family, eleven boys and two girls. Although Herbert was the godfather to Gene, they only got to know one another when the Juniorate boys were home with their families in the summer. Among the Behennas, there was, of course, an…[read more]
In the summer of 1961, after graduating from St. John’s High School in Worcester, Massachusetts, eighteen-year-old William Cushing of North Brookfield recognized a call from God to be a disciple of His Son Jesus, as a member of the Brothers of St. Francis Xavier. He left his home, his parents and brother John, and did…[read more]
Perceptive, outgoing yet private, very humorous yet also serious, down to earth, kind and caring – these are all qualities that I experienced in Brother James Eckert…[read more]
Posted on December 16, 2022 by Josh Kinney - Featured
One day I was at a friend's house for a visit. After our chat, I made my way back. So, my friend decided to accompany me.…[read more]
Posted on December 14, 2022 by Josh Kinney - Featured
“Let the clouds rain down the Just One, and the earth bring forth a Savior” – Isaiah 45:8 This verse from Isaiah recurs several times in the liturgies of these last weeks of Advent. Composed during a desperate period in Jewish history when “Sion is deserted, Jerusalem desolate” (Isaiah 64:10). It is a powerful cry…[read more]
Posted on November 24, 2022 by Josh Kinney - Featured
we gather to express our gratitude for the gift of family and friends, colleagues and community. We are especially grateful for you and all who are part of our Xaverian mission…[read more]
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