The renowned author Maya Angelou tells the story in her autobiography 'I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings' of being slapped by her grandmother for using the expression, “by the way.”…[read more]
Today’s Gospel reading tells of Christ’s miraculous healing of two blind men. While far from his first miracle, Christ approaches the pleading blind men and humbly asks, “Do you believe that I can do this?”…[read more]
More than 180 years ago, Theodore James Ryken was inspired by God to form The Brothers of Saint Francis Xavier, known as the Xaverian Brothers, in Bruges, Belgium…[read more]
These words manifest a practical way Jesus showed compassion throughout his public life and moves me to reflect on how many people in our world go to bed hungry every night…[read more]
Arriving home one afternoon, taped to the door was a note: “I was in the area and thought I would surprise you with an unexpected visit. Sorry that you weren’t home.…[read more]
The man dressed as Frederick Douglas, the escaped slave and abolitionist, stood at the shore where the first enslaved Africans arrived by boat in 1619.…[read more]
On October 14, an inauguration ceremony was held for the newly completed building complex in Fungurume, Congo, housing two workshops (mechanical and electrical) and four administrative offices, as part of an educational project inspired by the Xaverian charism…[read more]
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