LIVING THE CHARISM
EXPLORING THE XAVERIAN WAY
Brother Gabriël Vanderjeugt, C.F.X. (Brother Ivo)
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…[read more]
Brother Daniel Conaghan, C.F.X. (Brother Rian)
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…[read more]
Brother Thomas Francis Ryan, C.F.X. (Brother Lee) 1948-2024
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…[read more]
Reflections
The Absence of God
Is this not, rather, the fast that I choose: / releasing those bound unjustly, / untying the thongs of the yoke; / Setting free the oppressed, / breaking off every yoke? / Is it not sharing your bread with the…[read more]
Responsibility and Life
I call heaven and earth today to witness against you: I have set before you life and death, the blessing and the curse. Choose life, then, that you and your descendants may live, by loving the Lord, your God, obeying…[read more]
Praying In Secret
“But when you pray, go to your inner room, close the door, and pray to your Father in secret. And your Father who sees in secret will repay you.” Matthew 6:6 It would be a great grace of Lent if…[read more]
Receiving Our Inner Child
For along the way the disciples had been discussing among themselves who is the greatest. And Jesus sat down and called the Twelve and said to them: “If anyone wishes to be first, he shall be last of all and…[read more]
Why Could We Not Cast It Out?
When Jesus saw that a crowd came running together he rebuked the unclean spirit and said to him: “You mute and deaf spirit, I command you. Go out from him, and never enter him again.” And after shouting and convulsing…[read more]
Faith and Works
What good is it, my brothers, if someone says he has faith but does not have works? Can that faith save him? If a brother or sister has nothing to wear and has no food for the day, and one of…[read more]
Call Fulfilled
Brother Gabriël Vanderjeugt, C.F.X. (Brother Ivo)
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…[read more]
October 25, 2024
Brother Daniel Conaghan, C.F.X. (Brother Rian)
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…[read more]
September 23, 2024
Latest News
December 20
“The LORD spoke to Ahaz: Ask for a sign from the LORD, your God….”…[read more]
December 19
“How shall I know this? For I am an old man, and my wife is advanced in years.” - Lk 1:18…[read more]
December 18
“Joseph, son of David, do not be afraid to take Mary your wife into your home. For it is through the Holy Spirit that this child has been conceived in her.” - Matthew 1:20…[read more]
Preparation for Perpetual Profession: On Wednesday, January 15 the Program of Preparation for Perpetual Profession (PPP) 2020 will begin at the Generalate of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart in Rome. This year there will be 14 participants: 12 Brothers of the Sacred Heart and 2 Xaverian Brothers.
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The conventions of our lives are not only cultural but also personal and biographical. That is, at the deeper levels of our personalities we are most prone to live out with a fair degree of compulsion repetitious behavior.
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For the past two years, Lowell Catholic has asked their students to take photos with a “Flat Ryken,” a paper cut-out of the Founder. Watch a video of pictures the students shared.
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