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    2 Xaverian Mission Newsletter February 2015

    Year of Consecrated Life

    Excerpt from the Letter of Pope Francis

    Dear Brothers and Sisters in Consecrated Life

    I am writing to you as the Successor of Peter, towhom the Lord entrusted the task of confirming hisbrothers and sisters in faith (cf. Lk 22:32). But I amalso writing to you as a brother who, like yourselves,is consecrated to God.

    May this Year of Consecrated Life also be an occa-sion for confessing humbly, with immense confidence in the God who is Love (cf. 1 Jn4:8), our own weakness and, in it, to experience the Lords merciful love. May thisYear likewise be an occasion for bearing vigorous and joyful witness before the worldto the holiness and vitality present in so many of those called to follow Jesus in theconsecrated life.

    This Year also calls us to live the present with passion. Grateful remembrance of thepast leads us, as we listen attentively to what the Holy Spirit is saying to the Churchtoday, to implement ever more fully the essential aspects of our consecrated life...

    ...The Year of Consecrated Life challenges us to examine our fidelity to the missionentrusted to us. Are our ministries, our works and our presence consonant with whatthe Spirit asked of our founders and foundresses? Are they suitable for carrying outtoday, in society and the Church, those same ministries and works? Do we have thesame passion for our people? Are we close to them to the point of sharing in theirjoys and sorrows, thus truly understanding their needs and helping to respond tothem? The same generosity and self-sacrifice which guided your founders, SaintJohn Paul II once said, must now inspire you, their spiritual children, to keep alivethe charisms which, by the power of the same Spirit who awakened them, are con-stantly being enriched and adapted, while losing none of their unique character. It isup to you to place those charisms at the service of the Church and to work for thecoming of Christs Kingdom in its fullness.

    That old saying will always be true: Where there are religious, there is joy. We arecalled to know and show that God is able to fill our hearts to the brim with happi-

    ness; that we need not seek our hap-piness elsewhere; that the authenticfraternity found in our communitiesincreases our joy; and that our totalself-giving in service to the Church, tofamilies and young people, to theelderly and the poor, brings us life-long personal fulfilment....

    Join with the Xaverian Missionariesin service to the Church. Contact

    Fr. Frank Grappoli, SX

    12 Helene CourtWayne, NJ 07470Tel: 973-942-2975

    Or visit: www.xaviermissionaries.orgfor online donations

    Increaseyourimpact!IfyouremployerhasaMatchingGiftProgramyourcontributioncanbedoubled.

    XAVERIANMISSIONARIESProvincial Headquarters

    12 Helene Court

    Wayne, NJ 07470-2813Tel.: (973) 942-2975Fax: (973) 942-5012Email:[email protected]

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    4500 Xavier DriveFranklin, WI 53132-9066Tel.: (414) 421-0831Fax: (414) 421-9108Email:[email protected]

    Global Youth Mission Services

    (theGYM)

    Fatima Shrine101 Summer StreetP.O. Box 5857Holliston, MA 01746-5857Tel.: (508) 429-2144Fax: (508) 429-4793Email:[email protected]

    Xaverian Mission NewsletterOfcial publication of the

    Xaverian Missionaries

    of the United States

    Publisher

    Fr. Carl Chudy

    Communications Board

    Fr. Carl Chudy SXFr. Tony Lalli SXFr. Rocco Puopolo SXFr. Aniello Salicone SX

    EditorMary Aktay

    Printing

    AlphaGraphics,Totowa, NJ

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    3Xaverian Mission Newsletter February 2015

    Xaverian Missionaries in the World

    Snapshots of South Sudanby Bishop George Biguzzi SX

    PEACE IN WORDS BUT WAR IN FACT

    In South Sudan late November marks the end of the rainy season.

    Unfortunately there are thickening clouds and thunder of anotherkind, that of unending conflict. Peace occurs only in wordswhile war remains a daily fact.

    The hypocrisy of world powers is endured by the weakest countriesand poorest peoples. The big of the Earth sign protocols, make ral-lies and issue statements of peace, pledging to reduce armamentsand atomic weapons, then continue to invest in weapons. Wars arenow by proxy, away from home, preferably where there is oil andnatural resources.

    South Sudan, after a long war of liberation against the KhartoumGovernment, proclaimed independence on July 9, 2011. It was a timeof great popular celebration. But the festivities didnt last. The

    struggle for power and control of the vast oil resources of the nationsoon broke out.

    Now there is no more security. The population lives in uncertainty ofwhat might occur. A cattle raid has the potential to become anarmed conflict between tribes and various war lords. Ethnic groupsdo not trust each other and thus there are shaky relations amongmembers of families, clans and tribes. Trust and social peace arebroken. National leaders and the leaders of the various factions con-tinue to have meetings abroad and to sign declarations of peace.Sadly they are just paper. Do not drag me off with the wicked, withthe workers of evil, who speak peace with their neighbors while evilis in their hearts. (Psalm 3, 28).

    On December 15, 2013 there were thousands of deaths in the capital.The figures and the motivations vary depending on who tells thestory. Now there are signs of an arms race and there is talk of impendingcivil war. In the villages I saw many young people with rifles.The govern-ment spends 40% of the national budget on armaments. I saw trucks full ofsoldiers parading through the streets of the capital. I saw entire villagesdestroyed and burned houses. Those who die and suffer are largely civilians,mostly women and children. Of course the children of warlords are abroad,out of harms way.

    Here in the meantime there are sufficient schools but there are noequipped hospitals and roads are not built or repaired. Social services arelax. There is a shortage of necessities, but there are plenty of weapons,manufactured and sold by nations that have signed the solemn declarationsof peace. As always, when elephants fight it is the grass that gets tram-pled.

    In September the South Sudanese bishops declared solemnly that the war in southern Sudan is immoral. There is nomoral justification for continuing to kill. We cannot accept any excuse provided by any party or individual to the con-tinuation of the war. The fighting and the killings must cease immediately and unconditionally. Declare before Godthat it is unethical for any party continue to use violence to advance their political agenda.

    Da pacem, Domine, in diebus nostris, quia non est alius qui pro nobis pugnet, nisi tu Deus noster.Givepeace, O Lord, in the days of our lives, for there is none other who fights for us, but only thou, O God,our God.

    South Sudanese sit under a tree in an internally displaced

    persons camp in Manangui, South Sudan. (Photo Credit:

    CNS/Paul Jeffrey)

    UN Mission in South Sudan (Photo Credit: UN

    Photo/Martine Perre)

    South Sudans ofcial declaration of independence

    celebrations included children singing the new national

    anthem.(Photo Credit: Sara A. Fajardo/CRS)

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    Xaverian Missionaries in the World

    South Sudan Snapshotscontinued

    DUST WATER AND THE HOLY SPIRIT

    Last December I was a guest of the ComboniMissionaries in the parish of Irol, in southernSudan. The parish priest, a missionary of Spanishorigin, invited me to join him in the village of Panakarfor baptisms. After a torturous ride in the bush wecame to the village where the Catechist awaited withthe catechumens. I immediately noticed that they wereall barefoot with dusty yellow feet.

    We expected 124 to be baptized but there were only90 present. The Catechist explained that those of the

    village further away, about two hours of walking, had come the day before by mis-take and he didnt know if they would return. After a long wait, the pastor decidedto start the ceremony. Everything was done as prescribed. I gave the homily, trans-lated by the Catechist. Then we baptized the catechumens. The liturgy was filledwith prayer, singing and joy.

    At the Offertory the other 34 catechumens arrived from the far away village. Wecould not send them back. We held an abbreviated baptismal ceremony which result-ed in a new outbreak the joyous songs. Everyones eyes sparkled with a new light.They were born again of water and the Holy Spirit.

    Towards the middle of the afternoon all returned to their homes and their villages. Itseemed to me that the yellow dust covering their feet had turned to gold.

    THE WOMEN OF SAN LUCA

    The women of San Luca are a group ofCatholic Women of the parish of St. Joseph inthe town of Leer, South Sudan. Meditating onthe eighth chapter of the Gospel of Luke, they readthat as Jesus passed through towns and villages pro-claiming the good news of Gods Kingdom, The twelveapostles were with him and even some women whohad been cured by evil spirits and disease: MaryMagdalene, Joanna, Susanna, and many others whoprovided for them with their resources (Luke 8, 1-4).

    These women formed the group of Women of SanLuca to share the Gospel with their families, their

    neighbors and the villagers. In addition they helpmaintain their parish church and help the priests andaid the poor. Generally they are widows or womenabandoned by their husbands. In the parish they arean example for all of Christian charity and witness.

    ~Bishop George Biguzzi SX

    They wereborn again ofwater andthe HolySpirt.

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    Xaverian Missionaries in the USA

    Being Catholic in a DiverseWorld

    HONORING THE PLURALISM OF CHRISTS KINGDOM

    Fr. Carl Chudy SX conducted a retreat on January 11 at Fatima Shrine inHolliston MA exploring the ways Catholics meaningfully connect with a

    larger world in the areas of interfaith and intercultural dialogue.

    For many years Catholic identity was reinforcedthrough cultural traditions and by having Catholicneighbors who worshiped, thought and acted ho-mogeneously. Over the years neighborhoods changed.The Catholic core of some cities and towns disintegratedas evidenced by parish closures. New immigrants fromAsia, the Middle East, Africa, traditionally non-Catholiccountries, moved in.

    If we focus on Massachusetts as an example we can seetrends emerging, Statistics show a religiously diversepopulation. As of 2000, there were 3,092,296 Roman Catholics

    in Massachusetts, representing nearly half of the totalpopulation. The largest Protestant denominations were: the Unit-ed Church of Christ, 121,826 adherents; the EpiscopalChurch, 98,963; the American Baptists (USA), 52,716,156;and the United Methodist Church,64,028. The 2nd-largest religious affilia-tion is Judaism, with about 275,000adherents in 2000. The Muslim population the same

    year was about 41,497 people. Though membership numberswere not available, reports notedthat there were about 57 Buddhistcongregations and 20 Hindu congregations throughoutthe state. About 35% of the population was not counted as

    members of any religious organization.

    Upsurge of Secular Culture

    The number of people who identify themselves as athe-ists in the United States has been rising, modestly butsteadily, in recent years. 2.4% of American adults said

    they were atheists when asked about their religiousidentity in 2012, up from 1.6% in 2007.

    A quarter of atheists (26%) think of themselves asspiritual people, and 3% consider themselves religiouspeople. Four-in-ten atheists (41%) say they often thinkabout the meaning and purpose of life.

    Atheism gained ground in reaction to the religious rightof the early 1980s, aftermath of 9/11, discrimination,and popular books articulating the atheist and humanistconcerns.

    Catholics in Relationship with Other Faiths andThose with No Religion

    The Churchs Mission has been to go forth and bring thegood news from the very beginning. These were Jesusswords to the apostles. The first encyclical of Pope PaulVI in 1964 was The Church must be in dialogue with

    the world. Vatican II stated: In the Churchs relation-ship with non-Christian religions, she considers what isin common and what brings fellowship. Man is united onthe deepest of questions from existence of himself, tothat of other things which he cannot fully comprehend.St. John Paul II said, Helping all the faithful to respectand to esteem the values, traditions and convictions ofother believers is a commitment which no local church is

    exempt from duty

    The National Plan of USCCB 2002,#43 asserts: Interreligious dialoguepresents an opportunity to learnabout other religious traditions

    and to explain our own. Suchdialogue, however, must never be acamouflage for proselytizing. Rather,it should be approached with the

    utmost respect and sensitivity.

    Four types of Catholic dialogue

    The first is the dialogue of life where believers of dif-ferent religions bear witness before each other in dailylife to their own human and spiritual values, and helpeach other to live according to those values in order tobuild a more just and fraternal society.

    The second is the dialogue of works and action where

    collaboration with other faiths is opportune in the social,economic and political to build a more humane society.

    The third is the dialogue of theological exchange and

    often involves specialists and leaders in different faithtraditions in search for ultimate truth.

    Finally the dialogue of religious experience is an op-portunity to share prayer and religious experiences in ourcommon search for the Absolute.

    Fr. Carl Chudy SX

    The Church must bein dialogue with the

    world. ~ Blessed Pope Paul VI

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    Where there are religious, there is joy. ~Pope Francis

    Reflection on the Year of

    Consecrated Life:Faith Shared Experience

    Pope Francis is inviting consecrated people to rejoicein the experience of Gods consolation (comfort,tenderness, being loved, encouragement) and tobear witness to His mercy through love and deeds inthe various cultures and locations of people in this world. ~Rejoice, Papal Letter on Consecrated Life

    Since I am motivated by this invitation, and as I am aconsecrated person, I wish to share my thoughts andexperience on how God has transformed me through the joyof this encounter. I was born and grew up in the millennialgeneration. I left my family and country to embrace thereligious and missionary life, giving up a promising career. NowI am a member of this religious-missionary Congregation withthe mission of proclaiming Christ and His gospel to the peoplewho have not yet heard of him. I have been assigned to thismission of Sierra Leone to proclaim Christ`s Gospel and bearwitness to my faith and Christian hope to the people of thiscountry.

    I am here as a young missionary and I live, interact and workwith the people seven days a week. I witness their strugglesand difficulties. Many of them have already embraced theChristian faith and live it out joyfully and share it willinglywith their relatives and companions. The second aspect I wishto share concerning my faith experience is the splendor andattractiveness of community life, where we work together as agroup of confreres and bear constant witness to our faith.

    The Xaverians in this Region are a communion of men of variousages, languages, places of origin, culture, family background,

    thoughts and ideals. We are here with our presence and mission work in solidarity with the local Churchand the suffering people, to fulfill the mission that has been entrusted to us. We live as a communityof individuals who recognize our strengths and weaknesses. Our main missionary task is to live in unity

    and harmony among ourselves in fraternal love, so that our incarnated community becomes a place ofprofound conversion, sharing and discernment. We are a community of Christs disciples who set asideour personal projects and concerns in favor of the greater values of the Kingdom, courageously puttingour lives on the line.

    The Congregation`s dynamic characteristics ad gentes, ad extraand ad vitam (mission to those who donot know Christ, beyond our boarders and for a lifetime) are not just words on paper to be placed ona shelf and admired from afar. Instead, they are the actual life experience of the Xaverians. They arenot just some collective thoughts that remain a dream. They are embodied in a true life story that wecan share with others, a reality that we can touch, embrace and experience through our senses andfaculties.

    Fr. Joeven Matugas, SX

    Fr. Joeven celebrates the schools sports victory with his

    students in Sierra Leone

    Fr. Joeven (left) joins Fr. Eugenio Pulcini SX (second from left),

    former rector of the theology of Manila, with fellow graduates

    now missionary priests in West Africa

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    Xaverian seminarians in the PhilippinesCulture inspired celebration in Indonesia.

    Fr. Joeven (front row center) with the Xaverians in Sierra LeoneThe Xaverian community in Taiwan. Fr. Joe Matteucig SX in the

    third row center.

    Colombian Xaverians enjoy a meal at a restaurant. Fr. Mark

    Marangone SX is hiding in the back. You can just get a glimpse

    of the top of head and his yellow shirt. Fr. Javier Ferrer SX in his parish church in the Philippines

    ...the authentic fraternity found in ourcommunities increases ourjoy...~Pope Francis

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    The Testament of

    St. Guido Confo

    See God, Seek Go

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    Xaverian Mission Newsletter February 2015 9

    St. Guido Maria Confort

    We will live this way if in allcircumstances we keep Christ in mind; hewill always be with us, when we pray, at

    the altar, when we study, in the many activities of ourministry, in our dealings with others, in times of distress,sorrow and temptation. In all things we will drawinspiration from him, in such a way that our externalbehavior will become the manifestation of the interior

    life of Christ within us (Testament Letter, 7).

    The distinguishing characteristic of present

    and future members of our Society must bethe result of the following components: aspirit of living faith which enables us to see God, seekGod and love God in all things, intensifying our desireto spread his kingdom everywhere; a spirit of promptand ready obedience in everything, no matter howcostly, in order to achieve the victories promised byGod to those who are obedient; a spirit of intense lovefor our religious family, that we must look upon as amother, and a spirit of intense love for all the membersof our Society (Testament Letter, 10).

    n Consecrated Life

    and Love God in All.

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    World Mission News Digest

    World Mission News Digest

    AFRICA/SIERRA

    LEONEEbola Emergency:light at the endof the tunnel

    Pujehun (Agenzia Fides)

    - Sierra Leone has been

    hit hardest by the

    epidemic Ebola, followed

    by Liberia and Guinea.

    Since the epidemic

    started the world has

    seen over 21,000 people

    infected and over 8,400

    deaths, according tothe latest World Health

    Organization numbers.

    However, there is some

    good news from Sierra

    Leone: 44 days without

    new cases of Ebola. The

    news was released by AVSI, at

    the forefront in the Country

    since the outbreak of the

    epidemic.

    The organization helps orphans,

    families in quarantine. Wework to deliver water, food

    and basic necessities to

    families in quarantine, street

    children and to welcome

    orphans due to the virus, at the

    moment one of the most crucial

    problems in the African Country,says

    Ernest Sesay. There is also good

    news from Mali. In fact the African

    Country was ofcially declared virus-

    free, according to what was reported

    by the local government and the

    United Nations after no new case wasregistered for 42 days. Mali was the

    sixth West African country hardest hit

    by the epidemic of Ebola.

    AMERICA/MEXICO

    The Bishops of CentralAmerica discuss the issueregarding assistance tomigrants

    Isolation in Sierra Leone

    Xaverians in Mexico

    Catechist in Indonesia

    Chiapas (Agenzia Fides) - The Bishops

    of Mexico, Guatemala, El Salvador,

    Honduras and Nicaragua will meet

    in January in Tapachula (Mexico), to

    discuss the always painful reality of

    many thousands of migrants from

    central America who travel through

    Mexico to try and reach the United

    States. Bishop Felipe Esquivel Arizmendi

    of San Cristobal de Las Casas, Chiapas,

    stated. We are saddened and

    concerned that migrants are exposed

    to so many humiliations: they are

    mistreated, blackmailed, sometimes

    kidnapped, forcing them to work for

    the drug business. Some are killed andmany remain without being able to

    full their dream. We are particularly

    concerned about the trafcking of

    women, who are raped and abandoned

    when they are pregnant, he stressed.

    This meeting of the Central American

    Bishops will serve to exchange

    information on the situation of

    migration, but above all to share the

    efforts that, as a Church, we carry

    out in our dioceses, said Bishop

    Arizmendi, who continued: Every day

    we promote more and more centers for

    migrants, not only providing food and

    accommodation, but medical care, a

    place where to rest and where to nd,

    if necessary, legal support. Our services

    are offered not only to Catholics, but to

    all people, regardless of creed, race and

    nation. We are brothers, and we share

    the little we have.

    ASIA/INDONESIA

    Indonesian Bishops andpriests inspired by the

    Evangelii Gaudium inprayer and action

    Semarang (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis

    Apostolic Exhortation Evangelii Gaudium

    is a valuable document in Indonesia for

    meditation, prayer and for the pastoral

    service of Bishops and priests in

    Indonesia and continues to inspire their

    actions. The document was at the center

    of the last assembly of Indonesian bishops

    and is a useful guide for the pastoral

    service today. Evangelii Gaudium was

    much appreciated by the Bishops, who

    continue to propose and follow it in

    their dioceses. There is a desire to

    proclaim the joy of the Gospel among

    the multicultural people of Indonesia,

    said Archbishop Johannes Pujasumarta

    Sembarang and Secretary General of

    the Episcopal Conference.

    ASIA/PHILIPPINES

    The Pope shows deepcompassion for the vic-tims of the Typhoon

    Palo (Agenzia Fides) - Pope Francis

    showed deep compassion with the

    victims of the typhoon, during the

    Holy Mass celebrated, in adverse

    weather conditions, at Tacloban air-

    port, said Fr. Socrates Mesiona,

    National Director of the Pontical

    Mission Societies. The Pope cele-

    brated Mass in the area affected

    by Typhoon Yolanda on January 17,

    on the second day of his trip in

    the archipelago in January.

    Fr. Mesiona said, The faithful pres-

    ent listened and prayed in deep

    silence. I believe that this celebra-

    tion will give birth to a new hopefor people affected by the tragedy

    of the typhoon.

    The words of the Pope, said the

    Director, proved, because [they

    were] spontaneous and personal, to

    be deeply effective. The Pope want-

    ed to share what was in his heart

    with the survivors and invited to

    put the sufferings in the hands of

    Christ and Mary.

    The celebration of the Mass in

    Tacloban was one of the centralmoments of the Popes visit to the

    Philippines and received much

    attention of the media and com-

    mentators.

    Worshippers at Philippine Mass

    pray for typhoon victims.

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    News from our USA Communities

    News from our USA Communities

    THE FATHERS OFFRANKLIN

    Fr. Dominic told me that in thismonth of January our ministry to

    supply the nearby parishes has been

    very busy. Two parish priests of the

    nearby parishes went on vacation

    and asked us to supply for them. He

    said, Let us hope that the month

    of February will be the same as

    January. All the Fathers (Mark , Alex,

    Larry, Aniello and Dominic) have

    been helping for this ministry in the

    nearby parishes.

    On Jan. 23rd Fr. Aniello went to Van-dalia, IL for a two days retreat to

    the Our Sorrowful Mothers Ministry.

    The topic was Praying and Healing

    the Unspeakable Mystery.

    Fr. Alex with Frs. Rocco Puopolo

    and Adolph Menndez represented

    the Xaverian Missionaries at the bi-

    annual gathering of the Federation of

    Catholic University Students (FOCUS),

    SEEK 2015, held in Nashville from

    January 1st to 5th 2015

    Fr. Alex Rodriguez SX and Fr. RoccoPuopolo are representing the USA at

    an international forum of Xaverian

    Mission Educators to be held in

    Madrid, Spain from January 22nd

    to 30th.

    Fr. Mark is attending a workshop

    organized by the CMSM (conference

    of major superiors for male religious)

    on leadership with Frs. Tony, Carl

    and Joe in Tuscon AZ.

    ~ Fr. Aniello Salicone SX

    HOLLISTON HOSTSMONTHLY MINI-

    RETREATS

    Pope Francis has asked that we

    celebrate the Year of Consecrated

    Life from November 2014 to Febru-

    ary 2016. Also 2015 is the 50th

    anniversary of the Vatican II Mission

    Document Ad Gentes. To bring

    attention to both Consecrated Life and

    Mission the Xaverian Missionaries are

    offering a monthly RETREAT on the Sec-

    ond Sunday of each Month (except May)giving those who come an opportunity

    to celebrate the many ways that Mission

    can be expressed, proclaiming the Lord

    Jesus to all Gods people. The retreats

    will begin at the 11:00 am Mass. A

    second input will be offered for those

    who wish to stay for the retreat at 1:45

    pm, concluding with the World Mission

    Rosary at 3:00 pm. There will be a

    light lunch.

    ~Fr. Joe Matteucig SX

    PAPAL BLESSINGBESTOWED ON

    LEADERS OF WESTESSEX MISSIONARY

    LEAGUE

    Fr. Frank Grappoli SX presented the Papal

    Blessing of His Holiness, Pope Francis to

    Anne Petrarca (president) Nancy Roma-

    nyshyn (co-president) and all the members

    of the West Essex Missionary League for

    their outstanding service and generosity to

    the Xaverian Missionaries and the Global

    Mission of the Catholic Church.

    MONTHLY MEETUP AT

    PROVINCIAL HOUSE

    Conversations Among Humanists, Atheists

    and Religious Believersseeks dialogue

    among atheists and religious believers.

    Our meetings are wonderfully rich, with a

    diverse group: atheists and theists. Our con-

    versation is on doing good, with or without

    God. How can religious people, atheists and

    humanists nd ways to bring good into the

    world together?

    On our rst gathering o f 2015 on Feb. 1st

    we participated in the United Nations

    annual program, Interfaith Harmony Week.

    For this special occasion we looked at an

    interesting talk given by Alain de Botton for

    TED (TED is a global community, welcoming

    people from every discipline and culture

    who seek a deeper understanding of the

    world) entitled Atheism 2.0. In it de Botton

    ponders: What aspects of religion should

    atheists (respectfully) adopt?

    ~Fr. Carl Chudy SX

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