Xaverian Mission Newsletter - 2011: Apr.-June

Japan: Hope for the Future

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2011 - Apr-June
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Japan - Hope for the Future

The Catholic Church in Japan rushed to support victims of the earthquake and tsunami with prayer, solidarity and practical aid. Japanese bishops established an emergency center to coordinate humanitarian aid operations in Sendai, the area most devastated by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.

The center is managed by Caritas Japan and draws on the resources of numerous Catholic volunteers who have come forward in the wake of the disaster. “The biggest buildings withstood the very strong earthquake. The greatest damage was caused by the tsunami. The panorama of destruction is striking. Now we'll have to roll up our shirtsleeves. People are expecting our help,” said Fr. Daisuke Narui, executive director of Caritas Japan. Read more articles from Xaverian Missionaries in Japan, Fr. Piergiorgio Manni, Provincial Superior, and Fr. Mike De Rocha.

“Saint for Our Times” is another article on Guido Maria Conforti, founder of the Xaverian Missionaries, Bishop of Parma and Archbishop of Ravenna, who will be proclaimed Saint by Pope Benedict XVI on World Mission Sunday October 23, 2011 at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome.

The centerpiece portraits “the Dignity of Work,” based on Catholic social teaching, beginning with the famous “Rerum Novarum” encyclical of Pope Leo XIII that defends the poor and stresses human rights and dignity. Reflect on other excerpts from “Gaudium et Spes” and the US Bishops pastoral “Economic Justice for All.”

In this Xaverian Mission Newsletter, besides the normal features of World Mission News Digest, and News from the USA Communities, test your “Religious IQ,” and Xaverian outreach to Brazilian community in Boston. We also remember Fr. Bruno Orru, missionary in Indonesia, who passed into Eternal Life on March 31, 2011, after a battle with cancer. His service in the US and his dedication to forming young Xaverians in Indonesia, bring hope for the future.

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