World Mission Sunday Everyday

OCTOBER 2010 

 

To you who minister to youth and young adults

 

TAs the National Catholic Youth Ministry Conference comes closer, you may be talking up the enormous global impact of the Catholic Church and what that means for youth and young adults today. Youth and young adult ministry needs to help young people rooted in their parish community with a reach that goes worldwide. The local and global aspects of faith come together.

World Mission Sunday, which we just celebrated, is really a rallying point for awareness, prayer and action everyday of the year. For this reason we wanted to share with you our monthly e-newsletter called NO BORDERS. We bring online resources that help equip young people for their global role as Catholics.

If you would like to receive NO BORDERS just click Join our mailing list on the side panel. Feel free to forward it to the youth and young adults you minister to.

 

Africa Faith and Justice Student Chapters

Fr. Rocco Puopolo, Xaverian Missionary and Director of the Africa Faith and Justice Network, offers tools for youth and young adult ministry, as well as campus ministry in order to invite young people to advocate for change in Africa in tangible ways.

Check out the AFJN Student Chapter Toolkit and get some real support in a great project for your ministry. Talk with the staff to foster doable projects for Africa in the important work of awareness and advocacy.

 

Link with Missionary Stories Worldwide

Stories of missionaries make great material in all kinds of activities, prayer and liturgy. They are women and men of courage and faith who leave culture and homeland in the sole desire to share the hope of Christ worldwide in all of the marvelous ways the Church does today. Some have paid the price of their lives in order to do so. Here are a couple of links to check out:

Meet a Xaverian Missionary: Stories of missionaries all over the world
Stories of missionaries killed in 2009
Stories from the Sudan and other places

 

Peace in the Sudan: What would you do?

Catholic Relief Services and the Church are convinced that today, southern Sudan presents a rare opportunity to relieve staggering human suffering before it happens. Unfamiliar in the U.S., peace-building is tangible and critical in southern Sudan where war has shattered traditional ways of resolving conflict. It touches every aspect of Catholic spiritual and material life, but would you recognize your Church in southern Sudan? Here re some materials to bring the plight of Sudan home.

Resources for teachers, students and ministry leaders
Reflection for 101 Days of Prayer for Sudan
Sudan photos for your use
Resources for prayer, learning, and advocacy

 

The Redeemer's Face Shines Worldwide

The Holy Father recently published his message for World Mission Sunday (October 24,2010). He says that Catholics, in every parish, are to "make Jesus visible, to make the Redeemer's face shine in every corner of the earth before the generations, especially before the youth of every continent."

In this issue of the Xaverian Mission Newsletter we want to show you how the "face of Christ" is being made visible, in our work from Japan with photos of the Easter Celebration of Frs. Denny Wahyudi and Renato Filippini, to the 33 years of Fr. Orru in Indonesia, and from Africa (17 countries celebrate their independence in 2010) to the United States with Fr. Victor Mosele reflecting on his 50 years of missionary priesthood.

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Film Discussion: The Visitor

In a world of six billion people, it only takes one to change your life. This film is an engaging look of what happens to the dynamics of hospitality and welcome in a nation of immigrants in a post 9/11 world. This film is an excellent window through which to take a long unflinching look at the state of the immigration system today. This film discussion guide includes a synopsis, connections to Catholic social teaching themes, discussion questions, links and more.

Download the discussion guide here