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A Time for New Beginnings!

June brings to mind "commencement" and the start of something new. It's the first day of the rest of your life. What will you do with it?

So many options! What will you choose? A life centered on self, or a life centered in Christ? The whole world is waiting for you. It needs your dedication and enthusiasm. Remember, the journey of a lifetime starts with a single step. Where will yours lead you?

Commencement Blessings!

Fr. Carl Chudy, SX

"First Fridays for Food Security" Facebook Event Continues on June 3, 2011

First Fridays for Food Security

On the first Friday of each month through April 2012, Catholics can "fast" by limiting meal spending to the amount allotted for a family of their size in the USDA Modified Thrifty Food Plan, which is used as the basis for the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (formerly called food stamps). The Facebook event kicked off last month and continues on Friday, June 3. The theme for June 3 is "A Eucharistic Response to Hunger." On that day, Catholics will be asked to reflect on the connection between our celebration of the Eucharist and our concern for our brothers and sisters in need. Remind Catholics in your network to visit the Facebook event page to participate!

And don't stop there...

Gathering 2011: Changing the Politics of Hunger

Sponsored by Bread for the World, this ecumenical gathering will be held June 11-14, 2011, in Washington, DC. Learn, interact, network and advocate to end poverty and hunger in our country and around the world.

2011 - Changing the Politics of Hunger

Young Catholics Initiate Online Prayer Chain

Young Catholics initiate online Prayer Chain

Some young Catholics from Shanghai launched an online prayer chain for 24 hours on May 23. They took turns to recite the Rosary and the Prayer to Our Lady of Sheshan every 20 minutes. Priests and nuns also joined in after they heard the youths' devotion.

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The Cardinal Bernardin New Leadership Award

Cardinal Bernardin Leadership Award

The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops needs your help identifying a deserving young Catholic between the ages of 18 and 30 who is engaged in efforts to end the root causes of poverty in the United States. Nominations are due July 31.

Download the nomination form.

Get Involved!

Get Involved

Catholic Volunteer Network, established in 1963, is a non-profit membership organization of 200 domestic and international volunteer and lay mission programs. Currently, more than 10,000 volunteers and lay missioners serve in these programs throughout the U.S. and in 108 other countries.

Learn more...

Social Action Summer Institute

Sponsored by the Roundtable Association of Catholic Diocesan Social Action Directors, the SASI will take place July 10-13, 2011, in New Orleans. It's for Catholic social justice leaders who want to learn more about Catholic social teaching, apply it to the "signs of the times" and learn skills to be more effective in the public arena, all within the context of prayer, liturgy, and a Catholic spirituality of social justice. A supportive and challenging community of peers helps all participants grow. Find out more...

New Website!
www.guidoconforti.com

New web: www.guidoconforti.com

The Xaverian Missionaries of the USA Region have launched a new website focusing on our founder, Saint Guido Conforti and the inspiration he gives us to learn how to embrace, with the compassion of Christ, a multicultural and multi-religious world in the 21st Century.

Check it out often as new material will be added periodically.