Passion for Christ — Passion for Humanity
Xaverian Mission
Volume 58 - No. 4 |
Peace
on Earth
and the
Freedom of
Religion
W orld Day of Peace is tradi-
tionally celebrated on
January 1 of each year, the Feast of the
Mary, Mother of God. For this upcoming
year, the Holy See has set the theme:
Religious Freedom, the Path to Peace.
For us, peace in the world today, some-
thing we sing much about in Christmas
carols, with all its own complexities, is
not possible without the freedom to
practice one’s faith, no matter what
that faith may be.
November 2010
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We also live in a world today where
the freedom to practice one’s faith,
taken for granted by many nations,
and perhaps even ours, is curtailed
or severely restricted in others. The
persecution of other faiths is one of
the hallmarks of a lack of human rights
today and a challenge for the whole
Church, particularly in the USA that
lauds a central part of our national
character as a welcome space for all
faiths.
Newsletter
In the centerfold of this issue of XMN,
we showcase He Qi, a marvelous
Chinese Christian artist whose talent
shared with the world today evolved
out of the severity of the communist
regime years ago. In the mission news
page, we share the report of a group of
Filipinos who were recently arrested in
Saudi Arabia for participating in a
Catholic mass, forbidden by Saudi law.
In this and more, we need your help to
faces these challenges in the mission of
the church. U
Xaverians in Burundi, Africa

To Save and To Be Saved

X averian Missionaries
Provincial Headquarters
12 Helene Court
Wayne, NJ 07470-2813
Tel.: (973) 942-2975
Fax: (973) 942-5012
Email: xavwayne@optonline.net

Xavier Knoll Mission Center

4500 Xavier Drive
Franklin, WI 53132-9066
Tel.: (414) 421-0831
Fax: (414) 421-9108
E-mail: xavmissionswi@hotmail.com

Mission Center & Fatima Shrine

101 Summer Street
P.O. Box 5857
Holliston, MA 01746-5857
Tel.: (508) 429-2144
Fax: (508) 429-4793
E-mail: holliston.sx@gmail.com

Xaverian Mission Newsletter

Official publication of the
Xaverian Missionaries
of the United States Fr. Lino Maggioni with a mother and fifteen year old daughter.
Coordinating Editor The mother died from AIDS five months after this photo was taken.
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Editorial Team
Fr. Tony Lalli just enough time to avoid the disaster.” A
ometimes hard fast assumptions about
Fr. Joseph Matteucig
Fr. Alfredo Turco the way we see things changes. I hap- Muslim woman did not hesitated to put her
pen to have an experience of this when I life at risk to save me. I realized that being
Layout Consultant a missionary is not only giving of oneself,
Diamand Design,
thought that the missionary goes to mission
Wrentham, MA to give their lives to save others. Well, it but receiving as well, to save and be saved!
took one afternoon in the African sun to
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Fr. Edi Foschiatto in red with friends at our parish. Fr. Joe Matteucig,
Director of our Center in Holliston, MA is there in the yellow stole.
R ecently I was home with my
family in Italy and naturally
many friends and family are curious
about our work in Taiwan and China.
Let me share with you a little of what
the Xaverian Missionaries are doing in
the Far East.
The Xaverians came to the island of
Taiwan (once called “Formosa”) twenty
years ago. During this period a number
of Xaverian priests came to work. Today
Father Fabrizio Tosolini of Italy and
Father Paulin Batairwa of the Congo
work with me at our parish.
In the beginning years, there was
much enthusiasm and good will. We
studied the language, looked for a
house, found work, and with friends, we
purchased furniture, and other necessi-
ties to make a home. God then helped
us to move towards three directions in
the way of the mission: the ministry in
our parish, social ministry, and dialogue
with the predominate faith here,
Buddhism.
Here is the first thing to do in mis-
sion: pay attention to life experience
Xaverian Missionaries in the World
Three
Directions
in the
Mission of
Taiwan
“God then helped us
to move towards three
directions in the way
and the project that God has already
gifted us with. A big help on being mis-
sionary in Taiwan comes from a saying
of the mission: the
ministry in our parish,
from our Founder, Blessed Guido social ministry, and
Conforti: “Seek God, love God, and see
God in everything.”
dialogue with the
predominate faith
Our pastoral support to the Taiwan-
ese Church led us to accept the parish, here, Buddhism.”
St. Francis Xavier. The Xaverian Miss-
ionaries built this parish in the 1970’s
and then was returned to the diocese
when we left Taiwan in those days. It is
a small parish community, like most of
the Christian communities of the island.
Among the 23 million people, those that
are Catholic are less than three hundred
thousand.
We live the ordinary life of every
parish with the celebration of the
Eucharist, prayer and devotion, always
adding a touch of our very familiar style
typical of Xaverians everywhere. At the
end of Sunday Mass the community
drinks tea together, in order to get to
know one another better. At Christmas
and Easter, for birthdays and name
days, for baptisms and communions, we
Some youth in front of
also have lunch together as a parish.
a church in Taiwan.
(continued on next page)
Xaverian Mission Newsletter • November 2010 3
Xaverian Missionaries in the World
Enrico Rossetto, who studied
English in the USA,
now teaches in China.
Two Xaverians working in Taiwan,
Fr. Zamora (left) from Mexico and
Fr. Dharmawan from Indonesia.
4 Xaverian Mission Newsletter • November 2010
A celebration in our parish with the local Bishop and Fr. Edi Foschatti in the red stole.
(continued from page 3)
Little by little, we began to reach We are grateful to the Lord for all
out the poorest in the city. We helped his grace in all that has been done. U
the Aboriginal communities living in the
mountains. We maintain a twinning – Fr. Edi Foschiatto, SX
relationship with a village in the moun-
tains after a devastating earth-
quake struck the area and we
helped rebuild the church. Now
we are helping children and
young people of the village with
scholarships for school. We
recently began the work of inter-
faith dialogue. Father Paulin, who
recently completed a doctorate
in religious studies has created a
new way of interfaith dialogue:
the dialogue of life. Often we
host Buddhist monks and
Buddhist nuns to dinner with us.
Since Buddhist monks and nuns
do not eat meat, we had to
adjust the menu.
Throughout these years our
congregation has not only devel-
oped our parish work here in
Taiwan, but we also prepare
other Xaverians to work in main-
land China. Two of our fathers
teach archeology and musicology
at the University of Beijing and
we have other Xaverians working
in special programs with handi-
capped children. Chinese style church in Taiwan.

Bishop Rodimer, Bishop Emeritus (center) of the Diocese of Paterson, New Jersey
ordained a few of our deacons in our parish in Chinatown, Chicago who
are now serving in Taiwan and the Philippines.
G od’s Mission, Many Faces: A Por-
trait of U.S. Catholics in Mission
is the theme of the Mission
Congress 2010, which met October
28-31 in Albuquerque, New Mexico
where hundreds of missionaries of the
USA gathered. Frs. Puopolo, Menendez
and Chudy represented the Xaverians
there.
Using the image of a portrait, Father
Michael Montoya, executive director of
the United States Catholic Mission
Association (USCMA), said the 2010
Mission Congress “will bring together
dedicated men and women from across
the nation and around the world into a
faith-filled environment to discern the
movement of the spirit within the U.S.
Church in mission; discover the varied
colors and brush strokes of U.S.
Catholics in mission; invigorate mission
identity and leadership in the U.S.
Church, and celebrate the faces and
creativity of U.S. Catholics in mission.”
“The 2010 Mission Congress comes
at a time when world-wide mission is
the focus of many Catholic initiatives in
the recent years,” Father Montoya said.
“The Bishop’s Synod on the Word in the
Xaverian Missionaries in the USA
God’s Mission
and its
Many Faces:
US CaTHoLiC
MiSSioN
CoNGrESS
2010
“The 2010 Mission
Life and Mission of the Church empha-
sized the need for mission beyond our
faith and cultural borders; Pope
Congress comes at a time
when world-wide mission
is the focus of many
Benedict in his 2008 visit to the United
States stressed the need for global soli- Catholic initiatives in the
darity; the bishops of Latin America
and the Caribbean proclaimed at their recent years
meeting in Aparecida, Brazil, the great
“continental mission” which was
launched during the Congreso Ameri-
cano Misionero in Quito, Ecuador. This
great continental mission challenges all
of us to put our Church in a constant
state of mission.”
The Mission Congress meets every
five years and this is its third edition. It
is sponsored by the Catholic Mission
Forum, an umbrella organization of
leading national Catholic mission orga-
nizations.
Xaverian roots in the mission of the
US Catholic Church go back to Fr.
Bonardi (photo right) who was born in
Boston, joined the Xaverian
Missionaries in 1898 and left for mission
work in China in 1904. Today we con-
tinue that mission and are grateful for Fr. Bonardi, born in the USA, was
so many friends that collaborate with one of the first Xaverians to China.
us in this great project of Christ. U
Xaverian Mission Newsletter • November 2010 5
 The Chinese
Christian Artistry of
He Qi
T he dream of St. Francis Xavier
was to reach the shores of China
with the hope of Christ, a dream he
would never see realized as he died off
its shores. Blessed Guido Maria Conforti
sought to continue the dream of St.
Francis through the religious missionary
congregation he founded, the Xaverian
Missionaries. Our first mission was
indeed in China.
The Nativity
6 Xaverian Mission Newsletter • November 2010
In celebration of the missionaries and
Christians of China that bear their faith
in Christ, many times through trial and
persecution, we would like to showcase
the Chinese Christian artist, He Qi.
As odd as it may sound, He Qi (pro-
nounced “huh cheee”) may have
Chairman Mao to thank for becoming
the most prolific Christian artist of a
billion people. When He was 16, the
Cultural Revolution erupted in China
and his father’s university was closed
down. He was sent with his large family
to the fields to do hard physical labor.
He hated it. (As most 16 year olds
would).
A friend of his father, former chair
of the art department at Nanjing
University, taught the young apprentice
to paint Chairman Mao’s portrait.
“Every little town with a wall needed a
painting to venerate in those days,”
says He. “I thought maybe if I could
paint Chairman Mao’s portrait, I would
be lucky! I wasn’t very big or strong
enough to work in the fields.” With the
coaching of his mentor, He won a paint-
ing competition and was relieved from
 paper. Then he turns the painting over,
and adds the color using a Japanese
gouache (tempera) paint. The work is
then attached to a second piece of rice
paper, creating some surprises in how
the color bleeds through and makes its
own patterns on the paper. “Many
times the entire work is destroyed in
the process,” says Dr. He. “It breaks my
heart, but I have no choice but to start
all over again.”
He Qi then brings his originals to the
city of Tsu Dsu, where silk masters have
been creating amazing art and robes
since the days of the Caesars and the
Silk Road that led from Rome to China.
Using ancient techniques stunning col-
ors, the embroidery artists then create
four large sized hand-sewn silks of each
original. These are breathtakingly beau-
tiful and painstakingly made, with each
thread its own color adding to the art.
People often ask He Qi why he paints
only Bible scenes. With his talents he
could have a wider reach and make a
lot more money in the art world.
“There are two ways one may become
a Christian in China,” says He. One is
through their parents and grandparents
and their teaching. The other is a jour-
ney to find the truth. I found both in
the Gospel message.”
That peace and that truth has been
the driving force behind his art. He Qi
doesn’t see a need to veer away from
the force and focus.
“Life is too short. Art is long,”
quotes He Qi. “The peaceful message is
very important today. We are living in a
time where there is much violence.
There is little peace. We need to listen
to the voice of heaven.”
Contribution from Rev. Richard
Melheim (www.richmelheim.com)
Please visit the gallery of He Qi at
www.heqigallery.com. His prints and
silks are available for sale. U

The Journey of the Disciples from Emmaus

after the Resurrection.

the field work. His mentor, who

received his education in Paris in the
30s, also taught He Qi to paint formal
works using magazines of Renaissance
works.

“By day, I painted Chairman Mao. By

night, Rafael’s Madonna!” says He. “It
was a time of great struggle.
Everywhere you turned people were
rioting in the streets, condemning
every-one else. I looked into the peace-
ful eyes of Rafael’s Madonna, and it
touched my heart.” This was the begin-
ning of his journey toward the Christian
faith and a career in art.

He Qi starts with a sketch and trans-

fers it on to rice paper, painting it in
black ink on the reverse side of the
A The Angel Gabriel Showing the Direction of the Star of Christ.

Xaverian Mission Newsletter • November 2010 7

 World Mission Sunday is Everyday

World
Mission
R ecently the
American Catholic
Church celebrated World
versal brethren, cultivat-
ing the great ideals that
transform history and,
The Holy Father goes
to say: “The love that
we celebrate in the sac-
Mission Sunday. On this without false illusions or rament of the Eucharist

Sunday our Bishops remind us:

“At a time of dramatic
global changes and chal-
is lenges, Catholics in the
United States face special
useless fears, must strive
to make the planet a
is not something we can
keep to ourselves. By its
home for all peoples.” very nature it demands
rEFLECT aND PraY
to be shared with every-
one. What the world

Everyday responsibilities and

opportunities. We are • According to the
needs is God’s love; it
needs to encounter Christ
members of a universal Pope, how do we and to believe in him”.
Church that transcends share hope in the
national boundaries and world? rEFLECT aND PraY
calls us to live in solidari-
ty and justice with the • Read John 12:21. • Why must the
peoples of the world. We How does this Eucharist be shared
are also citizens of a help us to under- with the world?
“We are members of powerful democracy with stand hope accord
enormous influence ing to the Pope? • Read 1 John 1:3.
a universal Church beyond our borders. As What precious gift
that transcends Catholics and Americans of faith do you wish
we are uniquely called to to share? Why? U
national boundaries global solidarity.”
and calls us to live in
rEFLECT aND PraY
solidarity and justice
• What are the
with the peoples
“dramatic global
of the world” changes” going on
today that make us
think about our
place as Catholics in
the world?

• Read Luke 10:25-37.

In prayer ask God
how you can reflect
compassion in the
changes of the
world today? What
is most important
to you?

Pope Benedict XVI, in

Xaverian Missionary Fr. Parise
baptizing in Brazil.
his message for World
Mission Sunday to the
whole Church, says: “In a
multi-ethnic society that
is experiencing increas-
ingly disturbing forms of
loneliness and indiffer-
ence, Christians must
learn to offer signs of
hope and to become uni-

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 Become a Partner in Global Mission

Make
No
Little Plans
Contribution by:
Patrice J. Touhy
Vocation-network.org

P REEMINENT 20th-
century architect
Daniel Burnham advised
ish, is part of a bigger
picture of God’s plan of
salvation.
“Make no little plans.
his associates: “Make no
little plans. They have no Every Catholic and
magic to stir men’s blood family has a part to play. They have no magic to stir men’s blood
and probably will not
themselves be realized.” For many this means and probably will not themselves be realized.”
His words inspired enor- that the more that is
mous risk-taking and tal- learned about the urgen-
ent stretching from sub- cy of the global mission
sequent generations of of the church, the they
city planners, architects, are drawn to pray and
and artists, including talk with others about
Anish Kapoor, who creat- this, contributing from
ed his “Cloud Gate” their time, treasure or
sculpture for Chicago’s talent. Others may want
21st-century Millennium to volunteer a little or a
Park. lot of time as they seek
to make a difference.
Burnham’s advice Still others may wish to
extends beyond the art- give their entire lives to
ist’s call. All vocations this mission as a religious
have a public and per- or lay missionary. Where
sonal impact. Your call- do you stand?
ing is a call to service.
Like the panorama of Above all make no lit-
“Cloud Gate,” above, tle plans. Think of what
take in the big picture, one man from the dusty
look at things from vari- town of Nazareth was
ous angles and different able to accomplish.
points of view. Follow him and you will
be on the path to great-
The mission of the ness, to holiness, to a
Church encompasses all life as broad and chal-
of humanity, and each lenging as God intended
culture, indeed each par- all life to be. U

Xaverian Mission Newsletter • November 2010 9

 World Mission News Digest
SIERRA LEONE, AFRICA
“Sierra Leone has undoubt-
edly made progress in
recent years, however it
must still be observed and
encouraged by the interna-
tional community,” Fr.
Gerardo Caglioni said, a
Xaverian missionary with a
long experience in Sierra
Leone, commenting on the
decision of the UN Security
Council to lift the arms
embargo on the African
country. The UN Security
Council has removed the
arms embargo as a sign of
confidence in the complete
control of the territory by
the government in
Freetown and the comple-
tion of the disarmament
and demobilization of mili-
tias that fought one anoth-
er in a bloody civil
war that ended in 2002.
“The people want peace,
there is no doubt about it,”
says Fr. Caglioni. “At the
10 Xaverian Mission Newsletter • November 2010
World Mission News Digest
same time, however, we
must pay close attention to
certain social and economic
indicators that may take
their toll on peace in the
country.” “The high unem-
ployment among youth is a
time bomb,” said Archbish-
op Edward Tamba
Charles of Freetown and Bo,
Sierra Leone.
DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC
OF THE CONGO, AFRICA
“I think the UN report will
force the international com-
munity to carry out further
reflection on recent events
in the region,” said Fr. Loris
Cattani, Xaverian missionary
with a long experience in
the Democratic Republic of
Congo and member of the
Network for Peace in Con-
go, commenting on the re-
port, published on October
1 by the United Nations
High Commissioner for Hu-
man Rights, on the serious
violations of human rights
that occurred in the Demo-
cratic Republic of Congo
(DRC, formerly Zaire) be- lead a court “to conclude
tween 1993 and 2003. The in favor of the absence of a
550 page report shows 617 specific intention, required
serious violations of human to establish that a crime of
rights and international law genocide has taken place.”
during the period under re-
view. In just ten years, SAUDI ARABIA
“tens of thousands of
people have been killed A Filipino migrants’ rights
group today said the
and many more raped,
mutilated, or have been “religious police” of the
victims of other heinous
violence,” says the docu-
ment, which also denounces
the systematic rapes used
as a real “weapon of war.”
“The attacks are apparently
systematic and widespread”
in the period between 1996
and 1997 against the Hutu
ethnic group, and in par-
ticular, the Rwandan Hutu
refugees in the Democratic
Republic of the Congo. The
attacks reveal different as-
pects that “could be de-
fined as crimes of geno-
cide,” if proven “before
a competent court,” says
the document, specifying Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
arrested about 100 expatri-
however that there are
“some considerations to ates, including 12 Filipino
the contrary” that could workers, for attending a re-
ligious service in Riyadh on
Oct. 1. Holding religious ac-
tivities in public, other than
Islamic rituals, is prohibited
in Saudi Arabia and in most
Middle East countries. Phil-
ippine Charge d’Affaires Ez-
zedin Tago said the Filipinos
were arrested with a French
priest when they reportedly
held a Mass in an estiraha,
a place for special occa-
sions, in Riyadh’s Nadeem
District. They appealed for
kaffala (temporary release)
to their employers. U
 From our USA Communities

News from our USA Communities

48th Bercetto Banquet For The Missions
Want to

O
n October 3, in
Queens, New York the
Bercetto Foundation held
their 48th Annual Mission
Banquet for the benefit of
our mission work worldwide.
The Bercetto Foundation
was founded in 1962 through
a special occasion organized
by friends in New York to
honor Fr. Bonardi, one of
the first Xaverian
Missionaries who came for
a visit at that time.
Over time the hard work
of the Bercetto Foundation
has continued to contribut-
ed enormously to the efforts
in mission lands worldwide,
48 years and counting. U
Fr. Menendez On Campus Ministry
Learn More?
Check out our website at:
XavierMissionaries.org
and our Mission Blog at:
XaverianMissionaries.
blogspot.com
Taste of Mission
MOZAMBIQUE SHRIMP
4 tablespoons butter
1/4 cup finely chopped onions
1/2 cup water
(From left to right) Ugo Conti, Anna Sabini (Pres.) and 8 garlic cloves, finely chopped
Anna Conti, chairpersons of this year banquet stand 4 tablespoons finely chopped
by a display of our Founder with pictures of him coriander (or flat leaf parsley)
visiting the town of Bercetto in Italy during the 1920’s. 1 teaspoon turmeric
1/2 teaspoon saffron, toasted,
crushed and soaked in 1 tbsp
warm water for 15 minutes
Two young men,
1/2 cup red wine or 1/2 cup
light beer

F
Jack Duhamel from 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
Rhode Island, and 2 teaspoons kosher salt
r. Adolph Tom Finnigan from 1/2 teaspoon white pepper
Menendez has Washington DC gathered 2 teaspoons hot chili sauce
been in involved in with Fathers Rocco (or generous pinch crushed
campus ministry at Puopolo and Carl
red pepper)
the University of Illinois Chudy for a day of
1 lb shrimp, peeled and deveined
located in Champaign. (26-30 count)
prayer and sharing in
September. Melt butter in a 3-quart pot over
Fr. Adolph assists the medium-low heart. Toss in onion
campus ministry of the and fry until lightly golden. Pour in
Jack is a college the water followed by garlic, cilan-
university of more than graduate with his own tro, turmeric, and saffron water.
45,000 students. window washing busi- Cover and simmer for 3 to 4 min-
Catholic campus minis- ness and construction utes, allowing the essence of the
try houses more than work. Tom had been a spices and herbs to mingle. Pour in
600 students and it the red wine or beer with the
public policy analyst lemon juice. Stir. Cover and raise
offers a unique oppor- with the Heritage heat to medium-high and bring the
tunity to inspire a new generation to the mission of the Foundation and now sauce to boil. Reduce the heat to
Church. works at a local restau- medium-low and simmer for 2 min-
rant and will volunteer utes. Toss in the shrimp, hot pep-
He coordinates a special mission group of students at the Africa Faith and
pers or chili sauce if using and give
who come together from time to time. He also shares them a turn in the sauce. Cook for
Justice Network where three minutes over medium-low
our e-newsletter for youth called NO BORDERS with the Fr. Rocco is Executive until the shrimp are just curled ten-
students who reside at the Newman Center or Catholic Director. Please pray for der and turned pink. Spoon the
Campus Center. Along with all of this he ministers with them as they discern shrimp into bowls and serve with
an Hispanic community in the Diocese of Peoria. Sharing their vocation to mis- plenty of crusty bread to dip in the
the urgency of the mission call is hallmark of Fr. flavourful sauce. (This can also be
sion. served over rice!).
Adolph’s work. U

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 Xaverian Mission Newsletter • November 2010

“She gave birth to her

firstborn, a son.
She wrapped him in cloths
and placed him in a manger,
because there was no room
for them in the inn.”
Luke 2:7

a
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New Year
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