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The USW Province mourns the loss of one of its cherished members, Fr. Neil David Fuller, SVD, who passed away peacefully at his retirement home in Crestline, CA, on July 26, 2024. Born on November 10, 1939, in Lynn, MA, Fr. Fuller was the beloved son of the late David R. “Ted” and Wanda D. […]

Celebrating 25 years of the anniversary of my priesthood is a gift and blessing. It is a gift because God has begun in me His calling and fulfilled it with the power of His Spirit, and it is a blessing for me forever. I have enjoyed the great work that God has done in me, […]

On January 29, the Arnoldus Family and the Universal Church will celebrate the feast of St. Joseph Freinademetz, our first missionary to China. There are many things we could write about St. Joseph. However, I would like to focus on one significant aspect of his spirituality: The suffering and the death of Jesus Christ.Various sources, […]

Jesus’ desert sojourn began right after receiving His baptism mission cross with the words:“You are my beloved Son; with you I am well pleased.” Then it’s out in the desert for 40 days and nights. But was He really tempted? We don’t like to think of Jesus as being tempted. It’s almost sinful even to […]

Last month I had the chance to celebrate the Lunar New Year in Vietnam with my relatives and friends. The Tết celebrations are very meaningful and joyful for us Vietnamese. I was whole-heartedly enjoying the celebrations with delicious food,givingand receiving the “lì xì” (red envelopes), offering well wishes, and celebrating many masses. This year, the […]

One of the spiritual practices retained among the faithful in China is fasting. Whenever I return home to visit my family, I must observe the holy and nonnegotiable rule, which is to fast every Friday. If it is in the season of Lent, they fast both on Wednesdays and Fridays. In a jocular manner, I […]

The theologian, David Tracy, says we need to name the moment we are living in to understand it. The present moment is not a vacuum. We are living our lives in and for the moment, and we need to name the moment. Two of the ways we can do this are prophetically and prayerfully. Old […]

I have experienced S.V.D Family Feast celebrations at Techny and the Theologate communities. But the celebration of Family Feast at Riverside on Wednesday, January 11, was very special for me. What I really enjoyed about it was the fact that this meeting gave me a chance to meet so many S.V.D priests from so many […]

On November 17, 2022, Fr. Benjamin Alforque, MSC, related his personal encounter of Christ in his Truth Talk presentation on Faith and Culture. Immediately, one may ask, how do these two words work together? Fr. Ben teaches us that Faith and Culture help to balance the influence of our response as Christians and human beings. […]

It has been said that for us to see our own culture clearly, we must first try to understand another culture and then attempt to look at ourselves from that vantage point. From my own long experience as a missionary and anthropologist I know this to be very true. In our excellent SVD formation I […]