The Christmas season is filled with joyful preparation. We wrap presents for our loved ones, decorate cookies with care and adorn our homes with twinkling lights. While these festive activities are a beautiful part of the season, it is most important to remember to make prayerful preparations for Christ within our hearts. That’s why the Church, in her wisdom, gives us the preparatory season of ...
John Stephen Roche SVD is from Fajir, India. He professed first vows in 1985 and was ordained in 1992. He received his first appointment to Mexico later that year. After language studies, he worked with the indigenous Zapotecas for three years. Later he was administrator/procurator at the novitiate in Oaxaca. From 2000 to 2007, Father John served as vocation director in Guadalajara. Since 2008, he has been part of the pastoral team serving San Fernando de Guadalupe parish in Salto de Agua, Mexico.
Their footsteps are heard on six continents. They are of every age, fathers, mothers, sisters, brothers, grandparents, friends, relatives. Most often, they are strangers to one another. Who are they? They are migrants and refugees ... Read More
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