munities. In some ways, because we

are not in a difficult moment, we

may be lulled into thinking that we

can put off some serious discussion

and planning regarding fundraising

and development. The concern of

our last provincial chapter begs to

differ.

I would highly encourage all con-

freres to look back in your copy of

the chapter documents and re-read

PLAN OF DEVELOPMENT INTO

THE FUTURE. In it five different

areas are surfaced for consideration.:

the creation of a case statement, to

use media more effectively for de-

velopment, to consider centralizing

some of the fundraising work of the

houses, reach out to new benefac-

tors, and greater accountability

BIRTHDAYS & ANNIVERSARIES

2014

FEBRUARY 16-† 3rd death anniver-

sary of Fr. Luciano Pe-

terlini

16-Birthday of Fr.

Adolph Menendez

21-Birthday of Fr. Domi-

nic Caldognetto

MARCH 12—Birthday of Fr. An-

iello Salicone

30—Birthday of St. Gui-

do Conforti

31—† 3rd death anniver-

sary of Fr. Bruno Orru

APRIL 5—7th death anniversary

of Fr. Ivaldo Casula

7—Birthday of St. Fran-

cis Xavier

21—57th anniversary of

Fr. Bob Maloney’s final

profession

23—37th anniversary of

priesthood of Fr. Rocco

Puopolo

Birthday of Fr. Carl

Chudy

ISSUE 138

FEBRUARY 2014

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T he community of Wayne saw

the ending of our last benefac-

tor’s group as the Anne Petrar-

ca, her daughter Nancy Romanyshyn,

and a group of generous, faith filled

people announced the end of the Rose-

land group, working for more than 30

years for the benefit of our missions.

As this has happened in Holliston in

the past it also speaks of an end of an

era to some extent in the ways we have

always been thinking and doing fund-

raising. As our benefactors become

less, some traditional ways of develop-

ment have become more difficult, and

we have less and less confreres doing

this work, re-thinking fundraising has

become more important.

We have foreseen this. In our restruc-

turing plan of our last administration in

2009 the challenge to re-look at our

assumptions and methods in fundrais-

ing were raised as a part of our re-

structuring. The last provincial chapter

also pronounced its concern when it

charged our present administration to

make concrete plans in dialogue with

the entire province toward a more sus-

tainable future.

In saying this, we are certainly not at a

crisis point and thankfully still receive

the abundant providence of God

through our friends in all of our com-

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through an annual report. The

Council asked that this be seri-

ous discussion in each communi-

ty and the Council will be look-

ing at the fruits of these conver-

sations as we plan the next steps

forward.

In the meantime I think it im-

portant to point out how we have

been trying to move forward

with some kind of insight and

plan. The National Catholic De-

velopment Conference holds

yearly a special three day work-

shop entitled; Fundamentals and

More. It is a look at the funda-

mentals of fundraising and de-

velopment particularly for small-

er congregations like ourselves.

Fr. Chudy had an opportunity to

attend several years ago and

some of what is developed in our

provincial chapter document on

this subject comes from insights

from that workshop. We are

hoping to send another confrere

to the same workshop this year.

If there is a confrere who would

like to attend, please contact the

Provincial Office.

Secondly, in our development of

a media office as part of our re-

structuring, we are attempting to

find ways to reach out to a new

audience and thus garner new

supporters, particularly through

our new website, social network,

and our e-newsletters Xaverian

Factor and Across Borders. We

also instituted an online donation

system through PayPal that last

year brought in more than five

thousand dollars. We are still

trying to figure out the powerful

tool of the internet for our mis-

sion animation and suggestions

are always welcome.

The Global Youth Mission office

headed by Frs. Puopolo and

Menendez is essentially a way to

“inspire a new generation to the

missio ad gentes of the Church.

We hope to engender some re-

sponse from young people to

respond to this specific mission

in all of the lifestyle and minis-

tries that are possible, including

new collaborators with us in

work of encouraging this mis-

sion in the local churches where

we live and work. We hope to

have some steps forward by the

fall of this year.

NEW CONFRERES

TO THE REGION Since the publication

of the last Crossroads

we unexpectedly loss

a great confrere, Fr.

Jerry Furlan. His

sudden accident and

death was a shock to

all of us. We are

grateful for the out-

pouring of love from

confreres and many

friends in response to

his generous mission-

ary spirit that touched

so many people for

more than sixty years.

We all miss him terribly, particularly our confreres and friends in

Holliston. We were also gratified to have his family represented by

two nephews and a niece with us during the celebration of his life

and burial at the shrine.

I think it safe to say we have a strong advocate and intercessor in

heaven. Let us continue the great missionary legacy Fr. Furlan left

us and the Church.

►We previously announced the

arrival of Fr. Michael Davitti

back to our region. He is assigned

to the community of Wayne and

we now know he will arrive Feb-

ruary 28. Please pray for him as

he begins a new assignment in the

region as coordinator of a provin-

cial interfaith dialogue project.

►We also announced that Fr.

Salvador Cruz Rojo will come

from Mexico to study English and

reside in Wayne. We are also

planning on the arrival of another

student of English, Fr. Martin

Alikeke from Chad who will re-

side in Holliston. We are current-

ly working to set him up in a

school nearby for August 2014.

Remembering Fr. Jerry Furlan

CROSSROADS P AGE 3

Since our last Provincial Coun-

cil last November 2013, we held

two additional Council meetings

concerning some specific issues

that required an immediate deci-

sion.

►The Council decided to grant

the request of the Holliston

Community of additional funds

to assist them in this fiscal year.

►In dialogue with the Holliston

Community, Fr. Francis Signo-

relli resigned as director of the

Shrine due to health reasons.

The Provincial appointed Fr. Joe

Matteucig as the new shrine di-

rector and Frs. Lalli, Puopolo

and Signorelli as a team of con-

freres who would assist Fr.

Matteucig with the work of the

shrine.

►The Council accepted the re-

quest of the General Direction to

have Fr. Martin Alikeke study

English with us. He will reside

in our Holliston community.

For unforeseen reasons, our re-

treat master for the provincial

retreat had to pull out and it has

been very difficult finding a re-

placement. The Council decided

to ask different confreres in the

region to take turns leading us in

different sessions of the week

long retreat we are planning in

Cohasset, Massachusetts. More

specifics will be forthcoming by

the end of February.

Fr. Carl Chudy, SX

Office of the Provincial

12 Helene Court

Wayne, New Jersey 08046

973-942-2975

provincial@xaviermissonaries.org

Provincial Council

February 16-21, 2014-

National Board of the Confer-

ence of Major Superiors of

Men meetings. Fr. Chudy will

attend.

March 6-9, 2014-National

Advisory Council of the US

Catholic Bishops in Baltimore,

MD. Fr. Chudy will attend.

April 8-9, 2014-

Communications Board and

Council will meet.

May 2014— The General Di-

rection will come to the region

for a visit.

Scenes of the Leadership Gathering in Tucson, Arizona

We are grateful to Fr. Francis

Signorelli for the years he has

ably directed the shrine in Hol-

liston. He will continue to as-

sist in the community and

shrine as part of the shrine

The Provincial &

Council gathered

with other religious

leadership for a re-

treat on Transforma-

tive Leadership orga-

nized by CMSM.