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PARISH OF SAN GUIDO MARIA CONFORTI – KAMENGE – BURUNDI: FIRST RELIGIOUS AND MISSIONARY PROFESSIONS
On Saturday June 27, 2026, at 10.00 am, in the parish Church of “San Guido Maria Conforti”, Kamenge, Bujumbura, Burundi, 26 young people will make their first religious and missionary vows.
Each name is preceded by their profession number. Their country of origin is given in brackets.
“…religious…
SAINT BERNARD PARISH – KINSHASA – RDC: PERPETUAL PROFESSIONS
On Saturday, June 27, 2026, at 6:00 AM, in the parish Church of Saint Bernard, Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo, our confreres Honoré Irakiza (Burundi), Stanislas Bisimwa Barhonyi (DRC), Martin Joël Njitacke Tekawe (Cameroon), Elias Ntahomvukiye (Burundi) will make their Perpetual Profess…
SÃO PEDRO CLAVER PARISH, CHARRE – MOZAMBIQUE: ORDINATION TO THE DIACONATE
On Sunday, June 28th, 2026, at 9:00 a.m. (local time), in the church of São Pedro Claver, Charre (Mozambique), our confrere Arcade Bayizere will be ordained deacon through the laying on of hands and the prayer of ordination of Msgr. António Manuel Bogaio Constantino, Bishop of Caia, Mozambique.
CONFORTI SHRINE, MOTHER HOUSE, PARMA – ITALY: ORDINATION TO THE DIACONATE
On Sunday, June 28th, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. (local time), in the Conforti Shrine, Mother House, Parma (Italy), our confrere Kong Shaofeng Simon 孔少鋒will be ordained deacon through the laying on of hands and the prayer of ordination of Bishop Natale Paganelli s.x., former Apostolic Administrator of…
PARMA – MOTHER HOUSE: CONFERENCE ON THE HUMAN TRAITS OF THE XAVERIAN
On Wednesday 17 June 2026, the international conference dedicated to the Human Traits of the Xaverian began at the Mother House in Parma. For ten days, the Xaverian Family will be reflecting, praying and sharing together on one of the five constants that shape the identity and spirituality of the X…
SHINMEIZAN, JAPAN: “THE SWAN SONG”
Well, I’m not a swan! A sparrow at best. And I can’t sing. I’m tone-deaf. It’s just that the legend of the swan that utters a sound like a beautiful song as it senses death approaching came to mind on my 91st birthday. And on that very day, I had been invited to attend a conference of Buddhist monk…
MONASTERY OF SAN GREGORIO – ROME: CEI (Italian Episcopal Conference) and UBI (Italian Buddhist Union)
On June 14, 2026, the second meeting of the group tasked with drafting a presentation on Buddhism for both the CEI (Italian Episcopal Conference) and the UBI (Italian Buddhist Union) was held at the Monastery of San Gregorio al Celio in Rome. In addition to Fr. Giuliano Savina, Director of the UNED…
XAVERIAN SISTERS MISSIONARIES OF MARY, JULY 2ND: “Day of Religious and Missionary Professions”
July 2nd is a special date for the family of the Xaverian Sisters Missionaries of Mary. Our founders, the Xaverian Fr. Giacomo Spagnolo and Mother Celestina Bottego, selected this day for our profession of the vows. When Fr. Giacomo Spagnolo first suggested to Mother Celestina Bottego that they fou…
XAVERIAN COMMUNITY IN UDINE, FRIULI REGION, ITALY – THE LEGEND OF THE “ORCOLAT”: “getting back on our feet together”
Legend has it that the Orcolat is a huge ogre that lives hidden away in the bowels of the earth, amongst the mountains of Carnia and the Pre-Alps. Every time he wakes up, tosses and turns in his sleep or thrashes about in anger, his movements cause the earth’s surface to tremble. For the Friulans…
PARMA – MOTHER HOUSE AND “GREST RAGAZZI”
On Thursday, June 11th, 2026, at the Mother House we hosted the GrEst Ragazzi (Summer Group of Children) of the Parish Chiesa della Trasfigurazione from the city of Parma. Ninety children or so, accompanied by their educators, split into five groups to listen to the missionary testimonies of variou…
CREMONA, ITALY – MEETING WITH THE RELATIVES, FRIENDS AND BENEFACTORS OF THE XAVERIAN MISSIONARIES
On Saturday, June 13th, 2026, the yearly meeting of the benefactors, friends and relatives of the Xaverians from Cremona was held at the presence of the Regional Superior, Bishop Natale Paganelli, and the Rector of the Mother House, Fr. Armando Coletto. It has been a beautiful day: “Although we wer…
“THE ITALIAN APPROACH TO DIALOGUE. RELIGIONS IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE AND FOR SOCIAL COHESION”
On 25 June 2026, the leaders of the religious communities in Italy will sign a pact to ensure the continuity and future of the work carried out, while at the same time formalising the initiative known as “The Italian Way of Dialogue. Religions in the Public Sphere and for Social Cohesion”. The sign…
Annuncio della morte di P. Alessandro Galeani sx
Giovedì 5 marzo 2026, alle ore 16:24 (ora locale) è deceduto nella sua stanza al secondo piano dell…
Annuncio della morte di p. Camillo Didoné s.x.
Sabato 28 febbraio 2026, alle ore 03.30 am (ore locali), presso la Santa Casa della Misericordia, L…
