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DECEASED
On Friday, February 6th, 2026, at 8:30 a.m., at the Bolognini Hospital in Seriate, Bergamo, Italy, our confrere Fr Gianfranco Sana passed away at the age of 77. He was born on 21 July 1948 in Ponte San Pietro, Bergamo, Italy. The Eucharist and the funeral rites will be celebrated on Monday, Februar…
GENERAL COUNCILLOR FR. FABIEN KALEHEZO T’CHIRIBUKA BACK TO ROME
On Monday, February 2nd, 2026, Fr. Fabien Kalehezo T’Chiribuka returned to Rome after a trip to Cameroon and Burundi.
SUPERIOR GENERAL BACK TO ROME
On Wednesday, February 4th, 2026, Fr. Fernando García Rodríguez returned to Rome after a trip to Cameroon and Burundi.
VICAR GENERAL AND GENERAL COUNCILLOR FR. FELIPE DE JESÚS LÓPEZ OROZCO BACK TO ROME
On Friday, February 6th, 2026, Fr. Mauro Loda and Fr. Felipe de Jesús López Orozco returned to Rome after a trip to North Brazil and South Brazil.
ROME – GENERAL HOUSE: THE GENERAL DIRECTION HOLDS COUNCIL MEETINGS
The 9th round of the General Direction’s council meetings will begin on Thursday, February 12th, 2026. All members of the General Direction will attend.
Items in the agenda include: visits and participation in Chapters and Assemblies of the circumscriptions visited by the GD; personnel issues; app…
GOMA - DRC: SORROW AND “SILENCE”
No, this isn’t a civil war but a full-blown invasion. We must be cautious with our words,” says with emphasis and pain a missionary that has been living in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for many years. His description contradicts the common narrative of what is happening in this Country a…
“IN MEMORIAM” - BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF FR. OTELLO PANCANI (Pekanbaru, Indonesia, August 6th, 2024)
“In Memoriam”, the biographical sketch of our late confrere Fr. Otello Pancani, who died on August 6th, 2024 in Pekanbaru, Indonesia, and was buried in the small cemetery of the Bintaro Xaverian House, in Jakarta, has been uploaded to the General Direction website.
Special thanks go to our confre…
THE DIOCESE OF ROME: celebration of the Day of Consecrated Life
On Sunday, February 1st, 2026, a large group of members of Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life residing in the Diocese of Rome, gathered in the Basilica of Santi Quattro Coronati, this is a complex built to honour four martyrs who were slain during the persecution ordered…
AEK NABARA PARISH – SUMATRA – INDONESIA: a new priestly vocation
On February 1, 2026, the entire community of Aek Nabara Parish gave thanks to God for the ordination of a son of the parish as a diocesan priest of the Archdiocese of Medan. Fr. Karyanto Simangunsong celebrated his First Holy Mass at Aek Nabara Parish. Fr. Karyanto is the fourth priest coming from…
ST PETER BASILICA: POPE LEO XIV AND CONSECRATED LIFE
In the afternoon of Monday, February 2nd, 2026, several confreres took part in a Eucharistic celebration presided over by the bishop of Rome, Pope Leo XIV, in St Peter Basilica to mark the feast of the Presentation of the Lord and the 30th World Day of Consecrated Life. Here, we would like to highl…
GENERAL COUNCILLOR FR. FRANCISCUS XAVERIUS SUDARMANTO BACK TO ROME
On Monday, January 26th, 2026, Fr. Franciscus Xaverius Sudarmanto returned to Rome following a trip to Indonesia and the Philippines.
CIRCUMSCRIPTION OF BURUNDI: NEW REGIONAL COUNCIL
From January 26th to 30th, 2026, the confreres belonging to the circumscription of Burundi gathered to hold their 16th Regional Chapter in Bujumbura, Burundi. On January 29th, 2026, they elected the new Regional Council:
Regional Superior …
Annuncio della morte di p. Gianfranco Sana s.x.
Venerdì 06 febbraio 2026, alle ore 8.30, presso l’Ospedale Bolognini di Seriate, Bergamo, Italia, è…
Annuncio della morte di p. Marcello Zurlo sx
Sabato 20 dicembre 2025, alle ore 07.10, nella comunità del IV Piano della Casa Madre, Parma, è dec…
