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CATHEDRAL OF AVERSA, ITALY – BLESSING OF THE TOMB OF BISHOP GIOVANNI GAZZA S.X.: Address by the Superior General (December 6th, 2025)
Below is the speech delivered by the Superior General during the celebration for the blessing of the tomb of our confrere Giovanni Gazza, whose remains was transferred from the Villetta Cemetery in Parma to the Cathedral Church of Aversa, Italy, where he was bishop from 1980 to 1993.
The sepulchre…
“MISSIONE OGGI” MAGAZINE: 120th year of life and “Bilancio Sociale” (Activities Report) 2017-2025
In 2024, the magazine Missione Oggi marked its 120th year of life. Much has changed since St Guido M. Conforti launched this magazine under the title Fede e Civiltà on December 3rd, 1903. From 2016, the magazine is published by Associazione Missione Oggi that, apart from dealing with the publishing…
UNARMED LOVE: 17 missionaries and pastoral workers killed (Agenzia Fides, December 30th, 2025)
On Tuesday, December 30th, 2025, Fides news agency released the Rapporto dell’Agenzia Fides (Fides Agency Report). Based on information collected by Fides, the report indicates that 17 Catholic missionary men and women have been murdered all over the world in the year 2025, including priests, relig…
JANUARY 18TH-25TH 2026: WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY
The Dicastery for Promoting Christian Unity and the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches have prepared resources for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2026. This material is titled There is one body and one Spirit, just as you were called to the one hope of your calling…
BUJUMBURA - BURUNDI - PRE-NOVICIATE AND NOVICIATE: CHRISTMAS NEWS
The community celebrated Christmas 2025 and New year 2026 in the atmosphere of joy and gratitude. On Christmas day, we shared the different charismas gifts accompanied with dances and songs. A one-minute video of “the Holy Night” sung in 6 languages has been made to share our Christmas Joy with onl…
UNITED NATIONS CHILDREN’S FUND (UNICEF): The dire predicament of children
UNICEF warned that by 2026, over 200 million children will need humanitarian assistance. Conflicts, famines, economic instability, and climate crises converge on the same fragile point: the children.
The new report Humanitarian Action for Children highlights how children are overwhelmed by crises…
DECEASED
On Saturday, January 3rd, 2026, Mrs Carla Bongiovanni, sister of our confrere Fr. Vittorio Bongiovanni, passed away in Bozzolo, Mantua, Italy. The Requiem Mass and funerary rites were celebrated on Wednesday, January 7th, 2026, in the parish church of San Pietro, Bozzolo, Mantua, Italy.
Fr. Vittor…
TOWARDS THE “CONFERENCE ON THE HUMAN FACE OF THE XAVERIAN.” SENDING OF THE SECOND STUDY GUIDE: “JUDGE”
The second study guide has been sent to all Circumscriptions in preparation for the Conference on the Human Face of the Xaverian, which will take place in Parma in June 2026. After reflecting and working on the first study guide on SEE, we will now consider the second study guide: JUDGE. The result…
“XAVERIAN YEAR”: PARMA STAGE
On Monday, December 29, 2025, the confreres participating in the Xaverian Year (2025-2026), after several months of studying Italian in Rome, departed for the Marini Center, Mother House, Parma.
We wish Ieronimus Harum, Ignatius Washington Hendra Kusuma, Dominggus Bere Dina Arianto, Hery Junianto…
FNIDEQ - MOROCCO: “moments of divine grace”
The community of Fnideq gives thanks to God for the experiences lived during this quarter.
First of all, the activities of the Lerchundi Socio-Cultural Center began in the last week of September and continued until December 19, 2025, the beginning of the Christmas vacations.
A semester filled wit…
CALI - MEDELLÍN - BOGOTÁ – COLOMBIA: “TIMES OF SHARING”
In the Xaverian circumscription of Colombia, we work in three communities: Cali, Medellín, and Bogotá.
In the community of Cali - Parish of San Francisco Javier - we shared various moments: a day of recollection, the Christmas Novena, and visits to families, especially the abandoned elderly. We al…
LETTER FROM A MISSIONARY: “The senselessness of the request and the falsehood of bombastic speeches.”
Our confrere Fr. Alfiero Ceresoli, a missionary in Brazil, inspired by the words of Pope Leo XIV in his Christmas message Urbi et Orbi and the Angelus on St. Stephen’s Day, wrote a letter in which he shares some memories of his experience of war, emphasizing the senselessness and lies of the procla…
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…
Annuncio della morte di p. Antonio Chiofi
Lunedì 24 novembre 2025, alle ore 18.50, nella comunità del IV Piano della Casa Madre, Parma, è dec…
