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PARISH OF THE TRANSFIGURATION, PARMA – ITALY: DIACONAL ORDINATION
On Saturday, April 27th, 2024, at 10:30 a.m., in the parish of the Transfiguration, Parma, our confreres Pie Niyibizi, Willybrordus Aditya Yudistira, Gustave Kagarabi Cibangala and Servasius Haryono will be ordained deacons through the laying on of hands and the prayer of ordination of Bishop Nat...
KAMENGE, BUJUMBURA – BURUNDI: ORDINATION TO THE PRIESTHOOD
On Saturday, May 4th, 2024, at 10:00 a.m., in the church of St G.M. Conforti Parish, Kamenge, Bujumbura, Burundi, our confrere Jean Paul Majambere will be ordained priest through the laying on of hands and the prayer of ordination of Msgr. Gervais Banshimiyubusa, Archbishop of Bujumbura.
KILOMONI, UVIRA – DRC: GRIEF AND RESIGNATION IN THE FACE OF FLOODS
Excerpt from a message of our confreres (received on April 21st, 2024):
“From Palm Sunday (March 24th, 2024) till today, Good Shepherd Sunday (April 21st, 2024), we have been experiencing a difficult situation due to flooding. In recent days, the floods have risen to a level exceeding all expect...
A NEW MUSICAL TRIBUTE TO THE MARTYRS OF BARAKA AND FIZI: "MASHAHIDI WETU" ("Our Martyrs")
After the two songs composed by our confrere Isidore Kawaya Idumbo (Formation Period in Mission, Indonesia, and currently in Yogyakarta for Indonesian language study):
Furaha ya Mashahidi Wapya Uvira (Joy for the new martyrs of Uvira): https://youtu.be/amwJE8sR0Mw?si=HNAAOmVeycJGc1YK
Mashahidi ...
HORTOLÂNDIA - BRAZIL - S. GUIDO MARIA CONFORTI PARISH: "JORNADA VOCACIONAL"
On Saturday 20 and Sunday 21 April 2024, on the occasion of the 61st World Day of Prayer for Vocations, in the parish of Saint Guido Maria Conforti and in the “chácara” (“small rural property”) of the Xaverian Missionaries called "Todos irmãos" (“All Brothers”), a vocational day was held, organiz...
PADANG – SUMATRA – INDONESIA: NEWS FROM THE XVIII INDONESIAN REGIONAL CHAPTER
On Tuesday, April 23, 2024, the XVIII Indonesian Regional Chapter was officially opened. This Chapter is attended by Fr. Fernando García Rodríguez, Fr. Sudarmanto and Fr. Felipe de Jesús López Orozco, from the General Direction, and 18 confreres from two electoral districts: Java and Sumatr...
XAVERIAN SISTERS – MISSIONARIES OF MARY: 50-YEAR PRESENCE IN MEXICO
The website of the Xaverian Sisters – Missionaries of Mary https://saveriane.it/it/
has posted an interview with some Xaverian sisters carried out by OMPE (Obras Misionales Pontificio Episcopales de México) of the Archdiocese of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, on the occasion of the celebra...
THE U.K. XAVERIAN REGION: A COMMITMENT TO JUSTICE AND PEACE
On Friday 19th of April 2024 Fr Jim Clarke s.x, Vice regional of the UK Circumscription and Mr Hugh Foy the Region’s Director of Programmes attended a poverty and suicide event organized by The Poverty Alliance. The Poverty Alliance is the largest anti-poverty organization in Scotland and its mem...
SAINT GUIDO MARIA CONFORTI SHRINE - MOTHER HOUSE - PARMA: THE MONTH OF MAY AND THE PRAYER OF THE ROSARY
The Rector of the San Guido Maria Conforti Shrine, Fr. Nicola Colasuonno, and the Shrine's pastoral care team have prepared two units (downloadable) for praying the Rosary. The units bring together two themes for reflection and prayer, which are particularly dear to the pastoral care team: Mary i...
SALERNO – ITALY: PRESENTATION OF THE BOOK "THE CROSS AND ISLAM"
The presentation of Prof Ambrogio Bongiovanni's book, “The cross and Islam,” was held on Friday, April 19, 2024, at the provincial library in Salerno. The associations that gave birth to "Dreaming of Peace" promoted this event, in which the Xaverian Family of Salerno has an active presence.
Our ...
VATICAN, PAUL VI AUDIENCE HALL: “CARESS AND SMILE” AND “THE FOURTH FLOOR”
On Saturday, April 27th, 2024, in the Paul VI Audience Hall, Pope Francis meets the elderly, grandparents and grandchildren. Figuratively, the elderly are like the last floor of a building inhabited by four generations: a floor which nobody paid particular attention to till the outburst of the Co...
“ENKRÁTEIA”, THAT IS TEMPERANCE: “POWER OVER ONESELF”
Pope Francis’ catechesis at the general audience on Wednesday, April 17th, 2024 was dedicated to temperance (in Greek, enkráteia), the ‘fourth and last cardinal virtue’. Continuing the cycle of reflections on vices and virtues, Pope Francis dwelt on what he called “the capacity for self-mastery, ...
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(Español) CELESTINA BOTTEGO - La Madre
https://xaverianas.org
Celestina Bottego no es una persona para ser relegada al pasado. Por haber vivido plenamente cada día de su vida, Celestina es un modelo a seguir también para las nuevas generaciones, a quienes en particular está dirigido este video. Verlo y reflexionar sobre los desafíos q...
18 April 2024
Annuncio della morte di p. Renato Trevisan sx
Lunedì 08 aprile 2024, alle ore 18.45 è deceduto in Casa Madre, Parma – Italia, il nostro confrat...
Annuncio della morte di p. Savio Corinaldesi sx
Giovedì 7 marzo 2024, alle ore 01.30 è deceduto nella Casa Madre, Parma – Italia, il nostro confr...
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