The theme of the Assembly is “Connected Faith: Living Prayer in the Digital Age.” The Assembly will begin with a private meeting with Pope Leo. There will be a moment of prayer and introduction, foll…

On Sunday, November 16th, 2025, Sr. Urbanina Maule, sister of the Servant of God Fr. Ottorino Maule s.x. and aunt of Fr. Giuseppe Vignato (son of Geremia) passed away. She was born in Gambellara (Vic…

On Saturday, November 15th, 2025, in the church of Our Lady of the Victories Parish, our confrere Francis Richard Chidiebere Will be ordained deacon through the laying on of hands and the prayer of o…

From Thursday, November 20th to Friday, December 5th, 2025, General Councillors Fr. Fabien Kalehezo T’chiribuka and Fr. Felipe de Jesús López Orozco will pay a visit to the confreres of the Delegatio…

On November 5, 2025, the Xaverian Confreres in West Sumatra (Zona Sumbar SX) gathered to celebrate the feast day of our Founder, Saint Guido Maria Conforti. The celebration, held at the Xaverian Regi…

On Wednesday, November 5th, 2025, the Xaverian district of Londrina celebrated our holy Founder. In particular, with our MissioWeb expert, Fr. Juan Juárez García s.x. we displayed our first-class rel…

On 5th of November, the confreres working in the Xaverian Region of Burundi, and some from the community of Kilomoni (DRC) along with Lay Xaverian gathered together in the Noviciate house of Bujumbur…

The Xaverian Missionaries in US concluded their annual assembly at the missionary Shrine of Our Lady of Fatima, which took place from November 2 - 6, 2025. Our superiors from Rome also joined us. The…

The Xaverian Missionaries’ International Theologate of Manila held an Interreligious dialogue on October 25, with the theme “The Meaning of Hope according to Muslims and Christians.” The event featur…

From October 16th to November 12th, 2025, Fr. Fernando García Rodríguez and the General Councillor, interlocutor for Asia, Fr. Franciscus Xaverius Sudarmanto have paid a visit to all the Xaverians wh…

Cameroon, Tanzania and Ivory Coast: these are three nations of the African continent that held elections in the last month of October. Albeit with different percentages, in all three cases, the outgo…

Wednesday, November 5th, 2025, there was a great celebration in the Mother House of the Xaverian missionaries in Parma. The occasion: the liturgical memory of the Founder, St Guido Maria Conforti, 94…

On Tuesday, November 11, 2025, the Kobe Peace Research Institute hosted its annual Sunrise Prayer for World Peace, gathering religious leaders from across Japan and abroad. The event featured prayer…

From 3 to 7 November 2025, in the city of Bongor (Chad), the Xaverian Missionaries working in Chad held their Assembly. It was a time of discernment, a time to review their missionary journey togeth…

The St. Francis Xavier Philosophy community successfully held its “Open House" on November 9, 2025, with the topic “Xaverian Charismatic Family.” From 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., the Xaverian community w…

The pastoral zone “Saint Guido Maria Conforti” in Toukra (N'Djamena – Chad) celebrated the feast of Saint Guido Maria Conforti, its patron saint, on Sunday, November 9, 2025. The Eucharist was presi…

On Saturday, 8 November, the Xaverian Missionaries in Japan hosted the first Menegazzo Memorial Lecture at the newly inaugurated Fr. Luigi Menegazzo Library in Izumisano. Fr. Robert Kisala, President…

During the celebration in Manila, Philippines, on 5 November, our confrere Sandi Pratama Fenat Michael Timothy professed his final vows in the hands of Fr. Patrick Santiañez Salazar at the Parish of…

The journal Recherches de Science Religieuse (RSR) published by Loyola Paris Faculties dedicates its October-December 2025 issue to the renewal of African theologies. It includes the article: ‘How do…

On Thursday, November 6th, 2025, Mrs Agustina Biak, 58-year-old mom of our confrere Fr. Yedrianus Mali, passed away in Wemasa, Halibot, Malaka, West Timor, NTT, Indonesia. The Requiem Mass and funera…

Based on consultations carried out by the confreres of the US Delegation on November 04th, 2025, the Superior General, with the consent of his Council, has appointed the new Council of the US Delegat…

From Sunday, November 9th, 2025, to Monday, November 17th, 2025, General Councillor Fr. Fabien Kalehezo T’Chiribuka will be with the Confreres in Morocco.

Frs. Fernando García Rodríguez (9–20 November 2025), Mauro Loda (11–20 November 2025) and Franciscus Xaverius Sudarmanto (12–25 November 2025) will be in Taipei, Taiwan, to take part in the COSUMA AS…

On Saturday, November 15th, 2025, in the church of Our Lady of the Victories Parish, our confrere Francis Richard Chidiebere Will be ordained deacon through the laying on of hands and the prayer of o…

The Basque Diocesan Mission Bilbao Foundation is the institution of the Bizkaia Church responsible for articulating the missionary dimension of the local Church in a prophetic and transformative mann…

From 26 to 28 October 2025, Shinmeizan was represented, upon invitation, by the Xaverian Missionary sister Maria De Giorgi mmx at the International Interreligious meeting organised by the Community o…

With this video we launch the series “Taiwan, a Mosaic of Religions”, produced by MissioNET.  The first episode, “Religious Diversity in Taiwan,” takes us into the island’s rich multireligious…

A placard in front of the main door of the Cathedral of Manila in Intramuros (i.e. the old city), calls faithful to wear white when going to church on Sunday, and to hang white ribbons in their homes…

Our confrere Rocco Puopolo was recently named as one of the recipients of the Bishop Cheverus Medal from the Archdiocese of Boston. Since 2008, the Archdiocese has honoured individuals recognized for…

On Sunday October 26th at Our Lady of the Rosary Parish in Brixton, the Catholic Missionary Union (CMU) celebrated its Silver Jubilee. For the past 25 years, the CMU has organised Mission Appeals in…

“Thank you for this letter, which reminds me of the commitments of my Xaverian choice. I hope that it will reawaken everywhere the fervour that animated our Father and Founder… My grateful fraternal…

On October 12, 2025, Mr. John Menéndez, brother of Fr. Adolph Menéndez, passed away in Tamarac, Florida, USA.  He was 86 years old. The Requiem Mass and funeral rites will be celebrated at the O…

Dear Brothers, The celebration of the Solemnity of St. Guido Maria Conforti, lived as a family feast, invites us to remember with gratitude our Founder. On this special day, we recall with admiratio…

On Sunday, October 5, 2025, at the parish church of Izumisano, the faithful of the Kishiwada Circle gathered to celebrate World Mission Sunday 2025 —an event that united believers of various national…

The September-October 2025 issue of the Xaverian magazine Missione Oggi publishes the first part of an interview with Fr. Meo Elia by Missionary of Mary–Xaverian Sister, Teresina Caffi. By way of in…

In Mexico, Centro Social Católico Santiago Apóstol celebrates two years of activity. The city of Torreón is located in the northern part of the Country – a dry and extremely hot land. Here, migrants…

On Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025, in Aula Paolo VI, Vatican, Pope Leo addressed a delegation of “Fraternité Monseigneur Courtney” on pilgrimage to Rome. This Fraternité is committed to honour the mem…

“PARMA NEGLI ANNI.” The 13th Confortian Cultural Afternoon is scheduled for Friday, November 7th, 2025, at 4:00 p.m., in Parma. The event, which is organised by Amici del 5 Novembre (November 5th Fri…

On Saturday, March 25th, 2025, the Xaverian missionaries who reside in Rome spent together a day of retreat at the “Msgr. Conforti” College to prepare for the upcoming feast of the Holy Founder. The…

We share the greeting addressed in French (and written in Arabic) to the community during breakfast on Wednesday, 29 October 2025, by Professor Youssef Nouiouar, before his return to Morocco, after h…

On Thursday, October 30, 2025, at 8:11 p.m. (Indonesian time), at the Sint Carolus Hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia, our confrere Fr. Sandro (Italico, Emmanuele) Peccati passed away. Fr. Sandro was 91…

On Sunday, October 19th, 2025, Fr. Mauro Loda returned to Rome after a visit to the confreres of the Delegation of Mozambique.

On Saturday, October 25, 2025, Fr. Fabien Kalehezo T’Chiribuka returned to Rome after visiting the confreres in the Delegation of Mozambique.

On Tuesday, October 28th, 2025, Fr. Mauro Loda and Fr. Felipe de Jesús López Orozco will go to pay a visit to the confreres of Delegation of the USA and take part in their Delegation Assembly (Novemb…

To prepare for the upcoming Conference on the Xaverian’s Humanity (Convegno sul Volto Umano del Saveriano), that will take place at the Mother House in Parma, from June 17th to 28th, 2026, the Genera…

On Saturday, October 18, 2025 the Diocese of Novaliches, Philippines, celebrated World Mission Day. The event took place in the parish of St. Anthony of Padua, where our former confrere Fr. Rodrigo V…

On Thursday, 23 October 2025, at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome, our confrere Fr. Adriano Cunha Lima defended his bachelor's thesis in Peace Sciences. The bachelor's degree (B.A.) is part…

The number of Catholics in the five continents, including Europe, is growing, but that of priests and nuns is declining globally. Out of a world population of 7,9 billion people, the number of Catho…

On October 10, 2025, the Archbishop of Jakarta, Card. Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo, presided over the Eucharist together with the Xaverian confreres at Toasebio Parish in Jakarta to celebrate the 7…

The virtual Jubilee (October 14th-15th, 2025) of the native peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean has come to a conclusion. It has been an occasion for sharing experiences, like pilgrims of hope…