"... I keep following news from Philippines of the earthquake every now and then. It seems the whole country is shaking. My family is safe thanks be to God. No big damages in my hometown [Bayabas, Da…

On Tuesday, October 14th, 2025, Fr. Fernando García Rodríguez and Fr. Franciscus Xaverius Sudarmanto will be in Japan on a visit to all Xaverian communities of the Circumscription. From November 3rd…

Pope Leo XVI, addressing the numerous participants in the Jubilee of Consecrated Life, emphasised: ‘Do not tire of bearing witness to hope on the many frontiers of the modern world, knowing how to i…

On October 1st, 2025, a Mass was celebrated in the chapel of the St Francis Xavier Theologate, Mexico City, for the mandate of Luís Carlos Gándara Moreno and Vielca Saray Nahla Pérez, a couple of Mex…

In October, Missionary month, we the Xaverian missionaries celebrate the memory of the martyrs of our missionary family; a memory enriched by the recent recognition of some of them whom the Church ha…

For the Xaverian Laity in Italy, “August” is the time for the summer camp (convivenza estiva): a week of fraternity, discussion, training, and vacation. In this issue of Agenda, we speak about the hi…

Few of us remain from the group ordained in 1965! I realise I am a lucky person and, at the same time, an unaware one. I try to grasp all these years, God’s project about me and my own limits. I fin…

I have been asked to recall the anniversary which I would rather live in the greatest silence possible, not because I do not feel the need to celebrate the Lord for his innumerable and wonderful init…

This year, Xaverian Martyrs Day will be celebrated on October 10th. The day commemorates our Xaverian brothers and sisters who gave their lives to be faithful to the Gospel of Jesus and the Xaverian…

On the occasion of the 114th National Day of the Republic Of China (Taiwan) the documentary “Taiwan, a Mosaic of Religions” was presented. The film was produced by our confrere Fr. Pietro Rossini and…

On Sunday, October 5th, 2025, Mr Giovanni Francesco Piredda, brother of our confrere Gesuino Piredda, passed away in Borore (Nuoro, Sardinia, Italy). The Requiem Mass was celebrated on Monday, Octob…

On Monday, 29 September 2025, the General Council's letter to the confreres was posted on the General Direction's website. The letter deals with the subject of travels and movements.  Dear…

Fr. Mauro Loda and Fr. Fabien Kalehezo T’Chiribuka will be paying a visit to the confreres of the Circumscription of Mozambique from Sunday, October 5th to Sunday, October 19th, 2025.

Cooperazione Internazionale (International Cooperation), a humanitarian organization that operates in 33 Countries – including Sudan, Syria, Lebanon, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the Ce…

Presently, we are two in the Xaverian community in Salerno: Deacon Valerius Jan Nahak and Fr. Rosario Giannattasio. We are looking forward to welcoming Fr. Vittorio Buongiovanni. Thanks to the active…

On September 27th, 2025, we celebrated the 55th anniversary of my ordination to the priesthood. I joined the Xaverian Missionary in Parma on October 25th, 1964. From Parma we left for Desio (Mil…

There is no peace for the tormented Mozambican province of Cabo Delgado, the poorest in the country. Jihadist guerrillas linked to the self-styled ‘Islamic State’ keep attacking local communities, vi…

On Monday, 29 September 2025, the General Directions of the Xaverian Missionaries and the Missionaries of Mary the Missionary of Mary – Xaverian Sisters met in the community of Viale Vaticano 40…

On Monday, September 29th, 2025, as part of its formation plan, the community of the General House was honoured to host Card. Gianfranco Ravasi, who accepted the invitation to illustrate to the…

After three years, I had the opportunity to spend a few days at home with my family in Brazil. It was a wonderful time spent together. Being reunited with family is always a joy, especially when we r…

Our confrere, Fr. Silvano Da Roit, missionary to Japan, has sent a message to the organisers of “marcia dei preti” (the priests’ march) that marked the day of prayer (Rome, Monday, September 22nd, 20…

The editorial director of the missionary magazine AsiaNews comments Pope Leo XIV’s words on China during an interview that was published recently. “(The Pope) guarantees the continuity of previous ch…

We are pleased to announce that Quaderni del CSA, Volume 19, Nos. 3–4, has now been published. The digital edition is available on our website: https://centro-documentazione.saveriani.org/biblioteca/…

Our confrere Fr. Elvis Ndihokubwayo (International Novitiate, Bujumbura Burundi) obtained a Level II Master's Degree (MBA - Master in Business Administration) in Leadership and Group Management from…

As we are getting ready to commemorate the 30th death anniversary of our Servants of  God: Fr Ottorino Maule, sx;  Fr Aldo Marchiol, sx; and the Lay Catina Gubert assassinated on 30th-…

On Sunday, September 21st, 2025, after a long illness, Sr. Rosa Biella MMA, 82, passed away in the community of the Mother House of the Xaverian Sisters – Missionaries of Mary. Rosa, also known as Ro…

Below our confrere Fr. Rino Benzoni shares a candid reflection on his parish experience in Kinshasa, DRC After eight years as parish priest of San Bernardo Parish in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of…

On the occasion of the 12th anniversary of the death of Fr. Amato Dagnino, his book ‘Itinerario di vita spirituale’ (Journey of Spiritual Life) was presented. Published in 1992 by Edizioni Paoline, i…

Several activities are being organised in Italy and Burundi to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the death of Frs. Aldo Marchiol, Ottorino Maule and the Lay missionary Catina Gubert. On September 2…

There were two meetings held this month in which our confrere Fr. Tiziano Tosolini participated as a speaker. The first meeting took place in Rome during the festival "Il mondo nuovo. Uno spazio per…

On Wednesday, September 3rd, 2025, at dawn, our confrere Fr. Quartilio Gabrielli was found lifeless in the Fourth Floor of the Mother House, Parma, Italy. Fr. Quartilio would have soon turned 88 as h…

On Monday, September 8th, 2025, Fr. Mauro Loda returned to Rome following his participation in the Assembly of the Xaverian Delegation of Spain-Morocco.

On the General Direction’s website, we post some reflections of our confrere Fr. Antonio Trettel that were inspired by the reading of the missionary witness of another confrere who has been working i…

September 12th, 2025, will mark my 70 years of Xaverian religious life and on September 20th I will celebrate my 88th birthday. I am still quite healthy. I keep helping out in the parish of Curitiba…

According to the annual Defence Data Report (for 2024-2025) released by the European Defence Agency (EDA), in 2024, defence expenditure by the EU Member States experienced a significant increase of 1…

On April 13, 2025, the International Exposition (Expo) opened in Osaka, Japan. It will run until October. Numerous visitors from all over the world have attended. By early September, there were alrea…

After six years of service to the community of the minor seminary in Udine as formator, I too was finally able to leave for the mission: Mexico. I spent few months studying Spanish in Guadalajara, Ja…

We usually celebrate 25, 50, and so on years of priesthood, but the religious profession remains somewhat hidden. However, what I have been asked has helped me to revisit in God these 70 years of my…

On Tuesday, September 9th, 2025, in the city of Casas Grandes, State of Chihuahua, Mexico, Mrs Alicia Cardoza Romero, mother of our confrere Fr Paulino Ramirez Cardoza, passed away.  The Requiem…

On September 3rd, 2025, Fr. Franciscus Xaverius Sudarmanto was back to Rome after spending some time with the confreres of the Xaverian Circumscriptions of Thailand and Indonesia.

On September 3rd, 2025, Fr. Felipe de Jesús López Orozco was back to Rome after spending some time with the confreres of the Mexican Xaverian Circumscription.

On September 4th, 2025, Fr. Fabien Kalehezo T’Chiribuka was back to Rome after spending some time with the confreres of the Xaverian Circumscriptions of Cameroon, Burundi and the Democratic Republic…

The General Direction will hold its 8th General Council in the General House, Rome, from Thursday, September 11th, to Friday, September 26th, 2025. Items in the agenda include: the admissions to Per…

The biographical sketch In Memoriam of our late confrere Fr. Bartolomeo Maria Elia (d. at the Mother House, Parma, on July 07th, 2025) has been posted up on the General Direction’s website. A heartfe…

I am sure that 50 years of religious and missionary profession are not the result of my efforts, but the gift of the fidelity of God that, step after step, supported me. I have seen God’s hand in al…

It was September 9, 1969, when we disembarked in Keelung, the main port in northern Taiwan. We were arriving from Japan, passengers on an Australian ship, which had repeatedly warned us not to drink…

September 7th-8th, 2014 – September 7th-8th, 2025. Eleven years have already passed since our three sisters were killed in Burundi: Lucia Pulici, Bernadetta Boggian and Olga Raschietti. I had the cha…

The township of Ales (Oristano, Sardinia, Italy) hometown of our late confrere Giuseppe Scintu (d. March 19th, 2020, Mother House, Parma) wished to honour his memory by naming the town tennis court a…

Dear Missionari Saveriani, (Xaverian periodical, ed.) I received with much pleasure the letter of greetings for Christmas 2024. I am responding now with some delay to extend my good wishes for the y…

On Sunday, August 31, 2025, in the Cathedral of Notre Dame de la Paix in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, our confrere Dieudonné Nininahazwe, together with other candidates, will receive the…