On November 28th, 2024, sixty years after the martyrdom of Fr. Giovanni Didoné, the bishops of Vicenza (Msgr. Giuliano Brugnotto) and Padua (Msgr. Claudio Cipolla) celebrated the memorial in two diff…

We are happy to thank our Xaverian brothers. Thank you very much for inviting us to share this feast with you. It began with a retreat, followed by time of meditation and personal prayer, and a Eucha…

On Sunday, December 1st, 2024, Mrs Carola (Lina) Ferrari nee Regonesi, sister of our deceased confrere Fr. Giovanni Ferrari (+ 1999), passed away in Capriate San Gervasio, Bergamo, Italy. The Requiem…

“Not because of the fear of hell, nor because of the hope of heaven, but because of the way You loved me, I love You”. (From the book of Francesco Occhetta: Francesco Saverio. Il gesuita patrono dell…

On Sunday, December 1st, 2024, at 9:00 a.m., in the church of St Francis Xavier, Maligaya, Manila, the Philippines, dioceses of Novaliches, our confrere Friwandi  Nainggolan will be ordained dea…

On Saturday, December 7th, 2024, at 5:00 p.m., in the church of St Simon Ticumac Parish, Archdiocese of Mexico City, Mexico, our confrere Yedrianus Mali will be ordained deacon through the laying on…

From Thursday November 28th to Thursday December 5th, 2024, Fr. Mauro Loda will be staying with the confreres of the community in Fnideq, Morocco.

On Sunday, November 24th, 2024, at the fourth floor of the Mother House we were glad to welcome a group of violinists from Parma. They came to celebrate with us the feast of Christ the King. This was…

On the occasion of the first memorial of the Blessed martyrs of Fizi and Baraka and in accordance with its Community Project of Life, the community of the Pre-novitiate and Novitiate of Bujumbura (Bu…

The American Missionary Congress brought together 36 countries from across the Americas from November 19th to 24th, 2024, in Ponce, Puerto Rico. Both the opening and closing Eucharistic celebration o…

On Thursday, November 28th, 2024, liturgical memorial of the Blessed Martyrs of Fraternity, Mgr Francesco Beschi, Bishop of Bergamo, Italy, presided over the Eucharist in thanksgiving of the Diocese…

In the coming days, the Superiors of Circumscription will receive in their e-mail addresses this traditional letter with the Christmas 2024 and New Year 2025 Greetings, so that they may send it to th…

On November 24th, 2024, Solemnity of Christ the King, Pope Francis signed a memo (nota di accompagnamento) in Italian on the manner in which the Final Document of the Synod should be received: “I ha…

On Thursday, November 21st, 2024, Pope Francis published a letter on the study of Church history in the training of religious, priests and pastoral agents. He states that “No one can truly know their…

On Sunday, November 24th, 2024, Mrs Bianchina Domine, sister of our confrere Fr. Umberto Domine, passed away in Argentina. Fr. Umberto belongs to the community of the Mother House: umbertosx35@yahoo…

On Saturday, November 23rd, 2024, at 11:00 a.m., in St. Guido Maria Conforti Parish, Makeni, Sierra Leone, our confrere Mark Bangura Gbama will be ordained priest through the laying on of hands and t…

On Sunday, December 1st, 2024, at 9:00 a.m., in the church of St Francis Xavier, Maligaya, Manila, the Philippines, dioceses of Novaliches, our confrere Friwandi  Nainggolan will be ordained dea…

From Tuesday November 26th to Monday December 30th, 2024, the Father General Fernando García Rodríguez, along with Fr. Felipe de Jesús López Orozco, will pay a visit to the confreres in Mexico. The t…

The Delegation of the United States held their annual assembly October 27th to the 31st, 2024. We welcomed Frs. Mauro Loda and Felipe de Jesús López Orozco from the General Direction who also spent a…

Following the beatification (Uvira, August 18th, 2024) of Vittorio Faccin, Luigi Carrara, Giovani Didonè and Albert Joubert, on November 1st, 2024, the Dicastery for Divine Worship and the Discipline…

The 5th monthly updated (digital) version of Personnel Directory 2024 (Stato del Personale 2024) has been uploaded. The Superiors of Circumscriptions are encouraged to keep the digital page of their…

The 9th digital update of Address Book 2022 (Indirizzario 2022) has been uploaded. It contains the corrections and additions we received over the last 4 months. Our heartfelt thanks to all confreres…

From 15 to 17 November 2024, the VI EJUMIX (Xaverian Youth Meeting) took place in the parish of S. Coração de Jesus, in São Paulo (SP), Brazil. Around 230 young people, who came from the various pari…

“Even today, in many parts of the world, there are many martyrs who give their life for Christ.” These are the words used by Pope Francis on Thursday, November 14th, 2024, in his address to the parti…

A course on Indonesian Batik was held in a classroom of Istituto di Istruzione Superiore “Galilei – Di Palo” in Salerno, Italy, for two consecutive mornings (November 12th and 13th, 2024). It was off…

From 5 to 10 November 2024, the Bishops' Conference of France met in Lourdes. The integration of the African priests ministering in France was on the agenda. Three African cardinals and one archbisho…

More than 420,000 children are currently affected by dangerous low water levels and drought conditions in three countries of the Amazon region: Brazil, Colombia, and Perù. Raising the alarm over the…

Wars, violence, human rights violations, and persecution: these realities are leading to a new record in the number of displaced people in the world. The Mid-Year Trend 2024 report of the UN High Com…

In the early morning of Saturday, November 16th, 2024, due to respiratory failure, our confrere Fr. Modesto Todeschi passed away at the dispensary of St Guido Maria Conforti Parish, Kamenge, Burundi…

On Saturday, November 23, 2024, at 11:00 am, in the parish of St. Guido Maria Conforti, Makeni, Sierra Leone, our confrere Mark Bangura Gbama will be ordained to the priesthood through the laying on…

On Monday, November 18, 2024, Fr. Mauro Loda and Fr Franciscus Xaverius Sudarmanto will return to Rome after visiting the confreres of the Thailand Circumscription.

Frs. Fabien Kalehezo T'Chiribuka and Franciscus Xaverius Sudarmanto, from Thursday, Nov. 21, 2024 - to Saturday, Dec. 7, 2024, will visit the confreres of the Sierra Leone region. They will participa…

For our Delegation in Mozambique, the days around November 5th were intense and beautiful. On October 25, 2024, we received our confreres of the General Direction, Fr Fernando García Rodríguez and Fr…

We had our annual Assembly in Bongor, Chad from November 4 to 7, 2024. In an atmosphere of fraternity, we met with the brothers of our different communities present in Chad and with Fr Tonino Melis…

From November 4 to 8, 2024, the confreres of the Cameroon zone gathered in Douala for the annual Assembly. We celebrated the feast of our Founder, together with the Final Profession of Arnoldus Heriy…

On the solemnity of our Founder, Saint Guido Maria Conforti, the community of pre-noviciate and noviciate (named after “The Martyrs of Fraternity”) in Burundi was joined by the Lay and the Xaverians…

On Sunday, November 3, 2024, in preparation for Founder's Day, we gathered together with the members of the philosophy community. Six formators and forty-seven brothers from the two communities came…

The third "Open House" event, which saw the Theologate of Manila open its doors for a day of missionary animation, was held on Sunday, November 10, 2024. This year, 260 people participated in this ev…

The first symposium of the European Forum was held on Friday, November 8, 2024 in the conference room of the Mother House. It was a day of reflection on the challenges of mission today in the Europea…

“…I hope you will enjoy reading what I quoted, and you will also agree with me that it is very, if not extremely helpful to many of us who are committed to doing good... I hope it will be welcomed i…

"Those who hope in the Lord will run and not be weary": a verse from the so-called Book of Consolation (Is. 40-55) inspires Pope Francis' message for the XXXIX World Youth Day, which will be celebrat…

On Nov. 9 and 10, 2024, the Scientific Lyceum “Quadri” in Vicenza, Italy, hosted the “Biblical Tech Festival,” two days of reflection focusing on the relationship between technological innovation and…

On Saturday, November 02, 2024, the Xaverian missionaries living in Rome gathered at the Collegio Conforti for a day of reflection, prayer, celebration and feast in preparation for the solemnity of S…

On Friday, November 8, 2024, Mrs. María Guadalupe Suárez Hurtado, mother of our confrere Fr. Felipe García Suárez, passed away in Morelia, Michoacán, Mexico. Fr. Felipe is a member of the Xaverian co…

On Saturday, November 9th, 2024, at 6:00 p.m., our confreres Francis Richard Chidiebere, Frédéric Mutonde, Yohanes Nicholindo Putra Geli Gowin, and Valerius Jan Nahak will make their perpetual profes…

On Thursday, November 7th, 202, the General Father Fr. Fernando García Rodríguez and General Councillor Fr. Fabien Kalehezo T’Chiribuka returned to Rome after a visit to the confreres of the Delegati…

On October 10th, 2024, the Superior General, with the consent of his Councillors, appointed the new Delegation Council of Thailand: Superior Delegate: Fr. Edgar Nava Pérez s.x. Vice Superior Delega…

“O gates, lift high your heads; grow higher, ancient doors. Let him enter, the king of glory!” This verse from Psalm 23 has deeply moved the faithful who came from all over Burundi to attend the inau…

Our confrere Fr Renato Filippini published volume IV of Lectio Divina series. “The reign of God is near. Parables and actions of Jesus about the reign of God”. 24 Lectio Divina meetings with passages…

“The prayer of the poor rises up to God (cf. Sir 21:5). In this year dedicated to prayer in anticipation of the Ordinary Jubilee of 2025, this expression of biblical wisdom is most fitting as we prep…