From Monday, February 26th, to Friday, March 01, 2024, the confreres in charge of mission awareness and vocation promotion in our communities of the Italian and Spanish Circumscriptions gathered in S…

The annual gathering of the Centro de Estudios Missioneros Latinoamericanos (CEMLA) convened in the Xaverian Community of Medellin, Colombia, spanning from February 26 to March 1, 2024, under the the…

From Monday, March 4th, to Saturday, March 9th, 2024, the new General Commission for Initial Formation will gather in-person for the first time. The meeting will begin with Father General’s greetings…

The website of “MISSIO Vicenza”, the Diocesan Missionary Centre of Vicenza directed by Mr Agostino Rigon, announced the preparation for the 32nd Missionary Martyrs Day. Sunday, March 24th, 2024, mark…

The Christian communities in the diocese of Antipole (the Philippines) – that includes the parish of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Marikina City, where our confreres Emanuele Borelli, Pasteur Mugisho Bisimw…

The refugee crisis in Sudan is actually one of the largest in the world. According to United Nations statistics, more than 10 million Sudanese have fled their homes, many taking refuge in countries s…

The proposal of a Cuaresma Misionera (missionary Lent), which every year the Xaverian circumscription of Mexico makes to friends and benefactors, has become an appointment awaited and loved by many…

On Friday, February 16th, 2024, while addressing the community of the Seminary of Naples, Italy, Pope Francis urged formators (that include two married couples) and seminarians to be and work in the…

On Friday February 23rd and Saturday February 24th, 2024, the Xaverian Community is hosting, on behalf of the Scottish Bishops Committee on Interreligious Dialogue and participate in an Interfaith Sy…

From February 23rd to 26th, 2024, Fr. Mauro Loda will be in Coatbridge, Scotland, to participate in the Interfaith Symposium and European Forum. Both meetings are hosted by the Xaverian Circumscripti…

The news agency sponsored by the PIME missionaries (www.asianews.it)  published an article titled “Faustino Tissot e la sua eredità in Cina oggi” (Faustino Tissot and his legacy in today’s China…

Our confrere, Fr. Antonio Trettel, member of the Xaverian community of the Maison Régionale in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, after reading other contributions, titles his own sharing “Dov…

On February 22nd, 2024, our Xaverian community in Nogent-sur-Marne met with Monsignor Dominique Blanchet, Bishop of Créteil, at his office. The aim was to share with him the journey of the congregati…

The Chinese Delegation and the Indonesian Region are collaborating to organize a meeting between representatives of the Xaverian Charismatic Family. The meeting will be in June 2024, in Indonesia (Ja…

In an article published in Osservatore Romano (February 12th, 2024), our confrere Fr. Tiziano Tosolini, member of the Xaverian community in Via Aurelia, Rome, illustrates the “Way of the Kami” (or Sh…

Goma, DRC a city of about two million people, is giving shelter to 850,000 war refugees that in the last two years found refuge in seven camps set up around the city by the Congolese government. They…

Fr. Nicola Colasuonno s.x., rector of St Guido Maria Conforti Shrine, has presented a proposal for a Missionary Lent 2024 through a series of illustrative sheets. In a brief introduction to the 24 ta…

On Monday afternoon, February 19th, 2024, Mr Bruno Biguzzi, brother of our confrere bishop Giorgio Biguzzi, passed away at Bufalini Hospital in Cesena, Italy. Mr Bruno was born in Martorano di Cesena…

On February 10, 2024, Toasebio Parish celebrated a Chinese New Year Mass, presided over by Fr. Samuel Pangestu, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Jakarta. Hundreds of Chinese faithful took part ent…

“Missão On Life”, the radio show hosted by our confrere Fr. Gabriele Guarnieri, continues offering interviews with and witnesses of missionaries working in various parts of the world. The guests in t…

Our confrere, Fr. Louis Birabaluge Hakizimwami, member of the Xaverian community in Paris, France, shares some of his reactions to Fr. Gabriele Ferrari’s latest article (“Upon Reading the Documents o…

Faced with proposals for changes in the country’s Constitution, the Catholic Bishops' Conference of the Philippines (CBCP) expresses its opposition: “the change is proposed to attract foreign investm…

“Fan into flame the gift of God that you possess” (2Tim 1:6) is the theme of the international conference on the on-going formation of priests sponsored by the Dicastery for the Clergy, in collaborat…

“Go and invite everyone to the banquet” is the title of the message for World Mission Day 2024. The theme is inspired by the Gospel parable of the invitation to the wedding of the king’s son (Mt 22…

On Wednesday, February 7th, 2024, the community of St Paul Parish, Salerno, Italy, which is located few yards away from the house of the Xaverian missionaries, welcomed and paid their last respects t…

On Friday, February 9th, 2024, Mr François Chokola, dad of our confrere Dieudonné Bonané Chokola, passed away in Panzi (Bukavu – DRC). The Requiem Mass and funerary rites were celebrated on Tuesday…

On February 7th, 1975, the first Xaverian Missionaries – Elio Cosma, Flavio Veronesi, and José Jiménez Marín – arrived in the beautiful port of Buenaventura (Colombia) at the invitation of Bishop Cor…

As in past years, the diplomatic community of the Embassy of the Republic of Indonesia to the Holy See in Rome sent to our Superior General a calendar with the feasts and anniversaries celebrated in…

Our confrere, Fr. Gabriele Ferrari – member of the community in Tavernerio, Italy – shares a personal reflection which he himself titles: “Upon Reading the Documents of the XVIII General Chapter…”…

Our confrere Fr. Giuseppe (Pino) Leoni, member of the Regional House Community in Belém, PA, Brazil, shares a reflection that he introduces with the following message: “Who knows whether I am doing…

The editing committee of the Xaverian Laity’s Agenda newsletter writes in the introduction to the latest issue:  Dear all, we present here the new issue of ‘Agenda’. We wanted to begin the ye…

Due to the time needed for the transition from one General Direction to the next, iSaveriani NO. 130, that gathers news about the activities of the 1st General Council in the GD’s six-year term (2023…

Fernanda Tettamanzi M.M.S., member of the community of the Xaverian Missionary Sisters of Mary in Via Trionfale, Rome, shared a reflection on her Founders, Fr. Giacomo Spagnolo S.X. and the Venerable…

On January 28th, Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni opened the Italy-Africa Summit / A Bridge for Common Growth. Attending the summit were also several UN organizations, and the leaders of the Eur…

On Friday, February 2nd, 2024, several confreres of the community in Viale Vaticano joined many other members of Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life in attending the Euchar…

More than 300 consecrated, religious men and women coming from all continents, gathered at the Vatican from February 1st to 4th, to receive the mandate for the upcoming Jubilee of Consecrated life th…

On Tuesday morning, February 6th, at 2:00 a.m., Fr. Francesco Cavallo passed away at the Xaverian House in Salerno, Italy. He was 104. He had celebrated his birthday few weeks before for, according t…

On January 27th, 2024, the Superior General, Fr. Fernando García Rodríguez s.x, with the consent of his Councilors, appointed the new Philippine Delegation Council: Superior Delegate: Fr. Patrick Sa…

On Wednesday, January 31, 2024, pp. Fernando García Rodríguez and Sudarmanto returned to Rome from Manila, Philippines.

On Thursday, February 01, 2024, Fr. Fabien Kalehezo T'Chiribuka returned to Rome after visiting various Xaverian communities in the Democratic Republic of Congo and Burundi.

On Friday, February 02, 2024, Fr. Mauro Loda returned to Rome after visiting the confreres of the community in Paris, France.

From February 05 to February 29, 2024, the General Council No. 02 meetings will occur. Agenda items: continuation of the preparation of the Conference of Major Superiors to be held in Parma in June 2…

On Wednesday, February 14th, 2024, Lent season will begin. In Pope Francis' message for Lent 2024 titled “Through the desert God leads us to freedom", there is an urgent invitation for every Christia…

"Africa needs to be loved" (Vittorio Faccin) and "My place is in the mission" (Giovanni Didonè) are some of the titles and subtitles found in the two easy-to-read and brief booklets Fr. Giuseppe Dovi…

Our confreres Fr. Alex Brai (Thailand Xaverian Delegation) and Patrick Santiañez Salazar (Philippine Xaverian Delegation) made their second visit to Vietnam, which took place in the north region of t…

"Pilgrims of hope, on the path to peace" is the theme of the Conference promoted by the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, in Rome from 1 to 4 February 2024…

P. Alfiero Ceresoli sx shared a reflection titled "Let us go elsewhere" in reference to the Gospel of this coming Sunday, February 4th, 2024. In the light of numbers 35-37 of the XVIII General Chapte…

Chinese New Year, which typically lasts about 16 days, is a celebration based on the ancient Chinese lunar calendar. This period is a time for honoring deities and ancestors and hosting family gather…

The sixth and last episode of the series "Together in the missionary vocation and in martyrdom" bears the title "CONCLUSION". The documentary offers a summary of the human, spiritual and missionary l…

On Sunday 4 February 2024 we celebrate the International Day of Human Fraternity, indicated by the United Nations resolution of December 21, 2020, which established the date of 4 February, from 2021…