On Monday, June 26th, 2023, at 10.00 am, seven young confreres will make their first profession of vows. The Eucharist will be celebrated in the big chapel of the Xaverian Missionaries in Kilomoni –…

On Tuesday, June 27th, 2023, Vicar General Fr. Mario C. Mula, councilors Fr. Eugenio Pulcini and Fr. Javeir Peguero Pérez, will leave for Bukavu, D.R.C. They will travel with other seven confreres, d…

The Preparatory Committee of the XVIII General Chapter – made up of confreres: Kalehezo T’Chiribuka Fabien and Pulcini Eugenio (coordinators); Turco Faustino (secretary)…

Boys and girls of II and III years, teachers and the director of "Regina Margherita" state high school in Salerno (South of Italy) wrote to Fr. Ferdinandus Supandri s.x. and Esterel Ga…

The UN calls them “hot spots” of world hunger. They form a list that keeps enlarging inexorably. Various shocks – such as climate change, the pandemic, war in Ukraine and, now, the Sudanese…

“Healing, respect, forgiveness, reconciliation and truth.” Card. Luis Antonio Tagle, pro-prefect of the Dicastery for Evangelization, wanted to meet the people of Goma, capital city of the tormented…

With the renowned expression “giving voice to the voiceless”, typical of a Church that reaches out to the peripheries, our confrere Fr. Rosario Giannattasio, president of Editrice Missionaria Italian…

“The planet is thirsty!” This is the alarm UN launched on World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought, or simply “DD-day” (desertification and drought day).  This year the day is…

The third updated edition (June 24th) of the Personnel Directory 2023 (Stato del Personale 2023) can be downloaded from the GD’s website. Thanks to all confreres that precisely and clearly…

On Sunday, June 11th, 2023, Mr. Gerard Casey, brother of our confrere Fr. Archie Casey, passed away in Hamilton (Lanarkshire), Scotland. The Requiem Mass will take place on Wednesday June 28th, 2023…

The young confrere Fr. François Saleh Moll – a member of the community of Fnideq, Morocco – shares with us in an original way his understanding of the meaning of Loving our Xaverian vocation: To jour…

On Saturday, June 24th, 2023, at 11:00 a.m., in St Guido Maria Conforti Shrine – Mother House, Parma, our confrere Jean-Marie Ishara Nabahivi will be ordained deacon through the laying on of hands an…

The Xaverian Circumscription of Indonesia wishes to share the good news with our entire missionary family. On Sunday, June 25th, 2023, at 10:30 a.m., in the chapel of the Novitiate House of Bintaro…

On Wednesday, June 7th, 2023, during his pastoral visit, the Bishop of Tete, Dom Diamantino Antunes, officially established in Doa the St Guido Maria Conforti Parish. It is the first parish in Mozamb…

THE FIRST PARISH TO WELCOME THE XAVERIANS IN CHADIAN LAND (1982) Thanks to the Eucharistic celebration that brightened up St John the Evangelist Parish in Gounou-Gaya (Diocese of Pala) and the Xave…

END OF THE CELEBRATIONS FOR THE 70TH ANNIVERSARY OF XAVERIAN PRESENCE It happened on Saturday, June 10, 2023, in the National Sanctuary of Aparecida, São Paulo, with the presence of the Xaverian fam…

"The discovery of joy" is the title chosen for a collection of 21 conversion stories, translated into Italian and associated with the small parish of St. Francis Xavier in Taipei, Taiwan. Our confrer…

On Thursday, June 22nd, 2023, the Superior General, Fr. Fernando García Rodríguez, will travel to the Democratic Republic of the Congo. On Monday, June 26th, 2023, he will receive the…

On Wednesday, June 7th, 2023, in his catechesis on “the passion for evangelisation”, at the presence of the relics of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, patroness of the missions, and those of her parents, Lu…

The fourth video meeting on the theme of the XVIII General Chapter, that was explored from the perspective of the European continent, took place on Tuesday, June 6th, 2023, at 3:00 p.m. (Rome time)…

After the usual familiar “greeting” by St Guido Maria Conforti, Agenda reports the sharing of various missionary experiences.  From Salerno: "A Meeting that Speaks to the Heart" brief…

On Friday June 9th and Saturday 10th, 2023, our confrere Fr. Tiziano Tosolini offered few hours of teaching at the Advanced Training Course "Interreligious Bioethics", organized by Fon…

 On Thursday, June 8th, 2023, 88-year-old Brazilian Missionary of Mary - Xaverian Sister Maria Zago passed away at the Hospital of Londrina, South Brazil. A member of the community in Londrina…

On Dear Chapter, writes Mrs. Maria Reiko Aoki, a Japanese laywoman who has been close to the Xaverians for many years and, together with others, is very interested in the formation of a Xaverian lait…

“SOMETHING NEW, SPRINGING FORTH”   After its relocation from Kinshasa to Kilomoni, diocese of Uvira, Democratic Republic of Congo, the first batch of the Novitiate of Kilomoni is preparing to c…

EMMANUEL LEVINAS AND THE BURUNDIAN CULTURE OF “UBUNTU” Our confrere, Cassien Nshimirimana, member of the formation team in the Theologate of Kinshasa, DRC., and student specialising in philosophy at…

ST FRANCIS OF ASSISI CHAPEL: A COMMUNITY ENTRUSTED TO THE XAVERIAN MISSIONARIES On the feast of the Most Holy Trinity, Msgr. Emilio Rocha Grande o.f.m., archbishop of Tangier, paid visit to the sma…

During the 24th session of the General Council (May 19th, 2023), upon reading a petition presented by the regional superior of the Italian circumscription and his council, and having listened to…

A MODEL OF DIALOGUE AND FRIENDSHIP “…Ricci and one of his confrères prepared themselves very well, carefully studying the Chinese language and customs, and in the end, they managed to settle in the…

On Friday, May 19th, 2023, our confrere Pietro Rossini completed his academic training in journalism (Master of Science in Journalism) at Boston University. During the graduation ceremony…

On Saturday, June 3rd, 2023, Mr Massimo Lizzit, 93-year-old brother of our confrere Fr. Franco Lizzit, passed away in Melbourne, Australia.  The funeral took place in Saint Margaret Mary Church…

The column Dear Chapter, this week receives the contribution of Fr. Gabriele Ferrari, sx. In his intervention, Fr. Gabriele shares with the capitulars some considerations on the current situation of…

On Sunday, June 4th, 2023, Fr. Fabien Kalehezo T’Chiribuka will travel to the D.R.Congo to assist local confreres with the last preparations for the XVIII General Chapter. Fr. Gabriel Héctor Arroyo S…

Sunday, May 28, 2023, on the Solemnity of Pentecost, our two confreres Isidore Kawaya Idumbo and Gregorius Purba Nagara made their Perpetual Vows in the hands of Fr. Emanuele Borelli at Saint Francis…

The bishops of Chad performed an act of great courage and prophecy by raising a cry denouncing the political authorities for the serious suffering in which the Chadian population finds itself, now wi…

On Friday, May 26th, 2023, the Xaverian circumscription of Spain and Morocco released a video presenting the essential traits of a Xaverian missionary’s face in those regions and from the perspective…

“Kubina” is a School jointly established and run by 20 religious and missionary congregations, where aspirants and postulants are accompanied through various fields of initial training: Liturgy, Bibl…

Following the meetings organised for the African, American and Asian continents, which took place respectively on May 16th, 23th and 30th, a meeting for the European continent will be held on Tuesday…

The website of the Xaverian circumscription of Spain and Morocco has posted a report by our confrere Fr. Rolando Ruíz Durán on the “Spiritual March with Christians and Muslims.” This spiritual…

Pope Francis’ catechesis on the passion for evangelization continues. On Wednesday, May 24th, 2023, while describing the figure of Saint Andrea Kim Tae-gon as eloquent witness of zeal for the proclam…

On May 21st to 26th, we held our Annual Retreat at our Regional House in Makeni. This year we were blessed for having Fr. Paulin Batairwa Kubuya s.x., from the Dicastery for Inter-Religious Dialogue…

Every year, in May, the Chinese Catholics rejoice. At the national shrine, they venerate Our Lady of Sheshan (Shanghai) that was crowned in 1924 by Cardinal Celso Costantini. As the first Apostolic…

The new website of the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life is now available: www.vitaconsacrata.va Its home page, with a completely renewed version, aims at…

“Towards Full Presence” is the title of the document by the Dicastery for Communication that has been issued on Monday, May 29th, 2023. Purpose of the Document is to promote a common reflection on C…

On Friday, May 26th, 2023, Mr Giacomo Pisanu, brother of our late confrere Fr. Angelo Pisanu (d. 2018), passed away in Cantù, Como (Italy). The Requiem Mass and funerary rites were celebrated on Mon…

Our young confrere Justin Mihigo (born in the D. R. of Congo), who will be ordained a priest in a few months, writes to Dear Chapter from Mexico City. He invites the Chapter members to live the next…

On Sunday, May 28th, 2023, at 10:00 a.m., Isidore Kawaya Idumbo s.x. and Gregorius Purba Nagara s.x. will make their perpetual profession in the Xaverian family, at St Francis Xavier Parish, in Malig…

From May 22nd to 25th, 2023, Msgr. Enrico Solmi, Bishop of Parma, who came to Rome for the plenary session of the Italian Bishop Conference, was our guest at the community of the General House. The p…

On the 13th of May 2023, the Solemn Feast Day of the Cathedral of Makeni, Our Lady of Fatima, Fr. Bob John Hassan Koroma was consecrated to the order of bishops. He is the first local bishop of Maken…

On Sunday, May 21st, 2023, the Xaverian parish of St Guido Maria Conforti, located in Hortolândia City (Brazil), hosted the 11th National March of the Missionary Childhood from Campinas archdiocese…