A heart that loves the people, but a brain that does not learn the language: I have been in Morocco for already two years. It is a very beautiful and engaging experience that helps me live my faith a…

“Waiting is a dry desert between where we are and where we want to be”, said someone. This saying summarises my mood. Since my arrival in Taiwan, seven months have already gone by, day after day – a…

MOTHER HOUSE, PARMA: FIRST MEETING “MANI PER IL MONDO”   A video of the first meeting of Mani per il Mondo (Hands for the World) has been uploaded on the YouTube page of the Xaverian Missionar…

On Sunday, December 11th, Bishop Giuliano Brugnotto was ordained and officially installed in the diocese of Vicenza. Previously, he had been the vicar general of the Diocese of Treviso. It has been a…

In the Dear Chapter section, we publish the letter from the General Direction of the Missionaries of Mary (Xaverian sisters) whom we cordially thank. Their participation in the preparation of the Gen…

On Tuesday, December 6th, 2022, Fr. Eugenio Pulcini returned to Rome after spending two weeks with the confreres of the Chinese Delegation in Taipei, Taiwan (November 21st – December 6th, 2022).

On Saturday, December 10th, 2022, General Councillor Fr. Javier Peguero Pérez departed for Mexico where he will take part in the XVIII Regional Chapter (city of Guadalajara, Jal., December 14th-19th…

On Tuesday, December 13th, 2022, Father General Fernando García Rodríguez and Councillor Fr. Kalehezo T’Chiribuka will travel to Amazonia to participate in the XVI Regional Chapter (January 5th-12th…

The trip of Father General Fernando García Rodríguez will continue in the circumscription of South Brazil where he will participate in the XVIII Regional Chapter in the city of Curitiba, PR, (January…

The Commission for On-Going Formation of the Italian Circumscription has organised the XIV Cultural Week, which will be held from January 2nd to the 7th, 2023. Its title is The Transformation of Miss…

Thanks to the good offices of Mr Dhanu, professor of Catholic religion, and Prof. Tegar from the department of Managmente and Commerce, the Department of Social and Political Sciences of UPN-VETERAN…

Following his definitive conversion to Jesus Christ through the spiritual exercises that Ignatius had proposed to him, moved by passion for the Lord, he set on long difficult journeys to proclaim the…

“…I was happy to hear that you too went to the funeral. I wanted to thank you so very much, wholeheartedly, because in this way you were present on my behalf at the funeral of…, but even more because…

On Saturday, December 3rd, 2022, the Xaverian community of San Pietro in Vincoli celebrated the Feast of St Francis. The Bishop of Forlì, the Bishop of Cesena and about thirty priests from the Dioces…

As part of Brescia-Bergamo Cultural Capital of the year 2023, the Xaverians in Brescia have recently published a small tour guide titled Alla Scoperta di San Cristo (Exploring San Cristo). This guide…

Last Monday, December 5th, 2022, Fr. Eugenio Pulcini returned to Rome, after having been with us for two weeks, starting on November 21st. We spent together days of serene community life, during whic…

On the afternoon of November 26, about 90 Brothers from 17 Institutes gathered at the General House of the De La Salle Brothers in Rome. Twelve Superiors General of these Congregations also participa…

On Saturday 3 December 2022, our two communities in Rome, and the Xaverian sisters joyfully celebrated the feast of St. Francis Xavier. Neighboring religious communities, priests, friends, and benefa…

Fr. Tiziano Tosolini s.x. has concluded, for this year, the presentations of his book “A nostra immagine. Le religioni di fronte alle sfide del transumanesimo” (In Our Image. Religions Facing the Cha…

On Friday, December 2nd, 2022, Mrs Teresa Trettel, older sister of our confrere Fr. Antonio Trettel, passed away in the Hospital of Nottola, Siena (Italy). The Requiem Mass and funeral rites took pla…

This week's intervention in 'Dear Chapter' comes from Godínez Uribe Fr. Samuel, sx, currently Vice Master in the Xaverian community in Salamanca, Gto. (MX). In one of the paragraphs, the confrere wri…

Today, Thursday 1 December, we gathered (almost in full force) in Miyazaki. We celebrated, a little early, the feast of St Francis Xavier together with our Bishop, Mons. Moriyama. It was a beautiful…

On Saturday, December 3rd, 2022, at 12:00 a.m., our confrere Justin Bashagaluke Mihigo will be ordained deacon in Christ the King Parish Church (Colonia Portales, Mexico City), through the laying on…

On Thursday, December 8th, 2022, at 10:30 a.m., our confreres Kampianus Ordin Jemanu and Johanes Morgany will be ordained deacons in Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary Parish Church (Buttrio, Udine)…

Every year, on St Francis Xavier’s day, the Xaverian community in Madrid invites a group of friendly priests to celebrate together the feast of our patron saint. Some of the priests come from nearby…

This year, we are going to continue in Fnideq an event that, we would like, could become a good tradition, namely, the celebration of St Francis Xavier with our brothers, the Sufis of Tariqa Alawiya…

This year, the feast of St Francis Xavier comes at a time when several events are taking places both globally and at the Church and congregational levels: successive crises; the synodal journey with…

On Thursday, December 1st, 2022, the Xaverian community celebrated Saint Francis Xavier together with the diocesan priests of the zone in Udine. The Deanery had planned the spiritual retreat in prepa…

On 18-20 November 2022 two Xaverian students of philosophy - Jakarta, Adrianus Lambu sx and Daniel Munthe sx, participated in an interfaith dialogue activity in Bogor (West Java). This dialogue activ…

Below, we present some points taken from the rich and deep sharing of our confreres in the 4th Floor on Thematic Sheet 3: Where are we? Ad gentes, Ad extra, Ad vitam, mission and culture. Staying…

On Wednesday, 30th November 2022, the Xaverian Laity in the Philippines held their annual retreat for an evaluation of the journey made so far, as well as to plan the coming year. In the meeting, hel…

On Saturday, November 26th, 2022, at 9:00 a.m., both Xaverian communities in Rome gathered in Viale Vaticano 40 for a morning of reflection and prayer in preparation for the feast of St Francis Xavie…

Creating peace is, therefore, an artisan work, that must be carried out with passion, patience, experience and determination, because it is a process that lasts over time. Peace is not an industrial…

The Commission for Mission Awareness and Vocation Promotion has communicated the initiatives for the Summer Camps 2023. This series of activities is part of the initiative “Youth going out”. The them…

The updated edition (December 03rd) of the Personnel Directory 2022 (Stato del Personale 2022) can be downloaded from the GD’s website. Thanks to the circumscription superiors and all confreres that…

For some time, the Xaverians working in Rome were wishing to resume meeting with the families of the confreres from this region (the meetings were suspended because of Covid). Relatives and friends…

On Friday, November 25th, 2022, Mr Rienzo Guarnieri, uncle of our confrere, Fr. Gabriele Guarnieri, passed away in the Hospital of Montichiari (Brescia, Italy). The Requiem Mass and the funeral rites…

This week, in the Dear Chapter section, we present the intervention of our confrere Fr. Patrick Duffy, currently Regional Superior of the United Kingdom Xaverian Region. He writes: «What I would like…

On Saturday, November 26th, 2022, at 9:00 a.m., our confreres Yuventus Yonavan Cayono and Innocent Shamamba Ciza will be ordained deacons in St Joseph Cathedral, Bafoussam, Cameroon, through the layi…

On Saturday, December 3rd, 2022, at 12:00 a.m., our confrere Justin Bashagaluke Mihigo will be ordained deacon in Christ the King Parish Church (Colonia Portales, Mexico City), through the laying on…

On Thursday, December 8th, 2022, at 10:30 a.m., our confreres Kampianus Ordin Jemanu and Johanes Morgany will be ordained deacons in Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary Parish Church (Buttrio, Udine)…

At dawn on Tuesday, November 22nd, 2022, Fr. Fernando García Rodríguez returned from Japan. From November 23rd to 26th, 2022, he took part in the 98th Assembly of USG (Union of General Superiors) at…

General Council, Fr. Fabien Kalehezo T’Chiribuka is going to return to Rome on Sunday, November 27th, 2022. He has been in Cameroon, in the community of the International Theologate of Yaoundé (Septe…

On Monday, November 21st, 2022, General Council, Fr. Eugenio Pulcini left Japan and headed for Taipei, Taiwan, to visit the confreres of the Chinese Circumscription.

Following the example of Pope Francis, trailblazer and teacher, St Guido Conforti Parish in Panzi gathered about 800 poor – old people, orphans and widows – sent by the Community of neighbourhoods to…

From November 21st to 23rd, 2022, the Assembly of the Rectors of the Xaverian houses in Italy was held in San Pietro in Vincoli. Fr. Javier Peguero Pérez of the General Direction led the assembly’s…

For the first time, on November 5th, feast of St Guido, we went to the Mother House in Parma. Thanks to the friendship and the readiness to help of the community of the General House, we were receive…

“…I was touched by the reflection of Fr. Mario Sciamanna (https://dg.saveriani.org/es/eventi/capitoli-generali/xviii-capitolo-generale/item/l-anno-santo-saveriano ) and I wish the Holy Spirit to work…

Having arrived in Japan for a canonical visit to the Xaverian Circumscription just few days before its anniversary (November 23rd), Superior General, Fr. Fernando García Rodríguez, and Councillor, Fr…

The first digital update of Indirizzario 2022 with the corrections communicated to us during October and November 2022 has been uploaded. Our heartfelt thanks to the confreres for writing and sending…