We do not know all the confreres that are working in different parts of the world. We  have the chance to meet them and discover their gifts when they return to Italy for vacations. Thus, we bec…

Also this year, to celebrate Founder’s Day of the Xaverian Missionaries, “Amici del Cinquenovembre” (Friends of November 5th), a group coordinated by Fr. Ermanno Ferro at the Centre for Confortian an…

Our confrere Pietro Rossini s.x. has posted the 5th and last video of a series dedicated to the history, vocation and mission of the Xaverians in the USA as part of the celebration for the 75th anniv…

On Wednesday, October 26th, at 6:00 p.m., as part of “Autumn Meetings 2022”, a programme run by the magazine Missione Oggi, the book A missão em questão. A emergência de um paradigma missionário em p…

The updated edition (October 29th) of the Personnel Directory 2022 (Stato del Personale 2022) can be downloaded from the GD’s website. As always, thanks to the circumscription superiors and the confr…

On Thursday, October 13th, 2022, Mrs. Debora Gnecchi, née Pansa, 88-year old sister of our late confrere Fr. Angelo Pansa, passed away. The funeral took place on Saturday, October 15th, 2022, in the…

We would like to thank our Indonesian confrere Fr. Ferdinandus Supandri, sx who addresses the next General Chapter, introducing his written reflection as follows: "I like to start from the word anima…

On the website of the DG, the Proceedings of the Continental Congress of formators in Africa, held in Bujumbura last July 2022, are available to the Xaverians. Fr. Gilbert Mbula, sx writes in th…

On Wednesday, October 19th, 2022, General Councillor Fr. Eugenio Pulcini was back in Rome after a visit to the International Theologate of Mexico City, Mexico (September 29th – October 18th, 2022).

Last Wednesday, October 12th, 2022, we, who belong to the Fourth Floor, met to reflect on the Second Document (Scheda) to prepare for the XVIII General Chapter. This Document centres particularly aro…

On October 13th, 2022, the second assembly of the Study Panels organised by the National Office for Ecumenism and Interreligious dialogue of the Italian Bishop Conference took place at Villa Aurelia…

The opening mass of the Pre-novitiate Year 2022-2023 was celebrated on Xaverian Martyrs Day, October 14th, 2022 in Kilomoni. The Mass was presided over by the Regional Superior, Fr. Bernard Cibambo w…

On Friday, October 2022, the confreres of the Fourth Floor of the Mother House joined the Xaverian family spread around the world in the remembrance of our confreres, the Xaverian martyrs. We celebra…

All the confreres working in the Burundi Region took part in our Regional Assembly, held from October 18 to October 19, 2022, with the exception of our confrere Fr. Modesto Todeschi who is currently…

“It is my hope that your deliberations will confirm the Congregation in its founding charism, which combines fidelity to the evangelical counsels with passion for the spread of the Gospel ad gentes a…

A little lamp that lights up the not-simple but prophetic journey of interreligious dialogue. This is how we could define the second meeting of the missionary month at St Francis Xavier Parish in Mal…

In answer to our request, Fr. Francesco Cavallo s.x., member of the community in Salerno, Italy, wrote by himself and shared some thoughts about his Xaverian life. Next November 16th, Fr. Francesco w…

Last October 2nd, the 15th biennial Interreligious Meeting of Prayer for Peace was held in Shinmeizan, Japan. Several representatives of local religious Traditions took part in the meeting, including…

On Friday, October 14th, 2022, Mrs Teresa Nardo, sister of our confrere Fr. Riccardo Nardo (and of the late confrere Fr. Giuseppe Nardo), passed away in Belgium. She was 90. The funeral took place in…

Today, 15 October, Newsletter No. 2, dedicated to the preparation for the 18th General Chapter and edited by the Preparatory Committee, was sent to all the confreres. It is part of our commitment to…

From September 17th to 22nd, 2022, the community of the theologate held its Spiritual Exercises for the beginning of the new school year. Invited preacher was Fr. Philibert Ntahimpera s.x., the first…

On Wednesday October 5th, the Coatbridge Community hosted an ecumenical “Challenge Poverty Event” during Challenge Poverty Week. There were representatives from the Catholic Church, Church of Scotlan…

Saturday, October 9th, 2022, the first of 4 events organised to celebrate the missionary month of October in St Francis Xavier Parish (Maligaya, Manila) took place. The meeting centred around the pre…

On Saturday, October 8th, 2022, we concelebrated a thanksgiving Mass presided over by the Diocesan Bishop, Msgr. Rubén Darío Jaramillo. It was a thanksgiving for 47 years of the Xaverian Missionaries…

Organised by the magazine Missione Oggi, the Autumn Meetings have resumed in Brescia. The inauguration, however, took place on October 1st, in Milan, at the Auditorium “Testori” of Palazzo Lombardia…

On Sunday, October 9th, 2022, Mr Tarcisio Felotti, brother of our confrere Fr. Pierluigi Felotti s.x., passed away. He was 81. The Requiem Mass was celebrated on Wednesday, October 12th, 2022, at 1…

In the Caro Capitolo section, the confreres' collaborations continue. Fr. Christophe Ndiwe Chiza,sx, a young Congolese currently in the community of Fadugu (Sierra L.), urges us: "...I believe it is…

The Xaverian Calendar marks an important family event on October 14th: “Xaverian Martyrs Day.” St Guido Maria Conforti used to speak of the young Fr. Caio Rastelli s.x. as “my first missionary to sa…

Momento, monthly bulletin of the Diocesan Missionary Centre of the Diocese of Forlì-Bertinoro, in its October 2022 issue publishes a thorough reflection by our confrere +Giorgio Biguzzi s.x. on the s…

On Saturday, October 1st, 2022, at the Philosophat Isidore Bakanja in Bukavu (DRC), Fr. Paulin Batairwa Kubuya s.x., undersecretary of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue (Dicasterium pro dialo…

Buyengero, Burundi On Friday, September 30th, 2022, Msgr. Salvator Niciteretse, Bishop of Bururi (Burundi), presided over a Mass in Buyengero to commemorate the anniversary of the death of the Serva…

Msgr. Carlo Maria Polvani, former undersecretary in charge for the “Cortile dei gentili” (i.e., dialogue with non-believers) of the Pontifical Council for Culture, published an extensive book review…

Recently, we received an email from Don Aldo Castenetto SDB, a young Salesian priest from Friuli, and former Apostolino in Udine: “This year I wrote a novel that recounts the experience in China of…

The paper edition of INDIRIZZARIO 2022 (ADDRESS BOOK 2022) is out. In the coming days, we will start delivering it, also by taking advantage of some visits the General Direction is going to carry out…

P. Mitra Tufan, a Bengali Xaverian confrere who is working in Colombia, writing in 'Dear Chapter...," shares his reflections on the preparation for the 18th GC. In his contribution, Fr. Tufan dwells…

The last Assembly of the Circumscription of Spain (September 5th-9th, 2022), in which the Vicar General Fr. Mario Carmelo Mula s.x. and General Councillor Fr. Javier Peguero Pérez s.x. also took part…

Ninety years and our eyes fixed on the future. With this spirit, on September 24th, 2022, we celebrated the 90th anniversary of the Xaverian Missionaries’ presence in San Pietro in Vincoli, at the he…

On Thursday, September 29th, 2022, General Councillor Fr. Eugenio Pulcini s.x. departed for Mexico where he will visit the community of the International Theologate in Mexico City. His return to Rome…

On June 29th, 2022, the first issue of Osservatore di Strada (Street Observer), a periodical published by Osservatore Romano (The Roman Observer), Vatican City. The new publication is subtitled “Jour…

Our confrere, Fr. Lorenzo Mattiussi s.x. has conceived and produced 8 tables or posters illustrating with photos and short captions (in Italian) of different colours the fundamental traits of the Xav…

On Thursday, September 29th, 2022, the Mission Festival kicked off in Milan. One important – and somehow neglected – aspect of this Festival is its inter-congregational character (or the synergy amon…

On Saturday, October 1st, at 5:30 p.m., Vivere per-dono: Olga, Lucia, Bernardetta, a recital produced by Missione Oggi will be performed at Auditorium “Testori” of Palazzo Lombardia, in Piazza Città…

In St Francis Church, Fr. Giacomo Gobbi s.x. and the local community of Filottrano, Ancona, thanked the Lord for the gift of 50 years of priesthood, of which 40 were spent in Bangladesh. In front of…

The website of the Circumscription of Bangladesh has created a beautiful page that gathers the names, photos and biographical sketches of deceased confreres who worked in Bangladesh. The page, title…

The updated edition (October 1st) of the Personnel Directory 2022 (Stato del Personale 2022) can be downloaded from the GD’s website. As always, thanks to the circumscription superiors and those conf…

On Wednesday, September 28th, 2022, at about 8:30 p.m. (local time), our 83-year old Xaverian sister Luisa Ravanetti m.m.x. passed away at “Città di Parma” Nursing Home, where she had been hospitalis…

From the Xaverian community of San Pietro in Vincoli (Italy), the confrere Bishop Giorgio Biguzzi 'writes' to the 18th GC. In his brief address, published in the "Dear Chapter ..." section, Bishop Bi…

On Friday, September 23rd, 2022, General Councillor Fr. Fabien Kalehezo T’Chiribuka s.x. departed for Cameroon, where he will participate in the Community Planning of the International Theologate in…

We, the group of Xaverians living in the IV Floor of the Mother House (Parma), gathered this morning, Wednesday September 21st, 2022, to share sentiments and impressions provoked in us by the sudden…

The Xaverian Missionaries USA celebrate 75 years of presence in the United States. Celebrations were held at Our Lady of Fatima Shrine in Holliston, Massachusetts where the first founding of our pres…