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…

The new Board of Directors (or Council) of the Xaverian Laity in Italy (13/08/2022) met for the first time in Ancona to define roles and services within the Family of the Laity. The Council selected…

The Xaverian Missionaries have been in Ancona for 75 years. To celebrate this anniversary, a day of thanksgiving was planned for Sunday, September 18th, in the parish of Tavernelle. A number of Xaver…

The speaker had already mentioned the presence of Organizzazione Religiosa Madonna della Strada among the groups present in St Peter Square, but in the greetings delivered in Portuguese, Pope Francis…

On Tuesday, September 20th, 2022, at 12:40 a.m. (local time), our 82-year-old confrere Fr. Carmelo Boesso s.x. passed away in the Mother House of Parma. He was born in Sant’Eufemia di Borgoricco (Pad…

This week, in the Dear Chapter section, we present the intervention of our young confrere Fr. Aimé Nshole Maji who is working in the Xaverian community of Ndjamena (Chad). «I would like to thank and…

The patronal feast in honour of the Saint Apostles Philip and James, to which the church of Villanova dello Judrio is dedicated, takes place on May 1st [in accordance with the liturgical calendar in…

Last Saturday, 10 September 2022, the Theology Community of Manila had a chance to visit the Golden Mosque and Quiapo Church of Manila. It was a “Moments of Encounter” activity in which our community…

Thoughts of a missionary writing to friends and benefactors We were welcomed by the sultry air of Douala on the evening of September 5th, 1982. The hostel where we spent our first Xaverian night in…

Thoughts of a missionary writing to friends and benefactors on his 50th anniversary of ordination to the priesthood “I thank Christ Jesus our Lord, who has given me strength. By calling me into his…

Echos-Lamix, R.D.Congo, L’Eglise en Mission the digital bulletin of the Lay Xaverian Missionaries in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is out. Contents of this issue include the following topics…

The Catholic daily Avvenire of Tuesday, September 13th, 2022, has published an article titled “Transhumanism: when eternity is a limit.” Its author, journalist Roberto Righetto, cultural editor of th…

On Wednesday, September 21st, the last event of the Summer Meetings 2022 organised by our magazine Missione Oggi will be held in-person and on-line at the San Cristo complex in Brescia. On this occas…

My name is Angela Trezza and I write to you from Battipaglia (Salerno, Italy). I belong to a group of students, girls, and boys, that Providence wished to entrust to the care of the unforgettable Fr…

On Thursday, September 15th, 2022, Fr. Rodolfo Ciroi s.x. celebrated the 64th anniversary of his religious and missionary profession. There were no party, no private celebration, just a fraternal sha…

On Saturday, September 10th, 2022, around 8:15 a.m. (local time), our 88-year old confrere Antonio Mario Tirloni s.x. passed away in the Xaverian house of Alzano Lombardo (Bergamo, Italy). He was…

From Charre (Mozambique), our confrere pe. João Evandro Pereira C. 'writes' to the XVIII GC encouraging our Family to be faithful to the vocation received. His reflections are published in the sectio…

On September 12th, 2022, the Vicar General Fr. Mario Carmelo Mula s.x. and Councillor Fr. Javier Peguero Pérez s.x. will return to Rome after participating in the Assembly of the Delegation of Spain…

Fr. Rocco Viviano s.x attended the 56th Annual Meeting and General Assembly of the Zen-to-Kirisutokyo-Kondankai (Association for Zen-Christian Dialogue), which was held from 30 August to 1 September…

After the rain, I am strolling along a shore of Molveno Lake and rediscover poetry and meditation. The few people I come across seem to regain a human touch. “Buon giorno! Salve!” (Good morning! Hell…

On the notice board of the Mother House in Parma, there is a letter written by Davide, a young man from Puglia that spent one month in the Mother House. Davide regularly spends periods of time in the…

“Editora Vozes” Press has published the doctoral dissertation of our confrere Fr. Stefano Raschietti s.x. Title of this volume is A Missão em Questão (Questioning the Mission), and bears the subtitle…

“The Church in our land, Mexico, asks us to think of our missing sisters and brothers (desaparicidos). We gather in a day of prayer, joining all other parishes, to invoke peace and justice.” This is…

Quaderni del CSA: Errata corrige. It has come to our attention that, unfortunately, the latest issue of Quaderni del CSA contained some errors. The digital version available on the website has alread…

During the entire month of August, I have providentially been in a parish of Reggio Calabria, in the extreme south of Italy, to give my pastoral missionary service. I say ‘providentially’ because I h…

“Casa della Pace” (House of Peace) – a centre established by a group of associations that are using a building inside the compound of the Xaverian missionaries’ Mother House which formerly provided l…

“Seventy-five Years of Discreet and Luminous Presence” is the title of an article published in Presenza, the newspaper of the Diocese of Ancona, for the anniversary of the opening of the former Xaver…

On Saturday, September 3rd, 2022, around 8:30 a.m., 97-year old Sister Maria Chiaro m.m.x. passed away in the Mother House of the Xaverian Missionary Sisters of Mary. She had been taken care of at…