For the first time, the Xaverian International Theologate of Kinshasa has launched the Missionary Childhood initiative (Œuvre Pontificale de l’Enfance Missionnaire). The goal is to instill in childre…

On May 14, 2022, the Regional Superior of Burundi went to Uvira (DRC) to talk to local COSUMA (Conferenza Superiori Maggiori, Maschili e Femminili, del Kivu) on Evangelical Leadership. About 30 relig…

A third video titled “The Family” on the life of the Xaverian Circumscription of the USA has just been released. Prepared by our confrere Pietro Rossini s.x., with the collaboration of other two conf…

The Pre-novitiate year begun on the feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross (September 14th, 2021) was concluded the feast of the Nativity of John the Baptist (June 24th, 2022). Death always lead…

The updated digital edition (July 2nd, 2022) of Personnel Directory 2022 (Stato del Personale 2022) can be downloaded from the GD’s website. As always, thanks to the circumscription superiors and tho…

On Monday, June 27th, 95-year-old Mr Nicola Marcelli, brother of our late confrere Fr. Ercole Marcelli s.x., passed away. The Funeral Mass was celebrated on Friday, July 1st, 2022 in Our Lady of Sor…

The Vicar General, Fr. Mario Carmelo Mula s.x., through a follow-up letter to that (Part I) announcing the XVIII General Chapter and signed by the General Superior, Fr. Fernando García R., sends to a…

In the coming days, many young men will make their First Profession to follow Jesus, and consecrate their lives to the apostolic activity of the Saint Francis Xavier Foreign Mission Society. On Wedn…

Three novices attended a final retreat from June 12th to 19th, 2022, to prepare for their first profession, which will take place on July 2nd, 2022. The retreat was led by Fr. Rudi OSC in the retreat…

This year, the Italian Region’s commendable tradition of the Cultural Week resumed after the pandemic. The themes discussed in the past years dealt with Mission and interreligious dialogue. This year…

From June 21st to 24th, 2022, the VII Conference of the International Association of Catholic Missiologists was held at Urbaniana University (Rome). Title of the meeting was Thirty Years since Redemp…

Students of the first and second year of theological studies completed their year of presence at the Institut MATONDO (Lingala term meaning “gratitude”). In this Catholic secondary school, which was…

Over the last three years, St Sebastian Parish in Atalaya do Norte (Amazon) has been served by the Xaverian Missionaries (Fr. Alberto Panichella s.x., Fr. Giuseppe Leoni s.x. and the lay missionary M…

On Tuesday, June 21st, 2022, at 9:10 a.m., our 91-year-old confrere Fr. Michele D’Erchie passed away from heart failure in the Mother House (Fourth Floor) of Parma. He was born on November 11th, 1930…

“Thanks a lot for the letter. I will take part joyfully with my prayer and sufferings. A big hug…” (an elderly confrere in care)

On the occasion of his 25th anniversary of priestly ordination, Fr. Renato Filippini s.x. published a book, Dal Campo e per il Campo. Intuizioni di pastorale missionaria (From the Field and for the F…

Some confreres of the Xaverian community in Kinshasa, DRC, prepared a series of videos that are a fruit of teamwork. The first video introduces various aspects of the Xaverian international Theologa…

On June 9th, 2022, a handover ceremony from the Xaverian community of Gounou-Gaya to the diocesan authorities represented by the Vicar General Msgr. Jean-Paul Faïdjoua, who was accompanied by Fr. Gas…

The First Diocesan Synod of Abaetetuba: 60 Years of the Local Church, 1961-2021 occurs within the context of: the Synod for the Amazon, which continues its journey; the IV Meeting of the Catholic Chu…

On 6 June 2022, Fr Rocco Viviano was invited to the 75th anniversary celebration of the kokusai-shuukyou-doushikai (International Religious Fellowship), an organization founded in Japan that brings t…

On Saturday and Sunday, June 11th and 12th, the Council of the Xaverian Laity met in the Xaverian House of Viale Vaticano 40, Rome. Various council meetings are held during the year: in such meeting…

Between 1900 and 2019, droughts impacted 2.7 billion people around the world and caused 11.7 million deaths. Forecasts estimate that by 2050, droughts may affect three-quarters of the world’s populat…

On Sunday, June 12th, 2022, a group of 7 Filipino Xaverian lay people visited a Hindu and Sikh temple in Manila. They were accompanied by Mrs Shakun Waswani. After a visit to the prayer hall, Mrs Sha…

50 years after a historical meeting that led to the Amazonification of the Second Vatican Council through the drafting of a Document which, as time passed, has become a point of reference for both th…

On the website, we highlight the interesting contribution by our young confrere Friwandi Nainggolan s.x., with the title: Fighting Against Clericalism: A Call for A Synodal Church. The author id…

On Tuesday, June 14th, 2022, Mrs Bruna Dalla Costa Reghellin, 97-year old mother of our confrere Fr. Cesare Reghellin s.x., passed away. The funeral Mass was celebrated on Friday June 17th, 2022, in…

On July 2nd, we will welcome Pope Francis in our city. He will also visit Goma and South Sudan. His trip is already delivering a great message of peace, reconciliation and truth for our entire Contin…

On Friday, June 3rd, 2022, the Archbishop of Ravenna and about twenty priests were among us, here in San Pietro in Vincoli. They spent a day meeting and reflecting on the synodal journey and the past…

Before the Summer dispersion, the Xaverian family of Salerno wanted to give itself a day of joyful time together in the oasis of River Alento. The place is a mixture of Maquis Shrub-land, deciduous f…

During the Mass he celebrated after being appointed as Cardinal, the bishop of Como, Msgr. Oscar Cantoni, wished to underscore some aspects of the beloved diocese of Como: “My recent appointment is…

The waiting for the gift of the Holy Spirit and the celebration of Pentecost in the community of the Pre-novitiate of Kilomoni were marked by three moments: The first moment was our monthly recollec…

On the Solemnity of Pentecost, in South Brazil, we opened the year of Xaverian celebrations to commemorate 70 years of Xaverian presence in the country. The celebrations will last till June…

From June 5th to 8th, the Plenary Assembly of the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue was held in the Vatican. Fr. Paulin Batairwa Kubuya s.x. took part in his capacity as Undersecretary of th…

  From June 13th to 18th, 2022, the XIII Cultural Week of the Xaverian Missionaries will take place in the Xaverian house of Tavernerio, Como (Italy). Theme of the week is The Transfo…

Among the many initiatives of the festival there is a course titled In the Name of God, the Compassionate, the Merciful and aimed at Christians and Muslims of TA, a section of the detention…

Issue n. 9 of Cadernos, the proceedings of the Latin-American Centre for Missionary Studies, is out now. In the Editorial of this issue, one reads: “Synodality refers to a mission carried out to…

DOMUNI is a university run by the Dominican Fathers which offers online courses of theology, philosophy and social sciences. Founded and managed by the Dominican Order, it is a un…

On Sunday, June 5th, 2022, at 12:00 a.m. (Brazil time), our 86-year-old confrere Fr. Aristide Poletto s.x. passed away in the Evangelical Hospital of Londrina, Brazil, where he had been hospitalised…

This year, from April, a “young” confrere, Fr. Claudio Codenotti s.x., former Regional Superior, – at last – joined Shinmeizan as new director of the Centre for Prayer and Inter-religious Dialogue. H…

“For some time, I have been postponing answering the beautiful proposal made by a confrere to all Xaverians. His proposal was posted on SX XaverianNews and on the GD’s Website. It was about…

From May 25th to 28th, 2022, some promoters of mission awareness from Italy and Spain met in San Pietro in Vincoli. Thirteen confreres took part: two from Spain, one from the Central Delegation…

After one year since our arrival in Fnideq (May 31st, 2021), we realise that the action of the Spirit in our missionary commitment in this Moroccan land is just like that at the origins of mission: i…

On May 31st, our dear friend Umberto Bresciani was awarded the honor of Knight of the Order of the Star of Italy by the President of the Republic. With the right to wear the insignia of the Order. Co…

From the afternoon of May 28th to 29th, 2022, the mission awareness promoters of Italy gathered in San Pietro in Vincoli for the end-of-the-year assembly to verify the plan devised during the as…

A short article written by our confrere Fr. Fabrizio Tosolini sx has recently been published in “Rivista Biblica” (Year LXIX - Nn. 3-4 July-September 2021, October-December 2021)…

“What the Holy Virgin does in the Visitation is not paying visit to her cousin in order to console and edify each other through the narration of the wonders God operated in them; nor it is a visit br…

On 31 May 2022, Fr Rocco Viviano s.x. visited the Synagogue and Centre of the Jewish Community of Japan in Tokyo at the invitation of the recently appointed Rabbi Andrew Scheer, w…

On 30 May 2022, Fr Rocco Viviano s.x. was invited to visit the recently renovated Temple of the Church of Jesus Christ of the Latter-day Saints (LDS, generally known as Mormons) in Tokyo, j…

The April-May issue of Agenda, bulletin of the Xaverian laity in Italy, is out now. Also this issue begins with a passage from an homily by St Guido M. Conforti on God who has loved us first. Th…

On May 17th, 2022, the Superior General, in dialogue with the confreres of the USA Region and with the consent of his Council, decreed the change of juridical status of that Circumscription from Regi…