This year, in sending my Easter wishes, I should not ignore Pope Francis’ heartfelt plea when he entrusted humanity, but in particular Ukraine and Russia, to Mary, our Mother, on March 25th, 2022. Pl…

We want to thank the Lord because ten members in the community of “Tunas” (Propaedeutics), Yogyakarta, have recovered very well from the Omicron infection. We all agree that the days of illness have…

Apart from making available the largest hall of the house and the car park where two containers collect humanitarian aid that arrives from all places to support the Ukrainian people, last week the co…

Our confrere, Pietro Rossini sx, is creating a series of interesting and motivating video about the history of the Xaverian Missionaries in the USA. In 2022, they celebrate 75 years of their presence…

Issue n. 5 of 聖ザビエルの足跡 (In the Footsteps of St Francis Xavier) is out. This journal of our confreres in Japan, published both on paper and on-line, is aimed at friends, benefactors and those…

Ours is a numerous community made up of elderly. We have remained untouched by the pandemic, a fact for which we are grateful to the Lord and to Venerable Fr. Pietro Uccelli s.x. who kept watch over…

“… I anticipate the celebration of my 45-year anniversary of mission in Bangladesh. Together with you, I would like to raise a song of praise to the Lord for the good He graciously made through me an…

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

The Burundian Xaverian Region is happy to welcome to Bujumbura our General Direction that has been visiting our circumscription since Friday March 25, 2022. Sunday March 27 Fr Fabien Kalehezo T’Chiri…

This year, some days of Lent coincide with Ramadan, whose start here in Morocco has not yet been determined – it may be either on April 2nd or 3rd,  depending on the shape of the moon. Here, thi…

In the afternoon of Saturday, March 26th, 2022, the Commission on International Xaverian Laity, which is made up by both religious and lay people, met at the General House in order to produce a first…

Apart from various activities of Mission Awareness Ministry and at the service of Christian communities in Como and Milan, recently the Community of Tavernerio has resumed its usual hospitality towar…

On March 20th, 2022, the VIII General Elective Assembly of the Xaverian Lay Missionaries in the Xaverian Region of Southern Brazil took place in-person and on-line. More than 70 people were in attend…

Our confrere, Fr. Louis Birabaluge s.x., on the websites of the circumscriptions of D.R. Congo, Burundi, Cameroon-Chad and France shares an analysis of the Congolese reality that Pope Francis will me…

“Agenda” – the bulletin of the Xaverian Laity in Italy is out. It reports on the activities carried out in February and March 2022. As usual, the first page is dedicated to one of St Guido Maria Co…

We draw your attention to an article posted on the GD’s website: Get to Know Ramadhan by Isnihayah T. Binumbaran. This text is taken from Quaderni del Centro Studi Asiatico, Vol. 16, n. 1/2021. The…

On Sunday, March 27th, 2022, Mr Ugo Carraro, brother-in-law of late Fr. Corrado Stradiotto s.x., died in Martellago (Venice). The funeral Mass was celebrated on Monday, March 28th, at 3:00 p.m. in…

On Friday, March 25th, 2022, Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord, Pope Francis presided over the Act of Consecration of humanity, and Russia and Ukraine in particular, to the Immaculate Heart o…

Since March 24th, 2022, Fr. Mario Carmelo Mula s.x. has been in Spain to visit the circumscription’s confreres. He is due to return in Rome on April 5th, 2022.

On Sunday, March 27th, 2022, Fr. Eugenio Pulcini s.x. is returning to Rome. From March 6th, 2022, together with Fr. Fabien Kalehezo T’Chiribuka s.x., he has been visiting the circumscription of Mozam…

As in many other parts of the world, the people of God that lives in Mexico experienced a violent religious persecution from 1926 to 1929. Many children of this people suffered martyrdom. Their blood…

The day of prayer and fasting in memory of the missionary martyrs, which was promoted in 1993 by the Italian Missionary Youth Movement of the Pontifical Mission Societies (POM), takes place on March…

Confreres of the Mother House, along with their rector, Fr. Gabriele Cimarelli s.x., sent “to the very dear relatives, friends, brothers and sisters of our family – the  Xaverian Missionary fami…

This year, the Museum of Kivu marks the tenth anniversary of its foundation (2012) by Fr. Tam Gianandrea. For this occasion, the Xaverian Missionaries organised a Cultural Forum that was held in the…

The section on Xaverian games in the websites of the GD and of the Xaverian Region of Italy has been updated. 20 new games prepared by our confreres of the Fourth Floor in the Mother House of Parma…

On March 19th, 2022, Pope Francis signed Praedicate Evangelium, a new Apostolic Constitution concerning the Roman Curia and its service to the Church and the world. This Document completes the reform…

On Tuesday, March 22nd, 2022, during the 59th edition of Bologna Children’s Book Fair – an international event dedicated to books for children and teenagers –, a new editorial project called “Tales f…

After several years, it is now become our Lenten custom to invite Dr. Denis Mukwege to share in our parish a reflection with us. This year the theme was drawn from Pope Francis’ encyclical Laudato Si…

Starting from April 5th, 2022, the e-mail address of Dr. Gildo Coperchio s.x. –  [email protected]  –  will no longer be active. His new e-mail address is [email protected] .

On Saturday, March 12th, 2022, in Chiesa del Gesù (Rome), Fr. Fernando García Rodríguez s.x., along with all general superiors, participated in the Eucharistic celebration marking the 4th centenary o…

On Saturday, March 19th, 2022, Fr. Fernando García Rodríguez s.x. left for Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo. Together with Fr. Fabien Kalehezo T’Chiribuka s.x., who arrived from Mozam…

On Wednesday, March 16th, in Dondo, all confreres of the Mozambican Delegation met with Fr. Eugenio Pulcini s.x. and Fr. Fabien Kalehezo T’Chiribuka s.x., both there for a visit to the circumscriptio…

St Teresa placed an incommensurable trust in St Joseph. She considered him a treasurer and manager capable of performing miracles in securing supplies and an accommodation for her nuns who, like him…

The municipality and parish, in Abaetetuba Diocese (Parà, Brazil), have been dedicated to São Francesco Saverio for more than 200 years. The city was created by Jesuit Fathers coming from the harbour…

On 12 March 2022, the Commission for Interreligious Dialogue of the Catholic Archdiocese of Osaka, held its annual interreligious symposium on the theme ‘The Novel Coronavirus and the Wisdom of the R…

This year’s first issue of Quaderni del CSA (Volume 17, no. 1) has been published and is available for download from the Xaverian Documentation Centre website. Unfortunately, during the pandemic, sen…

In the small parish of Taipei, Easter is deeply felt, as it does every year, beyond the small, familiar dimensions of the celebrations. There will be the baptism of a young lady, and since we are mor…

Friday, March 11th, 2022, marked the 10th anniversary of the murder in France of our brother Imad Ibn Ziaten. Born in M’diq, Imad Ibn Ziaten was a non-commissioned officer in the 1st parachute regime…

The Proceedings of the 8th Cultural Forum (March 19th, 2021) organised by the Xaverian Missionaries at the Museum of Kivu, in Muhumba, Bukavu (DR of the Congo) have been published. Theme of the Forum…

In Indonesia, the Commission for Formation (and Vocation Ministry) led by Fr. Yakobus Sriyatmoko s.x. met in the Wisma Xaverian of Yogyakarta on March 15th – 17th. The meeting evaluated the journey m…

On March 10th – 13th, 2022, in the house of the Xaverian missionaries in San Pietro in Vincoli, we held the 55th Cursillo for Men from the Diocese of Ravenna-Cervia. The Course allowed us to deepen o…

On March 4th-6th, the Fraternity of St. Joseph, that belongs to the movement Communion and Liberation, held the yearly Lenten recollection. Title of the retreat was “Is there hope? The charm of disco…

On Saturday, March 12th, 2022, at 5:30 p.m. (local time), Sr. Maria Gabriella (née Angela Vigolo), born on March 8th, 1943, and sister of our confrere Fr. Giovanni Matteazzi, passed away in the Mothe…

“…the time of Lent is a profound invitation to undress before the Lord if we have the courage and the awareness to do so. To remove those masks that we wear in our daily lives covering our nakedness…

“…after some months of closure, the Fourth Floor has eventually reopened its doors to volunteers who offer their service with much dedication. Also the “great community” has taken the Lent commitment…

Our community has received a request from the Diocesan Caritas of Brescia to open the door of our house to a group of deaf-mutes just arrived from Ukraine. We have immediately given our positive answ…

On the vigil of Ash Wednesday, during the community meeting, we have reviewed the significance and value of the Lenten journey: it is a journey towards Easter, the core of the Gospel, explosion of li…

For this year Lent, a season still marked by the pandemic, the Xaverian region of Mexico has made the commitment to collect funds for our Xaverian confreres that are old and sick. While maintaining t…

We began our Lenten journey by reflecting on the message of Pope Francis for Lent 2022. We then asked ourselves what "magis", what is the “more” that we could do to be able to come closer to God and…

The Lenten season began with a vast crowd of parishioners attending Mass on Ash Wednesday. The time has been favourable as the country faces less danger from the pandemic. In view of parishioners’ co…