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…

The late Fr. Alejo (Aleixo) Vera Armas s.x., vicar of Sant’Ana Parish in Laranjeiras do Sul (PR), who on February 27th, 2021, died of Covid at the age of 61, has been commemorated and honoured by the…

Our Ukrainian brothers and sisters in Salerno and the surrounding districts, needed a depot where to collect and then send to Ukraine the humanitarian aid so generously donated by individuals, and ec…

On March 7th-11th, 2022, the 10th CEMLA (Centro de Estudios de América Latina) meeting took place online. Focus of its reflection was the theme “Mission and Synodality.” In our meeting, we tried to a…

On Friday, March 4th, 2022, 75-year-old Mrs Rosalia Istini, mother of our confrere Fr. Mardadus Heri Junianto s.x., passed away in Agung Mulyo Village, Pati Township, Central Jawa (Indonesia). In rec…

Dear consecrated men and women, what we feared has happened:  war  has  returned,  once  again,  on  the  streets  and  among  the people; …

On February 21st, 2022, Fr. General, with the consent of his Council, in compliance with GR 82.1, decided to change the juridical status of the Colombian Circumscription from Region into Delegation…

Fr. Fernando García Rodríguez s.x. is going to spend some days of fraternity (March 3rd-10th, 2022) with the confreres in the communities of the Mother House (Parma), Brescia and Vicenza.

On Sunday, March 6th, 2022, Fr. Eugenio Pulcini s.x. and Fr. Fabien Kalehezo T’Chiribuka s.x. are leaving for Mozambique, where they will visit all the circumscription’s confreres and take part in th…

On March 19th, Fr. Fabien Kalehezo T’Chiribuka s.x. will leave Mozambique and continue his trip in Africa. In Adis Abeba, he will meet Fr. Fernando García Rodríguez s.x., and together they will head…

Fr. Angelo Berton s.x. has been a member of the Xaverian community of Taranto (Italy) for 20 years. He is the historical and free memory of each one of us. Celebrations – or, better, the expressions…

The members of the Council of Xaverian Laity in Italy with their families (spouse and children) spent three days (March 3rd-6th, 2022) of work and time together in the community of the General House…

Legend has it that St Dominic asked the devil why he kept roaming around his convent. The devil answered that it was because in tempting the friars he was always successful: in the choir, he was able…

Today (i.e., February 24th, 2022 – ed.), we pay homage to a confrere who marks the 65th year of his life (i.e., Fr. Katindi Ramazani – ed.). To prepare for this happy anniversary, we were able, with…

On Thursday, March 3rd, 2022, at 8:30 a.m., our confrere Fr. Giacomo (James) Rigali s.x. passed away in the house of his sisters Franca and Domenica in Borno (Brescia, Italy). Lovingly assisted by hi…

After having analysed the poll results (sondaggi), the Superior General, with the consent of his council, has appointed the new direction of the Thai Delegation (February 11th, 2022): Fr. Alessand…

On February 25th, 2022, the meetings of the General Council held in Rome (February 10th–25th, 2022) were concluded. During the meetings, special attention was paid to: the preliminary steps in prepar…

On Friday, February 25th, 2022, Fr. Javier Peguero Pérez returned to Rome after taking part in the ‘Christmas Assembly 2021’ of the Xaverian circumscription of Mexico. Due to the pandemic, Fr. Javier…

Each year during Lent we are reminded that “goodness, together with love, justice and solidarity, are not achieved once and for all; they have to be realized each day” (ibid., 11).  Let us ask G…

In a reflection on the synodal journey towards Easter that he prepared for the page of Missionari Saveriani dedicated to the Romagna region, our confrere, Bishop Giorgio Biguzzi s.x., writes: “… Th…

So far, in Jakarta there are 64.718 new cases, which far exceed the 12.388 cases of the Delta variant. At the Xaverian Wisma Bintaro, 8 postulants and 1 novice have been infected. At the Philosophy h…

The Sierra Leone region dedicated the day of Tuesday, the 22nd of February to the ongoing formation on the topic marriage owing to the fact that a good number of confreres committed to pastoral commu…

Perhaps this is the first time it happens in our novitiate of Kinshasa. We dedicated two days to cleaning a huge pile of plastic garbage that had accumulated in front of our courtyard illegally occup…

After three years since the General Direction (February 26th, 2019) sent to all confreres the Letter La tutela dei minori e delle persone psicologicamente labili nella Chiesa (The Protection of Minor…

The updated edition (February 26th) of the Personnel Directory 2022 (Stato del Personale 2022) can be downloaded from the GD’s website. Sincere thanks to the superiors of circumscriptions and all con…

On Saturday, February 19th, 2022, around 9:00 p.m., our confrere Fr. Ezio Giovanni Marangoni s.x., 83, passed away in the Xaverian house of Vicenza. He was born on September 22nd, 1938, in Roveredo…

On Sunday, February 13th, 2022, our house hosted a retreat and meeting of permanent deacons from the Dioceses of Ravenna, Faenza, Forlì, and Cesena. About sixty people were in attendance, including d…

The Omicron variant continues to infect many people in Indonesia. In some places, especially in Jakarta and Bali, the number of Coronavirus cases is rapidly increasing. Fortunately, many people have…

Christian communities in Brazil, through the CNBB (Brazilian Conference of Bishops), have proclaimed the year 2022 Mission Jubilee Year. The Jubilee officially commenced on November 20th, 2021, the d…

Radio Linea N. 1 (a broadcasting company which broadcasts through radio, web and TV on digital channel 19. It was born as a commercial radio in the Marche Region in the 1980s. Through the years, it h…

Ad gentes mission is near. As in many other Italian cities, a second- and, for some, third-generation Chinese community has grown in Ravenna. Here, there are families, university students that come f…

Fr. Rolando Ruiz Durán wrote a report and commentary on the day of meeting and prayer organised by our confreres Juan Antonio Flores Osuna s.x., François Saleh Moll s.x. and Rolando Ruiz Durán s.x. o…

During the traditional "Festival della Canzone di Sanremo 2022" the host, Miss Lorena Cesarini, read on stage a text taken from the book Racism Explained to my Daughter by Tahar Ben Jelloun, a F…

“Agenda” – the monthly digital bulletin of the Xaverian Laity of January 2022 –dedicates the first page to the Father’s Words: “God wishes that all men be saved. This is why the Divine Word, upon des…

On Monday, February 14th, 2022, at 7:20 a.m. (Mexican time), our confrere, Fr. Giuseppe Rosti s.x., 87, passed away in the Xaverian House of Philosophical Studies, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico. Giusep…

From February 10th to 28th, the General Direction gathers for council meetings. Items on the agenda include: follow-up on the suggestions collected in the Intercapitular CoSuMa 2021; visits carried o…

Our confrere Dr Gildo Coperchio s.x. shared some thoughts during the Eucharistic celebration with Gruppo Amici dei Missionari Saveriani (GAMS – Friends of the Xaverian Missionaries) in the…

On the occasion of the Day of Human Fraternity (a celebration stemming from the document on Human Fraternity that was co-signed by Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of al-Azhar, Aḥmad Muḥammad Aḥmad al…

We met as Community of the Island (the so-called “Beautiful” island) and, in trying to reflect on Synodality, we discovered, with some degree of consolation, that we are already in tune with the call…

In the course of its annual assembly, which this year had a predominantly character of on-going formation, the South Brazil Region reflected upon the theme of “Synodality and Mission.” There are some…