Among the many prayers raised to the Lord during this pandemic which is causing sufferings the world over there is one which ends with these beautiful words: … May the risen Christ give us hope, stre…

On Sunday, December 12th 2021, at 6:55 a.m., our confrere Fr. Giuseppe Viotti s.x., passed away in the Mother House of Parma at the age of 97. He was born on August 9th, 1924, in San Lazzaro, Parma…

On Monday, December 6th, 2021, Fr. Eugenio Pulcini s.x. returned from Thailand where he visited the confreres working in that circumscription and participated in the yearly Assembly. He is now dilige…

The trip of Fr. Fernando García Rodríguez s.x. and Fr. Fabien Kalehezo T’Chiribuka s.x. to visit the confreres in Sierra Leone has come to an end. Before their departure, they had a chance to meet lo…

On Saturday, December 18th, 2021, Fr. Javier Peguero Pérez s.x. will visit the confreres of the Xaverian circumscription of Mexico, where he will also participate in the Christmas Assembly which will…

The PDF version of iQuaderni de iSaveriani 122 is available for download on the GD’s website. This issue contains the Proceedings of the Intercapitular CoSuMa held in Tavernerio from September 26th t…

We have published on the website of the GD Missione e Formazione (Mission and Formation), a booklet which collects texts on the theme of formation prepared by people in charge of initial formation fo…

Semeru volcano, located on the eastern part of the island of Java, erupted on Saturday, December 4th, 2021. The volcanic cloud reached a distance of 4 kilometers; 22 people died, 27 disappeared and 9…

We, the Xaverians in Bangladesh, received the grace of celebrating the feast of St Francis Xavier together in the Domus of Khulna. Everyone was present, that is, all 14 confreres now in the country a…

On the occasion of the Solemnity of Saint Francis Xavier, the confreres of the parish of Luvungi and of the community of Kilomoni, and the Xaverian Sisters, gathered for the Eucharistic celebration w…

The Xaverian community in Salerno, together with two Salernitan confreres, Giovanni Gargano s.x. (Bangladesh) and Rocco Viviano s.x. (Japan), temporarily in Italy, had joyfully celebrated December 3r…

During the Sunday Mass on December 5th, 2021, in the Parish of Saint Francis Xavier, Maligaya, Quezon City, at 9.00 am, Augustin Byamungu Mahanga s.x., Erasto Fernando Torres Carpio s.x., and Pasteur…

To you, solicitous and fearless apostle of far distant and mysterious Oriental lands, today, praises be, with God, source and end of everything. The dawn of this December 3rd has kindled a long…

During December 2021, the exhibition of nativity scenes (presepi) resumes in our Xaverian house of Vicenza. It was interrupted last year due to the pandemic. The tradition of exhibiting hundreds of n…

In recent days, a piece of news about the 25th anniversary of the founding of Fraternidad Javeriana de S. Guido M. Conforti (Xaverian Fraternity of St Guido M. Conforti) has appeared on sXAVERIANews…

On December 5th, 2021, around midday, our confrere Fr. Carlo Uccelli s.x. passed away in the Mother House of Parma at the age of 82, after a sudden and debilitating illness. He was born in Piacenza…

In the feast day of St Francis Xavier, let us all feel united and be confident that “a true missionary, who never ceases to be a disciple, knows that Jesus walks with him, speaks to him, breathes wit…

Today, Saturday, December 4th 2021, at 11:00 a.m. (Mexico City time), in the parish of Nuestra Señora Aparecida de Brasil located in the Venustiano Carranza Neighbourhood of Mexico City, our confrere…

On Sunday, December 5th 2021, at 9:00 a.m., in the parish of Saint Francis Xavier, located in Maligaya, Novaliches, Quezon City, our confreres Augustin Byamungu Mahanga s.x., Erasto Torres Carpio s.x…

“…what a joy brings to the heart being in communion with brothers all the world over through the sharing of news. A special hug to the ordinands (to the ministry of diaconate) and thanks to Fr. Gabri…

From November the 30th to December the 4th 2021, the Regional Chapter took place in Makeni, Sierra Leone. The Capitular Fathers have been reflecting on the following four points:  Assessment…

While heartily taking part in the synodal journey, we celebrated our patron saint together with the diocese’s priests, consecrated men and women, the Xaverian Missionary Sisters of Mary, the Xaverian…

Our community life has returned to the normal pace marked by the confreres’ academic commitments. Following the departure on Sunday, November 28th of Fr. Joseph Ghomsi Deffo s.x. for his first missio…

On Wednesday, November 24th 2021, a song for the jubilee year has been posted on YouTube. Lyrics and music were written and performed by the community of the Xaverian International Theologate of Mani…

Family is the theme of the 2022 calendar of the Misioneros Javerianos de Parma: “La Familia, cuna de vocaciones” (Family, cradle of vocations). Pope Francis announced a Year of the Family in conjunct…

“…although mention has been made of the Synod, there is still little awareness of it. The preparatory documents drafted in Rome have not yet been sent to our Diocese. Here, nobody knows anything. Not…

Pastoral and missionary ministry in the month of December is particularly intense: 1) vigils; 2) the so-called posadas (lit. “lodging”, these are religious processions held during Advent, in the nine…

A smallholder had promised to place an image of Mary at the entrance of his sitio (small property) to inspire the many wayfarers to a prayer, in particular those who, like pilgrims visiting the many…

Friday, December 3rd 2021, at 6:30 a.m. (USA Eastern time), our confrere Fr. Anthony Blaise Lalli s.x. passed away at the Medway Country Manor Nursing Home. Born on September 26th, 1939, in Cast…

On Saturday, December 4th 2021, at 11:00 a.m., in the parish of Nuestra Señora Aparecida de Brasil located in the Venustiano Carranza neighbourhood of Mexico City, our confreres Enedino Calixto Domín…

On Sunday, December 5th 2021, at 9:00 a.m., in the parish of Saint Francis Xavier, located in Maligaya, Novaliches diocese, Quezon City, our confreres Augustin Byamungu Mahanga s.x., Erasto Torres Ca…

On Wednesday, November 24th 2021, Fr. Mario Carmelo Mula s.x. arrived back in Rome following a visit to the confreres of the Xaverian Circumscription of Colombia (November 4th – 24th 2021). At presen…

Seven confreres from the Xaverian Circumscriptions of Italy and Spain, co-ordinated by our confrere Pietro Rossini s.x., currently studying journalism in the USA, have produced a very short video cli…

To mark the feast of St Francis Xavier, on Friday, December 3rd 2021, the Xaverian community of Bitkine will invite priests, religious men and women working in the Apostolic Vicariate of Mongo (Chad)…

The General Direction continues visiting the communities in our Region before the celebration of the Regional Chapter that will begin on Tuesday, November 30th 2021. The Chapter will be preceded by a…

From Tuesday afternoon, November 23rd, 2021, until Friday morning, the Xaverians confreres working in Thailand held their annual Delegation Assembly at the house of the Sisters of the Sacred Heart in…

FIRST ECCLESIAL ASSEMBLY OF LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN Our confrere Fr. Rafael López Villaseñor s.x. is the CRB’s (Conference of Religious of Brazil) delegate (on-line) to the Ecclesial Assembl…

Our Xaverian community of Fnideq (Castillejos, Morocco) wishes to share with the entire Family the news that, little by little, synodality is being actualised and taking roots in the diocese of Tangi…

In Chinese culture, celebrations are usually anticipated (with the exception of birthdays!). This is the case also in our parish of St Francis Xavier (聖方濟沙勿略天主堂), whose numbers have shrank d…

On Monday, November 22nd  2021, at the Salesian Pontifical University of Rome, Fr. Polash Henry Gomes s.x. defended his licentiate thesis titled Spiritual Accompaniment to the Youth of Banglades…

FOR A SYNODAL CHURCH: COMMUNION, PARTICIPATION AND MISSION The webpage www.synod.va/en.html provides an excellent range of videos, posters, flyers, PowerPoint, photos and texts in different language…

Fr. Gabriel Basuzwa s.x. and Fr. Faustino Turco s.x. have dedicated one week (from November 15th to 21st, 2021) to assess the present state of the causa super martyrio of Abbé Michel Kayoya, Maule-Ma…

TOURNAMENT OF THE IMMACULATE 2021 ORGANISED BY THE ARCHDIOCESAN SEMINARY OF THE CAPITAL CITY In preparation to the patronal feast (December 8th) of the Conciliar Seminary of Mexico, the Tournament o…

To prepare for the feast of the Saint who is patron of missions and of the Xaverian family, the Xaverians in Rome will spend a day of retreat (Saturday, November 27th 2021), led by Bachino s.x. on th…

“I have received the biographical profile of Fr. Giuseppe Pulcini s.x. and was much moved while reading it. It provoked a comparison inside me, a comparison aiming at conversion. Thanks to the confre…

The Publishing House Erickson has just published a book entitled The Atlas of Religions. History, Traditions and Symbols Explained to Young Men and Women. The volume presents, in a simple a…

The updated edition (November 27th, 2021) of the Personnel Directory 2021 (Stato del Personale 2021) can be downloaded from the GD’s website. Our heartfelt thanks to the Circumscriptions Superiors an…

The PDF version of iSaveriani n. 120 is available on the General Direction’s website. is available on the General Direction’s website. is available on the General Direction’s website. Introducing thi…

“Yesterday evening, Wednesday, November 17th 2021, Dr Gildo Coperchio s.x. told us the good news: Tomorrow morning, Thursday 18th, we will receive the third dose in our house, just like the first dos…

Calendario Javeriano 2022 (Xaverian Calendar 2022) has been posted on the website of the Xaverian circumscription of Spain (http://javerianos.org/). In communicating this initiative, Fr. Benjamín Góm…