Last Friday, the 17th of this month, a part of the city of Uvira, in the Democratic Republic of Congo, was submerged by rainwater and spilling rivers. This flood has caused enormous damage. The dead…

Xaverian Region of North Brazil “In the State of Parà, the pandemic caused by the Covid-19 is particularly affecting the city of Belèm.  In recent days, the number of infected people is growing…

On the morning of April 19th – 2020, Fr. Giancarlo Anzanello, S.X. died while in the Hospital of St. Francis of Assisi, in the city of Madrid.  Fr. Giancarlo Anzanello had been hospitalized for…

On April 22nd – 2020, our Xaverian Sister Lina Bescapè died in the Hospital of Parma. On April 22nd – 2020, our Xaverian Sister Miriam Sartorelli died in the Mother House of the Xaverian Sisters in…

The "50 giorni” video of ongoing formation, in Italian and multilingual version, was conceived and assembled by Fr. Gabriel Arroyo, with the collaboration of the participants - 19 Xaverians from 6 na…

Fr. Renato Filippini has published the third volume of the series “Lectio Divina”.  The title is: “How to cultivate and how to live faith in our daily living”.  This volume contains the pro…

“Evangelization and Leadership of Comunion” was the central theme of the session of permanent formation, in which all the confreres of our region were present.  Miraculously saved from the CORON…

As we all know, The Philippines too are a country victim of the Covid 19 pandemic. In order to prevent the contagion, the government, since March 17, have applied a kind of lockdown which they call "…

On April 10th – 2020, Fr. Ernesto Tomé died in our Mother House of Parma, at about 7:30 PM. Fr. Ernesto Tomè had been seriously ill for several months. Our confrere was born on September 26th – 1929…

On April 11th – 2020, in  the city of Milan – Italy, the Xaverian Sister Giovanna Meana died.

On April 6th – 2020, Mrs. Maria Consolación Rodríguez, mother of our Superior General, Fr. Fernando Garcia Rodríguez (e-mail: [email protected]), passed away. On April 3rd – 2020, the Xaverian Si…

On Sunday, on April 5th – 2020, Fr. Alessandro Parmiggiani died, after a long illnesss, in the Mother House of Parma.   Fr. Alessandro Parmiggiani, born in the town of Casaletto of Viadana…

The new “STATO  DEL  PERSONALE 2020” is available in PDF format to all the Xaverians. You will find it in: https://dg.saveriani.org/it/comunicazioni/pubblicazioni/famiglia/item/stato-del-…

On March 28th – 2020, in Mexico, Mr. José Luis Vega Aviña passed away.  He was the brother of  our deceased Confrere Fr. Humberto Vega Avina. On March 29th - 2020, Mr. Battista Spigarolo…

On April 1st – 2020, in the morning, at the Hospital of the city of Fidenza, Fr. Guglielmo Camera died.   Fr. Guglielmo Camera had been recovered for severe lung problems.  Born on Ap…

On April 1st - 2020, at Jakarta, (Bintaro – Indonesia) in the Novitiate House, Brother Roberto Mancini peacefully passed away at about 12:30 AM.  Bro. Mancini had been sick for a long time and…

On March 27th – 2020, after a long illness, Fr. Francesco Grasso died in our Mother House of Parma.  Fr. Francesco Grasso, born in the town of Priverno (Latina – IT) on July 12th – 1934, was now…

Chinese Delegation: “Some friends on the Continent, people who have been very close to our confreres working there, wanted to participate in the tragic situation the Xaverian family is living in Ital…

On March 23rd – 2020, Mr. Martino Pulcini, brother of Fr. Mario Pulcini, S.X. (now in mission service in Burundi e-mail: [email protected]) died. In these last days, Mrs. Gioconda Frances…

On March 26th – 2020, at about 1:30 AM, Bro. Lucio Gregato, S.X. died while in the Hospital of Fidenza.  Bro. Lucio had been for several days in the Hospital of Parma, trying to recover from ser…

In the morning of March 26th – 2020, Fr. Angelo Costalonga, S.X. died in our Mother House of Parma at about 11:30 AM.  Fr. Angelo Costalonga was born on November 12th – 1931 in the town of Sarme…

On March 23rd – 2020, at about 2:30 PM, Fr. Piergiorgio Bettati, S.X. died in the Parma Hospital.   Fr. Piergiorgio Bettati had been born on April 5th – 1935 in the town of Gattatico (Reggi…

On March 21st – 2020, Fr. Stefano Coronese, S.X. died in the Parma Hospital.  Fr. Stefano Coronese was born on December 27th – 1931 in the town of Massafra (Taranto – IT),  He was now 88 ye…

On March 22nd – 2020, at about 3:00 PM,  Fr. Gerardo Caglioni, S.X. died in the Parma Hospital.  Fr. Gerardo Caglioni was born on June  20th – 1946 in the town of Dalmine (Bergamo – IT…

The Parish of St. Francis Xavier of Koptchou (Bafoussam) organized a celebration of the Holy Mass remembering Fr. Pierino Zoni, the first Pastor of this Xaverian mission.  The initiative was tak…

An interreligious Prayer Service for World Health, hosted by the Tokyo Interfaith Council, will be streamed online (on the Zoom platform), on Saturday 21 March at 8pm Japan time (7am – EST, 5am - MST…

On March 14th – 2020, Mrs. Annunziata Rigon Bagarella, sister of deceased Fr. Marino Rigon, died.

On March 19th – 2020, shortly after noon, Bro. Giuseppe Scintu died at the Mother House in Parma.  Bro. Giuseppe Scintu was born in the city of Ales (Cagliari – IT) on February 2nd – 1935. …

On March 19th – 2020, Fr. Pilade Rossini, belonging to the Xaverian Community of Alzano Lombardo,  died while in the Hospital of the town of Seriate, where he had been hospitalized for several d…

On March 18th – 2020, at around midnight, Bro. Gino Masseroni died at the Mother House in Parma.  Bro. Gino Masseroni was born in the city of Cremona on November 22nd – 1929.  He was now 90…

On March 18th – 2020, Bro. Guglielmo Saderi died at 8:00 AM in the Mother House of Parma.   Our Confrere, Bro. Guglielmo Saderi, was born in the town of Sardara (Cagliari – IT) on November…

On March 15th – 2020, Fr. Giuseppe Rizzi died  at 20:15, soon after supper, in the Mother House of Parma.  He had been suffering from a severe fever for several days.  Fr. Giuseppe Riz…

On March 14th – 2020, Fr. Vittorio Ferrari died at 06 AM at the Mother House in Parma, from acute heart failure.  Fr. Vittorio Ferrari was born on September 22nd – 1931 in the town of Groppoli d…

On March 15th – 2020, Fr. Piermario Tassi died at 14:15 at the Mother House in Parma.  Fr. Piermario Tassi was born on August 3rd – 1929 in the town of Poggio S. Marcello (Ancona – IT).  He…

On March 12th – 2020, Fr. Nicola Masi returned to the Heavenly Father.  Fr. Masi was residing at the Mother House of Parma.  Born on May 5th – 1927 in the town of Priverno (Latina – IT) Fr…

Mbudi (Kinshasa, RDC).  On Saturday, February 29th, the six-week training session for Formators, organized by the CICM Missionaries, ended in Mbudi. Fr. Mitengezo Aimé  participated, togeth…

Fr. Enrico Di Nicolò, who had been in the town of Porto San Giorgio (AP) for a visit to his family, died suddenly on the night of March 10-11, 2020.  It was his sister who found him dead in his…

On March 7th – 2020, at around 8:30 AM, in Mother House of Parma, Fr. Corrado Stradiotto returned to the Heavenly Father.   Fr. Stradiotto arrived in Parma on February 22nd – 2020 for treat…

Oggi, 29 febbraio 2020, verso le ore 06:00, dopo lunga malattia è morto a Parma, in Casa Madre, P. Pietro Zoni. Il confratello aveva 85 anni, essendo nato a Gottolengo (Brescia - IT) il giorno 17.02…

Dhaka, February 20th - 2020 :  -  The young Bangladeshi Director Hamento Sadik, busy shooting a film about the Italian Xaverian Missionary Fr. Marino Rigon, who has lived 60 years doing mis…

The 2020 Introduction to Japanese New Religions for Foreign Missionaries seminar was held from 21 to 23 February in Izumisano, at the Regional House. The seminar included three lectures by the Nanzan…

The editorial team of “SX Flash” invites the Superiors of the local Regions to send news to this editorial of meetings, events and activities taking place in their respective Regions and communities…

On Wednesday, February 19th – 2020, a round table took place in the parish of St. Alfonso Maria de Liguori in Madrid.  The protagonists were two young people.  One was Spanish and Christian…

On February 17th – 2020, Sr. Elisa, aunt of Fr. Franciscus Xaverius Sudarmanto (of the Conforti College Community – Rome; e-mail: [email protected]) died.  She was a member of the Orsoline…

On February 11th – 2020, Mr. Nino Mattiazzi, father of our late confrere fr. Marco Mattiazzi, returned to the Heavenly Father.

In these days, the members of the General Direction are returning to Rome.  The General Council Meeting will begin on Monday, February 10th.

In the context of the year dedicated to interfaith dialogue, ecumenism and indigenous peoples by the Catholic Church of the Philippines, on Saturday, February 2nd – 2020, the Theology Xaverian Commun…

Our Confreres of Thailand, during this last January month, created a new website of the Delegation: https://thailand.xaverians.org and also the facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/xaveriansthaila…

About two years after the previous one, another meeting of the delegates of the African study center was held at the Domus of Bujumbura, from Monday 3 to Thursday 6 February. The Xaverian sisters, en…

Invited by Fr. Pedro Aguado, Superior General of the Scolopi Fathers, January 3rd – 2020, Fr. Tiziano Tosolini held a conference on “Interculturality and Inculture in the Evangelization Process of th…