11 Aug: Paolo, brother of Fr. Girolamo Pistoni (Sierra Leone; e-mail: [email protected]). 13 Aug: Luciano, brother of Fr. Rolando Trevisan (Mother House). 13 Aug Rima Mengoni, aunt of Fr. Gabriele…

Amealco, Mexico, 11 Aug: Bishop Faustino Armendáriz Jiménez of Querétaro ordained our confrere, Nava Pérez Edgar, to the rpeisthood in the parish of “Santa María”.

Dondo, 21 Jul: in the presence of some confreres and members of the newly-founded GAMIX (Group pf Friends of the Xaverian Missionaries), the Superior Delegate laid the first stone of the future Xaver…

Manila, 13-25 Aug: an Ongoing Formation meeting will be held for 17 confreres with less than 7 years of ordination (8 years of final profession) and who are working in our Asian Circumscriptions. The…

The 2018 Introduction to Japanese Culture and Society Seminar was held at the Regional House from 6-10 August under the direction of Fr Rocco Viviano, in cooperation with Fr Tiziano Tosolini. Fr Andr…

8 Aug: Marius, brother of our student Joël Kouam (theology community of Yaoundé). 10 Aug: Carmen Anzanello, sister of Giancarlo (ES – E-mail: [email protected]) and Valerio (JP – E-mail: anza…

5-12 Aug: the General Direction is in Nepi (Viterbo) on retreat with the General Directions of the Italian Missionary Institutes.

Panzi, St. Guido Maria Conforti Parish: the Xaverians and the Diocesan Pastoral Center organized a Conference on the Living Ecclesial Communities to mark the 60th anniversary of Xaverian presence in…

29 Jul: Teodoro, brother of Fr. Mario Tognali (community of Brescia; e-mail [email protected]) 29 Jul, Bilbao (Spagna): Txema Larrea Mùgika, brother of Fr. Iñaki (Region of Colombia, e-mail…

22 Jul: some members of the faithful and two young women interested in the religious life made a pilgrimage to the tomb of Bishop Calza, where they prayed especially for the Church in Zheng Zhou and…

Salamanca (Mexico), Novitiate chapel, 22 Jul: Cesar Javier De León Gutiérrez and Agustín Anaya Ruiz.

Jakarta – Bintaro, 15 Jul: a celebration of the Eucharist inaugurated the new year of Novitiate with 10 Novices.

Bujumbura informs us: “On Sunday, 15 July, our formation house hosted the first day of meetings for about thirty people who have been collaborating with the Xaverians in Burundi for many years. Our g…

Panzi-Bukavu – 1850 children and more than one hundred animators took part in four weeks of the Colonie des vacances, a sort of summer camp, in the parish of Panzi. They played, sang, danced, prayed…

Piero Zanchi, brother of our late confrere Gianni Lorenzo Zanchi.

The massive floods that struck Japan in recent days affected various regions, causing damage and fatalities. As of 11 July, 160 people have died, 70 are dispersed and thousands of houses have been fl…

2-7 Jul: the Xaverians of the Region gathered for a retreat directed by Fr. Alfiero Ceresoli on the topic: “The Xaverian’s humanity”. They rediscovered the humanity of our Founder, who was interprete…

6 Jul: Anna Maria Sgarbossa, sister of our confrere Fr. Lino Sgarbossa (E-mail: [email protected]) 6 Jul: Luigina Masserini, mother of our late confrere Danilo Moreni. 12 Jul: Peter Mitra, fat…

Congo – 8 Jul: our confreres Batano Nguliro Guy and Mushagalusa Biregeyi Antoine will be ordained priests in the Bukavu Cathedral by Archbishop François Xavier Maroy Rusengo of Bukavu.

Kinshasa, 2 Jul: the new novitiate year began with 11 novices (4 RDC, 3 BU, 3 CT, 1 SL). The new novice master is Fr. Faustino Turco.

Morbegno (SO), 4 Jul: a small square will be dedicated to the memory of our late confrere, Fr. Domenico Rovedatti, who was born in Morbegno on 24 February 1913 and died in São Paulo, Brazil, on 12 Ma…

Fr. Carl Chudy continues his involvement in interfaith and inter religious dialogue. On July 10th as part of the series Pathways to Peace Fr. Carl will be giving a presentation on Thomas Me…

Franklin - Wisconsin: on the weekend of June 23-24, we hosted our annual Mission Summer Fest. Many people, families, youth and children came to enjoy the music, the games and the good food that our f…

Yoyakarta – Indonesia, 29 Jun: Robertus Kardi was ordained to the priesthood in the chapel of the Major Seminary of Kentungan by Archbishop Robertus Rubiyatmoko of Semarang.

Novaliches – Philippines, 30 Jun: Final Profession of Maurice Fokam in the parish church of Saint Francis Xavier, Maligaya.

Kinshasa (RDC) – On 29 June, the following confreres made their First Profession in the parish of St. Bernard: Bangura Gbama Mark (SL), Bashagaluke Mihigo Justin (RDC), Bimenyimana Pascal (BU), I…

Taneto di Gattatico (RE), 17 Jun: the Eucharist was celebrated in the parish church in memory of Fr. Dante Mainini. Fr. Matteo Antonello presided and the event was attended by several Xaverians and r…

Widhiwiryawan Fr. Alfonsus (ID): [email protected] 

23 Jun. Maria Pezzotti, sister of our confrere Fr. Mario Pezzotti (e-mail: [email protected] ) 25 Jun: Sonia Tracogna, sister-in-law of our confrere Fr. Carlo Di Sopra ( E-mail: mcoglians@gma…

St. Bernard’s parish, Kinshasa (Congo), 29 Jun: nine young Africans will make their First Profession.

Quezon City, 18 Jun: after an interruption of ten years, the Novitiate officially opened once again with Fr. Luigino Marchioron as Novice Master. During the celebration of the Eucharist, three young…

18 Jun: Archbishop Edaward Tamba Charles of Freetown visited the Missionaries of Sierra Leone who are in the Mother House. He met personally with Frs. Gerardo Caglioni, Gismondo Caponi, Ennio Casaluc…

17 Jun: Alise Agostinis, mother of our confreres Frs. Bruno and Martino Roia. e-mail: [email protected]  18 Jun: Paulo Eudes Pereira Cordeiro, brother of our confrere Fr. Joao Evandro Pereira…

Belem, 8-10 June: in continuity with the Xaverian Social Media Meeting, the confreres of Belem gathered in the Regional house for a meeting on the topic: “INSTRUMENTS OF SOCIAL COMMUNICATION AT THE S…

On June 4th, 2018 we welcomed Frs. Eugenio Pulcini and Fabien Kalehezo. They flew from Rome and will visit our communities for the next 2 weeks. They arrived in Chicago and from there they drove to F…

12 Jun: Fr. Aldo La Ruffa died in Padang, Indonesia. Born in Tropea, CZ (Italy), on 7 Septmeber 1928, he was 89 years old. May he rest in peace.

Fr. Aldo La Ruffa Today, 12 June 2018, Fr. Aldo La Ruffa died in Padang, Indonesia, at the Yos Sudarso Hospital, where he had undergone surgery. He died of respiratory complications. Born in Tropea…

8 Jun: the Superior General and Fr. Javier Peguero left on a visit to the confreres in South Brazil.

Parma, Mother House, 7 Jun: the group that studies the Xaverian management of finances was convoked by the member of the General Direction in charge of finances: the meeting represents an initial ste…

Beginning in Oct. 2017 Fr. Michael Davitti took part in a nine months long course on "Centering Prayer" called "Contemplative Living". The course was held in Beacon, NY and will end in June 2018. The…

New e-mail address of the Regional Treasurer of Mexico:  

4-18 Jun: Frs. Eugenio Pulcini and Fabien Kalehezo will visit the confreres in the USA.

The Asian Study Center has published a book edited by Fr. Rocco Viviano, Christian Witness in a Multi-Religious World. The volume contains some of the interventions made during the VI International C…

30 May: Pietro Veniero, brother of Fr. Giuseppe Veniero (E-mail: [email protected] ). 31 May: Alba Rodari, sister-in-law of Fr. Mario Tognali (E-mail: [email protected] ).

23-25 May: the Superior General took part in the 90th biannual assembly of the Union of Superiors General (USG), at Ariccia. The topic of the assembly was the world of young people.

Fatima Shrine - Holliston - MA: The Annual Monthly Fatima Day Devotions began on May 13th. These Marian monthly gatherings run from May to October. This is year's theme will be "Honoring Mary through…

All the Xaverians of the Region met at the Makeni Domus for a three-day retreat, which was directed by Fr. Eduard Gomez, the rector of the diocesan seminary of Freetown. Fr. Gomez helped us to reflec…

Curitiba, Xaverian Seminary, 25-27 May: 30 people, among them Xaverians, Missionaries of Mary and lay people, attended the Conference on: "Social Communication instruments at the service of the missi…

18 May: Adriana Zurlo, sister of our confrere Fr. Marcello Zurlo.

The recently founded Interreligious Dialogue Commission of the Osaka Archdiocese, directed by Fr Rocco Viviano sx, launched its very first program of activities on 11 May with a visit to the Osaka he…