On Monday, 29 September 2025, the General Directions of the Xaverian Missionaries and the Missionaries of Mary the Missionary of Mary – Xaverian Sisters met in the community of Viale Vaticano 40…

On Monday, September 29th, 2025, as part of its formation plan, the community of the General House was honoured to host Card. Gianfranco Ravasi, who accepted the invitation to illustrate to the…

After three years, I had the opportunity to spend a few days at home with my family in Brazil. It was a wonderful time spent together. Being reunited with family is always a joy, especially when we r…

Our confrere, Fr. Silvano Da Roit, missionary to Japan, has sent a message to the organisers of “marcia dei preti” (the priests’ march) that marked the day of prayer (Rome, Monday, September 22nd, 20…

The editorial director of the missionary magazine AsiaNews comments Pope Leo XIV’s words on China during an interview that was published recently. “(The Pope) guarantees the continuity of previous ch…

We are pleased to announce that Quaderni del CSA, Volume 19, Nos. 3–4, has now been published. The digital edition is available on our website: https://centro-documentazione.saveriani.org/biblioteca/…

Our confrere Fr. Elvis Ndihokubwayo (International Novitiate, Bujumbura Burundi) obtained a Level II Master's Degree (MBA - Master in Business Administration) in Leadership and Group Management from…

As we are getting ready to commemorate the 30th death anniversary of our Servants of  God: Fr Ottorino Maule, sx;  Fr Aldo Marchiol, sx; and the Lay Catina Gubert assassinated on 30th-…

On Sunday, September 21st, 2025, after a long illness, Sr. Rosa Biella MMA, 82, passed away in the community of the Mother House of the Xaverian Sisters – Missionaries of Mary. Rosa, also known as Ro…

Below our confrere Fr. Rino Benzoni shares a candid reflection on his parish experience in Kinshasa, DRC After eight years as parish priest of San Bernardo Parish in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of…

On the occasion of the 12th anniversary of the death of Fr. Amato Dagnino, his book ‘Itinerario di vita spirituale’ (Journey of Spiritual Life) was presented. Published in 1992 by Edizioni Paoline, i…

Several activities are being organised in Italy and Burundi to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the death of Frs. Aldo Marchiol, Ottorino Maule and the Lay missionary Catina Gubert. On September 2…

There were two meetings held this month in which our confrere Fr. Tiziano Tosolini participated as a speaker. The first meeting took place in Rome during the festival "Il mondo nuovo. Uno spazio per…

On Wednesday, September 3rd, 2025, at dawn, our confrere Fr. Quartilio Gabrielli was found lifeless in the Fourth Floor of the Mother House, Parma, Italy. Fr. Quartilio would have soon turned 88 as h…

On Monday, September 8th, 2025, Fr. Mauro Loda returned to Rome following his participation in the Assembly of the Xaverian Delegation of Spain-Morocco.

On the General Direction’s website, we post some reflections of our confrere Fr. Antonio Trettel that were inspired by the reading of the missionary witness of another confrere who has been working i…

September 12th, 2025, will mark my 70 years of Xaverian religious life and on September 20th I will celebrate my 88th birthday. I am still quite healthy. I keep helping out in the parish of Curitiba…

According to the annual Defence Data Report (for 2024-2025) released by the European Defence Agency (EDA), in 2024, defence expenditure by the EU Member States experienced a significant increase of 1…

On April 13, 2025, the International Exposition (Expo) opened in Osaka, Japan. It will run until October. Numerous visitors from all over the world have attended. By early September, there were alrea…

After six years of service to the community of the minor seminary in Udine as formator, I too was finally able to leave for the mission: Mexico. I spent few months studying Spanish in Guadalajara, Ja…

We usually celebrate 25, 50, and so on years of priesthood, but the religious profession remains somewhat hidden. However, what I have been asked has helped me to revisit in God these 70 years of my…

On Tuesday, September 9th, 2025, in the city of Casas Grandes, State of Chihuahua, Mexico, Mrs Alicia Cardoza Romero, mother of our confrere Fr Paulino Ramirez Cardoza, passed away.  The Requiem…

On September 3rd, 2025, Fr. Franciscus Xaverius Sudarmanto was back to Rome after spending some time with the confreres of the Xaverian Circumscriptions of Thailand and Indonesia.

On September 3rd, 2025, Fr. Felipe de Jesús López Orozco was back to Rome after spending some time with the confreres of the Mexican Xaverian Circumscription.

On September 4th, 2025, Fr. Fabien Kalehezo T’Chiribuka was back to Rome after spending some time with the confreres of the Xaverian Circumscriptions of Cameroon, Burundi and the Democratic Republic…

The General Direction will hold its 8th General Council in the General House, Rome, from Thursday, September 11th, to Friday, September 26th, 2025. Items in the agenda include: the admissions to Per…

The biographical sketch In Memoriam of our late confrere Fr. Bartolomeo Maria Elia (d. at the Mother House, Parma, on July 07th, 2025) has been posted up on the General Direction’s website. A heartfe…

I am sure that 50 years of religious and missionary profession are not the result of my efforts, but the gift of the fidelity of God that, step after step, supported me. I have seen God’s hand in al…

It was September 9, 1969, when we disembarked in Keelung, the main port in northern Taiwan. We were arriving from Japan, passengers on an Australian ship, which had repeatedly warned us not to drink…

September 7th-8th, 2014 – September 7th-8th, 2025. Eleven years have already passed since our three sisters were killed in Burundi: Lucia Pulici, Bernadetta Boggian and Olga Raschietti. I had the cha…

The township of Ales (Oristano, Sardinia, Italy) hometown of our late confrere Giuseppe Scintu (d. March 19th, 2020, Mother House, Parma) wished to honour his memory by naming the town tennis court a…

Dear Missionari Saveriani, (Xaverian periodical, ed.) I received with much pleasure the letter of greetings for Christmas 2024. I am responding now with some delay to extend my good wishes for the y…

On Sunday, August 31, 2025, in the Cathedral of Notre Dame de la Paix in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, our confrere Dieudonné Nininahazwe, together with other candidates, will receive the…

From Monday, September 1st, to Monday, September 8th, 2025, Fr. Mauro Loda will be in Madrid, Spain, to take part in the Delegation Assembly (Spain-Morocco) and visit the confreres.

Bonsai are plants which, through daily care and particular techniques, are reduced to miniature size. Despite their small size, they blossom and even produce fruits. The ability to miniaturize things…

Below is something we received and wish to share: “I have received the parcel with the small books in memoriam of Lino [Fr. Lino Sgarbossa – ed.]. Reading this booklet has allowed me to know facts a…

“Ten years have already passed since a group of baptised, who used to meet every month to meditate on the Word of God and listen to St Guido’s writings on Jesus’ dream to make of humanity one single…

I am writing on the train that is taking me to Osaka, Japan. The words of Jesus which I listened to during the celebrations of this week resound in my heart: “narrow door” “…will receive a hundred ti…

We are pleased to announce that Quaderni del CSA, Volume 19, N. 1–2, has now been published. The digital edition is available on our website (https://centro-documentazione.saveriani.org/biblioteca/ra…

Coltan mines are both a blessing and a curse for the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In Rubaya, among the rugged hills of North Kivu, where according to estimates about 15% of the world’s coltan is…

On Sunday, August 31, 2025, in the Cathedral of Notre Dame de la Paix in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, our confrere Dieudonné Nininahazwe, together with other candidates, will receive the…

Dear confreres, the XVIII CG 57 affirms that the first sign of love for our Xaverian vocation is the care and practice of ongoing formation. The same Chapter, in number 61, encourages us to pay parti…

The Xaverian community of the Fourth floor of the Mother House in Parma said “YES” to Pope Leo XIV's invitation to make the day of August 22, 2025, in memory of The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Ma…

The national summer camp (convivenza) of the Xaverian Laity has just ended. Held in Velletri from August 11th to 17th, 2025, the camp focused on the theme Pellegrini missionari di speranza (Pilgrims…

In the aftermath of Fr. Meo Elia’s death, I had the chance to read an interview he granted to Xaverian Sister Teresina Caffi in Desio (Milan) on November 25th, 2023. In that interview, Meo recalls hi…

On Monday August 18, 2025, the St. Francis Xavier Philosophy Community celebrated the 1st anniversary of the Beatification of the Blessed Xaverian Martyrs of Fizi and Baraka at St. Tomas de Villanuev…

On October 11th, a public road in Parma will be named after our Xaverian sisters who were murdered in Burundi. The road, which is located in St Pancrazio neighbourhood, will be called Via Martiri Sav…

The first update of Stato del Personale 2025 (digital version) has been uploaded on the GD’s website. Superiors of Circumscriptions are kindly reminded to keep the digital page relating to their circ…

The biographical sketch In Memoriam of our late confrere Fr. Franco Manganello (d. at the Xaverian community in Salerno, Italy, on June 15th, 2025) has been posted up on the General Direction’s websi…

“I summarise what we have done in recent days in three verbs: listening, discerning and sharing in our journey together, as shepherds of the particular Churches that pilgrimage in the Amazon. We have…