Over the weekend of May 17th’18th, 2025, we, the Council of the Xaverian Laity, gathered at the House of the General Direction in Rome. This was the last meeting of this Council which is about the en…

During the Thursdays of the months of April and May 2025, our confrere Fr. Tiziano Tosolini, lecturer at the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, was invited to hold a Seminar on Introd…

The food emergency has reached an all-time high in the DRC. The World Food Programme (WFP) has issued a food alert for millions of people. In the eastern provinces of this African Country, as clarifi…

In few weeks, more than 25,000 people were forced to leave their homes in Mozambique. This number is in addition to the approximately 1.3 million people who, forced by armed conflict, cyclones and dr…

On Tuesday, May 27th, 2025, at 01.15 a.m. (local time) - after a serious illness - our confrere Fr. Lino Sgarbossa passed away at the Xaverian Community of the IV Floor, Mother House, Parma. Fr. Lino…

Issue NO. 136 of iSaveriani-Notiziario (subsequent to the 6th meeting of the General Council– March 2025) has been uploaded on the GD’s website. The contents of this issue include: the Superior Gener…

The African Study Centre has resumed its publications after the interruption due to the outbreak of the covid-19 virus. Under the title ‘the conversion of the missionary’, borrowed from the French Je…

On Wednesday, May 14, the traditional meeting between the Catholic Theological Faculty and the Presbyterian Theological School took place, at the venue of the Catholic Faculty. During the meeting, ou…

From May 14th to 16th, 2025, the Japanese Major Superiors’ Conference was held in Karuizawa (Nagano prefecture, Japan), in a mood of conviviality and fraternity. In attendance were also the Apostolic…

On Saturday 17 May 2025, together with my confreres Nicolas Chiza Hombo, François Shamavu Mateso and Dieudonné Twahirwa, I partecipated in a moment of prayer and sharing with the community of Sant'Eg…

‘La Vita Cattolica’, Settimanale del Friuli (the Weekly Newspaper of Friuli), of 21 May 2025, reports a short interview with our confrere Fr. Joe Matteucig (member of the Xaverian community in Taipei…

Saturday, May 24th, marks the World Day of Prayer for the Church in China: “Sustain all those in China, who, amid their daily trials, continue to believe, to hope, to love. May they never be afraid t…

On Monday, May 19th, 2025, at 11:40 p.m. (local time), due to heart failure, our confrere Fr. Eugenio Juárez Hernández passed away at Clinic I West, Bafoussam, Cameroon. Fr. Eugenio was born in Ceran…

‘Pressenza’ is an international thematic news agency dedicated to peace, non-violence, non-discrimination and human rights. It releases news via its website. On Monday, 12 May 2025, “Pressenza” publ…

“…The editor of the weekly newspaper of the Diocese of Trent, “Vita Trentina”, invited our confrere Fr Gabriele Ferrari to share a brief reflection on the election of Pope Leo XIV. Fr. Gabriele writ…

I attended the Seminar on “Protecting God’s Children” in St. John Evangelist Parish (Hopkinton, Massachusetts). This is a requirement from the Archdiocese of Boston for the Church Pastors, Religious…

Saturday May 10, 2025, confreres Richard Niyukuri (Burundi) and Yunis Martinus Zalukhu (Indonesia) received the order of deacons at Saint Francis Xavier Parish in Maligaya, Quezon City, through the i…

The 103rd Assembly of the Union of Superior Generals (USG) will be held from May 21st to 23rd, 2025, at the residence Fraterna Domus in Sacrofano, Rome. In keeping with the Jubilee Year, the theme of…

“It is time for wide heart and clean eyes”: this is how, on November 1st, 1958, Fr. Primo Mazzolari, parish priest in Bozzolo (Mantua, Italy), commented on the Conclave (October 25th-28th, 1958) that…

On Thursday, May 8th, 2025, Elouana IKORIVYIZA, 4 years old, sister of our Perpetually Professed confrere Frédéric Mutonde, passed away in Gisikara (Gitega province), Burundi. Our confrere Frédéric i…

“Peace be with you! Dearest brothers and sisters, this was the first greeting of the risen Christ, the good shepherd who gave His life for the flock of God. I, too, would like this greeting of peace…

On Saturday, May 10th, 2025, at 9:30 a.m., in the church of St Francis Xavier Parish, Maligaya, Diocese of Novaliches, Quezon City, the Philippines, our confreres Martinus Zalukhu Yunis and Richard N…

On Friday, May 9th, 2025, Frs. Fabien Kalehezo T'Chiribuka and Franciscus Xaverius Sudarmanto returned to Rome after visiting the confreres of the Indonesian Circumscription and participating in the…

The 7th Meeting of the General Council will be held in the General House from May 12th to the first week of June 2025. Items in the agenda include: visits to the circumscriptions; continental meeting…

Following the speech of our confrere, Fr. Andrea Facchetti, on the occasion of the Mozambican President’s visit to Tete Province, Mozambique, (https://dg.saveriani.org/es/comunicazioni/notizie/sxave…

“At this particular moment in the life of the Church – consider the death of Pope Francis and the celebration of the Jubilee ‘Pilgrims of Hope’ – the 17th Regional Chapter took place in San Pietro in…

We, Xaverians of the Mozambican Delegation, gathered in Sena, from Wednesday April 30th to Friday May 2nd, to hold       the first of the two yearly assemblies of our ci…

Our confrere, Fr. Alfiero Ceresoli, re-reads the first catechesis (Parma, January 14th, 1917) by our Founder St Guido Maria Conforti, which deals with the prayer taught by Jesus Christ. Fr. Alfiero r…

On Saturday, May 24th, 2025, the yearly Convention organised by the magazine Missione Oggi will be held at Complesso San Cristo, Chapel and Romanino hall, Via Piamarta 9, Brescia, Italy. The Conventi…

On Saturday, May 10th, 2025, at 9:30 a.m., in the church of St Francis Xavier Parish, Maligaya, Diocese of Novaliches, Quezon City, the Philippines, our confreres Martinus Zalukhu Yunis and Richard N…

The XVII Regional Chapter of the Italian Circumscription completed the election of the new Regional Direction (May 1st, 2025) for the four-year term (2025 - 2029) Bishop Natale Paganelli   …

From April 29th to May 3rd 2025, the Meeting of Vocation Promoters and Formators in Asia took place in Mutilan, Central Java Province, Indonesia. The meeting was attended by 19 confreres from all the…

On Thursday, April 24th, 2025, our confrere, Fr. Andrea Facchetti, pastor of St Peter Claver Parish in Charre, Diocese of Tete, Mozambique, led the “Prayer of the Catholic Church on the occasion of t…

On Thursday, April 24, the first online meeting of the Central Committee for International Volunteering was held, coordinated by Fr. Alex Brai s.x., together with the representatives from the various…

In the context of the Holy Year that we are living as a Catholic Church, the Xaverian Community of Philosophy, located in Curitiba city, Paraná state - Brazil, created the space “Esperançar” (“to hav…

This is what Pope Francis wrote in his preface to Card. Angelo Scola’s book on aging – Nell’Attesa di un Nuovo Inizio (While Waiting for a New Beginning): “Yes, let us not be afraid of growing old;…

There are several things I learn from reading the statistics contained in Stato del Personale 2025 (see the paper edition updated on March 20th, 2025, on p. 91 and on); for instance: There are 646…

On Wednesday, April 30, 2025, was aired on ‘TV 2000 Diretta’, the programme presented by Gennaro Ferraro. The title of the episode was ‘Towards the Conclave’. Special guest was our confrere Fr. Pietr…

On Wednesday, April 30th, 2025, at 7.30 p.m., due to respiratory failure, our confrere Fr. Eulogio Cuéllar Muñoz passed away at Residencia Santa Teresa de Jornet of the Hermanitas de Los Ancianos Des…

This is how Card. Kevin Joseph Farrell, with deep sorrow, broke the news of the death of the Bishop of Rome, Pope Francis: “Dearest brothers and sisters, with deep sorrow I must announce the death o…

“...thank you above all for the dream of the ‘missionary choice’ of the Church listed in five fundamental options: the primacy of witness, the primacy of God and his Word, the primacy of evangelisati…

On Tuesday, April 22nd, 2025, Fr. Felipe de Jesús López Orozco returned to Rome after a visit to the confreres in Colombia and the Xaverian community in the Diocese of Alto Solimões, Brazil.

Below, we share Fr. Alfiero Ceresoli’s interpretation of the letter which St Guido Maria Conforti sent to Bishop Luigi Calza on March 13th, 1927. This writing by the Founder reveals some of his human…

From March 27 to April 21, 2025, we had the pleasure of welcoming the MissioNet delegation (Fr. Pietro Rossini s.x. and Fr. Héctor Gabriel Arroyo Salcido s.x) to the community of Taipei, Taiwan, for…

During the Holy Week 2025, the members of the international community of Prenoviciate and Noviciate of Bujumbura, Burundi, composed a song and produced a video clip entitled: “Gloire à toi Seigneur”…

After a period of intense preparation, 438 catechumens received the sacraments of Christian initiation in the parish of St Guido Maria Conforti in Panzi, Bukavu, DRC. For the entire parish community…

It was Saturday, April 5, 2025. While we were getting ready for catechism (Easter is near, and we needed to put the finishing touches on the Easter Vigil baptisms), the alarm went off: the river was…

The Bishop of Vicenza, Giuliano Brugnotto, begins his Easter Greetings to the diocese by saying: “In sending my Easter Wishes, I would like to draw inspiration from an image. The image is that of the…

“Lord Jesus, you who witness the folly and cruelty of man, convert the hearts of all mankind and save the Holy Land and the whole world from the scourge of war. Amen” (Michel Sabbah) Today it is ver…

On May 20th, 2025, the Catholic Church and the Christian world will commemorate with gratitude and joy the opening of the Council of Nicaea in 325: “The Council of Nicaea is a milestone in the histor…