On Friday, February 28th, 2025, Mr Agustín Casillas Muñoz, dad of our confrere Fr. René Casillas Barba, passed away while being transported to Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico. The Requiem Mass and funer…

After the truce of the past few days, the situation in and around Bukavu is visibly confused at all levels. Despite the timid resumption of activities, the movement of people and the circulation of g…

The General Commission for "The Xaverian Presence in the Local Church" will meet with the General Direction for six days (March 3-8, 2025) at the General House. This Commission was established to wor…

The bi-annual meeting between the Yaoundé Xaverian Theologate community and the Xaverian Propaedeutics (P.A.F.) community of Bafoussam took place from February 14-17, 2025. This meeting in Bafoussam…

The Shrine of San Guido Conforti in collaboration with MissioNet has prepared a handout to help live the Lenten journey (05.03.2025). Day by day the handout suggests an idea or a quotation from a liv…

“This Lent, as we share in the grace of the Jubilee Year, I would like to propose a few reflections on what it means to journey together in hope, and on the summons to conversion that God in his…

I invite my Xaverian brothers to rejoice with me and celebrate 50 years of consecrated life (February 20, 2025). Wasted time? No! Time invested! Consecrated religious life is an investment for the pr…

On June 28, 2025, I will celebrate my 50th anniversary of priestly ordination, which took place in the city where I was born, Santa Mariana, in the State of Paraná, in the diocese of Cornelio Procopi…

The 5th Interreligious Symposium, organized by the Commission for Interreligious Dialogue of the Archdiocese of Osaka-Takamatsu, which is directed by Fr. Rocco Viviano sx, was held on 15 February 202…

We refer you to the website of the Italian Circumscription https://www.saveriani.it/ to read the letter sent by our confrere, Fr. Andrea Facchetti, a missionary in Charre, diocese of Tete, Mozambique…

On Friday, February 28, 2025, at around 6.20 a.m., the Xaverian Missionary of Mary, Sister Caterina Pasotti passed away at the Mother House. She was 91 years old, having been born on November 30, 193…

The situation in the eastern part of the Republic of Congo continues to be of great concern with the rapid advance of the March 23rd Movement Rebels (M23) and the Congo River Alliance (AFC), backed b…

Issue No. 134 (December 2024) of iSaveriani is in print and can already be read on the GD’s website. This issue includes an editorial titled La vocazione missionaria in persone concrete penned by Fat…

Our confrere Fr. Oliviero Verzeletti from the offices of the Historical Archives of the Xaverian Missionaries wrote: ‘... I copied and pasted below the links to access the files of the letters of our…

In this new year 2025, the Xaverian Community of Philosophy in Brazil returned to the City of Curitiba, state of Paraná. The community is formed by six students: Weslley Lobato (1st year), Rodolfo Mo…

We gathered from February 10th to 14th, 2025, at the Regional House of the North Brazil Region in Belém do Pará. In attendance were: Rafael López Villaseñor s.x., Estêvão Raschietti s.x. and Mr…

On Saturday, February 15th, 2025, our confrere Fr. Cassien Nshimirimana was invited to the Cultural Center “Bwenge Nyabwo” (Authentic Intelligence, nrd) to animate a conference on the Three Pillars o…

From Monday, February 10th to Saturday February 15th, 2025, the Major Superiors of the religious congregations present in Chad held their 33rd General Assembly at the Béthel Centre in Bakara. Theme o…

The Feast of Candlemas (February 2, 2025), the "Candelaria" as it is known in Mexico and, generally, in Latin America, is a call to sharing and faith. The "Candelaria" – feast of the presentation of…

“Religious heritage is a heritage full of humanity… religious experience has shaped the cultural domain in the world,” as stated by the Prefect of the Dicastery for Culture and Education, Card. José…

A few days ago, the news reported on the meeting held by the various heads of state of the SADC (Southern African Development Community) and the EAC (East African Community). This meeting raised a lo…

On January 29, 2025, the Xaverian Toasebio Parish celebrated the Eucharist, presided over by Fr. Samuel Pangestu, Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Jakarta, to honor together the Chinese New Year (…

Responding to the number 57 of our Fundamental Rule that asks the educators to gradually introduce our students to the study of disciplines which may later prove useful for mission, the International…

From February 6th to the 8th, 2025, a planning meeting for the year 2025 was held at the new “Xaverian Center Francesco Marini” in Parma (formerly the Theology House), with the presence of the Superi…

Many people have come to know and esteem the late Fr. Silvio Turazzi s.x. This year marks the third anniversary of his death (Vicomero, Torrile, Parma, May 26th, 2022). We would like to start collect…

On February 8, 2025, the Xaverian International Theologate in Maligaya, Quezon City, hosted an interreligious dialogue event titled Women’s Approach to Dialogue. Three women speakers representing the…

The journal Commentarium Pro Religiosis et Missionariis - STUDIA CANONICA （Volume 103 – Issue III-IV of the year 2022）published a contribution by Giordana Bertacchini MMX, General Superior of the M…

“…evangelization is always a communitarian process, like Christian hope itself. That process does not end with the initial preaching of the Gospel and with Baptism but continues with the building up…

“Share with gentleness the hope that is in your hearts” (cf. 1 Pet 3:15-16) is the theme of Pope Francis’ message for the 59th World Day of Social Communication which many countries will celebrate on…

On Monday, February 3, 2025, Fr. Franciscus Xaverius Sudarmanto returned to Rome directly from São Paulo, Brazil, after participating, together with Fr. Felipe de Jesús López Orozco, at the General A…

On Thursday, February 6, 2025, Fr. Felipe de Jesús López Orozco returned to Rome directly from São Paulo, Brazil, after participating, together with Fr. Franciscus Xaverius Sudarmanto, at the General…

With all the councillors having returned from their respective visits, the Superior General has convened the VI° General Council (from Wednesday, February 12 to Thursday, February 27, 2025). Among th…

The news coming from Goma, DRC, continues to be very worrying. Humanitarian organizations speak of 2000 bodies already buried, 900 bodies in hospitals and many others lying in various parts of Goma (…

The new Xaverian circumscription - Chad Delegation - has published its first “Flash - Sx, N° 01”.  The Superior Delegate, Fr. Antoine Ntabala Ntamwira, writes in his introduction to the liaison…

All members of the UK Circumscription were present at the "Conforti Center" in Coatbridge for our first Assembly of 2025 (January 29 and 30). We officially welcomed Fr. Maurice Cesar Ndje Ndje to the…

On the occasion of the Day of Human Fraternity, Tuesday, February 4, 2025, the Institut Oecuménique de Théologie Al Mowafaqa - Al Mowafaqa Ecumenical Institute of Theology in collaboration with the A…

The Xaverian Community of Propedeutic ("Tunas" - Yogyakarta) welcomed four missionaries belonging to the Missionary Families League  (B.M.F. - Bounded Missionary Families), coming from Italy, My…

On Saturday, February 1, 2025, several confreres took part at 5:00 PM in the Vatican Basilica in the celebration of the First Vespers of the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord and the XXIXth World…

On Sunday, February 2, 2025 - World Day of Consecrated Life - the Xaverian community of Viale Vaticano, belonging to the parish of San Gregorio VII, led by the Order of Friars Minor (OFM), participat…

On Tuesday, January 28th, 2025, Fr. Mauro Loda returned from Manila, the Philippines, where he took part in the yearly General Assembly of the Delegation (January 20-21, 2025).

On Saturday, February 1st, 2025, Frs. Fernando García Rodríguez and Fabien Kalehezo T’Chiribuka returned from N'Djamena, Ciad, where they took part in the first Assembly after the creation of the new…

On Saturday, February 01, 2025, at 5:00 PM, Pope Francis will preside over the celebration of First Vespers of the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord at St. Peter's Basilica, on the occasion of th…

“… Saint Paul offers us an encouraging message: ‘Hope does not disappoint’ (Rom 5:5); indeed, it strengthens us in times of trial… …Let us stop for a moment to reflect on how God remains close to th…

“It is almost certain that the rebels are in control of the city of Goma. Displaced people continue to pour into our parish of Ndosho. Our confreres are having difficulty counting them at the moment…

Let’s imagine... One issue of SxFlash announces that the following week, for example the following Monday, at 12.00 Rome time, there will be an hour of Xaverian Cultural Dialogue on Google Meet (DCX…

This video shares the inspiring journey of a couple volunteering with the Xaverian Missionaries in Km 48 (Catholic Church St. Joseph the Worker). They reflect on their understanding of mission, the a…

On January 28, 2025, the Xaverian “Tunas” (Propaedeutic) community in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, has participated in a Cultural Performance. This event was organized in collaboration with KUBINA. KUBINA…

The book entitled ‘Fellow Seekers of the Truth: Benedict XVI's Ecclesiology of Interreligious Dialogue’, by our confrere Fr. Rocco Viviano sx, has been published. The work, published in December 2024…

“More than 380 million Christians suffer high levels of persecution and discrimination for their faith.” Anti-Christian persecution grows, in a way as intense as has ever been documented in 32 years…

“Antiqua et Nova”. With wisdom both ancient and new, we are called to reflect on the current challenges and opportunities posed by scientific and technological advancements, particularly by the recen…