On Friday, June 12th, 2026, at 9:00 a.m., at the Theology Department of the Salesian Pontifical University, our confrere Deacon Didier Aksanti Mulondanyi will discuss his Licentiate’s thesis in Youth…

The Editions Croix du Salut has published the book “Church and Politics in Africa: Towards an Alternative with William Cavanaugh”, written by our confrere Louis Birabaluge Hakizimwami, a Congolese Xa…

An anonymous priest who lives in the Middle Kingdom writes a letter on the "administrative regulations" that prevent people under 18 from participating in religious activities. China’s constitution s…

We are delighted to share some news from our beloved community on the IV Floor of the Mother House. We are all doing quite well. The community now consists of 26 confreres, with the latest arrival be…

On Sunday, May 24, 2026, Archbishop of Taipei, Thomas Chung An-Zu celebrated Pentecost Sunday at the Xaverian Missionaries parish of St. Francis Xavier. During the Eucharistic celebration two adults…

“Money management is never neutral,” but always involves a moral and social responsibility. For this reason, investments must be coherent with the mission of the Church and oriented towards the commo…

“Thank you very much for the news about our beloved family”.  (“Muito obrigado pelas informações da nossa amada família”). (Amorim de Yazalde Mandava sx)

On May 15th, 2026, the website of the GD posted a contribution by our confrere Fr. Antonio Trettel illustrating the personality of Fr. Giovanni Bonardi: “I believe his figure has yet to be fully disc…

On one occasion, while we were chatting on the phone, a priest friend of mine from the Diocese of Parma told me: “I know that your Mother House welcomes people for days of retreat and is also a beaut…

The Xaverians living in Rome gathered at Viale Vaticano 40 for the last day of retreat of the academic year 2025-2026. This year, the monthly retreats were led by Bible scholar Rosanna Virgili. Follo…

On Sunday, May 24th, 2026, the community of the Missionaries of Mary–Xaverian Sisters residing in Via Trionfale, Rome, celebrated with 13 confreres (from the community of the Conforti College and tha…

From 23 to 27 February 2026, we gathered in São Paulo, Brazil, for the 14th Meeting of the Latin American Centre for Missionary Studies (CEMLA) at the Regional House of the Southern Brazil Region. Pr…

On May 15th, 2026, Pope Leo XIV signed his first encyclical. The following day, he established a new inter-dicasterial commission. Both actions deal with the same issue: artificial intelligence. Thes…

From April 27th to May 2nd, 2026 the Meeting of Formators and Vocation Promoters of the Americas was held at the regional house in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico. The meeting was attended by confreres comi…

On Sunday, May 17th, 2026, the community of the Theologate in Desio, MB, organized a party with the relatives and families of the Xaverian Missionaries coming from Desio and the surrounding region. R…

The General Directorate’s website recently published an article by our confrere Fr Armando Coletto. He posed this question: “Where are the Xaverians in Italy heading?”. His words prompted a number of…

Once again this year, I had the opportunity – and the pleasure – to attend the first of the two annual meetings of the group of former Sardinian Apostolini [lit. “little apostles”, i.e., Xaverian min…

Now it has become an annual tradition for us to gather in mid-May at the House of the General Direction in Rome for the meetings of the Council of the Xaverian Laity. We take advantage of this preci…

On May 13th, 2026, we joyfully and unassumingly celebrated the Feast Day of the Our Lady of Fatima in our Xaverian Missionary Shrine in Holliston. The Eucharist was presided at 6:00 in the evening by…

According to the “Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) 2026,” the number of people suffering from acute hunger has doubled over the past decade. The data of the year 2025 confirm this trend: 266 milli…

On Wednesday, May 20, 2026, at 6.15 pm, Mr Fulvio Paganelli, aged 77, brother of our confrere Bishop Natale Paganelli, passed away at his home in Grignano di Brembate, Bergamo, Italy. The Requiem Mas…

On Sunday, May 10th, 2026, Fr. Fabien Kalehezo T’Chiribuka returned from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

On Sunday May 24, 2026, marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Fr Francesco Marini. A number of friends, both Xaverians and others, gathered to remember him on Wednesday May 13, 2026, in Parma, a…

On Sunday May 10th, 2026, our confrere Fr. Eugenio Montesi was honoured by the Italian Community in Scotland. He has been awarded the “Annual Italian Scotland Medal” for his decades of care and suppo…

From May 27th to 29th, 2026, the 105th Assembly of the Union of General Superiors (USG) will be held in Sacrofano, Rome, on the theme Transmitting the Charism in the Service of Governance. On the f…

The young confreres who are participating in the Year of Xaverian Spirituality in Parma have invited Fr. Antonio Trettel, member of the Community of the Mother House, to illustrate the personality of…

While I am fortunate enough to be spending a sabbatical year dedicated to ongoing formation at the Mother House in Parma, I am delighted to help welcome visitors to our Chinese Art and Ethnographic M…

The Pontifical Institute of Theology of Consecrated Life, Claretianum, in Rome, has awarded our confrere Fr. José Ignacio Martínez González a diploma in “Financial Management of Ecclesiastical Instit…

On May 8, 2026, the community of pre-novitiate and novitiate of Bujumbura published on our social medias a song composed by the Novice Oscar NIVYIMANA entitled “YEZU YAZUTSE” which means “JESUS IS RI…

The Astalli Centre (Centro Astalli) is the Italian headquarters of Jesuit Refugee Service (JRS). Since 1981, the mission of the Centre has been that of accompanying, serving and defending refugees. D…

On May 2nd, 2026, around 400 students of the Liceo “Alfonso Gatto”, Agropoli, Salerno, organised a 4-kilometre-long “camminata sportiva e solidale” (charity walk) to demonstrate that solidarity is no…

From Friday May 08th to Sunday May 10th, 2026, the members of the pre-noviciate community of Bujumbura visited the Xaverian parish of Bugwana, located in the north of Burundi, in the Diocese of Muyin…

On Friday May 8, 2026, Fr Felipe de Jesús López Orozco returned from Mexico, after taking part in the meeting of the Xaverian Formators and Vocation Promoters from the Americas.

On Saturday May 9, 2026, Fr Mario Loda returned from Japan after leading a week of spiritual exercises for the confreres of the Japanese Circumscription.

From May 12th to June 5th, 2026, the General Direction will hold the 10th session of Council Meetings. Items in the agenda include: confirming the admissions to the diaconate and priestly ordinations…

Even the sceptics (myself included) are satisfied with the Pope’s apostolic visit to Cameroon. Truly, there was a section of the population who viewed the Pope’s arrival with suspicion, expecting a p…

On Friday, May 1st, 2026, in the Mother House, Parma, we had a day of celebration with the relatives of the Xaverian Missionaries. Many relatives of various Xaverians took part. During the Eucharisti…

On April 25–26, 2026, the Missionary Awareness Ministry of the Diocese of Novaliches organized a weekend of missionary awareness in the Parish of St. Anthony of Padua. The event involved approximatel…

The Pan-African Caravan for Peace and Unity in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is halfway through its journey. It set off on March 24 from Banana (on the Atlantic coast, at the mouth of the Cong…

On Saturday, May 9th, 2026, the yearly Convention of Missione Oggi will be held at Complesso San Cristo, Brescia, Italy. The Convention aims at providing an analysis of the current geopolitical situa…

Beppu, Japan, May 4th-9th, 2026. –  Seventeen Xaverians gathered for five days of spiritual exercises led by the Vicar General, Fr. Mauro Loda, in the quiet convent of Japanese nuns located in a…

On Sunday, May 3rd, after a long illness, Mrs Maria Giuseppina Maresca, mom of our confrere Fr. Rocco Viviano ([email protected]), passed away in Rufoli, Salerno, Italy. The Requiem Mass and funer…

Experiencing first-hand Pope Leo XIV’s visit to Africa was a great gift. As a Xaverian sister Missionary of Mary, based in Douala (Cameroon’s economic and demographic hub), I had the immense joy of a…

From 27 to 29 April 2026, under the guidance of the General Direction, the annual meeting of the General Commission for the Economy took place at the General House, Viale Vaticano, Rome. Those presen…

From April 12 to 16, 2026, the Xaverian confreres of the Burundian circumscription participated in their annual retreat, held at the community of the brothers and Sisters of the “Foyer de Charité de…

For the first time, seven catechists received the missionary mandate and were presented with the crucifix. In line with the Motu Proprio (Antiquum ministerium) by which, in May 2021, Pope Francis est…

To mark the 63rd World Day of Prayer for Vocations, a Mass was celebrated in the parish of St John the Baptist in Cahi, in the Archdiocese of Bukavu, DRC, by Monsignor Floribert Bashimbe, Vicar Gener…

Our confrere, Fr. Alfiero Ceresoli, missionary in Brazil, reflects on the Xaverian charism in the light of some recent addresses by Pope Leo XIV: Coincidences? Leo XIV: “Remember that you are broth…

From Holy Monday to Easter Sunday, we Dominggus Arianto Bere Dina and Solomon Bobson Kargbo had the grace to spend the Holy Week in the community of the Xaverian Missionaries in Salerno, Italy. For u…

On the Third Sunday of Easter, April 19, the members of the Pre-Novitiate and Novitiate community of Bujumbura, in coordination with the confreres serving in St. Guido Maria Conforti Parish of Kameng…