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The Newsletter of the Xaverian Missionaries

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On Tuesday, November 11, 2025, the Kobe Peace Research Institute hosted its annual Sunrise Prayer for World Peace, gathering religious leaders from across Japan and abroad. The event featured prayer…
14 November 2025
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From 3 to 7 November 2025, in the city of Bongor (Chad), the Xaverian Missionaries working in Chad held their Assembly. It was a time of discernment, a time to review their missionary journey togeth…
14 November 2025
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The St. Francis Xavier Philosophy community successfully held its “Open House" on November 9, 2025, with the topic “Xaverian Charismatic Family.” From 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m., the Xaverian community w…
14 November 2025
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The pastoral zone “Saint Guido Maria Conforti” in Toukra (N'Djamena – Chad) celebrated the feast of Saint Guido Maria Conforti, its patron saint, on Sunday, November 9, 2025. The Eucharist was presi…
14 November 2025
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On Saturday, 8 November, the Xaverian Missionaries in Japan hosted the first Menegazzo Memorial Lecture at the newly inaugurated Fr. Luigi Menegazzo Library in Izumisano. Fr. Robert Kisala, President…
14 November 2025
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During the celebration in Manila, Philippines, on 5 November, our confrere Sandi Pratama Fenat Michael Timothy professed his final vows in the hands of Fr. Patrick Santiañez Salazar at the Parish of…
14 November 2025
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The journal Recherches de Science Religieuse (RSR) published by Loyola Paris Faculties dedicates its October-December 2025 issue to the renewal of African theologies. It includes the article: ‘How do…
14 November 2025
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On Thursday, November 6th, 2025, Mrs Agustina Biak, 58-year-old mom of our confrere Fr. Yedrianus Mali, passed away in Wemasa, Halibot, Malaka, West Timor, NTT, Indonesia. The Requiem Mass and funera…
14 November 2025
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Based on consultations carried out by the confreres of the US Delegation on November 04th, 2025, the Superior General, with the consent of his Council, has appointed the new Council of the US Delegat…
07 November 2025
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From Sunday, November 9th, 2025, to Monday, November 17th, 2025, General Councillor Fr. Fabien Kalehezo T’Chiribuka will be with the Confreres in Morocco.
07 November 2025
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Frs. Fernando García Rodríguez (9–20 November 2025), Mauro Loda (11–20 November 2025) and Franciscus Xaverius Sudarmanto (12–25 November 2025) will be in Taipei, Taiwan, to take part in the COSUMA AS…
07 November 2025
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On Saturday, November 15th, 2025, in the church of Our Lady of the Victories Parish, our confrere Francis Richard Chidiebere Will be ordained deacon through the laying on of hands and the prayer of o…
07 November 2025
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The Basque Diocesan Mission Bilbao Foundation is the institution of the Bizkaia Church responsible for articulating the missionary dimension of the local Church in a prophetic and transformative mann…
07 November 2025
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From 26 to 28 October 2025, Shinmeizan was represented, upon invitation, by the Xaverian Missionary sister Maria De Giorgi mmx at the International Interreligious meeting organised by the Community o…
07 November 2025
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With this video we launch the series “Taiwan, a Mosaic of Religions”, produced by MissioNET.  The first episode, “Religious Diversity in Taiwan,” takes us into the island’s rich multireligious…
07 November 2025
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A placard in front of the main door of the Cathedral of Manila in Intramuros (i.e. the old city), calls faithful to wear white when going to church on Sunday, and to hang white ribbons in their homes…
07 November 2025
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Our confrere Rocco Puopolo was recently named as one of the recipients of the Bishop Cheverus Medal from the Archdiocese of Boston. Since 2008, the Archdiocese has honoured individuals recognized for…
07 November 2025
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On Sunday October 26th at Our Lady of the Rosary Parish in Brixton, the Catholic Missionary Union (CMU) celebrated its Silver Jubilee. For the past 25 years, the CMU has organised Mission Appeals in…
07 November 2025
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“Thank you for this letter, which reminds me of the commitments of my Xaverian choice. I hope that it will reawaken everywhere the fervour that animated our Father and Founder… My grateful fraternal…
07 November 2025
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On October 12, 2025, Mr. John Menéndez, brother of Fr. Adolph Menéndez, passed away in Tamarac, Florida, USA.  He was 86 years old. The Requiem Mass and funeral rites will be celebrated at the O…
07 November 2025
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Dear Brothers, The celebration of the Solemnity of St. Guido Maria Conforti, lived as a family feast, invites us to remember with gratitude our Founder. On this special day, we recall with admiratio…
31 October 2025
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On Sunday, October 5, 2025, at the parish church of Izumisano, the faithful of the Kishiwada Circle gathered to celebrate World Mission Sunday 2025 —an event that united believers of various national…
31 October 2025
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The September-October 2025 issue of the Xaverian magazine Missione Oggi publishes the first part of an interview with Fr. Meo Elia by Missionary of Mary–Xaverian Sister, Teresina Caffi. By way of in…
31 October 2025
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In Mexico, Centro Social Católico Santiago Apóstol celebrates two years of activity. The city of Torreón is located in the northern part of the Country – a dry and extremely hot land. Here, migrants…
31 October 2025
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On Wednesday, October 22nd, 2025, in Aula Paolo VI, Vatican, Pope Leo addressed a delegation of “Fraternité Monseigneur Courtney” on pilgrimage to Rome. This Fraternité is committed to honour the mem…
31 October 2025
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“PARMA NEGLI ANNI.” The 13th Confortian Cultural Afternoon is scheduled for Friday, November 7th, 2025, at 4:00 p.m., in Parma. The event, which is organised by Amici del 5 Novembre (November 5th Fri…
31 October 2025
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On Saturday, March 25th, 2025, the Xaverian missionaries who reside in Rome spent together a day of retreat at the “Msgr. Conforti” College to prepare for the upcoming feast of the Holy Founder. The…
31 October 2025
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We share the greeting addressed in French (and written in Arabic) to the community during breakfast on Wednesday, 29 October 2025, by Professor Youssef Nouiouar, before his return to Morocco, after h…
31 October 2025
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On Thursday, October 30, 2025, at 8:11 p.m. (Indonesian time), at the Sint Carolus Hospital in Jakarta, Indonesia, our confrere Fr. Sandro (Italico, Emmanuele) Peccati passed away. Fr. Sandro was 91…
31 October 2025
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On Sunday, October 19th, 2025, Fr. Mauro Loda returned to Rome after a visit to the confreres of the Delegation of Mozambique.
24 October 2025
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On Saturday, October 25, 2025, Fr. Fabien Kalehezo T’Chiribuka returned to Rome after visiting the confreres in the Delegation of Mozambique.
24 October 2025
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On Tuesday, October 28th, 2025, Fr. Mauro Loda and Fr. Felipe de Jesús López Orozco will go to pay a visit to the confreres of Delegation of the USA and take part in their Delegation Assembly (Novemb…
24 October 2025
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To prepare for the upcoming Conference on the Xaverian’s Humanity (Convegno sul Volto Umano del Saveriano), that will take place at the Mother House in Parma, from June 17th to 28th, 2026, the Genera…
24 October 2025
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On Saturday, October 18, 2025 the Diocese of Novaliches, Philippines, celebrated World Mission Day. The event took place in the parish of St. Anthony of Padua, where our former confrere Fr. Rodrigo V…
24 October 2025
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On Thursday, 23 October 2025, at the Pontifical Lateran University in Rome, our confrere Fr. Adriano Cunha Lima defended his bachelor's thesis in Peace Sciences. The bachelor's degree (B.A.) is part…
24 October 2025
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The number of Catholics in the five continents, including Europe, is growing, but that of priests and nuns is declining globally. Out of a world population of 7,9 billion people, the number of Catho…
24 October 2025
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On October 10, 2025, the Archbishop of Jakarta, Card. Ignatius Suharyo Hardjoatmodjo, presided over the Eucharist together with the Xaverian confreres at Toasebio Parish in Jakarta to celebrate the 7…
24 October 2025
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The virtual Jubilee (October 14th-15th, 2025) of the native peoples of Latin America and the Caribbean has come to a conclusion. It has been an occasion for sharing experiences, like pilgrims of hope…
24 October 2025
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“Labor, education, housing and health are the foundations of a security that will never be attained by the use of arms.” These are the conditions indicated by Leo XIV in his message for the 9th World…
24 October 2025
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In the context of the Jubilee Year 2025, on Sunday, October 19th, the Church celebrates the 99th World Mission Day. At the heart of Mission Day are the very words uttered by the Risen Lord: “For God…
17 October 2025
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Our confrere Fr Romualdus Juang collected and wrote down the brief testimony of our confrere Fr Alessandro Galeani, missionary in Japan since 1959, on the occasion of the celebration of the 70th anni…
17 October 2025
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On Saturday, October 18, at 5 p.m., at Casa Cini (Ferrara, Via Boccacanale di S. Stefano, 24), the book “Missionis Gaudium. The Joy of the Gospel” (Quaderni CEDOC SFR, 55) will be presented. It is a…
17 October 2025
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The new digital edition of the Address Book 2025 has been uploaded to the General Direction website. The new printed edition is also ready to be sent to the Xaverian Circumscriptions. Brother Maurizi…
17 October 2025
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On Tuesday, October 7th, 2025, the book “Le grenier de la mémoire. L'utilisation des plantes sauvages et cultivées chez les Masa du Cameroun et Tchad” (A Granary of Memory. – The Usage of Wild and Cu…
17 October 2025
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After a month in Desio, Monza Brianza, Italy, to start the new journey of the European Theologate, on Tuesday, September 16th, 2025, we began our Academic Year 2025-2026 at Facoltà Teologica (School…
17 October 2025
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The Jubilee Year has been the occasion for the missionary circles to meet in Rome on October 4th-5th, 2025, to celebrate the Jubilee of the Missions and of Migrants. This event was attended by lay an…
17 October 2025
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“…He understood how to accept every situation with docility, welcoming it as an indication of the path traced for him by Divine Providence. In every circumstance, even in debilitating periods of illn…
17 October 2025
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On Saturday, October 4, 2025, Bintaro Parish held an Indonesian Sign Language training session to commemorate the International Sign Language Day, 2025. The event invited all parishioners, especially…
17 October 2025
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The Festival della Missione has concluded. Four days (October 9-12, 2025) gave voice to the peripheries through testimonies, investigations, and workshops. Piazza Castello hosted “Disarmed. Faces of…
17 October 2025
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"... I keep following news from Philippines of the earthquake every now and then. It seems the whole country is shaking. My family is safe thanks be to God. No big damages in my hometown [Bayabas, Da…
17 October 2025
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