Once again this year, as every year since 2003, at the request of Kitakyushu University of Industrial Medicine, on August 3rd-5th and August 18th-20th, Shinmeizan organized two short training courses…

The Founder of the Xaverian Missionary Sisters of Mary, the Venerable Mother Celestina Bottego, died forty-four years ago. In the little but precious book that collects the reflections of some theolo…

Olga Raschietti, Lucia Pulici and Bernardetta Boggia were three of our sisters. They were cruelly slaughtered ten years ago, on September 7th and 8th, 2014, in Kamenge (Burundi). Upon receiving that…

On Wednesday, September 11th, 2024, the Xaverian missionaries will hand in Santa Cruz Parish to the local church. As early as October 29th, 1974, Fr. Achille Figini arrived to this small community of…

Below we share a message from Sr. María Aureliana Aguirre Rodríguez, former Superior General of the Passionist Sisters in Mexico, who is currently missionary in Lubumbashi, DRC: “It is with great jo…

For the internally displaced people of the Democratic Republic of Congo – in total more than seven million, of which about two and a half million are in the sole province of Northern Kivu – selling f…

On Wednesday, August 14th, 2024, Religious Sister Rosaria Amato, sister of Fr. Sebastiano Amato, passed away. Fr. Sebastiano is a member of the Xaverian community of Kindu – Basoko (Cité de Jeunes)…

On Monday, August 26th, 2024, at 9:00 a.m. (local time), in Ruteng Cathedral, Flores Island, Indonesia, our confrere Yuventus Yonavan Cahyono will be ordained priest through the laying on of hands an…

Father General's reflection on the Beatification of the Martyrs of Baraka and Fizi, Uvira, DRC has been uploaded on the DG website. The beatification of three Xaverian confreres and the diocesan prie…

Since Friday, August 09, 2024, our confreres in our communities and the Christians in their respective parishes have been praying the Novena in preparation for the beatification, with the possibility…

Our confrere Fr Juan Juárez García has prepared an activity book for children and young people on the 4 martyrs. Besides providing a range of biographical information on these 4 witnesses, the exerci…

Once again, this year, as every year since 1987, on August 4th, the “Summit of Religions” took place on Mount Hiei in Kyoto, the headquarters of Tendai Buddhism. The Summit, which is Japan’s most imp…

Three new profiles have been uploaded on the DG website in these days: Fr Giuseppe Ibba, Fr Fernando Abis and Br Renato Tosatto. We would like to take this opportunity to express our heartfelt thank…

Pope Francis wrote a Letter on the role of literature in formation, which he addressed to priests, to “all pastoral agents,” but also to “every Christian.” Anyone who has an educational role is calle…

The Dicastery for Evangelization has appointed our confrere Fr Alfonsus Widhiwiryawan as National Director of the Pontifical Missionary Societies (POM) in Indonesia for a five-year term. He will begi…

According to the annual report by the Indigenist Missionary Council (C.I.MI.)– an agency of the Brazilian Bishops’ Conference that has been committed to defending native peoples for more than half a…

“The devastation is getting worse every day,” said Sheku Jusu, 36, conservation officer of Sierra Leone’s “National Protected Areas Autority,” the agency tasked with preserving the country’s biodiver…

Fr. Faustino Turco, the Postulator General, has prepared a booklet in which he narrates the origin of the Marian shrine built by the Xaverian Bishop Danilo Catarzi, the first bishop of the Dioceses o…

The preparation Novena to the beatification of the martyrs of Baraka and Fizi is now also available in the Indonesian language: "Novena Persiapan Beatifikasi Para Martir Uvira (RD Congo) 18 Agustus 2…

After his return to Rome from Spain (Sunday, August 11th, 2024), the Superior General, Fr. Fernando García Rodríguez, on Wednesday August 14th, 2024, will head to the Democratic Republic of the Congo…

The iSaveriani Information Bulletin No. 132, corresponding to the III General Council (May-June 2024), has been uploaded to the GD website. It contains Father General's familiar editorial on "Saints…

The meeting of the Centre d’Études Africaines (CEA) was held in Bujumbura (Burundi) from 05 to 08 August 2024. The aim was to evaluate the progress made and to consider how to revitalise the work of…

From July 28th to August 3rd, 2024, the Xaverian Laity in Italy met for their usual summer camp in Nocera Umbra (Perugia, Italy). The camp provides an opportunity for assembly discussion and decision…

Fr Gilbert Mbula Niyitegeka sx, rector of the Theology community in Yaoundé, Cameroon, shared a reflection entitled 'Sans savoir que la communauté n'est pas une organisation, mais une vocation' ('Wit…

The establishment of the Mexican Inter-congregational Institute of Theological Studies (or IFTIM) is one of the most positive memories and events in the history of the Xaverian International Theologa…

Under pressure from student and anti-government protests that have been going on for weeks in the country, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina has resigned and already left Bangladesh. The head of the army…

They fiercely attack and then flight. This has been going on since 2017 in Cabo Delgado, Mozambique’s northernmost and poorest province. Joint pressure from Mozambican soldiers and their Rwandan and…

On Friday, August 2nd, 2024, Mrs Rosalia N’Bashengo, mom of Fr. Nyagasaza Côme Bideri Mandevu, passed away in Rwanda. Fr. Nyagasaza Côme is currently incardinated ad experimentum in the diocese of La…

On Wednesday, July 24, 2024, in the early morning, the volume of water in the Marikina River reached an alarming level due to the continued rain brought by super typhoon Carina. From the manageable 1…

On Wednesday, July 24, 2024, the Xaverian Missionaries celebrated 70 years of presence in Londrina, Paranà, Brazil. To mark this event and as a thanksgiving to God for his goodness and for continuing…

On Wednesday, July 17, 2024, the 4th meeting of the General Bursars of the eight Missionary Institutes of Italian origin (masculine and feminine) was held at the General House of the P.I.M.E. Mission…

The Superior General of the Missionary Society Boa Nova (Good News e.d.), SMBN, (Portugal), Fr. Adelino Ascenso, who, while working as a missionary in Japan, visited Shinmeizan several times, was inv…

On Wednesday, July 31, 2024, the Université Catholique du Congo (UCC) and the Université St Augustin de Kinshasa (USAKIN) closed the academic year. They celebrated the graduation ceremony by awarding…

The second updated digital edition of the Personnel Directory 2024 (Stato del Personale 2024) has been uploaded. Its precise and timely update depends primarily on the detailed communication from the…

From Desio and Vicenza, Emanuele Buratti and Serena Arosio shared about the visit of Msgr Paolo Andreolli, a Xaverian Bishop in Brazil, to his hometown of Cagnano (Fr. Michele Carlini, was also prese…

More than 10 million people, accounting for more than 20 percent of Sudan's population, had to leave their homes due to the war that has been raging since April 2023, according to the latest report b…

"… Jesus is concerned about the disciples' tiredness. Perhaps he is aware of a danger that can also affect our lives and our apostolate — for example, when the enthusiasm for carrying out the mission…

On Saturday, July 27, 2024, around 8:30 p.m., at the Pascale Hospital in Naples, Italy, our confrere Fr. Claudio Romeo Marano passed away. He had been in intensive care for several days. Fr. Claudio…

On Tuesday, July 23, 2024, Fr. Fernando García Rodríguez traveled to Spain. He will be back in Rome on Sunday, August 11, 2024.

A ‘window’ dedicated to the beatification of the martyrs of Baraka and Fizi (DRC) has been opened. This window will be the reference point for all the information, documentation and aids (news, artic…

As the celebration of the beatification of the martyrs of Baraka and Fizi approaches (Uvira, DRC, August 18, 2024), several people have expressed the desire to prepare themselves through prayer. A no…

The website of the Italian Region presents the song "The Blood of the Martyrs," a hymn to the Martyrs of Baraka and Fizi (DRC): Fr. Luigi Carrara, Fr. Giovanni Didonè, Br. Vittorio Faccin, and Abbé A…

On Sunday, 21 July 2024, the parish of St. Bernard celebrated a classic Xaverian missionary day. All the Sunday offerings as well as the monthly offering for the parish were donated for the Xaverian…

On Sunday, July 14, 2024, the Eucharistic celebration concluded a week (July 8-14) of group activities. Youth, young adults, and adults (animators) joined not by age or origin but by enthusiasm for p…

“…I am a 29-year-old man from the province of Salerno (Italia, editor's note). I was able to get your personal email from Fr. Gaël Anantia of the Xaverian house in Salerno. I have actually been tryin…

On June 7, the formation house of the Xaverian Missionaries in Panzi, Bukavu, welcomed a group of eighteen people from Bujumbura - Burundi. They were men and women, members of the Lay Xaverian Missio…

"... thanks to Fr. Fabien Kalehezo T'Chiribuka – I received with joy the Stato del Personale 2024 and the official Anagrafe Saveriana 2024. I imagine a truly Lilliputian work of enormous patience. Th…

The double issue 18/3–4 of Quaderni del CSA was published on 1 July. In this issue’s editorial, CSA Director Fr Rocco Viviano sx writes on ‘The Missionary Nature of the Synod of Bishops. Thoughts on…

On Friday, July 19, 2024, the streets of Dhaka appeared virtually deserted as troops and armored vehicles patrolled the megacity of 20 million people. Unrest in recent days has claimed more than a hu…

How to be a missionary synodal Church? The Instrumentum Laboris (IL) for the next session of the Bishops' Synod moves from this fundamental question. The theme of the Synod, scheduled to take place f…