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…

After some months spent in Rome to study Italian, and after the enriching period of formation in Parma as part of the group that participated in the Anno della Saverianità (or as Saverianisti), I wou…

On Sunday, April 19th, 2026, Mrs Teresina Fumagalli, 94-year-old sister of our late confrere Br. Angelo Fumagalli (d. April 2th, 2023, in the Mother House, Parma), passed away in Desio, Monza-Brianza…

In accordance with the Constitutions, no. 82, and General Rule, no. 82.1, and with the consent of his councillors, the Superior General, by decree dated March 12th, 2026, modified the legal status of…

On Monday April 20th, 2026, the UK Xaverian Circumscription welcomed Fr. Mauro Loda for an historic moment for the region. In accordance with outcomes of the XVIII General Chapter and the support o…

The printed edition of Personnel Directory 2026 (Stato del Personale 2026) has been released (the draft was sent to press on March 20th, 2026) and will be soon mailed to the circumscriptions. …

Every year, during the Easter Triduum, the community in Fnideq welcomes a group of youth from Spain to celebrate Easter as encounter. This is, in fact, the theme we propose to the youth who want to t…

This year I have the opportunity to participate in the program of the “Year of Xaverian Spirituality”. There are 8 Xaverians who participate in the program: 5 Indonesians, 1 Mexican, 1 Chadian, 1 Sie…

Warfare, violence and serious human rights violations are forcing over 123 million people worldwide to flee their homes. The UN High Commissioner for Refugees highlights that this situation is fuelle…

“Dear missionaries, I am Emanuela, Father Sandro Peccati’s niece. Yesterday, my father Alfredo received the parcel containing the biographical sketch “In Memoriam” written by Father Gabriele Ferrari…

The American historian, Henry Adams said, “All experience is an arc to build upon.” Brother Siprianus Sagoroujou Sokkot and I arrived in Taranto on 31 March 2026 by train. Taranto is far from Parma w…

On Sunday, April 19th, 2026, Mrs Maria Vavassori, the 81-year-old sister of our late confrere Fr. Simone Vavassori (d. February 10th, 2004, in Bukavu, DRC) passed away in Predore, Bergamo, Italy. The…

Easter Vigil: Parish in Kamenge: 395 baptisms of adults; 9 confirmations; 9 weddings*. Parish in Bugwana: 20 baptisms of adults and 34 weddings. Easter Sunday: Parish in Kamenge: 168 bapti…

From Sunday, April 19th, to Thursday, April 23rd, 2026, Fr. Mauro Loda will be in Scotland to take part in the Assembly of the UK Circumscription.

From Sunday, April 19th, to Thursday, May 7th, 2026, Fr. Felipe de Jesús López Orozco will be in Mexico to take part in the meeting of the Xaverian Formators and Vocation Promoters in the Americas.

Celestina Bottego said her “yes” at a historic moment of great uncertainty, when everything gave cause for fear and caution. Parma was being bombed, her family home occupied by the Germans; like Fr G…