On Sunday 4 February 2024 we celebrate the International Day of Human Fraternity, indicated by the United Nations resolution of December 21, 2020, which established the date of 4 February, from 2021…

The traditional meeting of Italian missionaries working in the Philippines was held in the city of Tagaytay (Lungsod ng Tagaytay) in the province of Cavite (south of Manila) from January 15 to 18, 20…

On the occasion of the World Day of Prayer and Reflection against Trafficking (February 8, 2024), 50 young people, representatives of different organizations engaged worldwide in the fight against ex…

Fr. Mauro Loda will visit the community in Paris, France, from Monday January 29th to Friday February 2nd, 2024.

Servasius Haryono, best known as Azist, is a perpetually professed confrere (04.11.2023) and theology student in Parma. In the month of September 2023, he prepared a video which collects some short…

In his Message for the 2024 World Day of the Sick, the pope speaks of “antibodies” that are necessary in order to defeat the throwaway culture and the myth of efficiency and profit, which cause sense…

Elected by the Holy See on Saturday, December 16, 2023, the announcement of his election coincided with the day of his consecration (January 25, 2024). The Diocese of Zheng Zhou (Dioecesis Cemceuvens…

On January 8-11 2024, the Xaverian Missionaries (pastors, brothers and students) took part in Assembly activities held at the Canossa Retreat House in Bintaro, Jakarta, Indonesia. This assembly provi…

From 23 to 26 January 2024, the confreres of the South Brazil Region gathered together for their Annual Assembly in the city of Curitiba, Paraná. Among the various topics discussed, we would like to…

The fifth episode of the series “Together in the same Missionary Vocation and Martyrdom” illustrates the figure of Abbé Albert Joubert, 'martyr de la fraternité'.  Albert Joubert was born in St…

On Sunday, January 21st, 2024, the apostolate in charge of Interreligious Dialogue in our Xaverian Theologate organized its first meeting. The focus was on Islam. Fr. Fabien Kalehezo T’Chiribuka, Ge…

On Thursday, January 4th, 2024, Osservatore Romano published an article on the situation of the Rohingya refugees now present in the territory of the Bengali diocese of Chattogram (Chittagong). More…

On Saturday January 20th, 2024, the town council of Rosà City (Vicenza) unanimously awarded the “Città di Rosà” prize to Fr. Giovanni Didonè. This initiative was taken by a committee whose members, d…

On December 27th, 2023, Osservatore Romano published an article penned by Nicola Nicoletti and titled “Migranti e senzatetto ospitati nella casa dei Missionari Saveriani a Salerno: Dove la porta è se…

On Friday February 2nd, 2024, at 5:30 p.m. in St. Peter’s Basilica, Pope Francis will preside over the Eucharist, together with members of Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Li…

During the Angelus, at the end of the celebration of the "Sunday of the Word" (Sunday 21 January 2024), Pope Francis announced that "today we begin the Year of Prayer dedicated to rediscovering the g…

On Monday morning, January 22nd, 2024, 94-year-old Mr Angelo Brentegani, father of our confrere Fr. Gianni Brentegani passed away. The Requiem Mass was celebrated on Thursday, January 25th, 2024, at…

On January 16th, 2024, the Superior General, Fr. Fernando García Rodríguez s.x, with the consent of his Councilors, appointed the new Council of the Chinese Delegation. For well-known reasons, the na…

For the upcoming issue of iSaveriani n. 130 that lists the activities of the last part of the year 2023, the Superior General, Fr. Fernando García Rodríguez, writes an editorial piece in the form of…

On Saturday, January 20th, 2024, from Taiwan, the Superior General, Fr. Fernando García Rodríguez, and General Councillor, Fr. Sudarmanto, will visit the confreres of the Philippine Delegation – Mani…

From 04 to 07 January 2024, the Xaverians Missionaries of the Circumscription of North Brazil concluded their spiritual retreat led by our confrere Dom Adolfo Zon Pereira s.x., at the retreat house f…

The third episode of the series “Sharing in the Same Missionary Vocation and Martyrdom” illustrates the figure of martyr Fr. Luigi Carrara s.x. Fr. Luigi Carrara was born on March 3rd, 1933, in Corna…

The fourth episode of the series “Sharing in the Same Missionary Vocation and Martyrdom” introduces the figure of martyr Fr. Giovanni Didonè s.x. The video highlights the deep love of Fr. John Didonè…

From December 27th to 30th, 2023, a teenagers’ winter camp was held in the Xaverian house in Salerno, Italy. Main theme of the meetings was “Voce del Verbo” [“verbo” meaning both ‘verb’ and ‘word’ –…

“We are the sisters of Fr. Pio Pasini, a Xaverian in Japan. We would like to express our gratitude for your kind wishes of a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. We too cordially send our wishes to…

From Monday January 8th, 2024, to Friday January 12th, 2024, Fr. Mauro Loda paid a visit to the confreres of the UK Region. He took part in the yearly Assembly of the Region.

We began after lunch with the reading of the Gospel of the Day (Mark 1:21-28) and then Fr. Patrick Duffy welcomed the brothers to the Assembly. We also welcomed Fr. Mauro Loda sx, the Vicar General…

In Taipei, from 14 to 20 January 2024 there will be the Assembly of the Chinese Delegation. It is an eagerly awaited and particularly important meeting, due to the presence of the Superior General, t…

The theme for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity that will be held from January 18th to 25th, 2024, is “You shall love the Lord your God… and your neighbour as yourself” (Luke 10: 17). The prepar…

After more than 90 years of Xaverian presence in the Romagna region, starting from January 1th 2024, the first mass on Sundays and main feasts has been moved from the parish church of San Pietro in V…

The XV Cultural Week of the Xaverian Missionaries, held in Tavernerio (Como, Italy) from January 1st to 6th, 2024, aimed at exploring the theme of the "Synodal Way" in the context of the Transformati…

With the start of the new year, we are introducing a small technical innovation in the cataloguing of the digital resources available on the website of the Xaverian Documentation Centre in Rome under…

The Regional Chapter held in Izumisano, Japan (January 3rd-5th, 2024) elected the new Regional direction (January 4th, 2024): Regional Superior: Giovanni Paolo Succu s.x. Vice Regional Superior: Gi…

On Thursday, January 4th, 2024, Fr. Mauro Loda returned to Rome from a visit to the confreres of the Circumscriptions of Colombia (November 9th-27th, 2023) and Mexico (November 27th, 2023 – January 2…

The Superior General, Fr. Fernando García Rodríguez (January 10th, 2024), and General Councillor, Fr. Sudarmanto (January 12th, 2024), will go to Taipei, Taiwan, to meet the confreres of the Chinese…

MissioNet has planned a series of six documentaries in French, Italian and Spanish titled Insieme nella Vocazione Missionaria e nel Martirio (Sharing in the Same Missionary Vocation and Martyrdom). P…

On Wednesday, January 3rd, 2024, at 2:30 p.m. (Rome time), the formation teams of the communities of theological studies (Mexico City, Kinshasa, Manila, Parma and Yaoundé) met for their first on-line…

On Friday, December 22nd, 2023, thirteen volunteers of the ‘I was in prison’ Project, which is promoted by the Xaverian Charismatic Family of Salerno, Italy, visited the inmates in the correctional f…

The XXXIII Refresher Course for Theology Teachers took place at “Casa S. Juan de Ávila” in Rome, from December 27th to 29th, 2023. Fr. Mario Menin was the Xaverian participant. For the first time, th…

One bishop, eight priests, two non-ordained religious men, one seminarian, one novice and seven lay men and women: twenty are the “missionaries” murdered in 2023. News agency Agenzia Fides employs th…

The formation team of the Xaverian Laity (Lsx) in Italy prepared a booklet containing the formation programme proposed for this pastoral year. It is a formation journey which was created out of the r…

Our confrere, Fr. Renato Filippini s.x. published Living Out Today as an Opportunity. The Gospel of Jesus coming to you (St. Paul’s Publishers). In the introduction, the author explains that the book…

“...I share with fraternal joy the same missionary life programme of Antonio Germano that, in Bangladesh, with ‘two sticks... singing and walking (with a limp)’, begins his 85th spring in mission (cf…

The XV Cultural Week, which was organised by the Xaverian Missionaries on the theme The Synodal Path and held on-line, has just ended. The event began on Monday, January 1st, 2024, and ended in the e…

A letter was sent on December 9th, 2023, to each Superior of Circumscription. It contained forms to be filled with information about changes and new types of service of the confreres and included a d…

On Wednesday, January 3rd, 2024, Miss María Luisa Bardón López, aunt of our confrere Fr. Rafael Bardón Sedano, passed away at Quión Hospital, Madrid, Spain. Fr. Rafael is a member of the community i…

Pope Francis’ message for the 57th World Peace Day deals with the theme of Artificial Intelligence and Peace. During this year, which is about to end, we observed humanity as it crossed the boundarie…

On Wednesday, December 27th, 2023, the Superior General and General Councillor Fr. Sudarmanto, returned to Rome from Thailand (17-26 December 2023).

Our confrere Fr. Francesco Cavallo, member of the Xaverian community of Salerno, Italy, will turn 104 years old on Tuesday, January 2nd, 2024.   Taking up an invitation from the confreres…

The XVII Regional Chapter will take place at the Regional House in Izumisano (Osaka), on Thursday and Friday, January 4th and 5th, 2024. The agenda includes: a report on the situation of the Circums…