As usual, Shinmeizan (House of Prayer and Centre for Interreligious Dialogue) sends on time its Christmas wishes to the Xaverian Family. The wishes are signed by the members of the community that res…

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…

The December 2023 issue of the monthly digital bulletin Agenda gathers various “News from the Mission.” Angela Marano relates her recent trip to Goma, Democratic Republic of the Congo, together with…

“As this 2023 comes to an end, taking away with itself my 84 years and leaving me with two sticks to help me walk with a limp, the joy and sense of urgency for proclaiming the good news of salvation…

Our confreres of the Circumscription of Thailand send their Christmas wishes, and those of a group of Thai friends, through a video. It contains just few words and many faces and gestures of blessing…

With Saturday January 13, 2024, begins the series of events that have the potential, during this year, to mark notable turning points in the history of mankind. Presidential and parliamentary electi…

On Wednesday, December 27th, 2023, Mr. Alziro Bortoloci, brother of our confrere Fr. João Bortoloci Filho, passed away at the Santa Casa Hospital in Londrina, Brazil. On the same day, Mrs. Neuza Mass…

“Christmas is the great dawn of our liberation; The newborn Jesus Christ is the sun of justice that rises in the world to remove the shadows of death. Hence, I have no other word to repeat but this…

Martyr Fr. Luigi Carrara s.x.  « Si tu veux me tuer, je préfère mourir ici près de mon frère».  If you want to kill me, then I prefer to die here, next to my brother.   Marty…

“Be missionary of God’s love and tenderness. With these words by Pope Francis, we wish all Xaverian Missionaries a joyful Christmas of daring service and loyalty to the missionary call among those wh…

On Saturday, December 9th, 2023, the Xaverian community of Nogent-sur-Marne celebrated the feast of Saint Francis Xavier. Together with the clergy of Saint Saturnin’s parish, the Pauline Fathers, the…

After the death of Fr. Raimondo Sommacal s.x., who held the position of Director of the Diocesan Office for Ministry among Migrants, and with the aim to ensure continuity to the service provided by s…

On Monday, December 11th, 2023, the MissioNET team led by confrere Héctor Gabriel Arroyo Salcido organized an online meeting with delegates from Xaverian circumscriptions in Africa. The aim was twofo…

“Let us walk together in justice” is the title of the message of the Catholic bishops of the Chadian nation for Christmas 2023. The letter is divided into three parts (I. What we believe: justice is…

During the General Audience of Wednesday, December 13th, 2023, the cycle of catecheses dedicated to the apostolic zeal reached the end. Pope Francis in his brief catechesis touched upon the following…

On Friday 22 December 2023, Sister Pia Bianca Maria Arienti, better known as Maria Pia, died at the Mother House of the Missionaries of Mary – Xaverian Sisters, in Parma. She was 93 years old. Maria…

“The Lord could not have been more benevolent towards us”. (LT 1) On Thursday, December 14th, 2023, during the audience granted to Cardinal Marcello Semeraro, prefect of the Dicastery for the Causes…

The Regional Chapter held in Khulna, Bangladesh (December 06th-11th, 2023), has elected the new Regional Council: Regional Superior: Lorenzo Valoti s.x. Vice Regional Superior: Melecio Cuevas Contr…

On Sunday, December 17th, 2023, Frs. Fernando García Rodríguez and Sudarmanto will leave Bangladesh and travel to the Delegation of Thailand on a visit to the confreres. Their return to Rome is sched…

There is no simpler, more affectionate, and direct thought than wishing a Merry Christmas to the members of ‘a community that takes care of the fragility of some confreres,’ which is what we are and…

Recognizing the overwhelming feeling of joy experienced by the Kings of the East when guided by the star to meet the baby Jesus, we wish all Xaverian family in the world a Merry Christmas. May the sa…

It is beautiful to communicate among us, brothers committed to the proclamation of the Gospel, in this Christmas season. Christmas belongs to us for it is the source of mission. Jesus, who comes, go…

On Thursday, December 7th, 2023, the Xaverian Propaedeutic community celebrated an important day during a conference on the theme "Synodality in religious and priestly training". Fr. Dieudonné NIYIBI…

Hosted by the community of the Xaverian Missionaries of the Mother House in Parma, the Xaverian Laity gathered from December 8th to 10th, 2023 for their usual winter camp. For the groups present in I…

During Advent, in Mexico and in other places, a type of procession commemorates Joseph and Mary's search for hospitality while waiting for the birth of Jesus: they are called las Posadas (the inns)…

Excerpts from the message:  We need to remember that scientific research and technological innovations are not disembodied and “neutral”,but subject to cultural influences. As fully human act…

On Thursday, December 14th, around 3:00 a.m., Mr. Maurice Rumama Compagnie, father of our confrere and general councillor Fr. Fabien Kalehezo T’Chiribuka, passed away at Hôpital Général d'Uvira whe…

On Sunday, December 10th, 2023, in the parish of St Paul Cathedral, Uvira, DRC, our confrere Mark Bangura Gbama will be ordained deacon through the laying on of hands and the prayer of ordination of…

Thanks to the generous effort of various confreres who regularly provide the translations of the official Xaverian documents in the most widespread languages of the Institute, the French, Indonesian…

Celebrating the feast of St Francis Xavier with Sufi brothers and sisters has already become a tradition in Morocco. We are united in this celebration by the desire to “make a single family embracing…

A piano recital has been organized on December 1st to mark the 1st anniversary of Saint Francis Xavier Oratory Chapel in Umphang. Two professional pianists from Bangkok and Chonburi have offered over…

 “God chooses one in order to love everyone, to reach everyone.” This what the Pope emphasised during his catechesis on the passion for evangelisation.  The Lord desires this, that His Gosp…

Sunday, December 10th, 2023, will mark the 75th anniversary of the adoption of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights. It is a fundamental text of the United Nations that, on the ashes of World Wa…

Following the Novena that highlighted some characteristics of Saint Francis Xavier, the “Tunas” community (Propaedeutic) in Yogyakarta, Indonesia, joyously celebrated our Patron and Model, uniting in…

On Saturday, December 2nd, 2023, we dedicated the morning for a recollection led by our confrere Fr. Robert Kowa Sado, presently pursuing MA studies in Moral Theology. In his reflection, Fr. Robert h…

On Saturday, December 2nd, 2023,  Fr. Ottavio Angioni, parish priest in Serri (near Mandas), Sardinia, and his community, welcomed a statue of St Francis Xavier which was restored by a local fam…

On Monday, December 4th, 2023, around 4 p.m. (local time), our 89-year-old confrere, Fr. Livio Rinaldo Salvetti, passed away in Khulna, at the Domus or regional house of the Xaverian Missionaries in…

“…Dear brothers, we would like to share with you, in this issue of iQuaderni 129 and in light of the documents of the XVIIIGCh, the programmatic lines we have prepared as a General Council for the ne…

Excerpt from a Speech our Founder Delivered in St Rocco Church, Parma, to mark the passage of Xavier’s relic (arm) – January 22nd, 1923: The Lord can always be admired in his saints and so it was es…

On Sunday, December 10th, 2023, in the parish of St Paul Cathedral, Uvira, DRC, our confrere Mark Bangura Gbama will be ordained deacon through the laying on of hands and the prayer of ordination of…

This year, the Friends of November 5th have organised the pomeriggio Confortiano (Confortian afternoon), which takes place annually in November, for the later date of December 5th, 2023. Theme of the…

On our website we have uploaded the first draft of Anagrafe dei Missionary Saveriani (Register of the Xaverian Missionaries’ Data) which was updated on November 30th, 2023. This draft is the result o…

Strengthening university chaplaincies 1) for spiritual growth, 2) for cultural work and 3) for the creation of communities: these were the three objectives of the I° Meeting of University Chaplains a…

The Xaverian House of Vicenza opened the exhibition of presepi (Christmas cribs) on time, like every year. Volunteers, with their leaders Attilia and Vanda, work throughout the year to prepare this a…

Accompanied by the Xaverian community of Hortolândia (BR), a group of lay people from Campinas and the surrounding area have recently established a religious association called “Madonna della Strada”…

Most of the Confreres serving in the USA gathered in Holliston, MA, from Nov. 5-10, 2023, to affirm the purpose of the Delegation in light of its Mission and Vision Statements and consider its direct…

During the meeting of the delegates of the Asian Circumscriptions, in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of Congo, it was decided to start visiting other countries, where we are not present yet, to explore…

Last November 26 and 27, 2023 the group of the Lay Xaverian in the Philippines held their annual two-day Recollection and Evaluation. This marks the end of their year-long journey and the beginning o…

As part of his ordinary visits in the Dioceses of Congo for animation, ongoing formation on the Pontifical Missionary Works and meetings with young people in formation houses, the National Director o…

During the General Assembly of the Pontifical Missionary Societies, held on 20 November 2023 in Brazil, the appointment of the new national secretary of the Pontifical Missionary Union was announced…