On Friday, October 27th, 2023, at 6:00 p.m., in St Peter Basilica, Rome, Pope Francis presided over a prayer to “implore peace upon our days, peace upon our world.” Also, sisters and brothers from t…

On Saturday, October 28th, 2023, our confrere, Fr. Franciscus Xavier Sadono Agung Widodo, led a day of reflection and prayer in preparation for the Feast of St Guido Maria Conforti. His meditation –…

On October 28th, Fr. Tiziano Tosolini s.x. took part in the Forum: “Theology of peace: the contribution of religions to a peaceful coexistence” organised by the Centro Studi Interreligiosi of the Gre…

On Sunday, October 29th, 2023, Mrs Wally Grazia Cruder, sister of our confrere Fr. Mario Cruder, passed away at the home for the elderly in Tarcento, Udine, Italy. Fr. Mario is a member of the commun…

YAOUNDÉ, CAMEROON, INTERNATIONAL THEOLOGATE – JESUS THE GOOD SHEPHERD: PERPETUAL PROFESSIONS  On Saturday, November 4th, 2023, at 10:00 a.m., our confreres Ambrosius Agung Surya Mentaram, Adria…

The Superior General with the members of his Council will spend the first days of November 2023 with the brothers of the Mother House. During their stay in Parma, in addition to taking part in the ce…

Mr. Franco Ferrari is a member of the editorial committee of our magazine Missione Oggi. He is a journalist accredited at the Vatican Press Office during the Synod. Guest of the community of the Gene…

In Maniktola, Khulna, at the Centre for Mission Awareness and Vocations Promotion of the Xaverians in Bangladesh, we celebrated World Mission Day. Theme of the whole day was the one indicated by Pope…

In an article titled “Le Laïcat des Missionnaires Xavériens (abbreviation: LAMIX-Kinshasa)”, published on the blog of the Xaverian Theologate of Kinshasa, DRC, and posted on the website https://afriq…

An amateur video presents the witness of Fr. Erasto Torres Carpio s.x.: his life experience from the beginning of his vocational journey to the study of the Thai language. Our confrere’s sharing quot…

I would like to pay a special tribute to you all Missionaries, past and present, who have devoted yourselves, without counting the cost, to the task of transmitting the light of the Christian faith t…

"On the 5th of October the Xaverian UK Province organized, hosted and facilitated a national event for Christians in Scotland in the Conforti Centre in Coatbridge, as part of the annual challeng…

In the lead up to World Mission Day 2023, “Hearts on fire, feet on the move,” the Diocese of Rome organised a missionary vigil of prayer on Saturday, October 21st, 2023. Religious institutes were in…

The papal catechesis on the apostolic zeal, zeal for the proclamation of the Gospel, continues. On Wednesday, October 18th, 2023, Pope Francis presented the figure of St Charles de Foucauld who, “dra…

On Saturday, October 1st, 2023, we had Cardinal Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovithavanij, Archbishop of Bangkok (Thailand), over for lunch. He is currently in Rome to participate in the Synod. His fam…

There are 1.37 billion Catholics in the world, indicating an overall increase of 16.2 million faithful. The growth has been observed in all continents except for Europe (where there has been a decre…

Sunday, October 22nd, 2023, Mrs Astride Kjiebi, mother of our confrere Fr. Guy Adolph Khasa Mvumby, passed away in Boma (Lower Congo). On Friday, November 3rd, 2023, the body of mum Astride Kjiebi wi…

During the month of October, Spanish webzine Vida Nueva published an interview with Fr. Fernando García Rodríguez under the title “El misionero le recuerda a la Iglesia su razón de ser” (The Missiona…

Taking the opportunity of their ad limina visit to Rome, the pastors of the ecclesiastical province of Kivu, bishops Melchisédech Sikuli, Willy Ngumbi and Placide Lubamba, respectively ordinary of Be…

A brief amateur video introduces the missionary witness of our confrere Fr. Giovanni Matteazzi. Addressing whoever feels attracted to this calling, Fr. Giovanni affirms: “It is a beautiful life.” ht…

A quote from Pope Benedict XVI’s homily during the Mass for the canonization of Blesseds Guido Maria Conforti (1865-1931), Luigi Guanella (1842-1915) and Bonifacia Rodríguez De Castro (1837-1905): P…

The Venerable Servant of God, Pietro Uccelli (March 10th, 1874 – October 29th, 1954). He was declared venerable on May 19th, 2018. … Since the beginning, his priesthood was marked by the Encyclical…

From October 15th to 22nd, 2023, the Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in the outskirts of São Paulo holds a missionary week to prepare for World Mission Day. Apart from paying “missionary visits” to the…

As part of a series of interviews released on his social network “Vocações On Life”, this week Fr. Gabriele Guarnieri s.x. introduces a conversation he had with the General Postulator, Fr. Faustino T…

Thanks to the generous and patient work of various confreres, the translations into French, English and Portuguese of Documents of the XVIII General Chapter are already available for download. The Sp…

On Sunday, October 15th, 2023, at around 6:00 a.m., our 76-year-old confrere Fr. Pierluigi Felotti passed away at the Hospital of Parma. He was born on December 28th, 1946, in Calcinate, Bergamo (I…

On Saturday, September 30th, 2023, to mark the anniversary of the martyrdom of our confrere Fr. Aldo Marchiol, the community of St Pius X Parish in Udine gathered in great number to celebrate and tha…

In August 2021, the book Incontri di catechesi per ministranti e l’Eucaristia (Meetings of Catechesis for Altar Servers – The Eucharist) was put out. It collects a series of catecheses that our confr…

The return (at the end of August) of the fourth-year professed theology students from their Ignatian retreat, the homecoming of those who went on “apostolic” vacation to the East of the country, the…

On October 5th-6th, Vita Trentina, the news weekly of the Diocese of Trento chaired a panel convened to present the book Contentissimo di essere in Cina (Very Happy To Be In China) written by Fr. Gab…

One week after the other, the house in Vicenza is enriched by multiple missionary events. Starting from September, it has been celebrating for some important appointments: Tuesday September 12th: me…

Agenda Biblica Missionaria 2024 (Biblical Missionary Diary 2024), subtitled Le parole della Missione (the Words of Mission), is the last missionary diary published by the old EMI (i.e., Italian Missi…

To mark the 60th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood, confrere Fr. Giovanni Murazzo (who has been working in the circumscription of South Brazil from 1974 to 1987, and from 1995 to the pr…

On Monday, October 9th, 2023, 85-year-old Mr Raffaele Veniero, brother of our confrere Fr. Giuseppe Veniero, passed away in Piano di Sorrento (Naples, Italy). Fr. Giuseppe belongs to the Community o…

On Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023, General Councillor Fr. Franciscus Xaverius Sudarmanto s.x. arrived at the General House from Jakarta, Indonesia.

In reviewing the Constitutions of 1983, participants in the 2006 Conference on Xaverian Spirituality commented that “in the chapter on prayer, [the Constitutions] seem to be lacking something typical…

“Buyengero, September 30th, 1995”, this is one of the dates which remain for ever engraved in our hearts. The Bishop of Bururi wanted to include this day in the liturgical calendar of the Diocese: ev…

From September 26th to 28th, 2023, the Second National Congress of Brothers belonging to the Italian Missionary Institutes (Xaverians, Consolata, Comboni and PIME) was held in Rome at the General Hou…

Under the theme “Hearts on Fire, Feet on the Move”, this year World Mission Day focuses on the importance to renew our missionary passion for the proclamation of Christ to all creatures. One may say…

In preparation to the academic year 2023-2024, from September 27th to 29th, the Xaverian community of Propaedeutics in Bujumbura (Burundi) gave hospitality to 26 students coming from six congregation…

Hard copies of the issue 18/2 of Quaderni del CSA have already been shipped, and the digital version is available for download on our website (https://centro-documentazione.saveriani.org/biblioteca/r…

Agenda, the digital bulleting of the Xaverian Laity in Italy, dedicated its September 2023 issue for a special report on the Summer Camp 2023. The theme of “Harmony” has been the leitmotiv of the fiv…

“Artificial Intelligence and Wisdom of the Heart: for a fully human communication” is the theme chosen by Pope Francis for the 58th World Communication Day, which will be observed in 2024. The Holy…

Some of the confreres who, this year, celebrate 50 years of ordination to the priesthood met in the beautiful and fraternal environment of the Xaverian community in Udine. We were six: Tomaso Frigo…

On Monday, October 2nd, 2023, at dawn, 79-year-old Mr LUPUPU MAKYAMBI Gaétan, father of our confrere Fr. Emmanuel Adili Mwassa, currently rector of the International Theologate of Parma, passed away…

On Friday, October 6th, 2023, the General Direction will resume the work started with the First Meeting of the General Council (2023-2029) held on Friday September 15th and Saturday September 16th, 2…

60 years after the Xaverian Profession of vows (October 3rd, 1963), just seven of us remain: Germano Antonio, Sanfelice Carmelo, Ghiotto Bruno, Tognali Mario, Benedetti Silvano, Sommacal Raimondo and…

“It was the afternoon of August 20th, 1962, and I was on a holiday in my village, Duronia (Campobasso, Italy). I was playing soccer in my cassock when I saw the postman, Antonio Ricciuto, approaching…

A gripping video introduces a typical day of the boys in the casa apostolica of San Juan del Río, Querétaro, Mexico. The simple, direct, and spontaneous storytelling describes the first stage of Xave…

On Thursday, September 21st, 2023, at St Guido Maria Conforti Shrine in the Mother House of the Xaverian Missionaries in Parma, the group “Mission” shared some witnesses and missionary experiences. I…