Salesian Fr. Aldo Andrea Castenetto has recently published on Bookabook a book titled: Un Lucherino in Gabbia – Padre Collini nella Cina di Mao (A Caged Siskin – Father Collini in Mao’s China). Fr…

On Wednesday, September 6th, 2023, during the usual general audience, Pope Francis reviewed the stages of his recent apostolic trip to Mongolia: “I had the grace of meeting, in Mongolia, a humble Chu…

Ten years after his death, the Mother House, in collaboration with the Diocese of Parma, organised a meeting to commemorate Fr. Amato Dagnino s.x. (1918-2013). The meeting was held in the conference…

The VI updated digital version (September 29th, 2023) of Stato del Personale 2023 (Personnel Directory 2023) is available for download on the GD website. Once again, we thank the confreres that pati…

On September 20th, 2023, the Superior General, Fr. Fernando García Rodríguez s.x, with the consent of his Council, appointed the new Council of the Delegation of Spain: Fr. Rolando Ruíz Durán sx S…

Bukavu, RDC, 40 years ago, on September 22, 1983, Fr. Gabriel Basuzwa s.x. and Fr. Joseph Musafiri Ruhandira s.x. made their first religious and missionary profession, starting a new stage and boosti…

Each of us keeps in his heart and memory that September 30th, 1973, in Parma. Moreover, every companion in vocation and mission certainly keeps in his mind and heart the entire “film” of these fifty…

A 50-year long anniversary. Frankly speaking, I don’t like anniversaries, the same way that I almost don’t like lingering on detailed examinations of conscience. It is better to dig new ground. Never…

"SAFROKO LIMBA CHIEFDOM honors the legacy of her iconic missionary and founder of Christ the King Parish - Binkolo, Rev. Fr. Joseph Rabito s.x. by declaring October 26th  (death day) as a feast…

September 30th marks the anniversary of the martyrdom of the servants of God Fr. Ottorino Maule s.x., Fr. Aldo Marchiol s.x., and the lay missionary Catina Gubert, “Martyrs of peace” (murdered on the…

“…In the early years of my ministry as bishop, I found myself in the middle of a storm: urban guerrillas, houses destroyed, catechists and men and women religious killed. Those have been ten very har…

“The migratory flows of our times are the expression of a complex and varied phenomenon that, to be properly understood, requires a careful analysis of every aspect of its different stages, from depa…

From September 10th to 12th, 2023, sister Maria De Giorgi of the Xaverian Missionary Sister of Mary was invited to represent Shinmeizan at the 37th international meeting “Men and Religions” called by…

On Sunday, September 17th, 2023, after a four-year interruption due to the Covid pandemic, we have finally resumed the yearly parents and relatives’ day, so greatly desired by all. It was a beautiful…

In the afternoon of Saturday, September 30th, 2023, Pope Francis will preside over an ecumenical prayer vigil in St Peter Square. Two the pillars of this meeting: 1) the centrality of prayer and 2) t…

The Synond is above all “an event of prayer and listening which does not only involve the members of the synodal Assembly, but every baptised, every local Church”: this is how the General Secretary…

Saturday, September 16th, 2023, at 5:30 p.m., at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, belonging to the territory of St Felice and Giovanni Battista Parish in Pastorano – Matierno, Salerno, Italy, confrere Pie…

The Superior General, after listening to the opinions and suggestions of his four Councillors, has appointed each of them as reference person for one of the following areas: for the continent of A…

The GD informs confreres that the final documents of the XVIII General Chapter are now accessible in Italian and English on the GD’s website. The Chapter Documents: “Loving our Xaverian vocation” are…

Some time ago, there was much talk about Morocco because of the soccer World Cup; however, now, following the earthquake that occurred during the night of September 8th, 2023, the news we receive abo…

Our confrere, Fr. Renato Filippini, shares some thoughts on and appraisals of a twenty-year long experience in Japan: journeys of faith formation under the guidance of the Word. The text made availa…

The 2023-2024 Pre-novitiate year will begin on September 14th, 2023, with 34 young people: 17 Congolese, 11 Burundians, 4 Cameroonians and 2 Mozambicans. The opening Mass will be celebrated on the Fe…

“The legal harassment of civil society leaders, human rights defenders and other dissenting voices, is a worrying sign for civic and democratic space in Bangladesh.” From Geneva, Ravina Shamdasani, S…

From August 31st to September 3rd, 2023, a symposium on the theme “Justice, Reconciliation and Peace in the Great Lakes Region in light of Bishop Munzihirwa’s socio-political commitment and inspirati…

After a course of Spiritual Exercises, an On-going Formation session organized by the Missionary Institutes (both male and female) founded in Italy, was held at the Chartreuse of Pesio, Cuneo, Italy…

Pope Francis’ series of catechesis on the passion for the proclamation of the Gospel continues with a look at the Americas. The proclamation of the Gospel in the mother tongue and the life witness of…

Our webmaster Fr. Héctor Gabriel Arroyo Salcido s.x. and the confreres of Mexico have updated and given new fresh appearance to the webpage of the Mexican Xaverian Circumscription: http://mexico…

Dear Friends, I should have got in touch with you centuries ago, but your General Direction’s wishes for last Christmas landed here just a few days ago after a who-knows what incredible and absurd to…

On Tuesday, September 12th, 2023, at 10:15 a.m., our confrere Fr. Carlo Pozzobon passed away in the Mother House, Parma, Italy. Next week he would have turned 85, as he was born on September 19th, 19…

Saturday, September 9th, 2023, at 11:00 a.m., in the Xaverian Minor Seminary of San Juan del Río, Querétaro, Mexico, confrere Roberto Vega Juárez will be ordained priests through the laying on of han…

Saturday, September 16th, 2023, at 5:30 p.m., at Our Lady of Lourdes Church, belonging to the territory of St Felice and Giovanni Battista Parish in Pastorano – Matierno, Salerno, Italy, confrere Pie…

We are all already gathered for the beginning of this new community, academic and pastoral year. We will commence with a spiritual retreat from September 10th to 15th. Subsequently, from 18th&nb…

From August 28th to September 1st, 2023, the XXVIII National Congress of the Italian Theological Association on the theme “Pensare il Figlio di Dio 1700 anni dopo Nicea” (Thinking about the Son of Go…

First of all, I thank the Lord for calling me to missionary life. The greatest joy of this vocation was undoubtedly being sent to Bangladesh, then East Pakistan. I was 22-year old. In Parma (Mother…

“The greatest joy is having seen how, beyond all our difficulties and shortcomings, the Lord opened his way into the hearts of these people, who then decided to entrust themselves to him… the Lord le…

Twenty-two years after the tragic car accident that caused his death, the memory of Fr. Vittorio Falsina is kept alive through the laying of a plaque at the “Padre Vittorio Falsina” Istituto Comprens…

When I was about three, I used to think that the world was as big as my grandfather’s vegetable garden. Instead, as an adult, after having been sent as a Xaverian missionary to D.R. of Congo, I reali…

On Tuesday, September 5th, 2023, Mr Luigi Manzotti, 85-year-old brother of our late confrere Fr. Antonino Manzotti, passed away in Brescello, Reggio Emilia (Italy), after a long sickness. The Requie…

Saturday, September 9th, 2023, at 11:00 a.m., in the Xaverian Minor Seminary of San Juan del Río, Querétaro, Mexico, confrere Roberto Vega Juárez will be ordained priests through the laying on of han…

On Thursday, August 31st, 2023, Fr. Fabien Kalehezo T’Chiribuka s.x. returned to Rome from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

From Sunday September 3rd to Friday September 8th, 2023, the new General Direction is going to take part in the Spiritual Exercises organised by the General Directions of the five Missionary Institut…

The new General Direction will hold its first General Council Meeting on Friday, September 15th, 2023, in the General House. Among the main items on the agenda are the admissions to the Perpetual Pro…

Fifty years ago (September 2nd, 1973), the first novitiate of the Xaverian Mexican Region was completed. The year had begun with eleven novices, of whom eight made the first religious and missionary…

From August 31st to September 4th, Pope Francis will be in Mongolia on an apostolic visit whose motto is an invitation to Christians and non-Christians to “hope together.” In this Asian country of p…

The magazine Vicentini nel Mondo (Vicentini around the World) of the “Vicentini nel Mondo” Association was initiated in 1953 by the Chamber of Commerce of Vicenza. In the 70th anniversary of its foun…

From August 20th to 26th, 2023, the Summer Camp of the Xaverian Laity was held at Villa Borromeo, Pesaro, Italy. Participants came from the various groups that operate in Italy. At the end of the yea…

“…To be a place of friendship between persons and peoples, opening paths of encounter and dialogue. In this troubled hour of history, the Pope encourages you so that the readiness for an “inexhaustib…

From August 18th to 26th, 2023, the 11th International Camp of Caritas or “International Summer Camp for Global Education, Peace, Formation, Service, Sharing, Ecological Conversion, Social Friendship…

We would like to suggest the reading of an article by our confrere Fr. Francisco Javier Martínez Rodrigo that works in the Amazonas State, in the parish of St Sebastian, Atalaia do Norte, Diocese of…

We would like to suggest the reading of an article by Luigino Bruni, an economist and historian of economic thought, published in the Italian daily Avvenire on Saturday, August 26th, 2023. The refle…