Parma City Council has named a park after Mother Celestina Bottego. The park is located between Via Pascal and Via Euclide, in the area of San Lazzaro. On May 24th, at 5:00 p.m., in the presence of s…

On May 9-10, 2023, the meeting of the Commission for Formation was held at the Xaverian Postulant-Novitiate Bintaro Community in Jakarta, Indonesia. This meeting is part of the yearly plan of discuss…

About 50 years ago, 14 Italian missionary institutes began a process of collaboration and shared planning. Out of that union of strengths, called C.I.M.I. (Conferenza Istituti Missionari Italia), we…

“On Thursday, May 4th, at 5:00 p.m. local time, torrential rains fell on the territory of Kalehe, South Kivu Province, DRC, causing heavy flooding, slides, the deaths of over 400 people, several miss…

The objective of this series of meetings is to continue the reflection leading to the celebration of the XVIII General Chapter on the theme "Loving our Xaverian Vocation", by contextualizing it in th…

On Sunday, April 23rd, 2023, a group of our alumni – including Mario Pecile, who attended our seminary in the same school years as Fr. Carlo Di Sopra, Fr. Armando Coletto, Fr. Claudio Marano and othe…

On May 2nd, 2023, the Food Security Information Network published the “Global Report on Food Crises.” (G.R.F.C.) Such report, which has been released every year over the past four years, surveys 58 n…

From April 29th, to May 1st, 2023, the Xaverian community of Salerno organised the second gathering (convivenza) of teenagers aged 13-18. Participants were 35, including 6 educators. “#IN-CON-TRA” (o…

On May 24th, 2023, the community of the Xaverian Missionary Sisters of Mary in Rome will gratefully celebrate the memory of a special deed of faith by means of which the Ven. Celestina Bottego became…

The hymn (by Sequeri), website (www.iubilaeum2025.va) and calendar of the events of the Jubilee 2025 have been officially presented. The portal – in 9 languages ​​– is operative and already presents…

On May 4th, the 19th Festival Biblico (Bible Festival) kicked off. Sponsored by the dioceses of Vicenza, Verona, Padova, Rovigo, Vittorio Veneto, Treviso and Chioggia, the Festival will last till May…

On Sunday, May 7th, 2023, Mr Renato Ghiotto, brother of our confrere Fr. Bruno Ghiotto, passed away. Mr Renato was 91. The Requiem Mass and funerary rites were celebrated on Wednesday, May 10th, 202…

“La joie explose et contamine” We present to our reader the missionary experience of our confrere Fr. Léonel Kouam Ghomsi, currently vice-parish priest of Djodo Gass, Chad. Fr. Léonel writes: “Less…

It is Dr. Gildo Coperchio, sx who – in this week – is writing to 'Dear Chapter'. In his reflections, the confrere presents to the Chapter members some urgent challenges for the future of our Institut…

Below, we share a written witness which Mr Gianpietro Sartorio read at the end of the funeral for our confrere Br. Angelo Fumagalli, in the Conforti Shrine of the Mother House, Parma, on Thursday, Ap…

On Thursday May 4th, 2023, the meeting of the Religious and Missionary Brothers of the four Missionary Institutes of Italian foundation took place at the General House of the Comboni Missionaries (Ro…

World Religions, Universal Peace, Global Ethics The relations between people of different cultures and religions are now one of the central social issues in most European countries. They occupy much…

On Friday, May 5th, 2023, Fr. Fernando García Rodríguez and Fr. Eugenio Pulcini returned to Rome after a visit to the confreres of the community in Fnideq, Morocco. With the whole General Direction…

On Saturday, April 28th, a pilgrimage of 140 young people from Plainfield, New Jersey, visited the Xaverian Mission Center and Fatima Shrine, in Holliston, Massachusetts. They traveled for three days…

Before the noon prayer of Regina Caeli on the III Easter Sunday (April 23rd, 2023), commenting the Gospel passage about the disciples on the road to Emmaus, Pope Francis stated that through the quest…

Starting with the new year 2023, the Xaverian Community in Vicenza has been requested to reserve a space in the page of the bulletin Missionari Saveriani, usually dedicated to their community, for th…

On March 16th, 2023, the Final Document of the Federation of Asian Bishops' Conferences that met in Bangkok, Thailand, from February 23rd to 27th, 2023, on the theme of synodality was published. The…

On Friday, May 5th, 2023, at 12:00 p.m., Mr Augusto Brai, father of our confrere Fr. Alessandro Brai, suddenly passed away in his home of Palmas Arborea, Oristano (Italy).  Mr Augusto would have…

This week, Jean-Pacifique Mulonda Igilima - on behalf of the Xaverian Laity of the DR of Congo - shares his reflections to 'Dear Chapter', launching a call for collaboration to involve in the XVIII G…

From Monday to Friday, May 1st-5th, 2023, Fr. Fernando García R. and Fr. Eugenio Pulcini will pay a visit to our confreres in Fnideq, Morocco.

On Monday, May 8th, 2023, the General Council will begin the XXIV and last session of council meetings of its six-year term. On the agenda, the presentation of some confreres for the holy orders, ass…

We suggest reading a reflection made by 5th-year theology student Gustave Kagarabi Cibangala of the International Theologate of Parma on the fact that “fraternity finds expression through tangible si…

On Saturday, May 6th, 2023, from 9:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m., a Symposium titled “Synodal path: a challenge to the missionary reform of the Church” will be held in the San Cristo Church and Romanino Hall…

A life spent for dialogue. A life consecrated to a God who is “God of relationship, that reveals Himself and engages in a dialogue with humanity.” A life dedicated to an evangelical witness of care f…

The first updated edition (April 28th) of the Personnel Directory 2023 (Stato del Personale 2023) can be downloaded from the GD’s website. Thanks to all confreres that precisely and clearly report n…

On Sunday, April 30th, IV Easter Sunday, marks the 60th World Day of Prayer for Vocations. Theme of the day: “Vocation: Grace and Mission.” This Day is a precious opportunity for recalling with wonde…

As part of its series “Studia Philosophica”, Chisolkudo publishing house has recently published Fr. Tiziano Tosolini’s latest book: The Language of Being and Otherness. Gadamer and Levinas in Dialogu…

On Monday, April 24th, 2023, at 4:05 a.m. (local time), after a long illness, Brother Angelo Antonio Fumagallix. passed away in the Mother House of Parma. He had celebrated his 82nd birthday few da…

The confreres belonging to the Mozambican Delegation gathered in the house of Sena on April 19th-22nd, 2023, for the first of their yearly assemblies. The assembly, which was preceded by a meeting o…

After hard working in the Lent and Easter celebrations, the confreres of the Burundi Region moved to the Foyer de Charité in Ngozi for their annual retreat from 16 to 21 April 2023. Preacher of the r…

The Bishop of Fukuoka, Msgr. Josep Abella, has recently appointed Xaverian Sister Maria De Giorgi, of the Shinmeizan Centre for Spirituality and Interreligious Dialogue, as director of interreligious…

On the second anniversary of the death of Fr. Palmiro Cima s.x., St Lucy Parish in Kinshasa has organised a conference, a soccer game and a Mass on April 13th-15th, 2023. (Rino Benzoni s.x.)

We would like to share a video Fr. Rolando Ruíz Durán s.x. (belonging to the Xaverian community of Fnideq, Morocco) recommended to us. Today, 25 years after the martyrdom of seven monks in Tibhirine…

Issue n. 126 of iSaveriani, the official bulletin of the Xaverian Missionaries, has been uploaded on the General Direction’s website. This issue opens with an editorial by the Superior General title…

The fourth (monthly) update of the digital edition of Indirizzario 2022 (Address Book 2022) has been uploaded. It includes the corrections we received over the last two months. Heartfelt thanks to al…

Fifteen people belonging to the movement Comunione e liberazione (Communion and Liberation) and coming from the Diocese of Forlì were guests of our community on Friday, Saturday and Sunday, April 14t…

During the Easter Vigil, 13 adult catechumens from different religious affiliations received baptism at Saint Francis Xavier Church in Maligaya. The candidates for baptism were accompanied in their c…

Our young confrere Martin Joel Njitacke Tekawe s.x., theology student of the Theologate community of Kinshasa, DRC, has carried out research on the symbolism of figurative arts in Bamiléké culture, w…

According to some of the most recent psychological enquiries, for a growing number of people the idea of ​​“being left out” of social contexts and networks is intolerable, causes anxiety, self-devalu…

On Saturday, April 15th, 2023, Mr Guido Ballarin, brother of our late confrere Fr. Lino Ballarin, passed away. The Requiem Mass and funerary rites were celebrated on Tuesday, April 18th, in the paris…

Two young Xaverians belonging to the international theological community of Yaoundé, write to Dear Chapter. They are Elvis Sindayihebura and Mvilongo Onana Séverin Joseph Marie and sharing their expe…

On Saturday, April 15th, 2023, at 9:00 a.m. (local time), our confrere, Msgr. Paolo Andreolli, will be ordained bishop in the cathedral of Belém (Pará) to serve as auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese…

We, confreres belonging to the Southern Zone of the Cameroon-Chad Region, held our assembly in the formation house of Bafoussam from the evening of April 11th to the morning of 14th. It was the Octa…

This is how, on Easter, we celebrated the Sacraments in our different missions in Congo: Saint François Xavier Parish in Ndosho: 210 baptisms, 23 confirmations and 26 adults were readmitted to the…

In the second semester of the academic year 2022-2023, a dozen (mostly Xaverian) theology students took part in the by-now traditional Seminario di Antropologia Culturale e Sociale (Seminar on Cultur…