“Dear missionaries, I am Emanuela, Father Sandro Peccati’s niece. Yesterday, my father Alfredo received the parcel containing the biographical sketch “In Memoriam” written by Father Gabriele Ferrari…

The American historian, Henry Adams said, “All experience is an arc to build upon.” Brother Siprianus Sagoroujou Sokkot and I arrived in Taranto on 31 March 2026 by train. Taranto is far from Parma w…

On Sunday, April 19th, 2026, Mrs Maria Vavassori, the 81-year-old sister of our late confrere Fr. Simone Vavassori (d. February 10th, 2004, in Bukavu, DRC) passed away in Predore, Bergamo, Italy. The…

Easter Vigil: Parish in Kamenge: 395 baptisms of adults; 9 confirmations; 9 weddings*. Parish in Bugwana: 20 baptisms of adults and 34 weddings. Easter Sunday: Parish in Kamenge: 168 bapti…

From Sunday, April 19th, to Thursday, April 23rd, 2026, Fr. Mauro Loda will be in Scotland to take part in the Assembly of the UK Circumscription.

From Sunday, April 19th, to Thursday, May 7th, 2026, Fr. Felipe de Jesús López Orozco will be in Mexico to take part in the meeting of the Xaverian Formators and Vocation Promoters in the Americas.

Celestina Bottego said her “yes” at a historic moment of great uncertainty, when everything gave cause for fear and caution. Parma was being bombed, her family home occupied by the Germans; like Fr G…

Radio Vaticana – Vatican News, part of the Dicastery for Communication, invited our confrere Fr Zacharie Tamejon to accompany Pope Leo XIV’s visit to Cameroon from the Vatican broadcaster’s studios a…

Referring to May 24th, Fr. Giacomo Spagnolo s.x. once wrote: “Today, May 24th, the future Missionary Society of Mary was given her Mother Founder, [for on this day] she said to the Lord her own ‘fiat…

During the year, various groups of schoolchildren have come to visit the Conforti Shrine. The ministry of mission awareness promotion at the Shrine is made up of many little life experiences. Through…

During this “Week”, we questioned ourselves, as Xaverians in Italy (and Europe), on whether we are open to the mission that comes to us today, not least through migrants. We did so in various ways. F…

During the week, our confrere Fr. Tiziano Tosolini participated as a speaker in two series of conferences, both organized by the Centre for Interreligious Studies of the Pontifical Gregorian Universi…

On Saturday, April 11th, 2026, in Viale Vaticano 40, the two Xaverian communities in Rome came together for their usual day of retreat, led by the bible scholar Rosanna Virgili (a married woman, moth…

On Thursday April 16, 2026, at the Ospedale Maggiore in Parma, Italy, following a long illness spent at the Mother House, Xaverian Sister Missionary Of Mary, Sister Verina Passani passed away at the…

“Here are the numbers of those who received the sacraments at Easter in the DRC circumscription” (Barthélemy Kabwana Minani sx) 1. Kitutu Parish: 134 baptisms + 3 confirmations 2. St G. Conforti/Pa…

On 4 April, during the Easter Vigil at St. Francis Xavier Parish in Maligaya, Quezon City, in the Philippines, five adult catechumens were baptised. The candidates were guided through the catechumena…

“Dear friends, … we, too, belong to these “wounded lands.” And yet — despite everything, despite everyone — we do not lose hope. Lent was for us an intense and concrete journey: we paid a visit to th…

During this Easter season, which we are celebrating in the midst of a “war aimed indiscriminately at the destruction of entire cities or extensive areas along with their population,” Missione Oggi in…

“… I often think about why I live here in Chad. I reflect on the many difficulties associated with its harsh climate. I think about all the travels, the encounters with people – Christians, non-Chris…

Cameroonian boys and girls have a dream: starting a new life abroad, a new beginning in Europe, in the Gulf States and in North America. It is a dream that often turns into a nightmare filled with en…

Following Fr Armando Coletto’s contribution, published on the General Direction’s website on  December 26 2025, https://dg.saveriani.org/es/comunicazioni/scambi/item/verso-dove-vanno-i-saveriani…

Our confrere p. Silvano Da Roit shares an extensive personal reflection on his relationship with the poor. The text, originally written in 2013, has been revised by the author himself. “There are va…

[email protected] is the new email address of our confrere Fr Antonio Trettel (Mother House – Parma).

Excerpt from the editorial of Fr Fernando García Rodríguez in iSaveriani no. 141, which has already been uploaded to the General Direction’s website: A journey of on-going improvement Conversion…

Issue NO.141 of iSaveriani – Notiziario (corresponding to the General Council No. 09, February–March 2026) has been uploaded to the General Direction’s website. The content of No.141 includes the Ed…

“Let us follow Jesus on his painful journey to Calvary; we shall witness his sufferings and sorrows; we shall be present at his final agony. I ask you only to fix your gaze not so much on the cruelty…

On February 11th, 2026, the regional councils of the Xaverian Fathers and the Xaverian Sisters held a meeting to foster collaboration in missionary initiatives. It was cause of great joy that was exp…

“For the eleventh edition of our cultural forums at the Museum of Kivu, we decided to focus our attention on witchcraft, thus accepting the risk of offending some people’s sensibilities. Indeed, as s…

“A vocation is not a fixed point, but a dynamic process of maturation sustained by intimacy with our Lord. To grow in one’s vocation means being with Jesus, allowing the Holy Spirit to act in our hea…

On 28 March 2026, the International Xaverian Theologate of Manila held an ecumenical dialogue meeting on the topic of 'Salvation in the Orthodox Perspective'. The guest speaker was Archbishop Emerson…

L’Italiano – Quotidiano Nazionale Indipendente is an online daily that provides news and in-depth coverage on a range of topics. It represents and independent voice within the Italian media landscape…

The year 2026, which began with talks and agreements at various levels, raised a glimmer of hope among populations grappling with an array of hardships. Unfortunately, this apparent step toward peace…

"…I read on XaverianNews – Flash the news of the meetings on the theme of 'education' in light of the teachings of Conforti, held at the Instituto Cultural de Occidente (ICO) in Mazatlán, Mexico, wit…

Proclaiming the Gospel with an Amazonian countenance, growing as a synodal Church, living an integral ecology, and promoting communion and sustainability: these are the four main pastoral spheres tha…

The discernment to move to Prison Ministry was really the fruit of a Xaverian Region in a post–Christian culture, processing how our Charism could and should make sense today. Since the late 80's and…

“In Memoriam”, the biographical sketch of our late confrere Fr. Sandro Peccati, who died on October 30th, 2025 in Jakarta, Indonesia, and was buried in the small cemetery of the Xaverian house of Bin…

The daily edition of l’ Osservatore Romano (Wednesday, March 25th, 2026) features an article by journalist Enrico Casale on the presence of the Xaverian Missionaries in Sierra Leone. Particular atten…

From April 6 to 11, 2026, the XVI Cultural Week, organized by the Xaverian Missionaries, will take place in Tavernerio (Como). The title: "The Mission that comes to us: Migrants, missionaries of hope…

For several years now, during March, on the occasion of the Day of Missionary Martyrs (March 24), "Missione Oggi", together with Pax Christi and in collaboration with the Diocese of Brescia (Mission…

As we commemorate the passing of our Father and Founder into heaven, we receive the invitation he has repeatedly extended to us to fix our gaze on the supernatural horizon, to seek the ‘things above’…

Beginning 34 years ago, on March 24—the day commemorating the assassination of the Archbishop of San Salvador, Saint Oscar Arnulfo Romero, killed in 1980—the Church has celebrated the Day of the Miss…

Pope Leo XIV writes in his message to the participants in the Theological-Pastoral Congress on the Guadalupe event, held in Mexico City in February 2026: “The transmission of the faith can no longer…

Brother Faustino Ferrari, of the Society of Mary – Marianists (brothers and priests),  who has long been involved in social outreach and ministry among at-risk youth, led the Spiritual Exercises…

As our brothers and sisters of the Muslim community celebrate Ramadan, the Metrowest Interfaith Community and the Peace Islands Institute of Boston gathered together and held their third annual Inter…

The Xaverians living in Rome have the opportunity, during their monthly retreats led by Rosanna Virgili—a biblical scholar, mother, and grandmother—to reflect and pray together aided by several femal…

On Sunday, March 15, 2026, in Albino, Bergamo, Italy, Mr. Franco Zanchi, 90 years old, father of our confrere Alessandro Zanchi, passed away. The Mass and funeral rites were celebrated on Wednesday…

On Wednesday, March18, 2026, at 8:30 p.m., for the Day of Missionary Martyrs 2026, Gente di Primavera, Missione Oggi and Pax Christi, in collaboration with the Xaverian Missi…

The escalation of violence in the Middle East risks dragging humanity into a war of global proportions, a new and unnecessary massacre with incalculable consequences. Joining its voice to that of Pop…

The starting point for the editorial in “Missione Oggi” (January–February 2026), written by its editor, Fr. Mario Menin sx, is, on the one hand, the magazine’s constant interest in geopolitics, which…

March 17th, 2026, marks the 30th anniversary of the beatification of St Guido Maria Conforti, Archbishop, Bishop of Parma (1865-1931). Thirty years have passed since a plexiglass urn was created and…