Bonsai are plants which, through daily care and particular techniques, are reduced to miniature size. Despite their small size, they blossom and even produce fruits. The ability to miniaturize things…

Below is something we received and wish to share: “I have received the parcel with the small books in memoriam of Lino [Fr. Lino Sgarbossa – ed.]. Reading this booklet has allowed me to know facts a…

“Ten years have already passed since a group of baptised, who used to meet every month to meditate on the Word of God and listen to St Guido’s writings on Jesus’ dream to make of humanity one single…

I am writing on the train that is taking me to Osaka, Japan. The words of Jesus which I listened to during the celebrations of this week resound in my heart: “narrow door” “…will receive a hundred ti…

We are pleased to announce that Quaderni del CSA, Volume 19, N. 1–2, has now been published. The digital edition is available on our website (https://centro-documentazione.saveriani.org/biblioteca/ra…

Coltan mines are both a blessing and a curse for the Democratic Republic of the Congo. In Rubaya, among the rugged hills of North Kivu, where according to estimates about 15% of the world’s coltan is…

On Sunday, August 31, 2025, in the Cathedral of Notre Dame de la Paix in Bukavu, Democratic Republic of the Congo, our confrere Dieudonné Nininahazwe, together with other candidates, will receive the…

Dear confreres, the XVIII CG 57 affirms that the first sign of love for our Xaverian vocation is the care and practice of ongoing formation. The same Chapter, in number 61, encourages us to pay parti…

The Xaverian community of the Fourth floor of the Mother House in Parma said “YES” to Pope Leo XIV's invitation to make the day of August 22, 2025, in memory of The Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Ma…

The national summer camp (convivenza) of the Xaverian Laity has just ended. Held in Velletri from August 11th to 17th, 2025, the camp focused on the theme Pellegrini missionari di speranza (Pilgrims…

In the aftermath of Fr. Meo Elia’s death, I had the chance to read an interview he granted to Xaverian Sister Teresina Caffi in Desio (Milan) on November 25th, 2023. In that interview, Meo recalls hi…

On Monday August 18, 2025, the St. Francis Xavier Philosophy Community celebrated the 1st anniversary of the Beatification of the Blessed Xaverian Martyrs of Fizi and Baraka at St. Tomas de Villanuev…

On October 11th, a public road in Parma will be named after our Xaverian sisters who were murdered in Burundi. The road, which is located in St Pancrazio neighbourhood, will be called Via Martiri Sav…

The first update of Stato del Personale 2025 (digital version) has been uploaded on the GD’s website. Superiors of Circumscriptions are kindly reminded to keep the digital page relating to their circ…

The biographical sketch In Memoriam of our late confrere Fr. Franco Manganello (d. at the Xaverian community in Salerno, Italy, on June 15th, 2025) has been posted up on the General Direction’s websi…

“I summarise what we have done in recent days in three verbs: listening, discerning and sharing in our journey together, as shepherds of the particular Churches that pilgrimage in the Amazon. We have…

Recently, the Japanese bishops have issued two messages: one on the occasion of the 80th anniversary of the end of WWII and the other against the proliferation of nuclear weapons in the world. The Ca…

Wednesday, August 20th, marks the 45th anniversary of the death of Venerable Mother Celestina Bottego, co-founder with Fr. Giacomo Spagnolo s.x. of the Missionaries of Mary – Xaverian Sisters. “Ever…

With regards to the Year of the Xaverian Spirit (2026), here is the suggestion of a confrere: We could ask the Confrere that will participate in the Year of the Xaverian Spirit to do … some homework…

Economist Luigi Bruni has published in the Italian Catholic daily Avvenire the first part of a thought-provoking article on the dynamisms of community life. Professor Bruni, a historian of economic t…

“…recently, I found in the latest issue of the Indian theological journal Vidyajyoti this simple yet very meaningful anecdote: “An American tourist paid a visit to the famous Polish rabbi Hofetz Chai…

Japan is known for earthquakes, typhoons and tsunamis but, recently, other weather phenomena, such as tornadoes and torrential rains, are occurring with growing frequency and causing serious problems…

The Community of Sant’ Egidio is organizing an International Meeting of dialogue and prayer for peace in Rome from October 26th to 28th, 2025. The Meeting will bring together religious leaders, cultu…

On Thursday, August 14th, 2025, at 4:30 p.m., in the church of St Matius Parish, Bintaro, Jakarta, Indonesia, our confreres NAINGGOLAN Friwandi;  AGUNG SURYA MENTARAM Ambrosius; SAFRUDIN Adrianu…

Participating in the Jubilee of Youth has been a wonderful experience; we are grateful for having been given this opportunity. We met young people from all over the world that came enthusiastically a…

To honour the memory of the Xaverian confreres who returned to the house of the Heavenly Father has always been a commitment of our entire Congregation. We are grateful that this gesture of love and…

We are in the middle of summer and [in Italy] the activities of our various groups have slowed down a bit. This is why this issue of Agenda “flies” around the globe to capture the vitality of the Xav…

“The Kayapó people have a myth that explains how the various indigenous languages and peoples were born. I will not recount it in its entirety here, but will give a brief summary. A mouse revealed to…

Recently, at the little church in Kikuchi, Diocese of Fukuoka, Japan, some young workers from Vietnam, both believers and non-believers, have taken the initiative to grow vegetables in the large piec…

The biographical sketch of the late Fr. Lino Sgarbossa (d. May 27th, 2025, in Parma, Mother House) has been uploaded to the website of the General Direction. Many thanks to the editor of the text and…

Cardinal Fridolin Ambongo Besungu, Archbishop of Kinshasa and President of the Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar, during the 20th plenary assembly of the Symposium, made an…

On Thursday, August 14th, 2025, at 4:30 p.m., in the church of St Matius Parish, Bintaro, Jakarta, Indonesia, our confreres NAINGGOLAN Friwandi; AGUNG SURYA MENTARAM Ambrosius; SAFRUDIN Adrianus; PUR…

The Ongoing Formation meeting is taking place at the Xaverian Regional House in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico. Confreres from different circumscriptions are participating. Fr. Felipe de Jesús López Orozco…

The Museum of Chinese Art and Ethnography, Parma, begins its new season. While the Chinese section of the museum has by now a clear organisation, the ethnographic one still requires a fine-tuning. In…

On Tuesday, July 22nd, 2025, the mayor of Bukavu, Mr. Ladys MUGANZA WAKANDWA, inaugurated an avenue named after the Xaverian Missionary who founded, built and for 20 years managed the Institut Supéri…

A year after the beatification of the Martyrs from Uvira, the General Postulation of the Xaverian Missionaries publishes the second, revised and updated edition of the French biography of blessed Alb…

The news published on Flash on Saturday, July 26th, 2025, about the Novitiate in Bintaro, Jakarta, Indonesia, failed to point out that among the 10 novices one comes from “the Philippine archipelago”.

The Lord has granted me the grace to participate with joy, determination and enthusiasm in the 13th Work Camp entitled “Signs of Hope”, in Cagliari, Sardinia, at the house of the Xaverian Missionarie…

“Migrants, missionaries of hope” is the theme of Pope Leo XIV’s message for the 111th World Day of Migrants and Refugees. The celebration of the Day will not take place as usual on the last Sunday in…

A new step towards a possible solution to the crisis in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo is being taken. A peace agreement is scheduled to be signed on August 17th, 2025, in Doha between the…

The new Ambassador of Taiwan to the Holy See, His Excellency Mr. Anthony C. Y. Ho, has taken up (July 3rd, 2025) the post of “diplomatic representative for the government of the Republic of China” (R…

On Friday, August 01, 2025, Mrs. Angelina Tonoli, aged 91, mother of our confrere Fr. Claudio Codenotti, passed away in Gussago, Brescia, Italy. Fr Claudio is a member of the Shinmeizan community (Ce…

On Sunday, July 27th, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., in the church of St. Guido Maria Conforti Parish, Bukavu-Panzi, D.R. Congo, our confreres Gilbert KAHASHA MUBALAMA, Dieudonné OMBENI BAGALANE …

Issue NO. 137 of iSaveriani - Notiziario (corresponding to the General Council No. 07, May - June 2025) has been uploaded on the GD’s website.  The contents of this issue include: &nbs…

New light is being shed on the missionary presence among the peoples of Amazonia. Prof. Mario Polia, anthropologist, historian of religions and great connoisseur of Andean cultures, has edited the pu…

On July 7th, 2025, in the Continental Xaverian Novitiate – known as Maison des Martyrs de la Fraternité (Martyrs of Fraternity Home) – the Superior General, Fr. Fernando García Ro…

Our 10 novices in the Indonesian circumscription started their Novitiate Year on July 15th, 2025, at the Novitiate House in Bintaro, Jakarta, Indonesia. They come from different parts of the Indonesi…

From July 20th to August 15th, 2025, the 2nd Meeting of Ongoing Formation for confreres who have already gained a 5-year-long missionary experience in Africa is taking place in Ki…

35 years ago, the missionary association Cuore Amico Fraternità ETS, founded by Fr. Mario Pasini, a priest and journalist from Brescia (Italy), established the Premio Cuore Amico …

Antropologia, Bibbia, Religioni: un approccio multidisciplinare (ABRAM) (Anthropology, Bible, Religions: A Multi-disciplinary Approach) is the title of an academic programme produced by the coop…