On Sunday, June 28th, 2026, at 10:00 a.m. (local time), in the Conforti Shrine, Mother House, Parma (Italy), our confrere Kong Shaofeng Simon 孔少鋒will be ordained deacon through the laying on of ha…

On Wednesday 17 June 2026, the international conference dedicated to the Human Traits of the Xaverian began at the Mother House in Parma. For ten days, the Xaverian Family will be reflecting, praying…

Well, I’m not a swan! A sparrow at best. And I can’t sing. I’m tone-deaf. It’s just that the legend of the swan that utters a sound like a beautiful song as it senses death approaching came to mind o…

On June 14, 2026, the second meeting of the group tasked with drafting a presentation on Buddhism for both the CEI (Italian Episcopal Conference) and the UBI (Italian Buddhist Union) was held at the…

July 2nd is a special date for the family of the Xaverian Sisters Missionaries of Mary. Our founders, the Xaverian Fr. Giacomo Spagnolo and Mother Celestina Bottego, selected this day for our profess…

Legend has it that the Orcolat is a huge ogre that lives hidden away in the bowels of the earth, amongst the mountains of Carnia and the Pre-Alps. Every time he wakes up, tosses and turns in his slee…

On Thursday, June 11th, 2026, at the Mother House we hosted the GrEst Ragazzi (Summer Group of Children) of the Parish Chiesa della Trasfigurazione from the city of Parma. Ninety children or so, acco…

On Saturday, June 13th, 2026, the yearly meeting of the benefactors, friends and relatives of the Xaverians from Cremona was held at the presence of the Regional Superior, Bishop Natale Paganelli, an…

On 25 June 2026, the leaders of the religious communities in Italy will sign a pact to ensure the continuity and future of the work carried out, while at the same time formalising the initiative know…

Following the magnitude 7.8 earthquake that struck off Maasim, Sarangani on Monday morning, June 8, 2026, significant damage was reported across several areas in Mindanao. Mindanao is the second-larg…

Thursday, June 4th, 2026, the Gruppo Amici dei Missionari Saveriani (GAMS, Group Friends of the Xaverian Missionaries) marked its 90-year anniversary with a Eucharistic celebration in St Guido Maria…

From September 16th, 2025, to June 5th, 2026, at the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME) we spent an intense time of study, encounter and growth. That period proved to be more than just…

The Catholic Church in Mozambique and the Consolata Missionaries are mourning for the death of Msgr. Osório Citora Afonso, IMC, Bishop of Quelimane Diocese and Apostolic Administrator of the Archdioc…

Here in Bukavu, everything is calm, even though people are feeling the effects of the ongoing war: high unemployment, rising prices, and trade within the country made dangerous by the numerous checkp…

On Friday, June 5, 2026, the diocesan family of Forlì-Bertinoro celebrated the anniversaries of several priests together with their bishop, Livio Corazza. Among them were two of our confreres from th…

A small group of confreres living in Rome - together with Fr Polash Henry Gomes sx, who had just stepped off the plane to participate in the upcoming Conference on the Human Traits of the Xaverian -…

Looking back on my journey in the Xaverian community of Salerno, my first feeling is gratitude to the Lord for calling me to be his disciple in the Church and in the Xaverian family. For me, service…

The Conforti-Africa Editions, recently accredited by the Ministry of Culture of the Democratic Republic of the Congo, has just published the number 19 issue of the “Centre d’Études Africaines” (CEA)…

The recent outbreak of Ebola epidemic in the Democratic Republic of the Congo is caused by the Bundibugyo virus, against which currently there is no available vaccine. The area affected by the epidem…

Cardinal Giorgio Marengo, Apostolic Prefect of Ulaanbaatar, illustrated the new phase of the work the Church in Mongolia is carrying out in the cultural domain. In the early days of May 2026, a new s…

The movement Missionary Childhood and Adolescence (or IAM) of São Miguel Paulista Diocese – São Paulo (SP) celebrated its 14th National Day. On Saturday, May 23rd, 2026, Missionary Childhood and Adol…

On June 3rd, 2026, the international general assembly of about 120 directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies (PMS) ended at Urbaniana University (Rome). Among the participants was also our confre…

On Friday evening, May 29th, the community of the Sacred Heart Parish, Parma, wished to conclude the month of May with a procession to the Lourdes Grotto in the garden of the Mother House of the Xave…

On Friday, June 12th, 2026, at 9:00 a.m., at the Theology Department of the Salesian Pontifical University, our confrere Deacon Didier Aksanti Mulondanyi will discuss his Licentiate’s thesis in Youth…

The Editions Croix du Salut has published the book “Church and Politics in Africa: Towards an Alternative with William Cavanaugh”, written by our confrere Louis Birabaluge Hakizimwami, a Congolese Xa…

An anonymous priest who lives in the Middle Kingdom writes a letter on the "administrative regulations" that prevent people under 18 from participating in religious activities. China’s constitution s…

We are delighted to share some news from our beloved community on the IV Floor of the Mother House. We are all doing quite well. The community now consists of 26 confreres, with the latest arrival be…

On Sunday, May 24, 2026, Archbishop of Taipei, Thomas Chung An-Zu celebrated Pentecost Sunday at the Xaverian Missionaries parish of St. Francis Xavier. During the Eucharistic celebration two adults…

“Money management is never neutral,” but always involves a moral and social responsibility. For this reason, investments must be coherent with the mission of the Church and oriented towards the commo…

“Thank you very much for the news about our beloved family”.  (“Muito obrigado pelas informações da nossa amada família”). (Amorim de Yazalde Mandava sx)

On May 15th, 2026, the website of the GD posted a contribution by our confrere Fr. Antonio Trettel illustrating the personality of Fr. Giovanni Bonardi: “I believe his figure has yet to be fully disc…

On one occasion, while we were chatting on the phone, a priest friend of mine from the Diocese of Parma told me: “I know that your Mother House welcomes people for days of retreat and is also a beaut…

The Xaverians living in Rome gathered at Viale Vaticano 40 for the last day of retreat of the academic year 2025-2026. This year, the monthly retreats were led by Bible scholar Rosanna Virgili. Follo…

On Sunday, May 24th, 2026, the community of the Missionaries of Mary–Xaverian Sisters residing in Via Trionfale, Rome, celebrated with 13 confreres (from the community of the Conforti College and tha…

From 23 to 27 February 2026, we gathered in São Paulo, Brazil, for the 14th Meeting of the Latin American Centre for Missionary Studies (CEMLA) at the Regional House of the Southern Brazil Region. Pr…

On May 15th, 2026, Pope Leo XIV signed his first encyclical. The following day, he established a new inter-dicasterial commission. Both actions deal with the same issue: artificial intelligence. Thes…

From April 27th to May 2nd, 2026 the Meeting of Formators and Vocation Promoters of the Americas was held at the regional house in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico. The meeting was attended by confreres comi…

On Sunday, May 17th, 2026, the community of the Theologate in Desio, MB, organized a party with the relatives and families of the Xaverian Missionaries coming from Desio and the surrounding region. R…

The General Directorate’s website recently published an article by our confrere Fr Armando Coletto. He posed this question: “Where are the Xaverians in Italy heading?”. His words prompted a number of…

Once again this year, I had the opportunity – and the pleasure – to attend the first of the two annual meetings of the group of former Sardinian Apostolini [lit. “little apostles”, i.e., Xaverian min…

Now it has become an annual tradition for us to gather in mid-May at the House of the General Direction in Rome for the meetings of the Council of the Xaverian Laity. We take advantage of this preci…

On May 13th, 2026, we joyfully and unassumingly celebrated the Feast Day of the Our Lady of Fatima in our Xaverian Missionary Shrine in Holliston. The Eucharist was presided at 6:00 in the evening by…

According to the “Global Report on Food Crises (GRFC) 2026,” the number of people suffering from acute hunger has doubled over the past decade. The data of the year 2025 confirm this trend: 266 milli…

On Wednesday, May 20, 2026, at 6.15 pm, Mr Fulvio Paganelli, aged 77, brother of our confrere Bishop Natale Paganelli, passed away at his home in Grignano di Brembate, Bergamo, Italy. The Requiem Mas…

On Sunday, May 10th, 2026, Fr. Fabien Kalehezo T’Chiribuka returned from the Democratic Republic of Congo.

On Sunday May 24, 2026, marks the 10th anniversary of the death of Fr Francesco Marini. A number of friends, both Xaverians and others, gathered to remember him on Wednesday May 13, 2026, in Parma, a…

On Sunday May 10th, 2026, our confrere Fr. Eugenio Montesi was honoured by the Italian Community in Scotland. He has been awarded the “Annual Italian Scotland Medal” for his decades of care and suppo…

From May 27th to 29th, 2026, the 105th Assembly of the Union of General Superiors (USG) will be held in Sacrofano, Rome, on the theme Transmitting the Charism in the Service of Governance. On the f…

The young confreres who are participating in the Year of Xaverian Spirituality in Parma have invited Fr. Antonio Trettel, member of the Community of the Mother House, to illustrate the personality of…

While I am fortunate enough to be spending a sabbatical year dedicated to ongoing formation at the Mother House in Parma, I am delighted to help welcome visitors to our Chinese Art and Ethnographic M…