Friday, March 24th, 2023, will mark the XXXI Giornata dei Missionari Martiri (XXXI Day of the Missionary Martyrs): “you will be my witnesses.” This celebration takes place on the anniversary of the a…

On Saturday, March 4th, and Sunday, March 5th, the Xaverian Laity Council (Fabrizio Boriani and Roberta Brasili from Ancona, Vittorio Sartor from Desio, Serena Rolandi from Parma, Annapaola Turco and…

On February 14th, 2023, Bishop Philippe Abbo Chen, Vicar Apostolic of Mongo, appointed our confrere Fr. Jesús Manuel Calero Pereira “Vicaire Délégué du Vicariat Apostolique de Mongo” (Delegate Vicar…

The Central Office of Church Statistics has published Annuario Pontificio 2023 (Pontifical Yearbook 2023) and Annuarium Statisticum Ecclesiae 2021 (Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2021). At a glo…

From Monday, March 6th, to Saturday, March 11th, 2023, almost all confreres of the Fourth Floor and a good number of the members of the third floor in the Mother House met for a week of reflection, p…

Through a letter to all Delegates written on February 28th, 2023, the Superior General, Fr. Fernando García Rodríguez, with the consent of the General Council, convoked the XVIII General Chapter of o…

Our confrere Fr Pietro Colombara, who turned 86 a few days ago, writes this week, in 'Dear Chapter', proposing his reflections 'for a clear project'.  «... 'starting over' is not like the firs…

Below we share six thoughts written by a confrere in the winter of life, after years of self-giving in missionary consecration, in baptism, in priesthood and episcopate: 1) The experience that there…

Sen Soshitsu XVI, Grand Master of the Urasenke School of Chado (Tea Ceremony) has admitted our confrere Fr Rocco Viviano to the intermediate (second) level, granting permission to learn and practice…

We have been thinking about the 60th Anniversary of Priesthood for some time. We would like to celebrate it together. Of 32 priests ordained on October 13th, 1963, 12 of us remain… as of now. Of cour…

The latest issue of Quaderni del CSA (Vol. 17 no 4) has been published and is available for download. This issue’s editorial consists of the second and final part of the essay ‘Church, Mission and Sa…

During the general audience on February 22nd, Ash Wednesday, Pope Francis talked about the protagonist of proclamation – the Holy Spirit. “Go”, says the Risen One, not to indoctrinate, not to make p…

On Saturday, February 25th, 2023, in the Eucharist presided over by our Delegate Fr. Emanuele Borelli and at the end of the monthly retreat focused on the Lenten topic, Martinus Zalukhu received the…

On Saturday, February 25th, 2023, an afternoon of common reflection took place in the Xaverian House of Salerno. Several lay Catholic associations (Laici Saveriani, Pax Christi, Ufficio Ecumenico, Uf…

On Saturday, February 25th, 2023, Mr José Pastor González Zermeño, father of our confrere Fr. Pastor González Zermeño, passed away in Jalostotitlán, Jalisco, Mexico. Mr José Pastor had been ill for s…

Next week, the General Direction will make the official convocation of the 18th General Chapter, which will include the indications for the meeting place, date and provisional agenda, as well as th…

On Monday, February 20th, Fr. Fabien Kalehezo T’Chiribuka s.x. returned to Rome from Africa where he took part in the XV Regional Chapter of Burundi (January 24th-27th, 2023) in Bujumbura and visited…

On Saturday, February 25th, 2023, at 6:00 p.m., the photographic exhibition “The Homo Sapiens 3” will open in the exhibition venue of the Museum of Chinese Art and Ethnography. Artist, photographer A…

The Italian Xaverian Laity issued their bulletin Agenda, which reports their activities. On the front page of this digital bulletin, one reads the heading “Semi di Speranza – Carità – Fede” (Seeds of…

The third up-date of the digital Indirizzario 2022 has been uploaded. It contains corrections we received in January and February 2023. Heartfelt thanks to the confreres who wrote us sending rectific…

“Scio cui credidi” (I know him in whom I have believed) is the sentence I wrote at the top of the holy card for my first religious and missionary profession on October 3rd, 1963. The Lord held my ha…

On Friday, February 17th, 2023, late in the evening, Mr. Philip Magurn, father of our deceased confrere Fr. Paul Magurn s.x., passed away in Oak Lodge Care Home, Darlington, County Durham, GB. The…

In the Dear Chapter section, the collaborations of the confreres continue. Fr Cassien Nshimirimana, sx, a young Burundian currently in Kinshasa to study for a Licentiate in Philosophy, presents som…

“Lenten Penance and the Synodal Journey” is the title of Pope Francis’ Message for Lenten 2023. In his message, Pope Francis choses the Gospel of the Transfiguration to invite us to experience the L…

In this year 2023, the Mother House of Parma celebrated World Day of the Sick in two moments during which the Community of the Fourth Floor was fully engaged and active. On Thursday, February 9th, at…

On Saturday, February 11th, 2023, Pope Francis appointed Fr. Bob John Hassan Koroma, member of the clergy of Makeni, as Bishop of the Diocese of Makeni, Sierra Leone. Bishop-elect Bob John Hassan Kor…

The community of theology students in Kinshasa, DRC, continues its series of thought-provoking reflections on cultural, social, religious and economic aspects of Congolese society. On February 4th…

On Monday, February 20th, 2023, at 4:30 p.m., in the Pontifical Institute of Arab and Islamic Studies, founded by the Missionaries of Africa, our confrere Fr. Jesús Manuel Calero Perera will defend h…

On Thursday, February 23rd, 2023, at 10:00 a.m., our confrere Fr. Renovat Bikorimana will defend his dissertation in Theology of Consecrated Life (ad licentiam) titled: Il servizio dell’autorità e l’…

A booklet collecting the Proceedings of COSUMA Europe 2021 has been uploaded on the GD’s webpage. Title of COSUMA 2021 was Coinvolti nel “sogno” del Conforti, il primo annuncio ci riposiziona tutti…

In 1950, the Xaverian Fr. Alessandro Patacconi came from Ancona to my village (Palata, Campobasso, Molise - Italy) to help my parish priest during Holy Week. Since the parish priest could not accommo…

On Sunday afternoon, February 12th, 2023, the meeting of the permanent deacons from the dioceses of Cesena-Sarsina, Faenza-Modigliana, Forlì-Bertinoro, Ravenna-Cervia and Imola was held in the Xaveri…

Few years ago, at the instigation of then emeritus bishop of Taipei, Joseph Ti-Kang, the church of St Francis Xavier Parish (run by the Xaverians) was included in the list of some “artistic” churches…

A fake email address using the name of Bishop-Elect Paolo Andreolli (mons.andreolli*gmail.com) is circulating. This is a case of cyber scam or phishing. Be informed that bishop Paolo did not cha…

On Thursday, February 16th, 2023, Sandrine Laure Nguaigne Tagné, younger sister of our confrere Fr. Serge Arthur Tchatché Tagné, passed away in Bafoussam (Centre médical Yantse care), Cameroon. Sandr…

Fr. Juan A. Flores, sx currently working in Morocco, presents his request to the general Chapter members, in a suggestive way: Dear Chapter, tell us once again, in an attractive and persuasive way…

On Saturday, February 11th, we will celebrate the XXXI World Day of the Sick. In his message for the occasion, Pope Francis speaks of “compassion as a synodal exercise of healing.” It is a call for a…

On Monday, February 13th, 2023, the General Direction will commence the meetings of the General Council. In agenda: continuation of the preparation for the XVIII General Chapter, and admissions to Pe…

The Circumscription of South Brazil has prepared a commemorative calendar titled: Missionários Xaverianos 1953-2023. 70 anos de presença Xaveriana no Brasil (Xaverian Missionaries 1953-2023. Seventy…

At the instigation and invitation of ACLI Ravenna and Romagna, on Monday January 30th, 2023, Cardinal Matteo Zuppi, Archbishop of Bologna and President of the Italian Bishops Conference, delivered a…

On February 7th, whilst he was about to mark one year since his arrival in Morocco as Apostolic Administrator of the Archdiocese of Tangier, Fr. Emilio Rocha Grande OFM has been appointed Archbishop…

Thank you, Lord, for making me Christian and missionary. Thank you for the priesthood. I was only 10-year-old when, in my village of S. Croce Bigolina (Padua, Italy), a Salesian priest arrived from V…

On February 8th, during the monthly retreat of the priests, the Taipei Icon Group (ten or so ladies) organized a Flash Exhibition of their icons. They also briefly presented their history and their w…

I entered the Diocesan Seminary of Benevento (Italy) when I was 10 years and half. Every year some missionary would come to give us a talk. I used to say to myself: “Not me!” In the Regional Seminar…

Last Thursday afternoon, February 2nd, at 4:30, the Religious Men and Women of the Archdiocese of Freetown celebrated the World Day of Consecrated Life. We gathered in the Cathedral for the Holy Mass…

On Monday, February 6th, 2023, Mr Ivo Colombara, brother of our confrere Fr. Pietro Colombara, passed away in Villalta di Gazzo (Padua, Italy). The Requiem Mass and funeral rites were celebrated in S…

In the Dear Chapter section, we publish the intervention of Fr. Silvano da Roit sx, missionary in Japan for many years. The confrere, starting with the question "what do I ask of the next CG of the…

Pope Francis has appointed our confrere Fr. Paolo Andreolli s.x. as Auxiliary Bishop of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Belém do Pará (Brazil) and assigned him the titular See of Altava. Fr. Paolo A…

The XVIII Regional Chapter held in Curitiba, Paraná, South Brazil (January 23rd-28th, 2023), has elected the new Regional Council:  - Regional Superior: Roberto Carlos Marques da Silva s.x. -…

On Thursday, February 2nd, 2023, Father General, Fernando García Rodríguez, returned to Rome after his visits to the Circumscription of North Brazil, where he took part in the XVI Regional Chapter (A…