On Saturday, January 7th, 2023, at 5:00 p.m., in the church of Saint Mary Parish, Holliston, Massachusetts, USA, our confrere Pietro Rossini will be ordained deacon through the laying on of…

On Wednesday, January 4th, 2023, Fr. Eugenio Pulcini s.x. departed for Indonesia to pay a visit to the confreres of that circumscription. He is also going to take part in the Assembly of the Region (…

“The Church will become small and will have to start afresh more or less from the beginning. It will no longer be able to inhabit many of the edifices it built in its palmy days. As the number of its…

On Saturday, December 17th, 2022, the new Church of Umphang was blessed. Umphang is a town located in the Tak Province (western Thailand) and bordering Myanmar. It is a border land of forests that is…

From December 26th to 29th, 2022, the perpetually professed confreres of the Mexican Region gathered for the traditional Christmas Assembly that took place in the Philosophy House. Sin…

“Today, December 31st, 2022, I’ve just finished reading the Newsletter n. 3 that was addressed to all confreres, and which is dedicated to the journey in preparation for the XVIII General C…

On Thursday evening, January 5th, 2023, the XVI Regional Chapter began at the Casa de Retiro Preciosino in Ananindeua, Belém – PA. Right after supper, Fr. Fernando García Rodríguez&nbs…

“… The community concludes the year of Grace 2022 with serenity. We have decided to continue a community practice that started already at the time when Fr. Eugenio Melandri  was still with us. I…

“This time and beyond it: An update on eschatology” is the title of the XXXII Refresher Course for theology teachers of ATI (Associazione Teologica Italiana) that took place in Rome, a…

  Issue n. 125 of iSaveriani, news bulletin of the Xaverian Missionaries, has been uploaded on to the website of the General Direction. This issue opens with an editorial by the Superior Gener…

The second digital update of Indirizzario 2022 with the corrections communicated to us in December 2022 has been uploaded. Our heartfelt thanks to the confreres for writing and se…

Seven human-sized presepi (Christmas cribs) have been set up on the green lawn at the entrance of the Xaverian house in Vicenza. The hugest of them gathers 16 musicians in a circle around t…

On Friday, December 30th, 2022, the Xaverian Missionary Sister of Mary, Maria Dallari (also known as Maria Luisa) passed away in the Xaverian Sisters’ Mother House of Parma. She was 87 an…

Today, 31 December, Newsletter No. 3, dedicated to the preparation for the 18th General Chapter and edited by the Preparatory Committee, was sent to all the confreres. It is part of our commitment to…

On Saturday, January 7th, 2023, at 5:00 p.m., in the church of Saint Mary Parish, Holliston, Massachusetts, USA, our confrere Pietro Rossini will be ordained deacon through the laying on of hands and…

“NO ONE CAN BE SAVED ALONE. COMBATTING COVID-19 TOGETHER, EMBARKING TOGETHER ON PATHS OF PEACE” In his message for World Day of Peace, after 3 years of Covid-19 and while we face the scourge of a he…

“In the face of so much pain and suffering, our only course is to imitate the Good Samaritan.” These words of Pope Francis are taken from his encyclical Fratelli Tutti, that during this year is guidi…

“…we are very glad to send you the booklet on Lay Xaverian formation during the year 2022-2023. In this pastoral year, we will pause to reflect on Pope Francis’ Encyclical Letter “Fratelli tutti” on…

Today, Thursday, December 29th, 2022, at 7.59 AM, Msgr. Joseph Ti Kang, archbishop emeritus of Taipei, left us. Born on May 7th , 1928, he was 94-year-old. We owe a lot to him, a great friend and ben…

“TO LIVE IN THANKSGIVING TO THE LORD AND THE INSTITUTE…” I feel like a bridge under which water runs quickly. Much water has already flowed away, other is flowing under my feet and I do not know how…

“A FASCINATING EXPERIENCE OF WITNESS AND PROCLAMATION…” 60 years have already passed since, in Nizza Monferrato, I made my first religious and missionary profession in the hands of then Superior Gen…

From January 2nd to 7th, 2023, the XIV Cultural Week on The Transformation of Mission. Face to Face with the Other will take place in Tavernerio. The Commission for On-Going Formation of the Italia…

Chinese time cycles are a bit complicated. The combination of 10 Tiangan (天干, heavenly stems) and 12 Dizhi (地支, earthly branches) originates a 60-year cycle by which the Chinese name days, years…

“We have received copies of Fr. Aristide’s (Poletto – ed.) Biographical Sketch. Thank you so very much. We are grateful to you also because we did not know many stages (time) and precise places of hi…

The Xaverian Laity in Italy writes to Dear Chapter: Which path for the charismatic family? With enthusiasm they share some aspects of their journey. We thank them for their suggestions. Read…

CHRISTMAS 2022 Dear confreres, it is Christmas, the mystery of God's presence among us, the manifestation of his love for all humanity. So immense and so humble. This year again we are invited to r…

The XVIII Regional Chapter held in the city of Guadalajara, Jal. Mexico (December 14th-19th, 2022), elected the new Regional Council:   Fr. Juan Jorge Rosales Rodríguez     …

On Monday, December 19th, 2022, the bishop of Pala (Chad), Msgr. Dominique Tinoudji, appointed our confrere Fr. Sergio Galimberti as vicar general of the Diocese.

The portrait photos of all the twenty-one members of our community hang on the small, charming Christmas tree in the Fourth Floor. The greeting card reads: The dark night of Bethlehem contains the g…

As we spend Christmas in the Xaverian house of Vicenza, our thoughts easily go to the solemn celebrations we experienced in mission in different parts of the world. However, this is not simply nostal…

We celebrate Christmas in a context of war in Ukraine and in the D.R. Congo where part of the territory is under rebel and foreign occupation with its share of deaths and massive displacement of inno…

“…Receive the wishes of our community in Shinmeizan. May we all together become instruments for the proclamation and communion of the same joy which, in that night, pervaded the shepherds of Bethlehe…

It is always beautiful to make merry and grasp the meaning of waiting for Christmas. On the Gaudete Sunday, December 11th, the migrant community associated with Festa dei Popoli  (People’s Feast…

“It is crucial to listen more with the heart. By listening to the problems of the world, we may take action in a spirit of solidarity. The time of pandemic has provoked many fears that still remain w…

We have received the traditional Christmas letter that Fr. Luigi Anzalone s.x. sends from the parish of Rita de Cássia in Ourilândia Do Norte (Brazil). Fr. Luigi, who comes from Sicily, writes: “St…

The updated edition (December 23rd) of the Personnel Directory 2022 (Stato del Personale 2022) can be downloaded from the GD’s website. We thank the circumscription superiors for having sent us thei…

On Thursday, December 17th, 2022, Fr. Pierino Pini (a former Xaverian confrere) passed away in Gottolengo (Brescia, Italy). He was 71. The Requiem Mass and funeral rites were celebrated in Gottolen…

From the community of the International Theologate in Yaoundé, Innocent Shamamba and Mutonde Frederic 'write' to the 18th General Chapter, expressing their expectations regarding this important eve…

We gathered for a 2-day Regional Assembly on the 5th – 6th of December in our Regional House in Makeni. Our assembly is part of the On-Going Formation Program of the Region. This assembly was called…

On December 8-9, 2022, the Xaverian Formation Commission Meeting was held in the Novitiate Community, Bintaro, Jakarta, Indonesia. This meeting was attended by all formators from the three formation…

On Sunday afternoon, December 4th, a commemorative celebration of Prof. Miss Rina Parolin took place in San Donato di Cittadella (PD). She is considered by many: “the most authoritative woman from Ci…

“…Miss Parolin can be considered the first member of a Xaverian Laity of the type we have envisioned more recently; she was a member that for a while had no followers. Prof. Parolin fully belongs to…

A heart that loves the people, but a brain that does not learn the language: I have been in Morocco for already two years. It is a very beautiful and engaging experience that helps me live my faith a…

“Waiting is a dry desert between where we are and where we want to be”, said someone. This saying summarises my mood. Since my arrival in Taiwan, seven months have already gone by, day after day – a…

MOTHER HOUSE, PARMA: FIRST MEETING “MANI PER IL MONDO”   A video of the first meeting of Mani per il Mondo (Hands for the World) has been uploaded on the YouTube page of the Xaverian Missionar…

On Sunday, December 11th, Bishop Giuliano Brugnotto was ordained and officially installed in the diocese of Vicenza. Previously, he had been the vicar general of the Diocese of Treviso. It has been a…

In the Dear Chapter section, we publish the letter from the General Direction of the Missionaries of Mary (Xaverian sisters) whom we cordially thank. Their participation in the preparation of the Gen…

On Tuesday, December 6th, 2022, Fr. Eugenio Pulcini returned to Rome after spending two weeks with the confreres of the Chinese Delegation in Taipei, Taiwan (November 21st – December 6th, 2022).

On Saturday, December 10th, 2022, General Councillor Fr. Javier Peguero Pérez departed for Mexico where he will take part in the XVIII Regional Chapter (city of Guadalajara, Jal., December 14th-19th…

On Tuesday, December 13th, 2022, Father General Fernando García Rodríguez and Councillor Fr. Kalehezo T’Chiribuka will travel to Amazonia to participate in the XVI Regional Chapter (January 5th-12th…