On Monday, May 9th, 2022, around 8:30 p.m., our confrere Fr. Angelo Pansa s.x., 90, passed away in the Extended Care Unit of Istituto Richiedei of Palazzolo sull’Oglio (Brescia, Italy). He was born i…

The Confreres of the Mozambican Delegation gathered for their first yearly assembly in the house of Dondo from April 26th to 29th, one day after the delegation Council had met. Over the last few mont…

From the 25th -29th of April, the UK Province of the Xaverian Missionaries met in Coatbridge for their XIV Regional Chapter in the presence of the Congregation’s Vicar General, Fr. Mario Mula, s.x. a…

From Friday, April 29th, to Sunday, May 01st, 2022, a social forum was organized at the Xavier Centre in Douala. 110 young people from different parishes of the Archdiocese of Douala took part in a m…

The Seventh Conference of the International Association of Catholic Missiologists (IACM), will take place at the Pontifical Urbaniana University, Rome, from 21–24 June 2022, on the theme of the confe…

On Thursday, April 21st, the Diocese of Alto Solimões concluded its Pastoral Meeting, which had started on April 18th, at the Centro de Formação  Frei Ciro in Tabatinga (AM), and was chaired by…

Activities of interreligious dialogue took place in Manila during Ramadan, and specifically in the course of the traditional Iftar ceremony – a supper that interrupts the fasting. Members of the Theo…

On April 25th -30th, 2022, in the Xaverian house of San Pietro in Vincoli, a spiritual retreat led by Virginia Isingrini, a Xaverian Sister Missionary of Mary, gave us the chance to enjoy a rich expe…

On April 30th, 2022, an online meeting by the Pastoral Committee on Vocations of the Xaverian Region of South Brazil was held together with lay Christians from the parishes where the Xaverian Mission…

A second video on the life of the Xaverian Circumscription of the USA has just been released. Prepared by our confrere Pietro Rossini s.x., the video presents two interviews: one with Fr. Irvin Alons…

The word “vocation” should not be understood restrictively, as referring simply to those who follow the Lord through a life of special consecration. All of us are called to share in Christ’s mission…

On Saturday, April 30th, 2022, Mrs Giovanna Tognali, 76, sister of our confrere Fr. Mario Tognali s.x., passed away in Edolo (Brescia, Italy). Fr. Mario belongs to the community in Brescia: mario.t…

The XIV UK Regional Chapter saw the confreres get together in Coatbridge (Scotland) from 25-29th of April. The Chapter was looking at Sustainability in Mission and Presence Today in the UK. Among th…

On Friday, April 22nd, at 12:00, after the audience with Pope Francis in St Peter, CoMiGi2022 (Youth Missionary Convention 2022) was inaugurated. 300 participants from all over Italy were in attendan…

From April 15th to 17th, at the Formation House in Hortolãndia (SP) a Xaverian Vocation Camp was held. Three young men took part: Ivan and Eduardo (Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish – Guaianazes, SP) and…

The Synod on Synodality, which began on October 10th, 2021, is about to conclude its first important phase, that of consultation with God’s people. This phase will be followed by the celebration of t…

The updated digital edition (April 30th, 2022) of Personnel Directory 2022 (Stato del Personale 2022) can be downloaded from the GD’s website. Heartfelt thanks to the circumscription superiors and th…

On Friday, April 29th, 2022, Mrs Maria Vignato Maretto, mother of our confrere Fr. Giuseppe Vignato (son of Lino) s.x., passed away in the Hospital of Valdagno (Vicenza, Italy). She was 94. Fr. Gius…

On Friday, April 22nd, 2022, Fr. Mario Carmelo Mula and Fr. Javier Peguero Pérez will travel to Scotland to participate in the XV Regional Chapter of the UK Circumscription. They are due to return to…

In addressing the Easter wishes 2022 to its readership, the editorial committee of the magazine Missione Oggi writes: “…as we near the 120-year finishing line (1903-2023), we would like to compare ou…

A text prepared by Fr. Gianni Brentegani s.x. and Diego Piovani to introduce a video clip shot and edited by Fr. Gabriel Arroyo Salcido s.x. reads: Through its paper edition, a continuously upgraded…

In the Democratic Republic of Congo, we celebrated Easter of Resurrection with the presence of the General Direction visiting our circumscription. We want to share the joy of the celebration of the s…

Easter has been newer for me this year. I could celebrate the triduum in a language university in southern Taiwan. Family atmosphere, not excessive numbers, international environment, thanks to the p…

1)Spiritual worldliness, 2) the primacy of numbers and 3) of statistics and functionalism are the “three spaces of hidden idolatry” employed by “the Evil One to weaken us in our vocation as shepherds…

In the solemn celebration of the Easter Vigil, 4 adult catechumens were baptised in the church of St Francis Xavier Parish in Maligaya. The peculiarity of this baptismal rests on the fact that for th…

Every Easter, the dream of our Founder Saint Guido M. Conforti “Make of the world one single family,” becomes visible when we leave the city of Taipei, travel to the mountain village of Qubing, and s…

“May the strength of the Risen One bring new energies to each one of you wherever he is carrying out the mission entrusted to us. We are proud to share and communicate Conforti’s ad Gentes charism. M…

The Second National Mission Congress of the Philippines, organized by the Bishops’ Conference Mission Commission, is being held in Cebu from 17-24 April, to celebrate the fifth hundredth anniversary…

In this Easter Season 2022, from April 18th to 21st, we members of the Spanish Delegation all met for moments of recollection, prayer and sharing about the journeys of our respective communities, and…

The GD’s website, in the Formazione Permanente (On-going Formation) section, has posted a PDF document of Mysterion. Rivista web semestrale di ricerca in Teologia Spirituale, 02/2021 (www.mysterion.i…

On Sunday, April 17th, 2022, at 3:45 a.m. (Bangladesh time), our confrere, Fr. Attilio Boscato, 78, passed away at Hospital Square in Dhaka (Bangladesh). He was born on August 30th, 1943, in Montec…

“Dear ones, from Bukavu, where I am at this moment, I send you, on behalf of the GD, best wishes for the celebration of the Paschal Mystery. I have seen the Lord! (Jn 20: 18): this cry of Mary of Mag…

“The upcoming solemnity of Easter reminds us of Jesus’ victory over evil and death. I heartedly wish every good to all my Xaverian confreres wherever they may be. The glorious Resurrection of the Lor…

“I wish all my confreres – both in the "mission field" and in the formation stage – a happy Easter 2022. May the flames of Christ's resurrection encourage us to proclaim Him to more and more people…

We, the inhabitants of the Fourth Floor in the Mother House of the Xaverian Missionaries in Parma, within the constraints that age and sickness impose on us, during this Easter season, renew our comm…

The image of “wonder” in the feast of Resurrection reminds us of the risk of losing the capacity to marvel in our ordinary life. Life is the place of resurrection! All the people in the Bible who com…

In St Bernard Parish, Baptism will be administered to 22 young people and First Communion to 5 during the night of Easter Vigil. Baptism of children (26 ones) will be administered on the following Su…

From April 25th to 29th, 2022, at the Conforti Centre in Coatbridge, Scotland, the XV Regional Chapter of the UK Xaverian Circumscription will be celebrated. Central to the Chapter’s reflection will…

Issue n. 123 of iSaveriani opens with the Lent 2022 Message of the Superior General. Then, it publishes the General Direction’s letters to the Xaverian circumscriptions of Thailand, Colombia, Cameroo…

Fr. Fernando García Rodríguez and Fr. Fabien Kalehezo T’Chiribuka, together with Fr. Gabriel Basuzwa left Bujumbura on Friday April 1st, 2022, early in the morning and reached Bugwana at 11:30. In Bu…

In the community of St Guido Maria Conforti Parish in Noluakuri, everyone is preparing for Easter by ‘going out’: we visit families and together meditate on Sunday Gospels. As a sign of Lent fraterni…

In the last weeks of Lent and during Holy Week, apart from our ordinary ministry, we carry out also other activities associated with this particular season. I am referring to the custom of Quarantore…

This year, in sending my Easter wishes, I should not ignore Pope Francis’ heartfelt plea when he entrusted humanity, but in particular Ukraine and Russia, to Mary, our Mother, on March 25th, 2022. Pl…

We want to thank the Lord because ten members in the community of “Tunas” (Propaedeutics), Yogyakarta, have recovered very well from the Omicron infection. We all agree that the days of illness have…

Apart from making available the largest hall of the house and the car park where two containers collect humanitarian aid that arrives from all places to support the Ukrainian people, last week the co…

Our confrere, Pietro Rossini sx, is creating a series of interesting and motivating video about the history of the Xaverian Missionaries in the USA. In 2022, they celebrate 75 years of their presence…

Issue n. 5 of 聖ザビエルの足跡 (In the Footsteps of St Francis Xavier) is out. This journal of our confreres in Japan, published both on paper and on-line, is aimed at friends, benefactors and those…

Ours is a numerous community made up of elderly. We have remained untouched by the pandemic, a fact for which we are grateful to the Lord and to Venerable Fr. Pietro Uccelli s.x. who kept watch over…

“… I anticipate the celebration of my 45-year anniversary of mission in Bangladesh. Together with you, I would like to raise a song of praise to the Lord for the good He graciously made through me an…

The updated digital edition (April 2nd, 2022) of Personnel Directory 2022 (Stato del Personale 2022) can be downloaded from the GD’s website. Heartfelt thanks to the circumscription superiors and tho…