On March 19th, Fr. Fabien Kalehezo T’Chiribuka s.x. will leave Mozambique and continue his trip in Africa. In Adis Abeba, he will meet Fr. Fernando García Rodríguez s.x., and together they will head…

Fr. Angelo Berton s.x. has been a member of the Xaverian community of Taranto (Italy) for 20 years. He is the historical and free memory of each one of us. Celebrations – or, better, the expressions…

The members of the Council of Xaverian Laity in Italy with their families (spouse and children) spent three days (March 3rd-6th, 2022) of work and time together in the community of the General House…

Legend has it that St Dominic asked the devil why he kept roaming around his convent. The devil answered that it was because in tempting the friars he was always successful: in the choir, he was able…

Today (i.e., February 24th, 2022 – ed.), we pay homage to a confrere who marks the 65th year of his life (i.e., Fr. Katindi Ramazani – ed.). To prepare for this happy anniversary, we were able, with…

On Thursday, March 3rd, 2022, at 8:30 a.m., our confrere Fr. Giacomo (James) Rigali s.x. passed away in the house of his sisters Franca and Domenica in Borno (Brescia, Italy). Lovingly assisted by hi…

After having analysed the poll results (sondaggi), the Superior General, with the consent of his council, has appointed the new direction of the Thai Delegation (February 11th, 2022): Fr. Alessand…

On February 25th, 2022, the meetings of the General Council held in Rome (February 10th–25th, 2022) were concluded. During the meetings, special attention was paid to: the preliminary steps in prepar…

On Friday, February 25th, 2022, Fr. Javier Peguero Pérez returned to Rome after taking part in the ‘Christmas Assembly 2021’ of the Xaverian circumscription of Mexico. Due to the pandemic, Fr. Javier…

Each year during Lent we are reminded that “goodness, together with love, justice and solidarity, are not achieved once and for all; they have to be realized each day” (ibid., 11).  Let us ask G…

In a reflection on the synodal journey towards Easter that he prepared for the page of Missionari Saveriani dedicated to the Romagna region, our confrere, Bishop Giorgio Biguzzi s.x., writes: “… Th…

So far, in Jakarta there are 64.718 new cases, which far exceed the 12.388 cases of the Delta variant. At the Xaverian Wisma Bintaro, 8 postulants and 1 novice have been infected. At the Philosophy h…

The Sierra Leone region dedicated the day of Tuesday, the 22nd of February to the ongoing formation on the topic marriage owing to the fact that a good number of confreres committed to pastoral commu…

Perhaps this is the first time it happens in our novitiate of Kinshasa. We dedicated two days to cleaning a huge pile of plastic garbage that had accumulated in front of our courtyard illegally occup…

After three years since the General Direction (February 26th, 2019) sent to all confreres the Letter La tutela dei minori e delle persone psicologicamente labili nella Chiesa (The Protection of Minor…

The updated edition (February 26th) of the Personnel Directory 2022 (Stato del Personale 2022) can be downloaded from the GD’s website. Sincere thanks to the superiors of circumscriptions and all con…

On Saturday, February 19th, 2022, around 9:00 p.m., our confrere Fr. Ezio Giovanni Marangoni s.x., 83, passed away in the Xaverian house of Vicenza. He was born on September 22nd, 1938, in Roveredo…

On Sunday, February 13th, 2022, our house hosted a retreat and meeting of permanent deacons from the Dioceses of Ravenna, Faenza, Forlì, and Cesena. About sixty people were in attendance, including d…

The Omicron variant continues to infect many people in Indonesia. In some places, especially in Jakarta and Bali, the number of Coronavirus cases is rapidly increasing. Fortunately, many people have…

Christian communities in Brazil, through the CNBB (Brazilian Conference of Bishops), have proclaimed the year 2022 Mission Jubilee Year. The Jubilee officially commenced on November 20th, 2021, the d…

Radio Linea N. 1 (a broadcasting company which broadcasts through radio, web and TV on digital channel 19. It was born as a commercial radio in the Marche Region in the 1980s. Through the years, it h…

Ad gentes mission is near. As in many other Italian cities, a second- and, for some, third-generation Chinese community has grown in Ravenna. Here, there are families, university students that come f…

Fr. Rolando Ruiz Durán wrote a report and commentary on the day of meeting and prayer organised by our confreres Juan Antonio Flores Osuna s.x., François Saleh Moll s.x. and Rolando Ruiz Durán s.x. o…

During the traditional "Festival della Canzone di Sanremo 2022" the host, Miss Lorena Cesarini, read on stage a text taken from the book Racism Explained to my Daughter by Tahar Ben Jelloun, a F…

“Agenda” – the monthly digital bulletin of the Xaverian Laity of January 2022 –dedicates the first page to the Father’s Words: “God wishes that all men be saved. This is why the Divine Word, upon des…

On Monday, February 14th, 2022, at 7:20 a.m. (Mexican time), our confrere, Fr. Giuseppe Rosti s.x., 87, passed away in the Xaverian House of Philosophical Studies, Guadalajara, Jal., Mexico. Giusep…

From February 10th to 28th, the General Direction gathers for council meetings. Items on the agenda include: follow-up on the suggestions collected in the Intercapitular CoSuMa 2021; visits carried o…

Our confrere Dr Gildo Coperchio s.x. shared some thoughts during the Eucharistic celebration with Gruppo Amici dei Missionari Saveriani (GAMS – Friends of the Xaverian Missionaries) in the…

On the occasion of the Day of Human Fraternity (a celebration stemming from the document on Human Fraternity that was co-signed by Pope Francis and the Grand Imam of al-Azhar, Aḥmad Muḥammad Aḥmad al…

We met as Community of the Island (the so-called “Beautiful” island) and, in trying to reflect on Synodality, we discovered, with some degree of consolation, that we are already in tune with the call…

In the course of its annual assembly, which this year had a predominantly character of on-going formation, the South Brazil Region reflected upon the theme of “Synodality and Mission.” There are some…

The “Debates” column of the daily Avvenire, on Saturday, February 5th 2022, under the title “When a Christian looks at Oriental religions” writes: “The relation between Christianity and Oriental reli…

The Hispanic American edition of “Spiritus” - Missiological Journal (year 62/4, n. 245, December 2021) publishes an article by our confrere Fr. Stefano Raschietti s.x., entitled “Hope in Dark Times…

The Xaverian Sister - Missionary of Mary, Elisa Tenconi m.m.x., together with her fellow sisters, served with exemplary dedication the community in the General House of Viale Vaticano 40 for 15 years…

On Sunday, February 6th, 2022, the Xaverian Sister, Palma Albertini m.m.x., aged 91, passed away in the Mother House of the Missionary Sisters of Mary (Parma). She had been ill for some time, but ove…

On the evening of Wednesday, February 2nd, 2022, Fr. Fernando García Rodríguez s.x. and Fr.Fabien Kalehezo T’chiribuka s.x. returned to Rome from the African Continent. They had gone to Sierra Leone…

The Feast of the Presentation of the Lord was celebrated at Our Lady of Sorrows Parish in Mulongwe, Uvira. The activities we took part in started with the presentation of the members and charism of t…

We celebrated the Day of Human Fraternity in Mdiq, where the St Fracis of Assisi Church entrusted to the Xaverians is located. The event took place via Zoom platform for different reasons, the most i…

Consecrated Life is a particular way of life some choose in response to the experience of God Father’s personal embrace. This embrace or greeting is essentially a communication of love, which makes a…

In this difficult period of pandemic, we celebrated the World Day for Consecrated Life in various ways. At the regional level, two documents have been suggested: 1) a material by CLAR (the Latin-Amer…

Our novices began the celebration of the Feast of the Lord Jesus’ Presentation to the temple with a Candle-mass procession through the hallways of the noviciate house and, as indicated by the liturgy…

This year, the celebration of World Day for Consecrated Life began in our house, in the afternoon of February 1st, with a spiritual retreat preached by our young confrere Fr. Jean-Claude Chobohwa Aga…

Our confrere Fr. Alfiero Ceresoli s.x. offers a thought-provoking comment on the three “Ad”: Ad Gentes, Ad Extra and Ad Vitam. He writes: “To give substance to these three dimensions is giving oursel…

On Friday, January 28th 2022, Mrs Letizia Di Palma passed away. She was the sister of Fr. Francesco Di Palma, our former confrere, who left the Xaverians in 1999 and is currently pastor of “Nativity…

In connection with the upcoming XXVI World Day for Consecrated Life, on Tuesday, January 25th 2022, the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life sent a let…

Like every year, on the Saturday closer to February 2nd (this year will be on February 5th), all religious men and women in the Diocese of Bangkok will gather to celebrate the XXVI World Day for Cons…

The Catholic Archdiocese of Osaka marked the 2022 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity with the celebration of three prayer services jointly organised with representatives of the major Christian Church…

For the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord and the Day for Consecrated Life, the Bishop has invited all religious men and women to a Eucharistic celebration in the Cathedral of Osimo. Also our com…

As consecrated religious men and women, we will celebrate the Day for Consecrated Life in the dioceses where we work. As far as the Archdiocese of São Paulo is concerned, on February 2nd, at 3:00 p.m…

Ahead of the Day for Consecrated Life, the Xaverian community of Fnideq, like other religious communities, has received a letter from the Cardinal of Rabat and Apostolic Administrator of Tangier, Cri…