The Lord could not have been more benevolent towards us! is a publication which collects the monthly retreats on the Testament Letter of St. Guido M. Conforti. They were given by Elena…

The answers to the questions concerning the elaboration of the so-called “Vademecum” of the Xaverian Laity”are available on the website of the General Direction, in the windo…

Fr. Rocco Viviano, s.x. was invited to lecture at the 2021 Benedict XVI Summer Institute, held from June 7th to the 9th at ‘St. Paul Inside the Walls’ Centre of Evangelization of the D…

Exactly fifteen days have passed since our arrival in Fnideq (Castillejos). The whole community of Tangier and an Eclesiana religious sister accompanied us very cordially: they helped us mo…

We share this note sent to us by the Xaverian Community of San Pietro in Vincoli (Ravenna - IT) on April 28th - 2021.  It is a note written by Mrs. Giuliana, sister of the late Fr. Pri…

Saturday, June 12th – 2021, a group of our friends has gathered in the new Xaverian house of Ancona to spend the evening together with the community. China and the Xaverian mission to China have…

On the occasion of the 30th Anniversary of the death of Mons. Piero Rossano (died June 15th, 1991. – Theologian and Bishop, from 1982 until his death, he was Rector of the Pontifical Lateran Uni…

From June 7th to 11th, about twenty students of the Student Youth League (Gioventù Studentesca) from Forlì and Lugo gathered in San Pietro in Vincoli to prepare for the high school exit exam (ma…

We point out an article that appeared in the journal CLAR on the theme of interculturality in the light of the Encyclical “Fratelli Tutti – All Brothers” and was co-authored by our Xaverian…

40 days after the death of Fr. Angelo Guttoriello sx, we have celebrated a memorial Mass for him, on Thursday, the 17th - June 2021. Many religious communities participated, all our Xaverian con…

On Sunday, June 13th – 2021, Mr. Antonio, brother of our confrere Fr. Giuseppe Santamaria, died.  Fr. Giuseppe is currently the parish priest of Kobubu (Diocese of Kagoshima), Japan…

Mrs. Mary Huang is the author of this week’s resonance: The inspiring elements of the Testament Letter of St Guido Maria Conforti. Mrs. Huang is from Taipei, Taiwan. The first meeting of the X…

On May 26th - 2021, our Confrere Fr. E. Gael Anantia Fouape, s.x., to complete his theological studies curriculum at the Inter-Diocesan Theological School (STI), has given a Lectio Coram. The to…

“ …  I have just finished reading your March 15th paper that appeared in the SX website: “A Unique and ‘Beneficial’ Experience”, and I would like to express to you my congratulations a…

The May-June 2021 Issue of our Magazine, ‘Missione Oggi’, hosts an article by journalist Mr. Stefano Vecchia on 500 years of evangelization in the Philippines. In an interesting box containing an ant…

The local situation of the Covid 19 Pandemic in the Island of Sardinia has much improved. Last week it was possible to resume the program of visits to the missionary delegate-animators in the norther…

On ‘SCAMBI’, we publish the experience of Confrere, Wilybrordus Aditya Yudistira, s.x., familiarly called Yudis. Our Confrere has just completed the third year of theological stud…

We like to point out the conference – webinar of Missione Oggi: “Rethinking the World After the Pandemic. A New Beginning from Ecology and Solidarity”, scheduled for Saturday June 12th - 2021. F…

On Wednesday 9th – 2021, Mr. Giovanni Manni, brother of our confrere Fr. Pier Giorgio Manni passed away. The funeral Mass was celebrated on Friday May 11th in Luzzara (Reggio Emilia)…

This week’s resonance comes directly from the Xaverian Novitiate of Kinshasa.  It bears the title “My encounter with St. Guido M. Conforti through the Testament Letter”.  The au…

In this week’s editorial, we present in full an article that appeared in the May 2021 edition of “Testimoni” (Witnesses), a monthly magazine of information about spirituality and consecrated life. It…

On May 31st – 2021, Feast of the Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary, our Xaverian Confreres – Frs. Juan Antonio Flores Osuna sx, Francois Saleh Moll sx and Rolando Ruíz Durán sx – have arrive…

On Tuesday, June 1st – 2021, at 2.30 pm (Rome time), with the participation of all the Members of the General Direction, the online meeting of the formation and educational teams of the Xaverian…

The Asian Study Centre has just published the June issue of CSA Notebooks (16/2), now available on the DG’s website. Among the various interesting articles, we draw attention to: the text of the Xave…

This week’s resonance is written by Fr. Antonius Wahyudiyanto, s.x.. Fr. Antonius is taking a sabbatical year after his service as Regional Superior of the Xaverian Region of Indonesia – service that…

From May 24th to June 12th – 2021, the General Direction is holding its General Direction Council  Meeting. Among the main themes on the agenda are: the acceptance of the requests…

Fr. Fernando García Rodríguez, s.x., in the afternoons of May 26th, 27th and 28th, participated in the Online Meeting of Superiors General (Men and Women): To make ourselves sisters, To make our…

The UPDATED EDITON  (May 29th, 2021) of the Personnel Directory (Stato del Personale 2021) is available for download on the DG’s website. We encourage confreres to report errors…

Number 118 of iSaveriani has been published and is available for download on the DG’s website. Apart from the editorial of the Superior General and official communications, Number 118 colle…

On Saturday, May 22nd- 2021, around 7:00 p.m., the Nyiragongo Volcano, on whose slopes stands the city of Goma (DRC), unexpectedly erupted, killing about ten people. In the following days, many earth…

The Museum of Chinese Art of Parma will be one of the protagonists at the 98th Arena Opera Festival (Verona, June 19th– September 4th, 2021): the images of twelve artworks of our Museum will con…

The Regional Superior of the Xaverian Italian Region, Fr. Alfredo Turco, s.x. communicates his email address: [email protected] and the number of his cell phone:  342 558 1370.

Fr. Sisto Da Rold, s.x. died on May 27th – 2021, at 6.30 pm, in the Mother House of Parma. Born in the town of Limana (Belluno) in 1935, Fr. Sisto would have turned 86 on June 19th. The funeral…

This week’s resonance is written by Gustave, s.x., a young Xaverian from Bukavu, Congo. The title is: A Heart, Which Embraces and Involves.  The Testament Letter of Conforti as a Missi…

The regional chapter is about to end. So far there has been great serenity, joy and hard work as we have been concentrating on the choices that will guide all confreres in their missionary service du…

“Communicating by encountering people where and as they are”, is the title of the 55th World Communications Day, which was celebrated on Sunday, May 16th – 2021. Our challenge is preci…

On the occasion of the solemnity of the Ascension, we have received from Morocco the greetings and a photo of the three Xaverian confreres on the seafront of Tangier:  Fr. Juan Antonio Flor…

On May 10th to 15th, we, the confreres of the Region, made our Annual Spiritual Retreat at the Regional House in Makeni. This year our preacher was Fr. Titus Imogime from the Diocese of Gboko, Nigeri…

The thesis defense of our Confreres Frs. Rolando Ruíz Durán, s.x and François Saleh Moll, s.x., will take place next week in Rabat, at the Al Mowafaqa Ecumenical Institute. They have been attend…

Thanks to the website of the Southern Xaverian Region of Brazil, a group of devotees of St. Francis Xavier from the city of Salvador da Bahia (a city that for 335 years has been dedicated to the Patr…

As in many other parts of the world, the situation of the Covid 19 pandemic in Colombia is critical. This year we are worse off than last year in terms of the number of infections and deaths. Local f…

The last 10 days have seen a dramatic worsening of the COVID pandemic in Taiwan. May 9: 1 domestic case; May 10: 15 cases; May 11: 11 cases; May 12: 21 cases; May 13: 25 cases; May 14: 34 cases; May…

Fr. Mario Menin, s.x. participated with a short report (Dialogue and Announcement: a Milestone of Inter-religious Dialogue) in a special Webinar of the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dia…

The Founder’s real participation in the life of our missionary family continues manifesting itself in different ways. Recently, we have received a confirmation of this fact through a very young membe…

On May 15th – 2021, in the column “Agorà”, the newspaper ‘AVVENIRE’ published a long article entitled: “The Vital Questions of Catholic Japan”.  In it, the curator Mr. Stefano Vecchia…

On May 15th – 2021, Fr. Gismondo Caponi, s.x. died in his sleep in the Mother House of Parma. Fr. Gismondo’s health conditions had deteriorated rapidly in these last days. He was born on Augus…

In the NewsLetter of last Saturday (May 8, 2021) reporting on COSUMA EUROPA, the names of Fr. James Clark (Regional Superior) and Fr. John Convery (Vice Regional) of the UK circumscription were inadv…

This week’s resonance is written by Paola (pseudonym) – another spiritual daughter of the first Xaverian Bishop in the Middle Kingdom – and bears a title with an all-Pauline flavour: “Let them give t…

Issue n. 16 (2021) of Cashiers of the Centre d’Etudes Africains, entitled Evènement: Rèception de la Lettre Testament de Saint Guido Maria Conforti (Event acceptance of the Testament Letter of St. Gu…

This year, the reflection on the World Day of Prayer for Chinese Catholics – established by Pope Benedict XVI in 2007 – is suggested by our confrere Simon, s.x. This day coincides with the memory of…