Annual Assembly: Remembering the past with gratitude: 70th year anniversary of our mission in Sierra Leone. From 2 December to 5 December 2020, we all gathered at Religious House Makeni for having o…

The Council of the Italian Xaverian Laity shared the agenda of November 2020, full of meetings, welcoming and announcing activities, and touching mission experiences.   The report also incl…

Mr. Giuseppe Carraro, brother-in-law of our Confrere Fr. Carmelo Boesso, s.x. (Community of the Xaverian Mother House in Parma:[email protected] ), died on Wednesday, December 9th – 2020.

Our Congolese Xaverian Confrere,  Fr. Gilbert Mbula,  is working on the “Resonances” section this week.  The title of his reflection is: L’Autenticitè d’un Père à un projet.  Fr…

On Monday, November 30th – 2020, from 2:30 pm. to 5:45 pm. local time, the General Direction  held the bimonthly meeting online with the Rectors and the Formation Teams of the four Xaverian Inte…

On Saturday, November 28th – 2020, the Philosophy Community of project 8, organized the first online Mission Vocation Promotion Meeting, named Search in.  Twenty six young people from different…

In recent days we have found in Chinese Social Media the video of the last celebration of theInternational Nurse’s Day (May 12th – 2020), held at the Hospital in Zhengzhou (Zhen hou Ren Min Yi Yuan)…

On Saturday, December 5th – 2020, at 10:30 am., the Xaverians Confreres Tufan Mitra, Emmanuel Mushagalusa Bwalande, Marselinus Yerisko, Irvin Alonso Gutiérrez Hernández e Serge Clovis Kennie Kow…

On Sunday, December 6th – 2020, the Xaverian Confreres Cassien Nshimirimana and Lucivado De Sousa Costa will be ordained Deacons by the imposition of hands and prayer of Mons. Roberto Orendain Gaa, B…

Given the restrictions for coronavirus, on November 5th – 2020, we celebrated with the presence of our cooks and their families, without any other guests. During the celebration the Eucharist each of…

On December 3rd – 2020, at 6:30 pm., the community of the DG celebrated the Eucharist presided by Fr. General. Remembering “Our patron saint and model of the Xaverian Missionaries”,  Fr. Fernand…

On Saturday, November 30th – 2020, the whole Xaverian Community of Ancona  transferred to their new House (Via Flaminia 356 – 60126 Ancona  AN ). The new House is located a few meters from…

On the occasion of the usual exchange of Merry Christmas and Happy New Year wishes, the Xaverian Missionary Sisters of Mary have sent out from Parma to the world, the third issue of their Magazine&nb…

The New Xaverian Calendar 2020 – 2021 You Are  the Light of the World is on the site and can be downloaded.  Copies have already been sent in hard copy format.

Fr- Luigi Zucchinelli, s.x. died on November 28th – 2020, at 6:00 am, at the Hospice of the Little Daughters of Parma.  Fr. Luigi was born on November 13th – 1937 in the town of Sforzatica (Berg…

This week’s Resonance on the Testament Letter  comes to us from our Xaverian confrere  Fr. Camillo Didonè:  A Carta Testamento é coração e pulmões do projeto missionário. For more th…

On Sunday, November  22nd  – 2020, the parish community of St. Francis Xavier (Taiwan-Taipei)) held a fraternal meeting  with the nearby Presbyterian community.  The theme of the…

Fr. Paolo Andreolli, s.x., with the Team of Mission and Vocation Education, organized an experience of life lived together with the theme: Knowing, Loving and Caring for God’s Dream.  Eleven you…

In the afternoons of November 25th and 27th, Our Superior General, Fr. Fernando Garcia, s.x., participated in the 94th Assembly of the Union of Superiors General, held online.  The theme of the…

The Council of the Italian Xaverian Laity has drawn up and excellent training booklet for the year 2020/2021.  The Introduction defines the goal of the Laity SX for the new year: “This year’s Fo…

For the series Entre le visible et l’invisible by the publisher Chisokudo of Nagoya (Japan), has just published the volume of Y. Furuya, History of Japanese Theology… The test presents for the firs…

Mr. Aurelio Macias Sapièn died on November 5th – 2020.  He was the brother of Fr. Ruben Antonio Macias Sapièn, s.x., who is in the Xaverian Community House of Theology of Mexico City: (rubenmaci…

This week’s ‘Resonance’ is written by the Xaverian Sister, Gloria Enciso Aldana, originally from Mexico.  The title of the reflection is: “Amemos la pobreza…” Impresiones sobre la Carta  Te…

From the 3rd to the 8th of November, we met for our Annual Retreat.  This Retreat was atypical, sui generis, as we did not have a specific preacher.  In  turn, we shared the fruits of…

On Saturday, November 21st – 2020, our confrere Antoine Ntabala Ntamwira, s.x. will be ordained Deacon at Bitkine (Mongo), by the laying on of the hands and prayer of the  Apostolic Vicar Mons…

From November 17th to the 20th – 2020, the Xaverian Region of Colombia organized their Assembly in the city of Armenia-Quindio.  After being postponed due to the COVID-19 pandemic, at this time…

This year our Regional Assembly, due to the pandemic, takes place in two distinct moments and places, according to the two areas of the Xaverian Region. The Kyushu Assembly took place on 18th-19th of…

On the night of November 11th-12th – 2020, Typhoon Ulysses struck the MetroManila area.  The huge amount of rain that fell in a few hours caused once again the overflow of the Marikina River on…

The Xaverian Community of Salerno has honored the 101 years of life of Fr. Francesco Cavallo, s.x. (Born in 1920), with the Eucharistic Celebration, presided over by the same birthday boy.  In h…

The Issue N. 2 (2020) of the Magazine Mysterion (Journal of Research in Spiritual Theology) of the Faculty of Theology of the Salesian Pontifical University, hosts an article written by our confrer…

Saveriani Conforti Studies Center – Saturday, November 21st -2020. For this year The Confortiano Coltural Afternoon, organized in Parma by the Friends of The Cinquenovembre, is not realized, due to…

The xaverian Missionary Sisters of Mary, the Xaverian Sisters, published the first volume   containing the correspondence between Father Giacomo Spagnolo, s.x. and Mother Celestina Bottego…

Fr. Paolo Zurlo, s.x. died on November 18th – 2020, at 1:00 pm (local time), in the Regional House of Zapopan (Guadalajara).  He was 88 years old.  The funeral was held at the Regional Ho…

This week’s Resonance on the Testament Letter comes to us from Spain, and is written by Mrs. Raquel Ruiz: “Reflection del laicado misionero en Espana.”  Mrs. Raquel Tuiz is a member of the fou…

On November 5th – 2020, we celebrated, for the first time,  the feast of St. Guido Maria Conforti in Morocco.  While our insertion continues with the study of Dariya, (Morocan Arabic), we s…

The Xaverian community in Thailand celebrated together with our collaborators, volunteers, friends, and benefactors the feast of St. Guido Maria Conforti. It was a beautiful occasion to get to know e…

On Saturday, Movember 14th – 2020; our confrere, deacon Francois Saleh Moll, s.x., in the parish of Bongor, will be ordained priest by the laying on of the hands and prayer of Mons. Jean Claude Bou…

The Philosophy community of Project 8, Quezon City, Manila has a new landline number: 02-85530424

On November 5th – 2020, in Kinshasa , the Year of Novitiate began.  In the Eucharistic Celebration, presided by Fr. Fabien Kalehezo, s.x., 11 young people said “yes”  to this new beginning…

The small Xaverian and parish community of Taipei celebrated the feast of St. Guido Maria Conforti with deep participation,  not limited by the smallness of our number.  On November 5th, in…

The Xaverian Calendar 2020 – 2021, entitled: You are the light of the world  (Mt 5:14) has been published. The reading of the Apostolic Exhortation on the call to holiness in the contemporary…

Sr. Paola Frizzo (born Leonilda Frizzo and sister of  Brother Giovanni Frizzo, s.x., (of the Community of the Generalate in Rome: e-mail: [email protected]) died on Saturday Nov. 7th – 2020.&…

This week ‘Resonances’ on the Testament Letter comes to us from Thailand, from our confrere Fr. Alessio Crippa, s.x., and has as its title: ‘A traveling companion’. His reflection is presented in s…

Here are the two most important moments of this day which, despite fears of the coronavirus, was characterized by an atmosphere of prayer, fraternity and celebration. At 9.00 in the Conference Roo…

This year, the Chinese Delegation celebrates the feast for our Holy Founder in a rather solemn way. On Thursday, November 5, we invite the Priests of our Deanery for Midday prayer and lunch togethe…

On November 5th – 2020, during the celebration of the Feast of St. Guido M. Conforti in the Parish church of St. Francis Xavier in Maligaya, Manila, our student confreres:  Cassien Nshimirimana…

There are currently 17 Novices in the Novitiate House of Kinshasa.  On November 5th – 2020,   12 candidates started the year of Postulancy. The Newly Professed Students, who have ende…

In the Novitiate of Salamanca, there are currently 4 Novices.  On August 27th – 2020, one candidate, coming from the Xaverian Minor Seminary of San Juan del Rio, began his Year of Postulancy.

In the Novitiate of Bintaro-Jakarta there are currently 8 Novices.  On July 18th – 2020,   6 young students began their Year of Postulancy.

“The dream of a family fraternity” was the theme of a reflection made by Fr. Angelo Guttoriello, s.x. on the occasion of November 5th – 2020 to all the Xaverian confreres of our Region, in the Format…