On Saturday, December 14th – 2019, the Manila Theological Student Community hosted in Interfaith Dialogue Meeting.  Macrina Morados, Dean of the Department of the Islamic Studies at the Universi…

On December 18th – 2019, at around o4:40. Fr. Giuseppe Tavera died after a long illness in the Mother House of Parma.  Fr. Tavera was 76 years old.  He was born in Ittiri (SS), on 08.03.194…

New Regional Direction: 20.12.2019 Fr. Juan Jorge Rosales Rodríguez sx            Regional Superior Fr. Juan Olvera Servín sx   &nbs…

Oggi 18 dicembre 2019, verso le ore 04:40, si è spento dopo lunga malattia, nella Casa Madre di Parma, P. Giuseppe Tavera. Il confratello aveva 76 anni, essendo nato a Ittiri (SS), il 08.03.1943. E…

“Listening to Jesus, resembling Him and reflecting on Him” was the theme developed during the Spiritual Retreat in preparation for the upcoming Christmas.  It brought together about thirty Pries…

Dec. 3, 2019. We the Xaverian Region of Sierra Leone celebrated the feast day of our Patron Saint - St Francis Xavier. This year our Feast Day Mass was held in St Conforti Parish - Makeni, and was pr…

In the Daily Newspaper “AVVENIRE”, of December 11th – 2019, an article was published, signed by Donatella Coalava, about Fr. Francesco Cavallo s.x., who recently turned 100 years old. It describes th…

On December 9th – 2019, Mrs. Bianca Colombara, sister of our confrere Fr. Pietro Colombara (working in the mission of North Brazil; e-mail: [email protected]).

On December 7th – 2019, Fr. Mula and Fr. Peguero left for Mexico to visit our Theology House and to participate in the XVII Regional Chapter. On December 11th – 2019, Fr. Kalehezo and Fr. Pulcini le…

On December 1st – 2019 at 9:00 a.m., in the Parish of St. Francis Xavier, Maligaya, Novaliches, Quezon City, our Confreres Patrick Abdul Fornah, Antonius Sutatno, Handrianus Masri and Erick Tjeunfin…

December 3rd – 2019, Feast of St. francis Xavier, was a magnificent day for the Xaverian Community of San Pietro in Vincoli.  More than 60 Priests and Deacons from the Dioceses of  Forlì, R…

On the 2nd to 4th of December, we all gathered together at Religious House Makeni for our annual assembly. Our discussion during assembly focused on the document of Continental COSUMA of Af…

On December 2nd – 2019, died Mr. Giancarlo Uccelli, brother-in-law of our Fr. Domenico Meneguzzi (of the Xaverian Community of Vicenza: e-mail [email protected]).

Mexico On November 30th – 2019, in the Xaverian Seminary House of San Juan del Rio, Mons. Mario de Gasperin Gasperin (Bishop Emeritus of Queretaro) ordained Deacon our Confrere Jeremias Parung Janua…

For the Xaverian Jubilee Year 2020-2021 a ‘logo’ in diverse languages has been created. You can find it in its original format and you may change it according to your needs.  See: https://dg.sa…

We like to let you know that in the site of the DG are published the final orientations of Asia Cosuma 2019.  The first brief document, “The Xaverian presence in Asia”, deals with the various to…

On November 26-27 – 2019, in the House of the DG, the second encounter of the European Forum took place.  Its objective was to continue on our reflection, already initiated in the very first mee…

The Xaverian Region of Japan presents its new regional site:  https://japan.xaverians.org The site has been completely renovated and it is connected with the international site “Saveriani in re…

Fr. Andrea Gamba, s.x. writes:  “A drop in the ocean.  Since November 27th – 2019, in the Town of Buttrio, a Sirian family of our members has been integrated in its pastoral ministry. …

From the 18th to the 21st of November around 20 people met in Coatbridge for a Conference on "Mission Today." It was organised by the Xaverians in the U.K. and the participants included Xaverians, ot…

On November 23rd – 2019, in the afternoon, the Xaverian Student Community of Jakarta actualized its bimonthly project of Interreligious Dialogue with the theme: “Radicalism in the perspective of Open…

Quezon City. On Friday November 29 the bishop of Cubao Most Rev. Honesto Ongtioco visited our community in Prj8 in conjunction with his canonical visit to all religious communities. The prelate show…

On November 28th – 2019, Mr. Vincenzo Simoncelli, brother of Fr. Giulio Simoncelli (mission in the Republic Democratic of the Congo: [email protected]) and of the deceased Fr. Luigi Simoncelli, re…

Fr. Matteo Rebecchi wrote from the Philippines on November 17th – 2019:  “Yesterday afternoon, I participated in the Theological Pastoral Congress of the Diocese of Novaliches. With that they op…

Shinmeizan: In preparation for the visit by Pope Francis to Thailand and to Japan, the Osservatore Romano asked the collaboration and contribution of the Xaverian Missionary Sister Maria de Giorgi, w…

Mrs. Valentina Salas, mother of our confrere Fr. Benjamin Gòmez Salas, who is presently in Spain (e-mail: [email protected]), passed away on November 19th – 2019.

On Tuesday, November 19 – 2019, in the Diocesan Pastoral Center of Parma, the Traditional Cultural Event “Parma In The Years” will take place.  The title of this year is: “1919: The Problems of…

The Regional Assembly took place from November 5th to November 7th – 2019.  There were 26 Xaverians present.   Six Xaverians were missing  due to health reasons. On November 5th…

In the Vatican News Site, there were two interviews of our confreres Fr. Alessio Crippa and Fr. Tiziano Tosolini, dealing with the forthcoming visit of Pope Francis to Thailand and to Japan.  Th…

The Marietti Publishing Company has just published the book  by Fr. Tiziano Tosolini: “Paolo e i filosofi.  Interpretazioni del cristianesimo da Heidegger e Derrida”.   This book…

On 7-9 November 2019 Fr Rocco Viviano sx was one of the main speakers at a conference on the theme ‘Nostra Aetate in Our Time,’ which took place at the University of Villanova, Philadelphia, USA. The…

Rome, from November 13th to November 15th, in the House of the Generalate of the Consolata Missionaries, there was a meeting of missionaries brothers from the four Italian Missionary Institutes (Xave…

On November 11th - 2019, the Holy Father has appointed as under-secretary of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue the Reverend Fr. Paulin Batairwa Kubuya, S.X., executive secretary…

New Regional Direction: 06.11.2019 Regional Superior:      Fr. Pierluigi Lupi Vice-Regional:           Fr. Lorenzo Valoti Coun…

Mexico City: November 3rd – 2019.  In our House of Theology, our confrere Yeremias Parung celebrated his Perpetual Profession in the hands of Fr. Antonio Flores Osuma, our Regional Superior. The…

Maligaya – Novaliches, November 5th – 2019:  Today, in our Theology House of Manila, the students in Temporary Vows renewed their vows.  The celebration was preceded by a reflection on the…

The Cosuma Asia took place in Jakarta (Indonesia), on 12 – 19 November 2019. The Superiors (together with their Vice-Superiors) of the various Circumscription of Asia were present. The General Direct…

At Parma, on Friday, November 8th – 2019, in the front of the Oratory of Santa Maria della Pace of Borgo delle Colonne, a commemorative plaque of our Founder St. Guido Maria Conforti was blessed and…

At the end of the World Mission Month of October, our confreres from Burundi wrote: “The faces, the lives and the courageous missionary testimony of our martyrs were at the center of our encounters a…

Our confreres wrote from Brazil: “As in every year our Community of St. Guido M. Conforti in the Parish of St. Raimondo Nonnato (Diocese of Belo Horizonte MG), solemnly celebrated the Feast of Our Fo…

On November 5th – 2019, Mr. Olindo Lovat, brother of our confrere Fr. Italo Lovat (Community of Vicenza; e-mail: [email protected]) returned to the Heavenly Father.  May he rest in  peace!

MEXICO – MEXICO City:  November 3rd – 2019 Jeremias Parung Januarius CAMEROON – Jesus Bon Pasteur Parish (Yaoundè): November 5th – 2019 Marcelo Alves De Ávila Ribeiro Evansius Abi Christoph…

On October 27th – 2019, on the 75th Anniversary of the death of Mons. Calza, first Bishop of the city of Cheng-Chow and Founder of the Sisters of St. Joseph, more than 300 persons were present in the…

The confreres from Parma write:  “The Extraordinary Mission Month of October has forced all our Communities of Parma to joyfully underline the universal missionary vocation of the Church. …

On October 31, occasioned by the conclusion of the Extraordinary Missionary Month, the confreres of the Collegio Conforti have participated to a Prayer Vigil centred on "I heard his/her scream" (Ho u…

On 25 October 2019, this year’s second meeting of the Kakehashi Association (which promotes interreligious dialogue among the missionary and religious orders in Japan) took place at the Grand Shrine…

On Sunday, October 27th – 2019, our ex confrere Eugenio Melandri died, while in the Hospital of Ravenna, where he had been for a while, trying to recover from the serious sickness which had afflicted…

For the World Mission Day, the Vatican News Agency published the Video on the Extraordinary Mission Month published by the Xaverians, underlining the important contribution the Xaverian Missionaries…

On Sunday October 27 – 2019, Monsignor Adolfo Zon Pereira and Fr. Saúl Ruíz Alvarez will be the honor guests at the Conforti College at Rome.  After supper, they will share with the whole Commun…

We like to make known to you some of the activities of  the Mexico Region on the occasion of this Extraordinary October Mission Month: .  Churches, Colleges and Formation Houses were fille…