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The Newsletter of the Xaverian Missionaries

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On Thursday, February 26, 2026, the nine confreres of the United Kingdom Circumscription, accompanied by the Vicar General, Fr Mauro Loda, gathered for their Regional Assembly. The topics discussed w…
27 February 2026
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Below, we share a message sent to our confrere Fr. Luigi Brioni by Mrs Maria Mabinty Kamara on the occasion of the beginning of both Lent and Ramadan. Mrs Mabinty Kamara comes from one of the Christi…
27 February 2026
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After three retreats led by Fr Pierre Thierry Emalieu P., on Saturday February 21, 2026, our community welcomed around thirty people for a spiritual retreat. The theme was: “Entering in Lent together…
27 February 2026
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Inspired by the reading of various articles on the Xaverian Charismatic Family and by the use of the adjective ‘charismatic’ that appears on the General Direction’s website, our confrere Fr. Alfiero…
27 February 2026
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On Wednesday, February 25th, 2026, at the Pontificia Facoltà Teologica dell’Italia Meridionale, Sezione San Luigi, Naples, Italy, our confrere Fr. Ferdinandus Supandri defended his thesis for Licenti…
27 February 2026
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From February 23rd to 26th, 2026, the 14th Meeting of the Centre for Latin-American Missionary Studies was held at the Regional House of South Brazil, in Sao Paulo. Attending the meeting were Rafael…
27 February 2026
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On Tuesday, February 24th, 2026, the Governor of the State of Jalisco in Mexico revoked the red code imposing a curfew and the stop to all activities. The measure was taken to contain an outburst of…
27 February 2026
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On Thursday, February 19th, 2026, Pope Leo XIV met the clergy of his diocese (Rome) in Aula Paolo VI. We report two central points of his reflection and invite readers to refer to the full text of hi…
27 February 2026
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On Wednesday, February 25th, 2026, Mr Ottavio Fornasier, brother of our confrere Fr. Natalio Fornasier, passed away at the Hospital of San Vito al Tagliamento, Pordenone, Italy. He was 82. The Requi…
27 February 2026
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This year, the ChD held its Annual Assembly in Manila, in the Philippines, hosted by the International Theology Community. The reason for choosing Manila was the need to find a location where visas c…
20 February 2026
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In this message, Pope Leo XIV emphasizes the proper use of Artificial Intelligence. It is the latest innovation that technology offers for work and daily life: writing messages, creating images and a…
20 February 2026
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“In Memoriam”, the biographical sketch of our late confrere Fr. Eugenio Juárez Hernández, who died on May 19th, 2025 in Bafoussam, Cameroon, and was buried in the small cemetery of the Xaverian house…
20 February 2026
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1) On Saturday, February 7, 2026, and on the morning of Sunday, February 8, the European Xaverian Forum met in Parma at the Francesco Marini Xaverian Center to reflect on the challenges of the missio…
20 February 2026
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On Wednesday, February 11, 2026, the first joint meeting between the Regional Council of the Xaverians of Japan and the Council of the Missionaries of Mary (Xaverian Sisters) took place at the Xaveri…
20 February 2026
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On Tuesday, 17 April 2026, about twenty Xaverians residing in Rome gathered at the General House for a meeting and dinner with Don Giuliano Savina, priest of the archdiocese of Milan and current Dire…
20 February 2026
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On Saturday, February 14, 2026, Sister Carolina (Carla) Zagato, a Missionary of Mary – Xaverian, passed away in Londrina, PR, Brazil, after a short illness. She was 87 years old. She spent her entire…
20 February 2026
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Every path towards conversion begins by allowing the word of God to touch our hearts and welcoming it with a docile spirit. There is a relationship between the word, our acceptance of it and the tran…
13 February 2026
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Mission is communion and cooperation. This is Pope Leo XIV’s wish for the 100th Mission World Day (October 18th, 2026). In this message, titled “One in Christ, united in mission”, he recalls how, in…
13 February 2026
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Dear [Father], … my brother Bruno [brother of the late confrere Fr. Antonio Chiofi – ed.] has told me he received from Brescia several copies of the issue of your journal in which our memories of Fr…
13 February 2026
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In response to a letter from a confrere of the Xaverian community of Parma – IV Floor, the Vatican Secretariat of State writes: “… His Holiness assures you of his remembrance in prayer and thanks you…
13 February 2026
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This year, Chinese New Year Day falls on February 17th and, according to Chinese astrology, it will be the start of the year of the horse. Since the horse symbolizes vitality, freedom, and independen…
13 February 2026
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In his catechesis on Wednesday, February 4, 2026, Leo XIV reminded us that the Bible is “the word of God in human words.” This crucial statement comes from a careful reading of Dei Verbum, a document…
13 February 2026
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On Saturday, February 7th, 2026, at 3:00 p.m., our 93-year-old confrere Fr. Francesco Signorelli passed away at “Milford Regional Medical Center”, Holliston, USA. Fr. Francesco was born on September…
13 February 2026
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On Monday, February 2nd, 2026, Fr. Fabien Kalehezo T’Chiribuka returned to Rome after a trip to Cameroon and Burundi.
06 February 2026
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On Wednesday, February 4th, 2026, Fr. Fernando García Rodríguez returned to Rome after a trip to Cameroon and Burundi.
06 February 2026
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On Friday, February 6th, 2026, Fr. Mauro Loda and Fr. Felipe de Jesús López Orozco returned to Rome after a trip to North Brazil and South Brazil.
06 February 2026
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The 9th round of the General Direction’s council meetings will begin on Thursday, February 12th, 2026. All members of the General Direction will attend. Items in the agenda include: visits and parti…
06 February 2026
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No, this isn’t a civil war but a full-blown invasion. We must be cautious with our words,” says with emphasis and pain a missionary that has been living in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) for…
06 February 2026
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“In Memoriam”, the biographical sketch of our late confrere Fr. Otello Pancani, who died on August 6th, 2024 in Pekanbaru, Indonesia, and was buried in the small cemetery of the Bintaro Xaverian Hous…
06 February 2026
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On Sunday, February 1st, 2026, a large group of members of Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life residing in the Diocese of Rome, gathered in the Basilica of Santi Quattro Co…
06 February 2026
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On February 1, 2026, the entire community of Aek Nabara Parish gave thanks to God for the ordination of a son of the parish as a diocesan priest of the Archdiocese of Medan. Fr. Karyanto Simangunsong…
06 February 2026
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In the afternoon of Monday, February 2nd, 2026, several confreres took part in a Eucharistic celebration presided over by the bishop of Rome, Pope Leo XIV, in St Peter Basilica to mark the feast of t…
06 February 2026
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On Friday, February 6th, 2026, at 8:30 a.m., at the Bolognini Hospital in Seriate, Bergamo, Italy, our confrere Fr Gianfranco Sana passed away at the age of 77. He was born on 21 July 1948 in Ponte S…
06 February 2026
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On Monday, January 26th, 2026, Fr. Franciscus Xaverius Sudarmanto returned to Rome following a trip to Indonesia and the Philippines.
30 January 2026
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From January 26th to 30th, 2026, the confreres belonging to the circumscription of Burundi gathered to hold their 16th Regional Chapter in Bujumbura, Burundi. On January 29th, 2026, they elected the…
30 January 2026
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From January 16th to 30th 2026, the confreres belonging to the Southern Brazil Circumscription gathered to hold their 19th Regional Chapter in Coronel Fabriciano, Minas Gerais, Brazil (South). On Ja…
30 January 2026
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For the 30th World Day of Consecrated Life, the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life sent a message entitled ‘Prophecy of Presence: Consecrated Life where dign…
30 January 2026
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The Philippine Delegation of the Xaverian Missionaries celebrated the 35th anniversary of its presence in the country on January 10, 2026. This milestone commemorates the arrival of Fr. Peter Venturi…
30 January 2026
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In his message for World Day of the Sick 2026, Pope Leo XIV uses the parable of the Good Samaritan to call for a renewed global commitment to social care. He argues that true charity requires persona…
30 January 2026
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The bishops of Central Africa have gathered in N'Djamena, Chad, for the 13th Plenary Assembly of the Association of Bishops Conferences of Central Africa (ACERAC), from January 25 to February 1, 2026…
30 January 2026
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I am very grateful to all my Xaverian Confreres for remembering and celebrating the Sixtieth Anniversary of my Priestly Ordination (22.01.2026). I am deeply aware that God, Trinity of Eternal Love, h…
30 January 2026
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On Friday afternoon, January 30th, the Parma-based “Casa della Pace” (House of Peace) organised a symposium to commemorate Fr. Eugenio Melandri (1949-2019) in the Conference Hall of the Mother House…
30 January 2026
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To be able to celebrate the “Golden Jubilee of my consecration to God and to his people within the family of the Xaverian Missionaries (19.02.2026), has been a moment of grace and blessing, a thanksg…
30 January 2026
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“I would like to share a reflection (or impression or reaction) that the cover of the Pope’s message for the World Day of Social Communications has provoked in me. https://www.vatican.va/content/leo…
30 January 2026
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About 2,400 Sudanese refugees, including 1,600 children and minors under-15, are housed in the Tiné transit camp in east Chad, at the border with Sudan. Sudan has been plagued by war for almost three…
30 January 2026
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Saturday, January 24th, 2026, Mrs Adriana Lorenzato, 77-year-old sister of our confrere Fr. Giuseppe Lorenzato, passed away in Costabissara, Vicenza, Italy. The Requiem Mass and funerary rites were c…
30 January 2026
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Below we provide the link to an article by Prof. Giuseppe Casale, who teaches Political Science at the Pontifical Angelicum University, and “Doctrines of Peace and Techniques for the Mediation of Con…
23 January 2026
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The liturgical and pastoral handbook prepared by the Dicastery for Evangelization, Section for Fundamental Questions Regarding Evangelization in the World bears as motto for the Sunday of the Word of…
23 January 2026
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A revision of the document Animazione Missionario-Vocazionale. Principi generali e linee orientative (Mission Awareness and Vocations Promotion. General principles and guidelines) has been needed for…
23 January 2026
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In some local communities the Xaverian Charismatic Family is already a reality! In Salerno, Italy, the Xaverian Missionaries, the Missionary of Mary – Xaverian Sisters from Cava de’ Tirreni, Salerno…
23 January 2026
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