The papal catechesis on the apostolic zeal, zeal for the proclamation of the Gospel, continues. On Wednesday, October 18th, 2023, Pope Francis presented the figure of St Charles de Foucauld who, “d...

On Saturday, October 1st, 2023, we had Cardinal Francis Xavier Kriengsak Kovithavanij, Archbishop of Bangkok (Thailand), over for lunch. He is currently in Rome to participate in the Synod. His f...

There are 1.37 billion Catholics in the world, indicating an overall increase of 16.2 million faithful. The growth has been observed in all continents except for Europe (where there has been a dec...

Sunday, October 22nd, 2023, Mrs Astride Kjiebi, mother of our confrere Fr. Guy Adolph Khasa Mvumby, passed away in Boma (Lower Congo). On Friday, November 3rd, 2023, the body of mum Astride Kjiebi ...

During the month of October, Spanish webzine Vida Nueva published an interview with Fr. Fernando García Rodríguez under the title “El misionero le recuerda a la Iglesia su razón de ser” (The Missio...

Taking the opportunity of their ad limina visit to Rome, the pastors of the ecclesiastical province of Kivu, bishops Melchisédech Sikuli, Willy Ngumbi and Placide Lubamba, respectively ordinary of ...

A brief amateur video introduces the missionary witness of our confrere Fr. Giovanni Matteazzi. Addressing whoever feels attracted to this calling, Fr. Giovanni affirms: “It is a beautiful life.” ...

A quote from Pope Benedict XVI’s homily during the Mass for the canonization of Blesseds Guido Maria Conforti (1865-1931), Luigi Guanella (1842-1915) and Bonifacia Rodríguez De Castro (1837-1905): ...

The Venerable Servant of God, Pietro Uccelli (March 10th, 1874 – October 29th, 1954). He was declared venerable on May 19th, 2018. … Since the beginning, his priesthood was marked by the Encyclica...

From October 15th to 22nd, 2023, the Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish in the outskirts of São Paulo holds a missionary week to prepare for World Mission Day. Apart from paying “missionary visits” to th...

As part of a series of interviews released on his social network “Vocações On Life”, this week Fr. Gabriele Guarnieri s.x. introduces a conversation he had with the General Postulator, Fr. Faustino...

Thanks to the generous and patient work of various confreres, the translations into French, English and Portuguese of Documents of the XVIII General Chapter are already available for download. The ...

On Sunday, October 15th, 2023, at around 6:00 a.m., our 76-year-old confrere Fr. Pierluigi Felotti passed away at the Hospital of Parma. He was born on December 28th, 1946, in Calcinate, Bergamo ...

On Saturday, September 30th, 2023, to mark the anniversary of the martyrdom of our confrere Fr. Aldo Marchiol, the community of St Pius X Parish in Udine gathered in great number to celebrate and t...

In August 2021, the book Incontri di catechesi per ministranti e l’Eucaristia (Meetings of Catechesis for Altar Servers – The Eucharist) was put out. It collects a series of catecheses that our con...

The return (at the end of August) of the fourth-year professed theology students from their Ignatian retreat, the homecoming of those who went on “apostolic” vacation to the East of the country, th...

On October 5th-6th, Vita Trentina, the news weekly of the Diocese of Trento chaired a panel convened to present the book Contentissimo di essere in Cina (Very Happy To Be In China) written by Fr. G...

One week after the other, the house in Vicenza is enriched by multiple missionary events. Starting from September, it has been celebrating for some important appointments: Tuesday September 12th: ...

Agenda Biblica Missionaria 2024 (Biblical Missionary Diary 2024), subtitled Le parole della Missione (the Words of Mission), is the last missionary diary published by the old EMI (i.e., Italian Mis...

To mark the 60th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood, confrere Fr. Giovanni Murazzo (who has been working in the circumscription of South Brazil from 1974 to 1987, and from 1995 to the ...

On Monday, October 9th, 2023, 85-year-old Mr Raffaele Veniero, brother of our confrere Fr. Giuseppe Veniero, passed away in Piano di Sorrento (Naples, Italy). Fr. Giuseppe belongs to the Community...

On Tuesday, October 3rd, 2023, General Councillor Fr. Franciscus Xaverius Sudarmanto s.x. arrived at the General House from Jakarta, Indonesia.

In reviewing the Constitutions of 1983, participants in the 2006 Conference on Xaverian Spirituality commented that “in the chapter on prayer, [the Constitutions] seem to be lacking something typic...

“Buyengero, September 30th, 1995”, this is one of the dates which remain for ever engraved in our hearts. The Bishop of Bururi wanted to include this day in the liturgical calendar of the Diocese: ...

From September 26th to 28th, 2023, the Second National Congress of Brothers belonging to the Italian Missionary Institutes (Xaverians, Consolata, Comboni and PIME) was held in Rome at the General H...

Under the theme “Hearts on Fire, Feet on the Move”, this year World Mission Day focuses on the importance to renew our missionary passion for the proclamation of Christ to all creatures. One may sa...

In preparation to the academic year 2023-2024, from September 27th to 29th, the Xaverian community of Propaedeutics in Bujumbura (Burundi) gave hospitality to 26 students coming from six congregati...

Hard copies of the issue 18/2 of Quaderni del CSA have already been shipped, and the digital version is available for download on our website (https://centro-documentazione.saveriani.org/biblioteca...

Agenda, the digital bulleting of the Xaverian Laity in Italy, dedicated its September 2023 issue for a special report on the Summer Camp 2023. The theme of “Harmony” has been the leitmotiv of the f...

“Artificial Intelligence and Wisdom of the Heart: for a fully human communication” is the theme chosen by Pope Francis for the 58th World Communication Day, which will be observed in 2024. The Hol...

Some of the confreres who, this year, celebrate 50 years of ordination to the priesthood met in the beautiful and fraternal environment of the Xaverian community in Udine. We were six: Tomaso Frigo...

On Monday, October 2nd, 2023, at dawn, 79-year-old Mr LUPUPU MAKYAMBI Gaétan, father of our confrere Fr. Emmanuel Adili Mwassa, currently rector of the International Theologate of Parma, passed awa...

On Friday, October 6th, 2023, the General Direction will resume the work started with the First Meeting of the General Council (2023-2029) held on Friday September 15th and Saturday September 16th,...

60 years after the Xaverian Profession of vows (October 3rd, 1963), just seven of us remain: Germano Antonio, Sanfelice Carmelo, Ghiotto Bruno, Tognali Mario, Benedetti Silvano, Sommacal Raimondo a...

“It was the afternoon of August 20th, 1962, and I was on a holiday in my village, Duronia (Campobasso, Italy). I was playing soccer in my cassock when I saw the postman, Antonio Ricciuto, approachi...

A gripping video introduces a typical day of the boys in the casa apostolica of San Juan del Río, Querétaro, Mexico. The simple, direct, and spontaneous storytelling describes the first stage of Xa...

On Thursday, September 21st, 2023, at St Guido Maria Conforti Shrine in the Mother House of the Xaverian Missionaries in Parma, the group “Mission” shared some witnesses and missionary experiences....

Salesian Fr. Aldo Andrea Castenetto has recently published on Bookabook a book titled: Un Lucherino in Gabbia – Padre Collini nella Cina di Mao (A Caged Siskin – Father Collini in Mao’s China). Fr...

On Wednesday, September 6th, 2023, during the usual general audience, Pope Francis reviewed the stages of his recent apostolic trip to Mongolia: “I had the grace of meeting, in Mongolia, a humble C...

Ten years after his death, the Mother House, in collaboration with the Diocese of Parma, organised a meeting to commemorate Fr. Amato Dagnino s.x. (1918-2013). The meeting was held in the conferenc...

The VI updated digital version (September 29th, 2023) of Stato del Personale 2023 (Personnel Directory 2023) is available for download on the GD website. Once again, we thank the confreres that pa...

On September 20th, 2023, the Superior General, Fr. Fernando García Rodríguez s.x, with the consent of his Council, appointed the new Council of the Delegation of Spain: Fr. Rolando Ruíz Durán sx...

Bukavu, RDC, 40 years ago, on September 22, 1983, Fr. Gabriel Basuzwa s.x. and Fr. Joseph Musafiri Ruhandira s.x. made their first religious and missionary profession, starting a new stage and boos...

Each of us keeps in his heart and memory that September 30th, 1973, in Parma. Moreover, every companion in vocation and mission certainly keeps in his mind and heart the entire “film” of these fift...

A 50-year long anniversary. Frankly speaking, I don’t like anniversaries, the same way that I almost don’t like lingering on detailed examinations of conscience. It is better to dig new ground. Nev...

"SAFROKO LIMBA CHIEFDOM honors the legacy of her iconic missionary and founder of Christ the King Parish - Binkolo, Rev. Fr. Joseph Rabito s.x. by declaring October 26th  (death day) as a feas...

September 30th marks the anniversary of the martyrdom of the servants of God Fr. Ottorino Maule s.x., Fr. Aldo Marchiol s.x., and the lay missionary Catina Gubert, “Martyrs of peace” (murdered on t...

“…In the early years of my ministry as bishop, I found myself in the middle of a storm: urban guerrillas, houses destroyed, catechists and men and women religious killed. Those have been ten very h...

“The migratory flows of our times are the expression of a complex and varied phenomenon that, to be properly understood, requires a careful analysis of every aspect of its different stages, from de...

From September 10th to 12th, 2023, sister Maria De Giorgi of the Xaverian Missionary Sister of Mary was invited to represent Shinmeizan at the 37th international meeting “Men and Religions” called ...