“Among the unknown heroes that do not seek human accolades are four men whom you can now see standing in front of this altar. They too are ready to sacrifice themselves for the expansion of God’s Rei…

From Monday December 15th to Saturday December 20th, 2025, the Chapter Delegates gathered in the House of Philosophy and Theology in Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, for the celebration of the 19th Regi…

Our confreres on the fourth floor send a card featuring the faces of the 29 members of the community. At the centre of the colourful card there is a nativity scene: Merry Christmas 2025 and Happy Ne…

The Centre for African Studies (CEA) has published the number18 of its Cahiers on the theme of the reception in African churches of the Synod of Bishops on synodality. All the publications attempt to…

On Saturday, December 20th, 2025 marks the 130th anniversary of the birth of Mother Celestina Bottego. This anniversary fills our hearts with gratitude. In Mother Celestina we recognise the masterpie…

The Christmas message invites the Chadian people to welcome the birth of Christ as a true light that heals the wounds of division and open up the way to reconciliation. True reconciliation requires t…

“Well in advance of Christmas, we are sending you the “traditional” yearly letter that Shinmeizan prepares in Italian and English for confreres, friends, and acquaintances on the occasion of Holy Chr…

A few days ago, Sister Lia Tonelotto, who comes from San Donato di Cittadella, Padua, Italy, and is a member of the community of the Little Sisters of the Holy Family, for whom (at Viale Vaticano 94…

The death toll from the devastating floods that hit Indonesia in recent days has exceeded 1,000. Another 208 people are still missing. The floods, which affected particularly the provinces of North a…

The magazine Missão & Culturas, attached to the Brazilian Pontifical Mission Societies, is a scientific publication devoted to the study of and reflection on mission. The journal accepts: unpubl…

On Saturday, December 14th, 2025, at 9:00 a.m., in the Cathedral of Beira, Mozambique, our confrere Donatien Munguakonkwa Balyahamwabo will be ordained a deacon through the laying on of hands and the…

The signing of a peace agreement in Washington on December 4, 2015 (between the DRC and Rwanda), eagerly awaited by the population of the eastern part of the country, was a real disappointment. In th…

Issue NO. 138 of iSaveriani - Notiziario (corresponding to the General Council No. 08, September – October 2025) has been uploaded on the GD’s website.  The contents of No. 138 include the Edito…

In August 2017, the XVII General Chapter, No. 72, entrusted the General Direction with the task of establishing a team for the Xaverian Laity, made up of confreres and lay people, with the purpose of…

On June 16th, 2014, in an address to the participants in the conference of the Diocese of Rome, the late pope Francis recalled the Exhortation in these terms: “This remains the most important and uns…

The double issue of Quaderni del CSA Volume 20, nos. 1–2 has been published as a special edition marking the 75th Anniversary of the Xaverian presence in Japan. The volume is divided into two main se…

“Yesterday [Tuesday, December 2nd, 2025 – ed.], I began the day on the solemnity of St Francis Xavier with great happiness after I opened by chance – but one should say by Divine Providence – a conte…

On Sunday, November 30, 2025, “Amici dei Saveriani” (Friends of the Xaverians) met at the Mother House and manifested their sense of belonging to the “charismatic family.” They were about fifteen rep…

On 30 November 30, the 19th Annual Conference of the Ise International Forum for Religions was held at Kogakkan University, a Shintoist institution in Ise, Mie Prefecture (which is the centre of Shin…

The Circumscription of Cameroon is preparing for an important moment in its missionary history: the celebration of the 12th Regional Chapter that will take place in January 2026. Last week (December…

To prepare for the celebration of the Solemnity of St Francis Xavier, the Xaverian Centre for Spirituality in Mururi, Gitega, Burundi (which hosts the Xaverian propaedeutics) organised a Triduum with…

On December 6, 2025, the community of Nogent-sur-Marne celebrated the feast of Saint Francis Xavier in the presence of friends, benefactors, and a few priests and religious from our sector. We were d…

On Sunday, December 7th, 2025, at Wellington-Freetown, Sierra Leone, was the patron feast of our Saint Francis Xavier quasi parish. It was a moment of praying and of fund rising since the building of…

The Xaverian community in Mazatlán, Sinaloa, Mexico, celebrated St Francis Xavier with, first of all, a Mass with the teachers, administrators and students of ICO (Instituto Cultural de Occidente). T…

Fr. Maurizio Patriciello, diocesan priest of Aversa, pastor of St. Paul the Apostle Parish in Caivano and journalist, recounts the celebration for the return of the remains of our confrere Monsignor…

On December 7th, 2025, Mrs Maria Nardo, 96-year-old sister of our confrere Fr. Riccardo Nardo and of the late confrere Fr. Giuseppe Nardo, passed away in Cimpello di Fiume Veneto, Pordenone, Italy. F…

“We go, trusting in the infinite mercy of God our Lord. He wanted to grant us His desires, although he knows very well that we are unworthy instruments and sinners. Moreover, it is necessary that we…

On Saturday, December 6, 2025, at Christ the King Parish, Colonia Portales, Mexico City, Mexico, our confrere Pedro Viveros Viveros will be ordained a deacon through the laying on of hands and the pr…

On Sunday, December 14th, 2025, at 9:00 a.m., in the Cathedral of Beira, Mozambique, our confrere Donatien Munguakonkwa Balyahamwabo will be ordained a deacon through the laying on of hands and the p…

On Friday, December 5th, 2025, Fr. Fabien Kalehezo T’Chiribuka and Fr. Felipe de Jesús López Orozco returned to Rome at the end of a visit to the Xaverian Delegation of Sierra Leone.

On Tuesday, December 9th, 2025, Fr. Fernando García Rodríguez and Fr. Felipe de Jesús López Orozco will go on a visit to the Xaverian Circumscription of Mexico where they will also take part in the 1…

Friday, December 5, 2025, 1:25 p.m. "...our spirits are not high today. The news reaching us from Luvungi, South Kivu, DRC is rather alarming. The bombs that have just fallen have killed three people…

Indonesia has been the focus of global attention over the past week due to a natural disaster, namely floods and landslides caused by torrential rains fuelled by cyclones, which hit the provinces of…

On Saturday, December 6th, 2025, in Aversa, Province of Caserta, Campania Region, Italy, a ceremony for the transfer of Bishop Giovanni Gazza’s remains was held. The late Bishop was taken from Villet…

On  April 13, 2003, † Monsignor Faustin Ngabu (Bishop of Goma, North Kivu, DRC from 1974 to 2010) established the parish of Saint François Xavier in Ndosho (a district of the city of Goma, RDC)…

The 21st General Meeting of the Inter‑regional Section of the Xaverian Asia Study Centre (CSA) was held in Taipei from 22 to 26 November 2025. Participants included CSA members, Fr. Fabrizio Tosolin…

Our confrere Fr. Renato Filippini published "The Daily Gospel for the Seasons of Advent and Christmas”, by the Saint Paul editions publisher. It was written in collaboration with seven laypeople, in…

Our confrere, Fr. Rafael López Villaseñor shares a reflection on the legacy of the Council Decree Ad Gentes. In his conclusion, he writes “The Second Vatican Council introduced a new theological con…

The confreres of the Chinese Delegation have edited the Chinese translation of the book Vita e Pensieri di Carrara, Didonè, Faccin and Joubert, martiri in Congo (R.D.C) by Lisa Zuccarini. 《卡拉拉，…

December 3rd, 2025 – Makeni and Freetown - Sierra Leone. The Xaverian Missionary family gathered with deep gratitude to celebrate the 75th anniversary of their presence in Sierra Leone, the first Afr…

On Saturday, November 29th, 2025, twenty-five confreres from eleven nationalities residing in Rome gathered at the “Guido Maria Conforti” College for a day of retreat in preparation for the feast of…

On Saturday, December 6th, 2025, in the Mother House, Parma, NEVE SHALOM WAHAT AL-SALAM (a little village within Israel where Jew and Israeli live together) will hold some workshops on the theme of p…

On Saturday, November 29, 2025, at approximately 9:00 a.m., Sister Assunta (Tina) Montefusco, aged 90, passed away at the Mother House of the Xaverian Missionary Sisters of Mary where she was receivi…

On Wednesday, December 03rd, 2025, 11.00 am, in the Cathedral church of Our Lady of Fatima, our confrere Justin Bulonza Mpuruta will be ordained deacon through the laying on of hands and the prayer o…

On Wednesday, December 3, 2025, at 6:00 PM, in the Chapel of the Xavier Center, Douala, Cameroon, our confreres Denis Bacikuderhe Imani, Kizito Kushinganine Milenge, and Gratien Rivuzimana will make…

On Saturday, December 6, 2025, at Christ the King Parish, Colonia Portales, Mexico City, Mexico, our confrere Pedro Viveros Viveros will receive the Order of the Diaconate through the laying on of ha…

The 2nd update on the "Stato del Personale" 2025 (digital edition) has been uploaded. We invite the Superiors of the Circumscriptions to keep the digital page for their Circumscription updated, repor…

On December 7, 2025, we commemorate the 60th anniversary of the publication of the Conciliar Decree Ad Gentes ("To the Nations"). The document begins with the words AD GENTES DIVINITUS missa ut sit «…

On the second anniversary of his death († Parma, November 18, 2023), about sixty friends of Fr. Raimondo Sommacal, SX, from the Sacred Heart Parish in Parma, gathered in the shrine of St. Guido Confo…

In recent days, a new profile has been uploaded to the DG website: Fr. Donatien Lwiyando Mujishamba. We take this opportunity to express our heartfelt gratitude to the confreres officially entrusted…