“There is enough money for weapons, but not enough for food, shelter, medicine and education. Discrimination, inequality and manipulation of human beings are against the covenant in the blood of Jesu…

The recently signed agreement between the University of Salento (Lecce - Italy) and the Pontifical Gregorian University, which activates a curriculum for a double degree in philosophy, will become ef…

Dear confreres, Following the recommendations of the 18th General Chapter, N° 95, we, superiors of the Xaverian Circumscriptions in Africa, met in Bafoussam, Cameroon, from June 15 to 22, 2025 at th…

On Friday, June 27th, 2025, Fr. Mauro Loda returned directly to Rome from Yaoundé, Cameroon, where, along with Superior General Fr. Fernando García Rodríguez and General Councillor Fr. Fabien Kalehez…

On Sunday, June 29th, 2025, General Councillor Fr. Franciscus Xaverius Sudarmanto will head to Thailand to take part in the Ongoing Formation Meeting for young confreres who have already been engaged…

On Monday, June 30th, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., twenty young men from Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Cameroon and Mozambique, will make their first Religious and Missionary profession in t…

On June 30, 2025, during a Eucharistic celebration that will be presided over by our Superior General, Fr. Fernando Garcia Rodriguez, at the parish of Kamenge/Bujumbura, 20 novices will make their fi…

Last June 18, 2025, our confrere Fr. Carl Chudy was interviewed by the local Catholic TV in Massachusetts on the Jubilee of Hope since our Shrine – Our Lady of Fatima was designated as the Pilgrim Ce…

The 2024–2025 pastoral year of the Archdiocese of Lubumbashi has been centered on the figure of Blessed Albert Joubert, “obedient and faithful to the Church, humble and available.” Among the various…

The 1700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea makes us wonder whether the heresy fought then is still present among Christians. Our confrere Fr. Fabrizio Tosolini offers, in the “Scambi”, a brief r…

The Centre for Latin-American Missionary Studies (Centro de Estudos Missionários Latino-Americano, or CEMLA) has published issue no. 12 of its CADERNOS. The cover displays the image of the Poster fo…

The journal Sequela Christi, published by the Dicastery for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life, has published an article of our confrere Louis Birabaluge Hakizimwami entit…

“Xaverian presence in Africa at a time of great changes. Which paths of hope?” is the theme of the second African Cosuma convened in Bafossam, Cameroon. This meeting is attended by the Major Superior…

On 1 June 2025, our confrere Fr. Rocco Viviano s.x. was invited to give a lecture at the General Assembly of the Japan Catholic Medical Association in Osaka on ‘The Place of Interreligious Dialogue i…

The beatification of Floribert Bwana Chui Bin Kositi, the martyr of Goma in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, was a moment of encounter eagerly awaited by many ecclesial communities from Congo, B…

A weekend of missionary awareness organized by the Mission Awareness Ministry of the Diocese of Novaliches was held in the Mission Area of San Pedro Calungsod, Payatas, on Saturday, June 7 and Sunday…

In the academic year 2025-2026, Professor Fr. Angelo Manfredi (author of Guido Maria Conforti, 1865-1931. EMI: Bologna, 2010) is going to offer a new course (3 credits – ECTS, for the duration of 75…

On Wednesday June 11th, 2025, at the Institute Catholique de Paris, France, our confrere Fr. Paulin Shadari Tutu discussed the ‘Mémoire’ to obtain his Master’s degree in Educational Sciences (MEEF: M…

During the week, two events saw the participation of our confrere Tiziano Tosolini sx. The first concerned the Japanese Film Festival held in Florence on June 7, 2025, during which the film “The Bell…

On Sunday, June 15th, 2025, at about 2:30 a.m., after a serious illness, our confrere Fr. Franco Romano Manganello, 87, passed away at the Xaverian house in Salerno, Italy, while being attended by th…

On Saturday, June 14th, 2025, in the chapel of the Novitiate Community, Salamanca, Guanajuato, Mexico, our confrere Rafael Aguilar Flores will be ordained priest through the laying on of hands and th…

Dear Confreres, Warm greetings from the General Council. I write to you on behalf of the General Direction to announce the organization of the Conference on the Human Face of the Xaverian. This Con…

In order to spread knowledge about and love for the gift of the 4 martyrs’ beatification that took place in Uvira, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, on August 18th, 2024, our confrere Fr. Giusepp…

On Sunday, June 15th, 2025, at 5:30 p.m., in the Basilica of St Paul Outside the Walls, Rome, the Beatification of the martyr Floribert Bwana Chui will be held. The celebration will be presided over…

An activity typical of Shinmeizan as a "House of Prayer" is a monthly retreat open to all, including non-Christians, that has been organised since 1996. The retreat begins at 10:00 a.m. with a medita…

One hundred years ago, on March 12th, 1925, Bishop Conforti conducted a canonical recognition in Parma of St. Mark’s relics, a martyr of the first Christian centuries, who is buried in the Roman cata…

On Wednesday, June 11, 2025, at 8.30 p.m. at the San Cristo – Church complex, via Piamarta 9, Brescia, the journal ‘Missione Oggi’ hosted the actor and director Elio Germano who performed a scenic re…

On Sunday, June 8th, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., in St. Guido M. Conforti Shrine, Mother House, Parma, our confreres Jan Nahak Valerius, Yohanes Nicholindo Putra Geli Gowin, Didier Aksanti Mulondanyi and Fr…

On Saturday, June 14th, 2025, in the chapel of the Novitiate Community, Salamanca, Guanajuato, Mexico, our confrere Rafael Aguilar Flores will be ordained priest through the laying on of hands and th…

On Saturday, June 7th, 2025, General Councillor, Fr. Felipe de Jesús López Orozco will go to Mexico. His engagements include a participation in the meeting of Ongoing Formation of the American Contin…

On Monday, June 09, 2025, Frs. Fernando García Rodríguez and Mauro Loda, together with Fr. Fabien Kalehezo T'Chirubuka, will travel to Cameroon to visit the Internation Theology Community in Yaoundé…

On Monday, June 09, 2025, Fr. Fabien Kalehezho T'Chiribuka will travel to Cameroon together with the Superior General and the Vicar General. They will visit the formation community in Yaoundé and the…

On Sunday, June 1st, 2025, at the Diocesan Pastoral Centre in Londrina (Paraná, Brasile), we held the yearly meeting of CoMiPro - Conselhos Missionários Provinciais (Provincial Missionary Councils)…

The first launch weekend of the XAVI – Xaverian International Volunteering project took place from May 31 to June 2 at the Mother House of the Xaverian Missionaries in Parma. The initiative brought t…

On Friday, May 30th, 2025, we left our usual environment to meet a group of elderly – just like us – that live in the “Giorgio Bonzani” Residential Home, Varano dé Melegari, Parma, Italy. Our facilit…

Our Fatima Shrine here in Holliston, Massachusetts, USA, is also known locally for the Rosary Walk - a sculpted boulders Rosary beads. Last week, it was featured by the CBS News Boston – the local T…

On Wednesday 11, June 2025, at 8.30 p.m. at the Complesso San Cristo – Chruch, Via Piamarta 9, Brescia, the Italian actor and theatre director Elio Germano, nephew of our confrere Fr. Antonio Germano…

The life of the Laity Family continues as usual, but there are also some special events. Serena Rolandi and Alberto Chiappari have presented the activities of the Laity at the Regional Chapter of the…

On Friday, May 30th, 2025, at 5:00 p.m., the Xaverian Community (Viale Vaticano 40) in Rome gathered in Piazza Pia (Rome), where the pilgrims’ lane (a preferential track to facilitate pilgrims) leadi…

The 8th Buddhist-Christian Colloquium on the theme “Buddhists and Christians Working Together for Peace through Reconciliation and Resilience” was held from May 27th to 29th, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia…

On Friday 6th, June 2025, at 8 a.m. (Bukavu time), at the Major Hospital of Bukavu (HPGRB), Democratic Republic of the Congo, our confrere Fr. Donatien Lwiyando Mujishamba passed away after a serious…

Secretariat of State, General Affairs, May 13th, 2025   Rev. Fr. Fernando, On the joyful occasion of the election to the Chair of Peter of the Holy Father Leo XIV, guardian and guide of the f…

On Sunday, June 8th, 2025, at 10:00 a.m., in St. Guido M. Conforti Shrine, Mother House, Parma, our confreres Jan Nahak Valerius, Yohanes Nicholindo Putra Geli Gowin, Didier Aksanti Mulondanyi and Fr…

On May 19th, 2025, based on consultations conducted by the confreres in Mozambique, the Superior General, with the consent of his Councillors, appointed the new Delegation Council of Mozambique: Sup…

For us, Xaverian Missionaries of Mary – Xaverian Sisters, each celebration of the feast of Mother Celestina’s “Yes!” is a celebration of our own “Yes!”, that of every day following Christ. This year…

On Friday May 23rd, 2025, in the afternoon, we left the Mother House to go on pilgrimage to the Shrine of the Virgin of the Holy Rosary, Fontanellato. We left full of joy, with a spirit of fraternity…

“I would like to be a Fr. Albert Joubert here in the Philippines.” This was the moving statement of Fr. Reynaldo Reyes, a diocesan priest from the Diocese of Pasig, in the Philippines. Like Fr. Alber…

On May 22, 2025, the Tokyo Interfaith Council, sponsored by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints in Japan, welcomed our confrere Fr Rocco Viviano for a lecture on “The Election of a Pope.”…

Below is a text prepared by Sr. Rosetta Mancini (born 1931) on behalf of the community of the Xaverian Sisters-Missionaries of Mary in Rome (Via Trionfale 7515), which she read it before the Eucharis…

From 27 to 29 May 2025, in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, the 8th International Buddhist-Christian ‘Colloquium’ was held, organised by the Dicastery for Interreligious Dialogue, together with Buddhist univers…