“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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

On Monday, February 2nd, 2026, Fr. Fabien Kalehezo T’Chiribuka returned to Rome after a trip to Cameroon and Burundi.

On Wednesday, February 4th, 2026, Fr. Fernando García Rodríguez returned to Rome after a trip to Cameroon and Burundi.

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.

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…

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…

“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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

On Monday, January 26th, 2026, Fr. Franciscus Xaverius Sudarmanto returned to Rome following a trip to Indonesia and the Philippines.

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

“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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

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…

The community in Cagliari intends to be a meaningful presence of the missionary vocation of the Church in the diocese of Cagliari and in various parts of Sardinia. The community endeavours to realise…

Sunday, January 18th, 2026: the national and liturgical Feast Day of the Santo Niño (Holy Child) in the Philippines.  The feast was also celebrated in some countries worldwide where there are gr…

Together with Fr. Paolo Tovo, for two afternoons I have been leading a conversation with the confreres that are participating in the Year of Xaverian Spirituality. Theme of our chatting: “Retracing G…

On Monday, February 2nd, 2026, the Feast of the Presentation of the Lord, at 5 p.m., Pope Leo XIV will preside over the Eucharistic celebration in St Peter's Basilica, on the occasion of the 30th Wor…

From Monday, January 5th to Monday, January 12th, 2026, the confreres of the Circumscription of North Brazil gathered in Ananindeua, Parà, North Brazil, to hold their 17th Regional Chapter. On Sunda…

From Wednesday, January7 to Tuesday, January 13th, 2026, the confreres of the Circumscription of Cameroon gathered to hold their 1st Regional Chapter (following their new juridical configuration). O…

On the occasion of the upcoming Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2026, the website of the Xaverian Missionaries of the Spain-Morocco Circumscription https://www.javerianos.org/ presents a brief re…

The Episcopal Commission for Missionary Action and Inter-Ecclesial Cooperation of the CNBB (Conferência Nacional dos Bispos do Brasil) made a significant visit to Rome from 9 to 12 January 2026. The…

The daily edition of the Osservatore Romano on Thursday, January 15th, 2026 published some reflections from a conversation between journalist Federico Piana and our confrere Fr. Mario Pulcini: "...t…

The section “Letters to the Editor” in issue no. 06 (November-December 2025) of Missione Oggi Magazine publishes a letter from a priest of the Diocese of Padua: “Dear Editor, good morning. I don't k…

From 9 to 11 January 2026, the Introduction to Confucianism in Japan seminar was held at the Fr Luigi Menegazzo Xaverian Regional Library in Izumisano (Osaka). The course is one of the five modules o…