Fresh News from Xaverian Missionaries Worldwide Network
INDONESIA: FIRST RELIGIOUS AND MISSIONARY PROFESSIONS On Sunday, July 14th, 2024, at 10:30 a.m., in the Chapel of the Xaverian Novitiate, Bintaro, Jakarta (Indonesia), the novices will make their First Religious and Missionary Profession. Before each name is the “Profession number”: 2636 – DASMAN Gabriel (24, from Manggarai –...
Bishop George Biguzzi, Long Time Bishop of Sierra Leone, West Africa Passes to Eternity
From the Website of the General Direction of the Xaverian Missionaries in Rome On Monday 01 July 2024, at 04.15 am, our brother bishop Giorgio Biguzzi died at the hospital in Parma, Italy. He was 88 years old, having been born on 4 February 1936 in Calisese, municipality of...
Xaverian Missionary Leadership from Around the World Gather in Parma, Italy
Fr. Pietro Rossini, SX – Secretary of Cosuma 2024 On June 9th, at the San Guido Maria Conforti Sanctuary, located at the Mother House of the Xaverian Missionaries in Parma, the opening Mass of COSUMA 2024 took place. This meeting involves all the superiors of the Xaverians from around...
The Interfaith Movement, US Presidential Elections & A Diverse Democracy
Fr. Carl Chudy, SX Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller, Bishop of the Diocese of San Antonio, Texas, profoundly stated in light of upcoming presidential elections: “Christians are not a social club that gathers on Sundays to receive nice-sounding catchphrases. We are to be a constant influence in society. Our identity as...
Life Beyond Religious Trauma: A Podcast of a Survivor of Clergy Sexual Abuse
The fourth episode is recently published of a podcast of a friend and survivor of clergy sexual abuse, Jessica McGuire. Together with her therapist, Dr. Russell Surveyer and Fr. Carl Chudy, an advocate for survivors of clergy abuse, they share conversation about Jessica’s own experience, her courage to heal,...
Bear Fruit in Faith: A Meaningful Experience of Conversion
10 April 2024 | Aurea Gita (Indonesia) | Our thanks from the Xaverian Missionaries in the Philippines Embracing a new faith is a profound and deeply personal journey, often triggered by significant life events or deep realizations. For many raised in the Islamic tradition, the path to conversion to Catholicism...
Building Bridges: From Parma, Italy to Morocco
Fr. Pietro Rossini, SX The author, Fr. Pietro Rossini, studied at Boston University and earned a Masters in Science in Journalism. He was assigned to our community at Our Lady of Fatima Shrine and was ordained a deacon at the local parish, St. Mary’s Church in Holliston, Massachusetts. Presently...
The Xaverian Martyrs in Uvira: The Vibrant Tribute of the Catholic Church
1 APRIL 2024 BY FATSHIMETRIE Grateful to the Citizen’s Blog of Fatshimetrie for this post The upcoming beatification ceremony of the Xaverian missionaries martyred in Uvira in 1964 is a highly anticipated event, filled with reverence and remembrance. Scheduled for August 18, 2024, this ceremony will pay tribute to the...
Vatican seeks to break new ground in Confucian and Christian dialogue
Courtney Mares Catholic News Agency | Rome Newsroom, Mar 13, 2024 / 15:00 pm | Web Post The Vatican sponsored a dialogue in Taiwan this week as the Catholic Church prepares to release official guidelines for engagement with Confucianism, one of the most influential religious philosophies in the history...
Fr. Francis Cavallo, Xaverian Missionary in the US in the 1950’s and 60’s, Passes Away at 104
On Tuesday morning, February 6, 2024, at 2:00 a.m., our confrere Fr. Francesco Cavallo died in the Xaverian House in Salerno, Italy. He had turned 104 a month earlier, having been registered on January 2, 1920 in Bari, Italy, but was actually born on November 16, 1919. Fr. Francis:...