Fr. Mario Celli, Missionary to Africa and Brazil, Passes Away

On May 4, 2012, the Xaverian Missionary, Fr. Mario Celli  died at S. Luis S. Paolo (Brazil), around 8 am. He was 68 years old, being born at Monte Porzio Catone (Rome) on 7.12.1943. He joined the our missionary institute  in Nizza Monferrato in 1964, made hia vows on March...

Xaverian Missionaries on the Radio

The Xaverian Missionary Fathers serve Christ in the missions in African and Asia, as well as at the Fatima Shrine in Holliston in the Archdiocese of Boston. Scot Landry and Fr. Chris O’Connor talk with Fr. Rocco Puopolo and Fr. Joseph Matteucig about their service in the Xaverian Missionaries...

War Don Don

The Xaverian Missionaries have been working in Sierra Leone, West Africa since the early 1950’s. One of the most horrible times occurred during the war in Sierra Leone from 1991-2002. By 2002 some 50-200 thousand people were killed and a third of the country’s 6 million people were forced to...

XIV Provincial Chapter

XIV Provincial Chapter, a set on Flickr. The Xaverian Missionaries of the USA gathered in Bordentown, New Jersey to forge a new path for the next four years and to establish new leadership....

Global Issue and Challenge of Power and Abuse in the Church

The experience of abuse in the church, although grabbing headlines in the USA and Europe, is indeed a global issue that the Church world wide is grappling with. I wanted to share this short article of Fr. Kelly, SJ in Thailand and efforts underway in other places in the...

Xaverian Missionary Bishop, George Biguzzi, Steps Down in Sierra Leone, West Africa

The arrival of Christian missionaries in Africa over two centuries ago had a profound effect on the continent, sometimes somewhat controversially. It has been said that when the missionaries arrived, the missionaries had the bible and the Africans had the land. The missionaries invited the Africans to pray. When...

CHRISTIANS AND BUDDHISTS: INCREASING DIALOGUE THROUGH EDUCATION

As Catholics, our outreach, dialogue and cooperation with other faiths is crucial to our global mission. Here’s a story from the Vatican News Service on this… Made public today was the annual Message to Buddhists for the Feast of Vesakh, issued by the Pontifical Council for Inter-religious Dialogue. The...
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