A Xaverian Missionary Passes Away
On the 12th of June, Father Sergio Favarin passed away after a long and difficult illness. He was ordained to the missionary priesthood in 1973. He was 66 years old. After his ordination, from 1974-79, he was involved in youth work and global mission awareness with young people, as...
Little Heaven
The Human Rights Watch is putting on their yearly Film Festival in cities all over the country. There is a bevy of excellent films on the menu. One particular film we wish to highlight is a delightful and profound film called Little Heaven. In this film Lydia is at a...
A church in Makeni dedicated to the new Saint, Guido Maria Conforti
The new church in Sierra Leone, St. Guido Conforti Parish The Italian-born founder of the Xaverian Missionaries was canonized on the Oct. 23 in Rome by Pope Benedict XVI. The St. Guido Conforti Parish is located in the City of Makeni, in northern Sierra Leone. The Diocese, was founded...
For Greater Glory
Even as modern-day church-state relations improve, the impact of Mexico’s three-year Cristero Rebellion in the 1920s on the Catholic Church remains widely debated in Mexican society. The Xaverian Missionaries began work in Mexico in 1951 and are present where much of the struggle to overcome the anti-religious culture was played out. The...
A Missionary for most of the 20th Century Dies
Father Angelo Calvi died today from heart failure. He was 92 years old. He joined the Xaverian Missionaries in Vicenza, Italy in 1935, made his vows in 1939, and was ordained a priest in 1947. He worked in the Italian Church from 1947 to 1954 and eventually was sent...
Africa Night with the Xaverian Missionaries
Africa Night at Fatima Shrine, a set on Flickr. On Saturday, April 28, 2012 AFJN Executive Director Dominican Father Aniedi Okure and Policy Analyst Bahati Jacques conducted an information session at the Xaverian Missionaries community in Holliston Massachusetts. The session was organized by AFJN Board member and Xaverian Father...
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...
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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...