A ONCE IN A LIFETIME EXPERIENCE Come and join us for pilgrimage to Rome from October 21, to October 29, 2011  to witness the making of a new missionary saint,  SAINT GUIDO MARIA CONFORTI From St. Peter’s Square, to Assisi, Florence, Montecatini, Parma, Padua, and Venice Includes Round trip from New...

TED Prize Winner JR & INSIDE OUT from TED Prize on Vimeo. The youngest TEDPrize winner  since the award began in 2005, 28 year old artist JR, received $100,000 and the chance to make “One Wish To Change The World”. On Weds 2 March, the annual TED conference in...

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Catholic Relief Services’ (CRS) expert on sexual and gender-based violence, Francisca Vigaud-Walsh, will testify before the House Foreign Affairs Subcommittee on Africa, Global Health, and Human Rights on Tuesday, March 8, 2011, at 1p.m at the Rayburn House Office Building. The hearing, The Democratic Republic of the Congo: Securing...

Fr. Chema Caballero, a Xaverian Missionary who worked in Sierra Leone for many years will teach a class on sport and peace initiatives as part of the master’s degree program.at the University of Oberta in Catalina, Spain.  Sports as a tool for social co-existence and conflict resolution is sponsored...

We received news of the participation of Xaverian seminarians in the Philippines celebration of World Interfaith Harmony Week. Seminarians of the Xaverian Missionaries participating at the Sikh Temple The Sikhs are famous for their open kitchen as part of their spiritual practice so the group was able to experience...

Fr. Michael Montoya from the US Catholic Mission Association shared on their blog this heart wrenching post. I thought to pass it on to you! In January of 2009 the USCMA received a request for help with a mission.  The request for help and prayers came from Scott and...

Pope Benedict XVI announced today that the canonization of our Founder, Blessed Guido Maria Conforti, Founder of the Xaverian Missionaries. He will be canonized, along with two others on Sunday, October 23 2011 in Rome. Father Luigi Guanella, founder of the Congregation for the Servants of Charity and Daughters...

Muchatuta – Oliver Mtukudzi from IMN World on Vimeo. The second installment of International Music Network’s exhilarating musical journey focuses on the richness of the African guitar tradition. The Acoustic Africa tour includes Habib Koité, the Malian superstar whose exciting concerts have endeared him to audiences worldwide, Oliver Mtukudzi,...

Fr. Nardo talking with the mother of Fr. Alfredo Turco in a special gathering of Xaverian families I am in Italy for medical treatment and for a little vacation. I was invited to write something about my mission experience and  I do it willingly for Africa and the Democratic...