We, Xaverian Missionaries, arrived in Brazil in 1953 in response to an appeal made by Pope Pius XII. The first areas of work were located in northern Paranà.  Our presence could be described as Gospel proclamation, spiritual assistance, and social-material-political betterment.  We opened seminaries in Jaguapità (1959), Londrina (1965),...

Bible on a Chinese IPhone The Apostolic Exhortation, which is dated 30 September, Memorial of St. Jerome, is the fruit of the Twelfth Ordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, which was held in Rome from 5 to 26 October 2008. A missionary focus of the sharing of...

Fr. Bonardi, one of the first XaverianMissionaries, born in Bostonwho was sent to China in 1904. The catholic newspaper, The Pilot, of the Archdiocese of Boston recently shared a story of the beginnings of our congregation, the Xaverian Missionaries. The article was written by Mr. Frank Mazzaglia. Enjoy! Long before...

Money alone will not transform the lives of the poor in developing nations, the head of Caritas Japan has told an international forum in Seoul. “Transferring financial resources from developed countries to developing countries by itself cannot bring about drastic changes in people’s lives at the grassroots level, Bishop...

Blessed Guido Conforti (center), with the firstfirst missionaries to go to China. On November 5 the Xaverian Missionaries, more than 800 priests and brothers strong, celebrate the figure of their founder, Blessed Guido Maria Conforti.The Xaverian Missionaries were founded first for China, then to all the world. It was...

Blessed Guido Conforti (center), with the firstfirst missionaries to go to China. On November 5 the Xaverian Missionaries, more than 800 priests and brothers strong, celebrate the figure of their founder, Blessed Guido Maria Conforti.The Xaverian Missionaries were founded first for China, then to all the world. It was...

Xaverian Mission Newsletter November 2010...

Two Muslim scholars, a Sunni and a Shiite, told the Synod of Bishops for the Middle East that Islam promotes respect for Christians and Jews and that the entire Middle East will suffer if Christians vanish from the region. Pope Benedict XVI invited two Muslim religious scholars to address...

I wanted to share with you the first episode of OUTSOURCED, a sitcom about an American working in a call center in India. It is a hilarious look at cultures colliding....

We wanted to share with you a fascinating ongoing report done by Al Jazeera on 50 years of independence for 17 African nations. This particular segment focuses on the Democratic Republic of the Congo, a country where we have worked as Xaverian Missionaries since the beginning of its independence....