God Continues to Call: Our Students in Mexico
It was the Virgin Mary of Guadalupe, who appeared to Saint Juan Diego (1531) and opened the hearts of the people of Mexico to evangelization. The Xaverians established the first school in Mazatlan in 1951, a school that propagated the spirit and life of Saint Guido Maria Conforti. The...
What More Can You Do in the Face of the Church’s Sexual Abuse Crisis?
By Thomas Berg. Church Life Journal: A Journal of the McGrath Institute for Church Life Fr. Berg lays out an excellent way to help us understand our ongoing commitment to survivors of clergy sexual abuse in the long term with a deep sense of accountability, transparency, and pastoral compassion. We...
The importance of interreligious dialogue for peacebuilding and peace education in the modern world
Through this video, the Xaverian Missionaries of Indonesia share one of the missionary activities in that nation: interreligious dialogue, especially by our seminarians who are in the beginning stages in philosophy. Recall that Indonesia is approximately 87% Muslim, but the government recognizes Islam, Christianity (Protestant and Catholic), Hinduism, Buddhism,...
Voices from outside the Church
Open House, a Catholic Magazine and Blog of Scotland, recently published an article by Fr. Carl Chudy reflecting on the North American experience of the Synod of the Church, 2021-2024. Like other continents worldwide, the North American experience of the Synod of the Church, called by Pope Francis in...
A Missionary Priest Tells His Story
Father Nicola Colasuonno SXOn the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of his priestly ordination Fr, Louis Birabalige SX Fr. Nick Colasuonno studied in the United States at our community in Franklin, Wisconsin. He was ordained and worked for some years in our seminary. Fr. Nick is visiting the US...
Interreligious Dialogue and Bengali Society
In Bangladesh, over 100 Xaverian Missionaries have served here since 1952. They have witnessed the plodding progress and growth of the mission, with the formation of the local clergy, Christian villages, and numerous catechists. Bangladesh has also seen the martyrdom of two Xaverian Missionaries, Fr. Veronesi and Fr. Cobbe,...
Being Missionaries in Taiwan
We present contributions from the Xaverian community in Taipei (pp. Fabrizio Tosolini, Innocent Munandi, and Joe Matteucig). The three brethren thought it best to share the reflection personally without trying to create a common presentation – reflection. We hope that this ‘format’ will be more helpful. This blog was...
Our Parish in Taiwan for Easter 2023: Letter from a Missionary
Recently, Fr. Joe Matteucig, former Shrine Director at Our Lady of Fatima Shrine in Holliston, who worked many years in the United States, wrote to us from his parish in Taiwan. His letter is slightly edited to make it more understandable to those who may not know the other...
Xaverian Missionary Ordained Bishop in Brazil
On Saturday, April 15, 2023, at 9:00 am, at the Cathedral of Belém (Pará), Xaverian Missionary Bishop Paolo Andreolli was ordained auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Belém. The ordaining bishop will be Dom Alberto Taveira Corrêa, archbishop of Belém (PA), and the two co-ordinating bishops will be Dom...
Spiritual Journeys of Christians and Muslims that Intersect at Holy Week and Ramadan
The author, Dorothy Buck is the USA coordinator for the Badilya Prayer Movement. Badaliya is an Arabic word that means to take the place of or substitute for another. It is a spiritual term that lies at the heart of the Christian faith experience and refers to the mystery of...
