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To become a Xaverian Missionary, you need to be a Roman Catholic, 18 to 35 years of age, and have at least the minimum UK university admission qualifications. You should be motivated by a sincere desire to give yourself to God in a community exclusively dedicated to foreign mission activity.
Mar 16, 2018 · Xaverian – my first great adventure. When I arrived at Xaverian in 1960 I thought I had landed on Mars. I had never come across a building like Ward Hall before never mind entered one. It was a complete culture shock after my large but friendly primary school and it took me several months to assimilate.
A Xaverian Priest is a man called by God and sent by the church to bring the people closer to God. Enabled by Christ’s power in the sacrament of Holy Orders, the priest gathers a community by proclaiming God’s Word, teaching the values of the Gospel, providing guidance and leadership to his people, and celebrating with them the Sacraments ...
Sep 29, 2021 · Fr Eugenio Montesi (above) is a Xaverian Missionary Father currently serving the parish of St Bartholomew’s in the Castlemilk area of Glasgow, but the inspiring moment that crystallised his decision to love and serve God and His people in a very direct way, took place in his home country of Italy.
- Conforti: Early Years and Priestly Formation
- The Cross: The Source of My Vocation
- Archbishop of Ravenna, Ready to Do God’s Will
- Bishop of Parma, But Missionary to The World
- The Love of God’s People
- President of The Missionary Union of The Clergy
- Visit to China and Death of A Saint
Guido Conforti was the eighth of ten children of Rinaldo Conforti and Antonia Adorni. He was born on March 30, 1865 at Casalora di Ravadese, in the midst of a fertile land of Parma, Italy. All the educational efforts undertaken by his parents geared toward a specific goal, dreamed by his father: to have his son be the future administrator of the fa...
“I looked at him, and he looked at me, and it seemed as though he was telling me many things.”
God revealed the fullness of his love in his Crucified Son. One day this love touched the heart of young Guido Conforti in an almost natural way. He was but a child. Every morning, he stopped at the “Church of Peace” to gaze at the large Crucifix there. This was the beginning of an uninterrupted dialogue with Christ crucified. Later when he was sixty years old and bishop, his sister often found him rapt in ecstasy before that crucifix, which had been brought to his residence, at his request....
In May of 1902, Conforti was named Bishop of Ravenna by Pope Leo XIII. It could have been a deadly blow to Conforti and his newly born congregation. In his conversation with the Pope, Conforti shared his dream of going to China, and the Pope told him that his field of work was Ravenna, “the China of Italy.” The Pope continued: “I summoned you to Ro...
“I find everywhere the holy enthusiasm to spread the Gospel”
The Love of God’s People, the hand of fate, or the inspiration of the Spirit was to again enter the life of Guido: in December of 1907, Guido became bishop of Parma, following the death of Bishop Magani. Bishop Conforti adopted In Omnibus Christi (Christ in all things) as his motto, and the Xaverian Missionaries would later adopt it as well. It was to be put to practical application in his pastoral visits throughout the diocese. For almost 25 years he was the good shepherd of his flock, a liv...
Bishop Conforti dedicated a lot of time in prayer, even though he was not a monk. In the serenity of that “nest of eagles,” as he used to call his community, and with the fresh air of his native Parma, he regained his strength. On September 16, 1907 Pope Pius X sent Conforti a letter, asking him to become collaborator of the dying bishop of Parma, ...
Bishop Conforti’s concern for the Church entrusted to him never distracted him from the “concern for those parts of the world where the Word of God had not yet been proclaimed.” He was convinced that the proclamation of the Gospel “ad gentes” (to the nations), was the most effective way of re-evangelizing his own people. He was untiring, therefore,...
One last significant event in Conforti’s life was his journey to China, which he undertook “as a duty and a need of my heart.” Notwithstanding his ability to deal with missionary problems as a founder of a missionary congregation and president of the Missionary Union of the Clergy, he recognized that this trip would help him appreciate more the mis...
Jul 17, 2012 · The Xaverian Congregation has always welcomed men of simplicity and integrity who evidenced a capacity and willingness to share the uniqueness of their own lives by living in community, in service of a common vision – a vision that includes personal and communal formation as well as the witness value of a life lived in common by men of diverse t...
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Oct 4, 2024 · This is a Synod that will help place the Church in the world and help focus on the missionary needs we are being called to live. Let us hope and pray that this World Mission Sunday will remind us that we are called by Jesus – in person – to bear witness to his words in our everyday lives.
