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A Year with Saint Francis Xavier A Year with Francis Xavier Open in New Window

Fr. Rino Benzoni, Superior General of the Xaverian Missionaries, provides us with a reflection on Saint Francis Xavier.  April 7 2006 marks the 500th anniversary of the birth of St. Francis Xavier.  For this reason, we celebrate a "Xaverian Year", which goes from December 3 2005 to December 3 2006, the liturgical feast of St. Francis Xavier.

 

Francis Xavier: Apostle to the World Open in New Window

Fr. Tony Lalli, editor of the Xaverian Newsletter, reflects on 4 particular moments of the journey of Saint Francis Xavier: his vocation, his mission, his ministry in Japan, and his dream of going to China to bring the Good News of the Gospel.

In the Footsteps of Francis Xavier Open in New Window

Following the journey of the Xavier, there are 8 moments in Xavier's life which help discern a missionary vocation.

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