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Lay delegates to the Plenary Council
For the first time at a PC, there are two SMA Lay Missionaries present to represent the SMA Lay Missionaries: Hélène Liet from France and Anysie Légonou from Benin. Tomorrow (Wednesday, Day 3 of the PC) they will present to the other delegates their experience as SMA lay missionaries, and next week the delegates will…
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Opening Address to Plenary Council 2016
From Left to Right are: Koos Janssen, Fachtna O’Driscoll, Antonio Porcellato and Luigino Frattin, and in the background is Walter Woamade, the English to French translator It is my pleasure to welcome you all to this the third Plenary Council meeting of this mandate. We are being hosted by the District-in-formation of the Gulf of…
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Plenary Council 2016 in Accra (Ghana)
Day one of Plenary Council (PC) 2016 began today, Monday May 30, 2016 in Accra (Ghana) . There are 24 delegates, 2 simultaneous translators and the 2 secretaries. The General Bursar will arrive next week, making for a total of 29 people originating from 17 different countries from North America, Europe, Africa and Asia. There…
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Like the Apostles… Do not trust every spirit…
« DO NOT TRUST EVERY SPIRIT…» (1 Jn 4 : 1) “Great salvation […] announced originally through the Lord, it was confirmed for us by those who had heard. God added his testimony by signs, wonders, various acts of power, and distribution of the gifts of the Holy Spirit according to his will”(He 2 :…
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Comme les apôtres… Éprouvez les esprits pour voir s’ils sont de Dieu
« EPROUVEZ LES ESPRITS POUR VOIR S’ILS SONT DE DIEU » (1 Jn 4,1) « …Un pareil salut qui commença à être annoncé par le Seigneur, puis fut confirmé pour nous par ceux qui l’avaient entendu et fut appuyé aussi du témoignage de Dieu par des signes et des prodiges, des miracles de toute sorte, et par des…
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Missionaries Are ‘Evangelization Heroes’ of Our Times
At Casa Santa Marta, Francis Says ‘It’s Really Worth It to Live Our Lives’ … in Service Missionaries are the ‘evangelization heroes’ of our times.
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Dialogue – among the youth today
In April I participated in an SMA Commission meeting dealing with interreligious, intercultural and ecumenical dialogue. On returning to Benin, I was curious to understand how dialogue is practiced in the daily events of life among our people in Bariba land.
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Ordination anniversary, Vijay at Sonomou in Bori Parish
Father Vijay, sma from India has experienced his first missionary tour in Africa with baatonu people in the diocese of N’Dali. In only two years of presence, Vijay’s mastery of french and baatonum languages is astonishing. Today, we celebrate his second year of ordination before he takes off for his holidays in India. We wish…
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Like the Apostles… Filled with the Holy Spirit
“When the time for Pentecost was fulfilled, they were all in one place together. And suddenly there came from the sky a noise like a strong driving wind, and it filled the entire house in which they were […]. And they were all filled with the holy Spirit and began to speak in different tongues,…
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