SOCIETY OF AFRICAN MISSIONS

Month: November 2016

  • Intronization of the new Cardinal of Central Africa

    Intronization of the new Cardinal of Central Africa

    The new Cardinal with the delegation of the African Missions On this Saturday, November 19, 2016, Pope Francis intronized the new Cardinal of Central Africa, Mgr. Dieudonné Nzapalainga along with 16 other nominees. At the age of 49, he became the youngest African cardinal.

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  • Inter-Institutional Meeting in Poland

    Inter-Institutional Meeting in Poland

    “Last weekend the members of the SMA, White Fathers and Comboni Missionaries, working in Poland, held an informal meeting in Piwniczna”.

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  • Seminar “In the footsteps of Brésillac and Planque”

    Seminar “In the footsteps of Brésillac and Planque”

    There will be 36 participants in the Seminar “In the footsteps of Brésillac and Planque”. Members either of the Society of African Missions or of the Missionary Sisters Our Lady of the Apostles, they will work together for three days on their “common spiritual heritage”. The SMA Generalate of Rome provides the framework for the…

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  • Canonical visit to Poland

    Canonical visit to Poland

    The Superior General with one of the councilors makes an official visit (Canonical visit) to every Unit once in the mandate. Fr. Fachtna O’Driscoll, the Superior General and Fr. Francis Rozario, a General Councillor visited Polish District in Formation for ten days from November 4 to 13, 2016.

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  • Renewal of Commitment

    Renewal of Commitment

      Yesterday, Thursday, during the evening mass in the chapel at the Generalate, our brother Steven Phillips renewed his commitment to SMA.  Steven is a lay missionary from the US Province and is currently the English Secretary at the Generalate, a role he has had for the past 3 years. 

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  • Like the Apostles… WE HAVE GIVEN UP EVERYTHING…

    Like the Apostles… WE HAVE GIVEN UP EVERYTHING…

      “Peter began to say to him, “We have given up everything and followed you.” Jesus said, “Amen, I say to you, there is no one who has given up house or brothers or sisters or mother or father or children or lands for my sake and for the sake of the Gospel who will…

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  • Comme les Apôtres… NOUS AVONS TOUT LAISSÉ POUR TE SUIVRE…. »

    Comme les Apôtres… NOUS AVONS TOUT LAISSÉ POUR TE SUIVRE…. »

      « Pierre se mit à lui dire : “Eh bien ! nous, nous avons tout laissé pour te suivreˮ. Jésus lui dit : “En vérité, je vous le déclare, personne n’aura jamais laissé maison, frères, sœurs, mère, père, enfants ou champs à cause de moi et à cause de l’Evangile, sans recevoir au centuple maintenant, en ce temps-ci,…

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  • War on modern day slavery

    War on modern day slavery

    The Society of African Missions (SMA) and the Sisters of Our Lady of Apostles (OLA) have been working together on our response to the challenges coming from the recent migration of people to the West. As people run either away from wars and misery or towards greener pastures, many of them fall into different forms…

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