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Superior General’s Easter message to SMA
Luke 24: 1-8 “But at daybreak on the first day of the week they took the spices they had prepared and went to the tombThey found the stone rolled away from the tomb;but when they entered, they did not find the body of the Lord Jesus.While they were puzzling over this, behold, two men in…
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Like the Apostles…THE SUPREME GOOD OF KNOWING CHRIST JESUS
The Paschal Mystery in all its aspects “I even consider everything as a loss because of the supreme good of knowing Christ Jesus my Lord” (Ph 3: 8). (And also : Ep 3: 19). Saint Paul in his very special way, but also the other Apostles in very different circumstances and unforeseen, by the witness…
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Preparation for the session of July 2016
{jcomments off} Fr. Antonio Porcellato, Tom McNamara, Dermot McCaul and Basil Soyoye had met for 3 days to prepare the up coming SMA meeting; “Lyon 2016: bridge and confluence.”It will take place in Lyon at African Missions from 4 to 16 July 2016 and are invited the SMA members who have the ordination of 30…
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Like the Apostles… 2
Like the Apostles… In communion withe Christ who sends us “Have among yourselves the same attitude that is also yours in Christ Jesus, Who, though he was in the form of God…”(Ph 2, 5…). “An essential characteristic of missionary spirituality is intimate communion with Christ. We cannot understand or carry out the mission unless we…
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Comme les Apôtres…2
Comme les Apôtres… en communion avec le Christ qui nous envoie … « Ayez entre vous les mêmes sentiments qui sont dans le Christ Jésus, Lui de condition divine… » (Phil 2, 5…). . « La communion intime avec le Christ est un élément essentiel de la spiritualité missionnaire. On ne peut comprendre ni vivre…
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My experience with Ebola
I reached Sierra Leone by mid May 2014. I enjoyed the beauty of the country with lot of palm trees and the wonderful flora and fauna that was very familiar to me. It was the season of Mangoes that cheered me up. In the Archdiocese of Freetown there was a beautiful practice of all the…
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My experience in the Priesthood
« Not to us o Lord, not to us, but to your name give the Glory. » (Psalm 115: 1)I was ordained on the 4th of July 2015, as such at this point of writing, I am still a ‘baby’ in the ministry, that is, six months in the sacred priesthood.
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Like the Apostles…
LIKE THE APOSTLES… FOLLOWING JESUS SENT BY THE FATHER… “What are you looking for?”… Come, and you will see… So they went and saw where he was staying, and they stayed with him that day” (Jn 1:38-39). The apostles walk with Jesus, sometimes without understanding and acceptance. After his Resurrection and Pentecost they understand his…
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Comme les Apôtres…
Comme les Apôtres… à la suite de Jésus, l’envoyé du Père … « Ayez entre vous les mêmes sentiments qui sont dans le Christ Jésus, Lui de condition divine… » (Phil 2, 5…). . « La communion intime avec le Christ est un élément essentiel de la spiritualité missionnaire. On ne peut comprendre ni vivre…
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