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Our life style
The Society of African Missions is a Society of Apostolic Life. Members commit themselves to a solemn resolution, to be witnesses of the Gospel to the ends of the earth, particularly by serving the peoples of Africa, working to encourage vocations to the priesthood African Churches and in particular seeking to establish local Christian communities…
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Our Mission
For over 160 years, our response to the mission has been expressed through concrete commitments: The first evangelization is the proclamation of the Gospel to those who have not yet heard, especially the poor and most abandoned. It expresses fidelity to the charism of the Founder. Justice, peace and integration of creation…
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Our History
The Society of African Missions (SMA) was founded in Lyon, December 8, 1856 by Bishop Marion Brésillac. Its members, priests and laity, work among Africans, especially in Africa. The Society of African Missions has 1009members coming from Africa, Americas, Asia and Europe. The Society of African Missions is organized into: Provinces 1. Great…
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Prayer for Canonisation
Lord God, you called Melchior de Marion Brésillac to serve You. To make you known and loved you sent him to India and then to Africa. For you, he gave everything, even his very life. So that his life and teaching may inspire a missionary commitment in Christians today, we trust that the Church will…
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Superior General’s visit to Angola and R.D.Congo
The Superior General, Fr. Fachtna O’Driscoll, went to the Democratic Republic of Congo, and then Angola, from October 18 to November 10, to visit our confreres, see the conditions in which they work, to pay attention to their needs and to hear their suggestions.
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New appointment of Mgr. Kieran O’Reilly SMA
The Vatican Information Service has announced the appointment of Bishop Kieran O’Reilly SMA of Killaloe diocese to succeed the Most Rev Dermot Clifford as Archbishop of Cashel & Emly.
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Closing of the bicentenary of the birth of Mgr. Brésillac in Togo
The celebration took place last Saturday 08 November Atakpamé in the Church Holy Family. The Mass was presided over by the local ordinary Nicodemus Mr Anani Barrigah-BENISSAN and the homily was given by Father André CHAUVIN, in the presence of all fathers SMA Togo, diocesan priests Atakpamé, the SMA friendly, seminarians Foyer Bishop Joseph Strebler…
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Some would rather die than leave their dead unburied
The Anthropologists argue that the fight against Ebola will not be won until we will not be busy processing the dead. In Monrovia, There is a worrying gap between the number of patients growing strongly and the number of the bodies collected for cremation.
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The Cause of our Founder: An Important Step
“By the grace of God”, as it is said in the Côte d’Ivoire, yesterday I was able to go to the printer to give a very small USB key on which were all of the files that make up the Positio on the life, the virtues and the reputation of the holiness of our Founder,…
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