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Message of the Superior General on the occasion of the 165th Anniversary of the SMA
Dear brothers, Tomorrow, we will gather to celebrate the 165th anniversary of the foundation of the Society of African Missions. I am sure that on this day that falls on the solemnity of the Immaculate Conception, all of us will do our best to meet and spend it together – in our parishes, our communities,…
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SMA International News of December
Ireland: Look back of Fr. Alphonse SEKONGO on his 6 years of mission in the province; Strasbourg: Concert of Charity for the missionary works in Liberia; Rome: Meeting of the SMA-NDA commission for the common spiritual heritage.
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Our Confreres buried in Rome
Rev. Fr. Antonio PORCELLATO, Superior General: I am at square 81 of the great cemetery of Rome, the cemetery of Verano. I am next to the tomb of the SMA. We came here again this year, on November 1 or sometimes on November 2nd, to pray and honor our confreres who are here. It is a…
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SMA International News of November
TITLES: 1- Italy: General Presentation of the 2021 events in the province 2- Lyon: News from the Provincial 3- Zambia: Presenattion of the Farm Project
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The unchained heart of Fr. Pier Luigi Maccalli, SMA
Kidnapped on the 7th of September, 2018 by an armed Islamic group of Aqmi allied to Al-Qaida, Pier LuigiMaccalli was tied up and the little money he had was taken from him. He was pushed out of the house and taken away on a motorbike. This was the beginning of a journey that would last for…
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SMA International News of October
Greetings dear brothers and sisters and welcome to this new edition of our SMA News.Titles:1- Poland: Priestly ordination of Fr. Waldemar Dziedzina;2- Uk: News from the provincial;3- Rome: Award ceremony of the prize received by Fr. Andrea Mandonico.
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October 4, 1856: the story of a consecration
175th anniversary of the Founder’s episcopal ordination All his life, Bishop Melchior de Marion Brésillac was sure of one thing: he wanted to be a missionary, and he was ready to give everything to fulfill this vocation. He wanted to “go” to enlighten the abandoned of the faith with the light of the Gospel, to…
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A call to service inspired by dialogue, and wisdom
The new pastoral year has just begun, and in Vaulx-en-Velin the installation of the new parish priest of St. Thomas took center stage today 19th September 2021. Fr. Dieudonné Baloitcha was installed as parish by Fr. Yves Guerpillon the territorial vicar episcopal of East Lyon and rector of Notre Dame de Fourvière Basilica. The ceremony took…
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Fr Andrea Mandonico receives a prestigious award
As It was announced earlier (2 september 2021) , The book “Mio Dio, come sei buono. La vita e il messaggio di Charles de Foucauld” translated “My God, how good you are. The Life and Message of Charles de Foucauld” by Fr Andrea Mandonico, Sma, won the Literary Prize of Ambassadors to the Holy See…
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90th anniversary of the first SMA house in Poland
The SMA Seminary transformed into an aircraft engine factory… This year, the Society of African Missions celebrates the 90th anniversary of the opening of its first mission house and first seminary located in Ninino, in the parish of Ryczywol Poland, on the the15th of September 1931. This seminary functioned until the beginning of the Second…
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