SOCIETY OF AFRICAN MISSIONS

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  • New SMA entity Leaders

    New SMA entity Leaders

      Here is the complete list or almost, the superiors of the various entities (provinces, districts, districts in formation, and communities) of the SMA. Elections for the vice-Regional is going on.

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  • Elections in Africa

    Elections in Africa

      The electoral ambiguity that mar the electoral process in Gabon with pithy declarations here and there invites us once more to reflect on the issue of elections in Africa.

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  • Pierre Trichet passed away

    It is with deep sadness that the Generalate community at Nocetta hears of the death of Fr Pierre Trichet.

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  • Charles de Foucauld: shout the Gospel with our lives

    Fr. Andrea Mandonico, SMA Archivist, Postulator, Legal Representative and Procurator to the Holy See, is also the President of the Committee for the 100th anniversary of the death of Charles de Foucauld, through which he has organized a seminar in Rome for September 10 – 11, 2016, entitled: “Charles de Foucauld:  shout the Gospel with…

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  • What African Bishops identify as the heart of Mission of the Church will surprise you

    What African Bishops identify as the heart of Mission of the Church will surprise you

    Family, Heart of the Mission of the Church in Africa The 17th Plenary Assembly of SECAM (Symposium of Episcopal Conferences of Africa and Madagascar) was held from 18 to 25 July 2016 in Luanda, Angola under the theme “The African Family Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow in the Light of the Gospel“.

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  • 50 years of Priesthood: Rev. Fr. Yapo Anou expressing his gratitude to God

    50 years of Priesthood: Rev. Fr. Yapo Anou expressing his gratitude to God

    The Rev. Fr. Richard Yapo Anou has expressed his gratitude to God for having served him 50 years of his life. It was during a thanksgiving Mass celebrated on August 28, 2016, in St. Louis church, Ebimpé, his native village in the town of Anyama.

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  • Mission and Mercy : What Challenge for the SMA?

    Mission and Mercy : What Challenge for the SMA?

    The 159th anniversary of the foundation of the SMA was marked by the opening of the extraordinary jubilee of mercy. This event did not take place by coincidence but remains providential for our missionary society.

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  • Islamic Fundamentalist Movement in Nigera

    Islamic Fundamentalist Movement in Nigera

    Introduction This article, which is a revised version of what was originally published in French on 25th January 2016 in ‘Terre d’Afrique’ (SMA French Magazine) by its author, is intended to shed some light on 

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  • Attack in Nice

    Attack in Nice

    The SMA members attending the “Bridges and Confluences” session are deeply touched by this terrible attack against the many innocent people made up of families and children who came out to celebrate on the 14th of July night in nice. We strongly and firmly condemned this barbaric action and send out our sympathy and support to…

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  • Strengthening our shoulders

    Strengthening our shoulders

    A major awareness that has emerged during this Bridges and Confluences encounter since last week is that we are building on the shoulders of our predecessors from the Founder, Mgr.  De Marion Bresillac, Frs. Augustine Planque,  Borghero, Bishop Pellet and others.

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