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Lay delegates to the Plenary Council
For the first time at a PC, there are two SMA Lay Missionaries present to represent the SMA Lay Missionaries: Hélène Liet from France and Anysie Légonou from Benin. Tomorrow (Wednesday, Day 3 of the PC) they will present to the other delegates their experience as SMA lay missionaries, and next week the delegates will…
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Opening Address to Plenary Council 2016
From Left to Right are: Koos Janssen, Fachtna O’Driscoll, Antonio Porcellato and Luigino Frattin, and in the background is Walter Woamade, the English to French translator It is my pleasure to welcome you all to this the third Plenary Council meeting of this mandate. We are being hosted by the District-in-formation of the Gulf of…
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Plenary Council 2016 in Accra (Ghana)
Day one of Plenary Council (PC) 2016 began today, Monday May 30, 2016 in Accra (Ghana) . There are 24 delegates, 2 simultaneous translators and the 2 secretaries. The General Bursar will arrive next week, making for a total of 29 people originating from 17 different countries from North America, Europe, Africa and Asia. There…
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Missionaries Are ‘Evangelization Heroes’ of Our Times
At Casa Santa Marta, Francis Says ‘It’s Really Worth It to Live Our Lives’ … in Service Missionaries are the ‘evangelization heroes’ of our times.
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Dialogue – among the youth today
In April I participated in an SMA Commission meeting dealing with interreligious, intercultural and ecumenical dialogue. On returning to Benin, I was curious to understand how dialogue is practiced in the daily events of life among our people in Bariba land.
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Ordination anniversary, Vijay at Sonomou in Bori Parish
Father Vijay, sma from India has experienced his first missionary tour in Africa with baatonu people in the diocese of N’Dali. In only two years of presence, Vijay’s mastery of french and baatonum languages is astonishing. Today, we celebrate his second year of ordination before he takes off for his holidays in India. We wish…
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SMANETFAMILY
We are delighted to introduce to you an exclusive SMA cyberspace – ‘SMAnetFamily’!The following video gives you an overview of the programme. If your connection is slow, prefer the PDF tutorialYou can click click at the top right of this page to access the SMAnet and click on ‘Overview’ for more information. Overview
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What can SMA offer to South Africa?
Fr. Martin Walsh, teaching weekly catechism to a group of children I visited the base of the African continent, South Africa, from March 2 to 10, 2016. I extend my sincere thanks to Fr. Pius Afiabor, the Regional Superior and all the confreres for the warm welcome I received. As it was my first time…
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Interreligious, Intercultural and Ecumenical Dialogue
The Commission for Interreligious, Intercultural and Ecumenical Dialogue met in Rome from 4 to 8 April, 2016 Two of the meeting’s participants responded to our questions to present the work that they had done. These were Fathers François de Paul Hounguè and Dominic Xavier.
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