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  • Pope Francis: Digital media raises serious ethical issues

    Pope Francis: Digital media raises serious ethical issues

    Pope Francis says SIGNIS “can play an important role” in meeting the challenge of “toxicity, hate speech, and fake news” in the media. Although modern means of communication can be “a powerful means of fostering communion and dialogue within our human family,” they can also become “places of toxicity, hate speech, and fake news,” warns…

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  • SMA-NDA session in Benin from 19 to 26 July 2022

    SMA-NDA session in Benin from 19 to 26 July 2022

    From July 19 to 26, 2022, an SMA-OLA session will be held at the Brésillac Center in Calavi, within the framework of the reflection on the common spiritual heritage of the two Institutes.The members of the SMA-OLA Commission and the SMA and OLA delegates of the different units of the two institutes are expected to attend this…

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  • The celebration of the 140th anniversary of Fr. Auguste Moreau in Combre

    The celebration of the 140th anniversary of Fr. Auguste Moreau in Combre

    Introduction: Dear beloved brothers and sisters, we are gathered together around the Lord’s table on this day when we celebrate the Solemnity of the Body and Blood of Jesus Christ. Jesus Christ, before suffering his passion, made a very strong gesture: by giving his body and blood as a food; his body delivered and scourged…

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  • AFRICA/NIGER – Pentecost and the fire of arms: the time of the African martyrs is not yet over

    AFRICA/NIGER – Pentecost and the fire of arms: the time of the African martyrs is not yet over

    Niamey (Agenzia Fides) – A few days before the massacre of the faithful of the Catholic Church in the small town of Owo, Nigeria (see Fides 6/6/2022), the Norwegian Refugee Council (NCR) has published its annual list of the 10 forgotten crises in the world. For the first time since the publication of the report,…

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  • Jubilee Celebration at the retirement House in Montferrier (France) on June 7, 2022

    Jubilee Celebration at the retirement House in Montferrier (France) on June 7, 2022

    70 years of priesthood: Fr.Joseph Marty 60 years of priesthood: Fr. Jean Charrier; Fr. Jean Louis Duffés; Fr. Gérard Landais; Fr. Loïc de la Monneray; Fr. Jacques Sicard; P. Sébastien Epphère; Fr. Marcel Provost. Homily of Bishop Michel Cartatéguy from the reading of the first Book of Kings, 17, 3-16 “Get up and walk,” God…

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  • Plenary Council 2022 : Day 12

    Plenary Council 2022 : Day 12

    It’s been 12 days already! We haven’t seen them go by, for so much importance and vitality has been given to the topics discussed. Today’s morning saw the discussions stop on various subjects. These included the planning of future meetings, some information and then the vote on the Council texts. The highlight of the evening…

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  • Plenary Council 2022: Day 10 and 11

    Plenary Council 2022: Day 10 and 11

    The sun is shining more and more in Rome. The heat is on. Nevertheless, the Plenary Council is courageously navigating through the vicissitudes of the weather and the complexity of the issues under discussion. Yesterday and today were devoted to the adoption of various texts. It was also a question of the structure that deals…

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  • SMA Family Meeting in “Wonderland” Zinswald-Alsace

    SMA Family Meeting in “Wonderland” Zinswald-Alsace

    Here we are once again, gathered in a beautiful setting to reflect together between the SMA Fathers, the NDA Sisters, and MCS-C, to consolidate the relations between our Councils also through relaxation, times of prayer, and copious meals shared together…So, this is already the second time that our Councils have come together to exchange and…

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  • Plenary Council 2022: Day 9

    Plenary Council 2022: Day 9

    Today’s sessions were held in plenary. It was mainly a question of finalizing and adopting certain texts that had been drawn up so far. In addition, the subject of the Project Office was put on the table. The participants showed great satisfaction with this. It should be remembered that there is a project office in…

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  • Plenary Council 2022: Day 8

    Plenary Council 2022: Day 8

    Filled with the Holy Spirit, the participants of the Plenary Council 2022 resumed the session this morning. At the opening of this meeting, the fathers had reflected on good financial management. At the beginning of this 2nd week, they addressed the issue of Finances. To put it simply, the mission costs money. Each area of…

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