SOCIETY OF AFRICAN MISSIONS

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  • Our Confreres buried in Rome

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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

    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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  • The Library moves to Montferrier

    The Library moves to Montferrier

    It’s back to school and work in France. Some SMA Fathers have just returned from vacation and summer replacements; others have new appointments and still, others have chosen to continue in what has given them joy in the past, in the present, and in the future. After 60 years of collaboration with the Society of African…

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  • VATICAN: LITERARY AWARD TO Fr ANDREA MANDONICO

    VATICAN: LITERARY AWARD TO Fr ANDREA MANDONICO

      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 second edition of the Literary Prize of Ambassadors to the Holy See 2021.      

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