Reflection on the week of prayer for Christian unity

In response to the prayer of our Lord Jesus on the eve of his death that we his disciples be “One” (Jn 17: 1-26) efforts have been made to heal the plague of division that were eating away Christians. Attempts towards unity span from the very onset of the Church through Councils and it is more visible from the second-half of the nineteenth century through under the ecumenical movement. The Catholic Church did not remain on the sidelines of these efforts to restore the unity of Christians. And this is evident in Vatican II’s decree 'Unitatis Redintegratio'.

SMA OLA Response to Human Trafficking

 Migrants remain almost daily in News headlines in recent years. While the media attention goes to debates on whether to let people in or not, SMA and OLA missionaries turn their attention to the victims of human trafficking and the criminal network behind it.

Fr. Ernest: Missionary Experience

Recently, I interviewed Father Ernest, SMA of Nigeria, about his missionary experience: here is his testimony.

Benin:Celebration of the 5th Anniversary of the parish St Paul de Zogbadje

On the occasion of the 5^th anniversary of the parish of St Paul Zogbadjè. Fr. José Florent Kakpo SMA, the present parish priest with his parish Council wanted to mark a special seal for the revival of the Christian community in Zogbadjè.

Phillipines: World Mission Sunday

Every third Sunday of October, the Catholic church throughout the world commemorates World Mission Sunday. Pope Francis, in his message to all Christians highlightened on the mission that we have received from Christ. These words alone speak about witnessing our faith to the ends of the earth. It is a moment of profound solidarity when the whole church care for ‘Christian communities in need--- and support the proclamation of the Gospel’--even to the ends of the earth.

Lyon Cours Gambetta: Overnight prayer for Fr. Pier Luigi Maccali

Lyon Cours Gambetta: Overnight prayer for Fr. Pier Luigi Maccali

The 5th October, 2018 from 7pm to 8pm, the SMA chapel at 150 Cours Gambetta in Lyon (69007) served as framework within which the overnight prayer in favour of the liberation of Fr. Pier Luigi Maccali, an SMA Italian Missionary kidnapped in Niger on the 17^th September 2018. Animated by Most Rev. Michel Cartatéguy, former archbishop of Niamey, the celebration was attended by about 150 people of diverse origin coming from the city of Lyon and its environs.