• DFGG Mid-Mandate Meeting
  from 28 september 2010 to 02 october 2010
  
• General Council visit to Liberia
  from 04 october 2010 to 16 october 2010
  General Council visit to Liberia

 

• Congratulations Bishop Kieran O'Reilly SMA
  More than 1,000 people participated in the ceremony at the Saints Peter & Paul Cathedral in Ennis, in which Fr Kieran O'Reilly, former Superior General of the Society of African Mission, was consecrated as the Bishop of Killaloe, Ireland. The ceremony was streamed live on the local Radio station, Clare FM.
• Archbishop of Cotonou resigns, successor appointed
  Pope Benedict XVI on August 21, 2010 accepted the renunciation of the pastoral government of the Archdiocese of Cotonou (Benin), presented by Archbishop Marcel Honorat Leon Agboton in accordance zith canon 401 § 2 of the code of Canon Law.
• Bishop Tim Carroll SMA honoured for promoting indigenous languages in Nigeria
  Bishop Tim Carroll SMA was honoured by the Association of Nigerian Language Teachers (ANLAT) for his great work in promoting indigenous languages in Nigeria.
• D.R.CONGO proclaimes Cardinal Joseph-Albert Malula a "National Hero"
  Archbishop Laurent Monsengwo Pasinya, the Catholic Archbishop of Kinshasa, has voiced the gratitude of the Catholic Church in Congo to the President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, Joseph Kabila, for having proclaimed Cardinal Joseph-Albert Malula (1917-1989) a 'national hero'.
• SMA FORMATION UPDATE
  Fr. Paul Ennin reviews the SMA formation. At the beginning of this month, some SMA priestly ordinations. July 3rd in Kenya: Godfrey Naika ; in Nigeria: Anthony Olanyan, Benjamin Ubi, Peter Shaba. July 8th in Tanzania: Edwin Mwasi. July 10th in Zambia Charles Mpundu.
• Recent Deaths : Fr Gérard Volard (Lyons’ Province)
  June 29th, 2010, in Mount-Ferrier (France), death of Fr. Gérard Volard, sma of the Province of Lyons.
• SMA Italy: jubilee of the Provincial House in Genoa
  
• SMA Benin: Temporary Oaths
  
• SMA Ivory Coast: Diaconate ordinations
  
• 20 June 2010 : World Refugee Day
  On 20 June, the Society of African Missions (SMA) will join the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) and the international community in marking World Refugee Day.
• Pope Benedict closes Year for Priests
  
• World Environmental Day - 5 June 2010
  Protection of the environment - a challenge for every child, woman and man.
• New Publication : SMA Bulletin n° 133, April 2010
  Interreligious Dialogue. Dialogue of Life.
• SMA Zambia : New orientation for Kabwe Formation House
  Bernard Wieggers Formation House of Kabwe, interregional preparatory formation Center.

 

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