Novena to Bishop Brésillac (Day1)
Plenary Council 2022
SMA News - January 2023
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 for us; his blood shed for our life. And he will add, "Do this in memory of me." So, every time you give your life or you give your blood for the life of the other, you do it in memory of the one who "loved you and gave himself up for you."
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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, all ten crises are in Africa. The Democratic Republic of the Congo leads the way, followed by Burkina Faso, Cameroon, South Sudan, Chad, Mali, Sudan, Nigeria, Burundi and Ethiopia. Father Mauro Armanino, priest of the Society of African Missions,
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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 said to Elijah. This is the call of every vocation.
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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 was the visit of Cardinal Luis Antonio Tagle. Cardinal Tagle is the Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples
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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 with Arts and Cultures. The Carrefour of African Culture (CCA) is an association founded in November 2017 and based at the International Missionary House in Lyon. The CCA is part of the culture of dialogue and encounter carried by the Society of African Missions.
Why this particular interest in culture?
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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 reflect on the questions of collaboration between our Institutes: missionary and vocational animation with a mixed AMV team, being the starting point in Cap Breton in 2021 and a rich experience to be encouraged.
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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 the Society. It is based at the Generalate, and its purpose is to coordinate projects in the SMA. It was born out of the deepest desire of the Society to always work for the integral development of the human person. This includes projects that aim to improve the lives of the people among whom the mission is established. This has always been the case in the mission areas since the congregation's first steps in Africa over 160 years ago. In addition, this office enables the SMA to strengthen its culture of transparency and good management.
Pierre-Paul DOSSEKPLI
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Charism and Constitutions
SMA Founder Bsp. Melchior Marion de Brésillac
Message from the Superior General and his councils
Synod 2021-2023
