Experiencing the Ascension in Jerusalem

Placing the Ascension of the Lord Jesus on the summit of the Mount of Olives is not just a fulfillment of religious traditions, but a profound testament to the significance of this mountain. The history and geography of the Holy Land illuminate why the Mount of Olives is the custodian of the memory of this pivotal event in our salvation.

Remembering the Blessed White Fathers of Tizi-Ouzou

Founded in 1874, six years after the creation of the Society, the community of Tizi-Ouzou remains our oldest still active community. It was in this community that our four confreres, Alain, Charles, Jean and Christian, Missionaries of Africa, were murdered on 27 December 1994.

Get your smile back with dignity

Like many other regions of Africa, countries in the Great Lakes region are exposed to many human rights violations due in part to decades of successive cycles of violence, most of them ethnically based. In the case of the DR Congo, human rights violations are mainly structural. There is a lack of health, food security, public order, access to justice, secondary and higher education, insufficient job creation for the poorest, etc. Then there is the endemic physical violence, whether in urban neighbourhoods, on the roads or as a result of armed conflicts that have displaced more than seven million people. The primary victims of this violence are women and children.

Safeguarding Children Audit Report, Irish Sector

The Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers) Irish Sector in February 2024 had invited the National Board for Safeguarding Children in the Catholic Church in Ireland to conduct a review of safeguarding practice in the sector.