Michael Targett R.I.P.

Society of the Missionaries of AfricaFather Hugh Seenan, Provincial Delegate of the sector of Great Britain,informs you of the return to the Lord of Father Michael Targett on Monday, 10th […]

11th February in the life of Charles Cardinal Lavigerie

A bit of diplomacy in our relations
Father Deniaud seems to have turned the matter around very skilfully and been accepted by the Arabs by declaring to them, as I earlier advised you to do, that he and his colleagues had certainly not come to get involved in their affairs or in business and that they were not in league with the British.

10th February in the life of Charles Cardinal Lavigerie

You will, therefore, be the first of my children whom I shall see assuming the character and the grace of the Apostles, the first to work as a bishop in this difficult and great task of converting Equatorial Africa.

9th February in the life of Charles Cardinal Lavigerie

King Mtesa of Uganda welcomes Father Lourdel and his companions
I will simply add that the son of Mtesa, who succeeded his father as King of Uganda, personally sent his canoes to bring Father Lourdel and two of his companions from the other side of Lake Nyanza to settle near him permanently.

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