Missionaries of Africa

Here is the recording of the web conference organised by Georgetown University and PISAI on Thursday, May 6th, 2021, where both our confreres Michael Cardinal Fitzgerald and Father Diego Sarriò intervened.

2021 Laudato Si’ week

Posted on 13/05/202113/05/2021 by Vitus Danaa Abobo

2021 Laudato Sì week

Laudato Sì Week 2021, to be held May 16-25, will be the crowning event of the Special Laudato Si’ Anniversary Year, and a celebration of the great progress the whole Church has made on its journey to ecological conversion.

Laudato Sì Week 2021 will also be a time to reflect on what the COVID-19 pandemic has taught us and prepare for the future with hope.

May 25 there will be the Official Launching of the Laudato Sì Action Platform.

Detailed programme

EN—LSW-2021—Concept-Note-and-Program

Appointment of Real Doucet for a second term as AMS Provincial

Posted on 11/05/202111/05/2021 by Vitus Danaa Abobo

After consultation, dialogue and with the consent of his Council, Father Stanley LUBUNGO, Superior General, has appointed Father Réal DOUCET Provincial of the Americas for a second mandate starting on 1^stJuly 2021.

Rome, 2^nd May 2021.

Fr André-L. Simonart,
Secretary General.

Apologies for the delay.

Xavier Kieffer, R.I.P.

Posted on 06/05/202106/05/2021 by Vitus Danaa Abobo

Society of the Missionaries of Africa

Father Emmanuel Lengaigne, Provincial Delegate of the sector of France,
informs you of the return to the Lord of Father

Xavier Kieffer

on Wednesday May 6th, 2021 in Bry-sur-Marne (France)
at the age of 98 years, of which 68 years of missionary life
in Tanzania and France.

Let us pray for him and for his loved ones.

Download here the announcement of Father Xavier Kieffer’s death

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Jean Fontaine, R.I.P.

Posted on 02/05/202118/05/2021 by Vitus Danaa Abobo

Society of the Missionaries of Africa

Father Anselme Tarpaga, Provincial of the Maghreb,
informs you of the return to the Lord of Father

Jean Fontaine

on Saturday, May 1st, 2021 in Tunis (Tunisia)
at the age of 84 years, of which 59 years of missionary life
in Tunisia, Yemen and France.

Let us pray for him and for his loved ones.

Download here the announcement of Father Jean Fontaine’s death

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Franz Eickelschulte, R.I.P.

Posted on 30/04/202130/04/2021 by Vitus Danaa Abobo

Society of the Missionaries of Africa

Father Rudi Pint, Provincial Delegate of the sector of Germany,
informs you of the return to the Lord of Father

Franz Eickelschulte

on Thursday April 29th, 2021 at Trier (Germany)
at the age of 99 years, of which 64 years of missionary life
in Uganda and Germany.

Let us pray for him and for his loved ones.

Download here the announcement of Father Franz Eickelschulte’s death

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Tizi-Ouzou : Ten attitudes for living fraternity (Relais Maghreb nr 38)

Posted on 30/04/202130/04/2021 by Vitus Danaa Abobo

Tizi-Ouzou : Ten attitudes for living fraternity

Father Benoît Mwananyembo

This could be a challenge for our own communities, or at least make us reflect on our community life! (Editor’s note)

This year of fraternity has been a favourable year for deepening our way of living fraternity concretely. On 21 November and 28 November 2020, the parishioners of Tizi-Ouzou met in small groups and made proposals for the development of the parish. The parish animation committee identified 10 attitudes, i.e. 10 good behaviours that will favour fraternity in the parish:

1. Take advantage of the places of fraternity that the parish project offers us: Mass, adoration, prayer group, catechesis, meals, training, recollection, outings, pilgrimage…
2. To develop communication and trust, and to feel responsible for the development of the parish.
3. To improve our behavior so as not to hurt others.
4. To be concerned about visiting each other, especially in difficult times.
5. To take news of the brothers and sisters who no longer come for one reason or another.
6. The parish should continue to be a place where everyone is welcomed.
7. Knowing each other’s birthdays in advance so that we can better celebrate them.
8. We must continue to create bonds of friendship between the different groups that make up the
  parish. These groups are : Algerians, foreign students, other foreigners, the Sisters and the Fathers.
9. It is good to live the fraternity in the parish as well as outside the parish with
  Christians as well as with those who are not Christians.
10. We must encourage and imitate those who live fraternity well.

Relais Maghreb nr 38

Posted on 30/04/202130/04/2021 by Vitus Danaa Abobo

Relais Maghreb nr 38

RELAIS MAGHREB 38