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On 8th December 2024, the Society of African Missions (SMA) celebrates 168 years. The SMA is a missionary institute preaching the Good News of salvation and serving Africa and Africans for evangelization and human promotion and sustainable development.Haven founded the SMA in Lyon on 8th December 1856, Venerable Bishop de Marion Bresillac arrived in Sierra Leone, West Africa in 1859. He never returned to his country France. He died on 25th June of that year. Two years later, the courageous Venerable Fr. Augustine Planque sent a new team of missionaries lead by the Italian pioneer missionary, Fr. Francesco Borghero to…

Young Catholics in the North of Nigeria are happily invited to the 2024 edition of the annual Youth Camp that will hold at the SMA Formation House, Kagoro Kaduna State.The date is from Thursday 19th December 2024 to Monday 23rd December 2024.The theme of the camp is: Empowering Minds….Registration fee is N.7000Contact person is: Rev. Fr. Joseph Ogungbe, SMA. Tel. (+234) 0916 967 1352

📣 Exciting News! 📣 The Annual SMA Youth Camp, Nigeria South is here again! 🌍✝ Join us for an unforgettable experience at the SMA Formation House, Bodija, Ibadan. 🗓 Date: 18th-22nd December 2024 💪 Theme: Rising Together: Building Resilience through Unity and Networking 💰 Delegate Fee: 10,000 NGN Don't miss this opportunity to connect, grow, and build lifelong friendships! Payment Details: Account Name: SMA Vocations Account Number: 2030578720 Bank: First Bank For inquiries, contact us at: 📞 0708 483 5211, 0703 476 7128 Let’s rise together and make this camp a remarkable journey of faith and resilience! 🙌

Last Sunday 24th November 2024, Feast of Christ the King, Rev. Fr. Shola Atolagbe, Director of SMA Promotion Office and her assistant, Ms Maggie Ibru (SMA Lay Associate) were at Saint Denis Catholic Church, Barriga in Lagos to promote the 2025 SMA-OLA Calendar. Both zealous mission promoters were accompanied by SMA Seminarians from the Formation House in Bodija Ibadan. Before Saint Denis Catholic Church, Fr. Shola and the seminarians had also visited the Church of Assumption Catholic Church, Falomo, Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Apapa, Saint Matthew Catholic Church Amukoko, Saint Joseph Catholic Church, Gowon Estate all in Lagos. It must…

Early November this year, Rev. Fr. Delkes Moses Manafen, SMA began an intensive training program in the area of farming at the Centre Songhaï in Porto-Novo, Republic of Bénin. The formation will better equipe Fr. Manafen to be more effective in his area of farm management in the Project Office of the Province. We congratulate Fr. Manafen for his training and wish him well in his apostolate… , Rev. Fr. Delkes Moses Manafen, SMA tilling the ground at Songhaï Center Porto-Novo, Bénin Rev. Fr. Delkes Moses Manafen, SMA in action in Songhaï, Porto-Novo. Bénin

On Sunday 10th November 2024, Rev. Fr. Kishak Gonap, SMA arrived at Mont Thabor, Senegal to attend an international conference on interreligious dialogue organized by the Diocese of Thiès in collaboration with the Institut Des Etudes Orietales (IDEO) in Cairo. The theme of the three days conference (11th -13th November 2024) was “Le Dialogue Islamo-Chrétien, une chance pour l’Afrique” (Christian Muslim Dialogue, a chance for Africa) was attended by 40 participants experts in Islamology from 15 nationalities. Also present at the conference were the President of the National Association of Imams and Ulemas of Senegal, Imam El Hadji Omar Diene…