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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…

On the 15th of November 2024, the Provincial Superior visited the Apostolic Nuncio, Most Rev. Michael Francis Crotty, to sign a convention for one year for the service of Very. Rev. Fr. Claude Nikpi SMA. Archbishop Crotty is priest of the Diocese of Cloyne in Ireland. In an interview granted to the Vatican News in August 2024, Archbishop Lucius Iwejuru Ugorji, President of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria (CBCN) expressed optimism about the new appointment. Reflecting on the appointment of the new Apostolic Nuncio, Archbishop Ugorji is quoted as saying: “We also celebrate the historic connection between our nations,…

Thousands of participants from parishes in Kano trooped to Saint Charles’ SMA Catholic Church, Nomansland Kano, in the evenings of Monday 28th October to Friday 1st December 2024 and also Saturday 2nd December morning (for youths) and evening for a Dinner Party to attend the seminar organized by Rev. Fr. Anthony Agbovi SMA with the cooperation of his Associate Priest, Fr. George Susaimanickam William and a team of selected parishioners. The dynamic seminar on healthy Family Life, with particular attention to parenting and growing up as a young person in the 21st Century family environment discussed topics such as sexual…

(Culled from SMA Ireland website) The death has taken place of Fr Michael Waters, SMA. Fr Michael died peacefully with his family around him at the SMA House, African Missions, Blackrock Road on Tuesday, 5 November 2024. Brief biography After completing his secondary education in Cork. It was no great surprise when Michael decided to join the African Missions following in the steps of his uncle, Fr Con O’Driscoll, SMA, who was a missionary in the Midwest of Nigeria. In September 1966, the seminarian Michael was ordained a priest in Newry Cathedral. After his Ordination, Fr Michael returned to Cork…

In October 2024, Rev. Fr. Parfait Gbolohoe, SMA resumed his post as Parish Priest of St. Peter Catholic Church, Agbowa in the Catholic Archdiocese of Lagos. Located in a town 35 kilometer north of Epe Division and founded in 1944 (that is 80 years ago), Saint Peter’s Catholic Church Agbowa-Ikosi, can still be considered a Primary Evangelization Mission. In 2016 the mission was elevated to the state of a Quasi Parish and Fr. Augustine Onwuzurike SMA was the first SMA to be Parish Priest of the Parish. The status of a parish was acquired in 2020. Fr. Onwuzu rike was…