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SMA -OLA organized Integral Bonding Workshop in Ibadan

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Oct

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SMA -OLA organized Integral Bonding Workshop in Ibadan

Responding to the demand of Novice Directresses and Directors of various congregations attending the inter-novitiate program in Ibadan, the Provincial Superiors of SMA and OLA made Sr Catherine Esiekpe, OLA, Sr Zita Adigwe, OLA, Fr Ernest Mbam Egbedike, SMA and Fr Basil Soyoye, SMA available to organize and facilitate the 2024 Integral Bonding Workshop from 21st to 25th October 2024. The venue of the workshop was at the SMA Formation House, Bodija Ibadan. The aim of the workshop was to enhance the capacities of the participants in the areas of Self-awareness; Shared Leadership skills; Community living and Effective Emotional management.…

De Marion Schools begins in Kaduna State

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Sep

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De Marion Schools begins in Kaduna State

On September 23rd, 2024, the SMA Nigeria Province began the De Marion Schools located at Maraban Rido, Kaduna. The director of the school is Fr. Eyisi Solomon. There are 12 staff collaborating with Fr. Eyisi as he begins the laudable adventure. The establishment of the new school is part of the Province’s efforts to participate in the provision of sound quality education for Nigerian youths. It must be remembered that the SMA together with the Sisters of Our Lady of Apostles, (OLA) have been pioneers in education in Nigeria since the 1860s Rev. Fr. Reginald Nwachukwu, SMA (Parish Priest Saint…

SMA missionaries create Fr. Cons Nursery and primary school in Bobi

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Sep

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SMA missionaries create Fr. Cons Nursery and primary school in Bobi

The school is located in the Parish, St Peter’s Catholic Church, Bobi Kontagora Diocese in Niger State, Northern Nigeria.According to Fr. Emmanuel Ambi, the Fr. Con’s Nursery and Primary School is the Church’s response “ to the absence of schools and centers of learning in our rural community and the inability of most parents to sponsor their children to travel far in search of schools for their children’s education in the urban areas. We decided to start a nursery and primary school in order to help the under privilege of our community access to a better education. Education and moral…

Divine Mercy Parish, Pissa, Kontagora Diocese

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Aug

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Divine Mercy Parish, Pissa, Kontagora Diocese

Divine Mercy Parish, Pissa, operates within the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Kontagora Diocese and is overseen by missionary priests of the Society of African Missions (SMA Fathers). Established approximately a decade ago, the parish was initiated under the leadership of Fr. Donall O’Cathain, SMA. Situated in a predominantly rural setting, Divine Mercy Parish encompasses a vast territory spanning approximately 2,500 square kilometres within the Borgu Local Government area of Niger state. Comprising 48 mission stations or villages, the parish serves a community primarily composed of recent converts to the Christian faith, amidst a backdrop of large majority Muslim and traditional…

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Aug

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Missions

MISSION AT ST PETERS BOBI

St Peter’s Parish, Bobi is a rural parish located in the diocese of Kontagora, Niger State. The common language spoken here is Hausa. Farming and animal husbandry is the principal activity of our people. We have over 35 outstation churches with a population of 2,500. The parish has been in existence since 2001 and it has lots of prospects for expansion and growth. One of our basic pastoral activities is to reach out to the people in the villages and bring the Gospel to the most abandoned people in the area. Other pastoral activities include the teaching of catechism, formation…

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Mar

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Projects

SEF Project

SMA - NIGERIA SEF Project - St.Peter Kaduna Intro Self Empowerment in Fashion (SEF) project is a development initiative that has a mission of empowering youths in fashion and styles, to be productive and contribute meaningfully to self and community development. @ St Peter’s Parish, Sabon Tasha , Kaduna State, Kaduna South, Nigeria Phone +234 810 552 3225 E-mail mmbassah@yahoo.co.uk Facebook Facebook Page – SEF Project – St. Peter Kaduna https://smafathersnigeria.org/wp-content/uploads/2024/03/WhatsApp-Video-2024-08-01-at-19.20.34.mp4 SEF Project - St.Peter Kaduna @ SEF Project.... We keep working hard, We keep Dreaming big and Never given-up

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Mar

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Missions

Mararaba Udege Mission

St. Mary’s Quasi Parish- Mararaba Udege Lafiya DioceseBRIEF OF HISTORY:It was officially declared and made as New Mission (Quasi parish) on 30th of June 2023. It was carved out of St. Kizito Catholic church. I am the first priest in charge of the new mission even though our confreres worked in this region a long time ago. It was said that St. Kizito was established by SMA Missionaries in the 1960s. St. Mary’s quasi parish was created on the request of the faithful. We have a parish house built by the parishioners in 2013. It has a small church. It…

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Mar

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Pissa Mission

Divine Mercy Parish, Pissa, Kontagora Diocese Divine Mercy Parish, Pissa, operates within the ecclesiastical jurisdiction of the Kontagora Diocese and is overseen by missionary priests of the Society of African Missions (SMA Fathers). Established approximately a decade ago, the parish was initiated under the leadership of Fr. Donall O’Cathain, SMA. Situated in a predominantly rural setting, Divine Mercy Parish encompasses a vast territory spanning approximately 2,500 square kilometres within the Borgu Local Government area of Niger state. Comprising 48 mission stations or villages, the parish serves a community primarily composed of recent converts to the Christian faith, amidst a backdrop…

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Nov

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Fr. Sabo Yakubu Salisu story

THE STORY OF MY VOCATION A Brief Introduction of Myself/Family Background I am Salisu Yakubu Sabo SMA. I was born and brought up in a village called Dukuki, Garko Local Government Area of Kano State; my parish is called St. Peter’s Catholic Church, Gamashina, Kano Diocese. I am the third born, but the first son among eight children. I began my nursery and primary school in my village in 1995 and completed in St. Louis Primary School, Airport Road, Kano in 2001. Then I proceeded to St. Thomas Secondary School, also Airport Road, Kano from where I graduated in 2007.…

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Nov

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REV. FR. KISHAK GONAP story

MY VOCATION JOURNEY Everything has a history, a history of how it came about. For man, as long as he lives, every second, minute, hour, day, week and year marks a history for him. It is to this regard that I as a person, being a man that lives within the spheres of second, minute, hours,, days, weeks and year also have a history; a history that brims itself in different spheres of life which include spiritual, cultural, educational, and vocational spheres of life. I would however consecrate this page on the vocational sphere. Being born into a catholic family…