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SMA at 168!

SMA at 168!

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…
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SMA Youth Camp 2024, Kagoro

SMA Youth Camp 2024, Kagoro

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
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SMA Youth Camp 2024, Ibadan

SMA Youth Camp 2024, Ibadan

📣 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! 🙌
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Promotion of SMA-OLA Calendar

Promotion of SMA-OLA Calendar

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…
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Rev. Fr. Delkes Moses Manafen, SMA on skill reinforcement training on farming

Rev. Fr. Delkes Moses Manafen, SMA on skill reinforcement training on farming

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
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Rev. Fr. Kishak Gonap at a seminar on Christian – Muslim Dialogue in Senegal

Rev. Fr. Kishak Gonap at a seminar on Christian – Muslim Dialogue in Senegal

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…
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Very Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Zinsu, SMA visits the Apostolic Nuncio

Very Rev. Fr. Emmanuel Zinsu, SMA visits the Apostolic Nuncio

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,…
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Saint Charles Catholic Church, Kano organized seminar on Healing the Family Tree

Saint Charles Catholic Church, Kano organized seminar on Healing the Family Tree

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…
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