The Cause of Bishop Bresillac
SMA News of November
Our Confreres buried in Rome
Rev. Fr. Antonio PORCELLATO, Superior General: I am at square 81 of the great cemetery of Rome, the cemetery of Verano. I am next to the tomb of the SMA. We came here again this year, on November 1 or sometimes on November 2nd, to pray and honor our confreres who are here. It is a tradition that is greatly appreciated by those who live in the house and those who pass by. This large cemetery impresses; it is an area of 83 hectares. And it is a place that since ancient times has been reserved for the dead. It was made in its present form after Napoleon’s decree of Saint Cloud, which stipulated that all the dead should be buried outside the city. A great architect, Valadier, made this project. Verano is a cemetery which is a kind of open-air museum, a museum where one can find the thoughts and art of the 2nd half of the 19th and the 20th century. And it is here that the SMA also has a tomb for those who die in Rome, or who die while passing through Rome.
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TITLES:
1- Italy: General Presentation of the 2021 events in the province
2- Lyon: News from the Provincial
3- Zambia: Presenattion of the Farm Project
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Kidnapped on the 7th of September, 2018 by an armed Islamic group of Aqmi allied to Al-Qaida, Pier LuigiMaccalli was tied up and the little money he had was taken from him. He was pushed out of the house and taken away on a motorbike. This was the beginning of a journey that would last for two years.
During the first 17 days, he was moved about on the motorbike before crossing over to Mali through Burkina Faso.
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Greetings dear brothers and sisters and welcome to this new edition of our SMA News.
Titles:
1- Poland: Priestly ordination of Fr. Waldemar Dziedzina;
2- Uk: News from the provincial;
3- Rome: Award ceremony of the prize received by Fr. Andrea Mandonico.
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175th anniversary of the Founder's episcopal ordination
All his life, Bishop Melchior de Marion Brésillac was sure of one thing: he wanted to be a missionary, and he was ready to give everything to fulfill this vocation. He wanted to "go" to enlighten the abandoned of the faith with the light of the Gospel, to implant the Church with a well-trained local clergy who could take over, and to continue elsewhere. He never imagined he would one day become a bishop. At the age of 32, while he was fully involved in the education of future clerics in Pondicherry, one of the objectives of the mission that was close to his heart, he was named titular bishop of Pruse and provicar apostolic of Coimbatore by Pope Gregory XVI on Tuesday, May 6, 1845. A few days later, on June 30, 1845, Bishop Melchior de Marion Brésillac was informed of his appointment and on September 26, 1845, he wrote to Rome to renounce the episcopate.
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The new pastoral year has just begun, and in Vaulx-en-Velin the installation of the new parish priest of St. Thomas took center stage today 19th September 2021. Fr. Dieudonné Baloitcha was installed as parish by Fr. Yves Guerpillon the territorial vicar episcopal of East Lyon and rector of Notre Dame de Fourvière Basilica. The ceremony took place in the presence of the SMA Provincial superior of Lyon Fr. François du Penhoat and Bishop Michel Cartateguy, the former bishop of Niamey-Niger, a member of the Provincial Council of Lyon.
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As It was announced earlier (2 september 2021) , The book “Mio Dio, come sei buono. La vita e il messaggio di Charles de Foucauld” translated “My God, how good you are. The Life and Message of Charles de Foucauld” by Fr Andrea Mandonico, Sma, won the Literary Prize of Ambassadors to the Holy See 2021.
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SMA Founder Bsp. Melchior Marion de Brésillac
Message from the Superior General and his councils
The Year of St. Joseph
