The Cause of Bishop Bresillac
SMA News of July
Discovering Fr. B. Michel's Book
As in these days, there are many joggers in the Gospel of Day of Easter. At dawn, after discovering the empty tomb, Mary Magdalene "runs» to find the other 2 disciples. Frightened by the absence of the loved one, she does not admit the incomprehensible. The tears she had shed on the feet of Jesus at Simon the Pharisee's house and at the feet of the cross at the Calvary, reappear in her wounded eyes that she no longer saw the body of the One who was atrociously crucified.
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In order to find out how Covid 19 affects the Central African Republic, the SMA International Media Centre had the opportunity to obtain information from Fr. Justin Kette. He had gone to attend the Assembly of the Central African District but was unable to return due to the suspension of international flights. He explains the current situation and the measures that have been taken by both the Episcopal Conference and the government.
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Many of the activities involving the SMA confreres have been impacted by the Covid 19. In Kenya for example, parishes have been obliged to halt their activities including public masses. The schools and learning institutions have been suspended and drastic measures have been taken to deal with the impending situation.
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First appeared in December 2019 in China in the metropolis of Wuhan, the coronavirus 2019- COVID 19 then spread worldwide. This cousin of Sars, very contagious, is transmitted through the respiratory tract and has already caused several thousand deaths. In France, at the time this article was written, 7, 560 people died of the virus, including 2, 028 in the retirement nursing homes and hundreds of thousands of infections since March 1.
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Fr. Samuel Mazda belongs to the Nigerian Province of the Society of African Missions. He was ordained on 9 July 2005 in Abuja, Nigeria. He currently works in South Africa and shares his pastoral experience where his first missionary priority has been to reconcile the Montana parish community.
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Inter-Congregations SMA – OLA – MCSC
The people concerned in the missionary activities on 27-30 décembre 2019. From Monday evening to Thursday morning, the SMA-NDA-MCSC session meeting was held in Menton. About twenty participants represented the diversity of the Missionary Family of African Missions: France, Martinique, Poland, India, African countries from Benin and Togo by Nigeria in Congo...
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An icon of the encounter with Jesus on the road to Emmaus was chosen as the official logo for the worldwide celebration of the Sunday of the Word of God.
The colorful logo is based on an icon written by the late-Benedictine Sr. Marie-Paul Farran, a member of the Our Lady of Calvary Congregation, who lived and worked at its monastery on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem.
The logo was presented to the press at a Vatican news conference on 17th January, ahead of the newly established Sunday of the Word of God, which is being celebrated on 26th January this year.
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SMA Founder Bsp. Melchior Marion de Brésillac
Message from the Superior General and his councils
The Year of St. Joseph
