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United for Mission
The Spirit of the SMA Plenary Council, Lagos 2026 By Pierre-Paul Dossekpli On Friday 29 May 2026, the Plenary Council of the Society of African Missions came to a close in Lagos, Nigeria. For several days, members from across the world gathered to reflect together on the future of the society and its mission. As…
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God prepares things for us that we cannot even imagine
An encounter with Bishop Francois Gnonhossou, sma, Bishop of Dassa-Zoume, on the occasion of the SMA Plenary Council By Pierre Paul Dossekpli Plenary Council, Lagos 2026 Three hundred kilometres of road, the Benin-Nigeria border, repeated police checkpoints, potholed stretches of tarmac and the notorious Lagos traffic: Bishop Francois Gnonhossou of Dassa-Zoume endured all of this…
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The SMA Plenary Council in Lagos, a Living Mirror of Magnifica Humanitas
By Pierre-Paul Dossekpli Plenary Council Lagos 2026, Day 8 On 15 May 2026, Pope Leo XIV signed his encyclical Magnifica Humanitas on human dignity in the age of artificial intelligence. The date is no coincidence: it marks the 135th anniversary of Rerum Novarum, the founding encyclical of the Church’s Social Doctrine. By choosing this day,…
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Group Work: Seat of the Holy Spirit
On this sixth day of the Plenary Council 2026, on the eve of Pentecost, the members set aside the plenary hall for something more intimate. Divided into five working groups — Care, Well-Being and Spirituality; Mission, Collaboration with Laity and JPIC; Integral Formation; Good Governance and Synodality; and Finance — they bent over tables, exchanged…
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Why a Foundation? Fr. Jean-François Bergeron Questions the Purpose of PACEM
By Pierre-Paul Dossekpli Plenary Council 2026, Lagos, Nigeria On the fifth day of the Plenary Council, Fr. Dennis Senyo Etti presented PACEM — Partnership, Collaboration, and Empowerment. Approached by the SMA Media, Fr. Jean-François Bergeron, Superior of the Canadian District, admitted he was perplexed at first: “Why a foundation?” He was asking what every serious…
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“If Only I Had Done This Sooner…” — Father Narcisse’s Testimony on the ICOF
The fourth day of the Plenary Council was marked by an unexpected moment of grace: the testimony of Father Narcisse, Provincial Superior of Côte d’Ivoire, on his participation in the ICOF (Inter-Congregational Ongoing Formation) programme in Tanzania during the first quarter of 2026.
