SMA News
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“Collaboration is not simply something we do. It is something we become.”
SMA and OLA Rediscover the Heart of Their Mission A session from the Triple Jubilee celebrations, 2 June 2026 By Pierre-Paul Dossekpli The question “Should SMA and OLA collaborate?”…
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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…
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Forming Missionaries for the Contemporary World
“What It Says on the Label Must Match What’s Inside” By Pierre-Paul Dossekpli SMA Plenary Council, Lagos 2026 During the 2026 Plenary Council, formation was at the heart of…
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“To Serve, Not to Be Served”
When Ordinary Time Recalls the Essence of Missionary Leadership By Pierre-Paul Dossekpli SMA Plenary Council, Lagos 2026 This evening, May 27, 2026, at 6 p.m., the Eucharistic celebration of…
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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…
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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…
