Welcome to this information magazine “SMA News” devoted to the news of the Society of African Missions in the world. The titles of this edition: – Benin Republic: Priestly Ordination of Rev. Roberto Carlos. – Ireland: Celebration of the Golden Jubilee of the class of 1970. – Ivory Coast: celebration of the 125th anniversary of…

  Communication is inherent to human life. For the realization of everything, every moment, every day, human beings must communicate. Very often, they communicate through written or spoken words, but just as much with gestures, facial expressions, symbols such as road signs, colors (red for danger) or images. And as Paul Watzlawick would say, we…

“This kind of illness cannot be cured anywhere and by anyone else, except in Baatonu land and by Baatonu healers.” Recently, Fr. Dominic Xavier Vincent, defended his thesis entitled « Anthropological Questions related to the care of mentally ill people in the land of baatonu (Northern Benin)”. This study was carried out in the north…

Part of the spirit of Christmas is thinking about the special people who bless this world… You are special and we celebrate you this Christmas! The year 2020 will go down in the book of annals as a year not quite like other years. It will be remembered, not just because it was 2020, but…

With the Apostolic Letter “Patris corde” (“With a Father’s Heart”), Pope Francis recalls the 150th anniversary of the declaration of Saint Joseph as Patron of the Universal Church. To mark the occasion, the Holy Father has proclaimed a “Year of Saint Joseph” from today, 8 December 2020, to 8 December 2021.

” …love your neighbor like yourself, for us means, to love the other the country as your own, to love the other unit as your own,” and a feeling that the “whole SMA is as your own real family.”Despite the sanitary situation that the world is currently facing due to covid -19, the Society of…