Beginning Monday afternoon and continuing all of Tuesday, the delegates have been meeting mostly in 4 small groups (2 French, 2 English) discussing the following questions: 1. In line with our Charism/Spiritual Patrimony, is there a need to guarantee the centrality of the African continent for the Society’s mission? If so, what are the financial…

For the first time at a PC, there are two SMA Lay Missionaries present to represent the SMA Lay Missionaries: Hélène Liet from France and Anysie Légonou from Benin. Tomorrow (Wednesday, Day 3 of the PC) they will present to the other delegates their experience as SMA lay missionaries, and next week the delegates will…

From Left to Right are: Koos Janssen, Fachtna O’Driscoll, Antonio Porcellato and Luigino Frattin, and in the background is Walter Woamade, the English to French translator It is my pleasure to welcome you all to this the third Plenary Council meeting of this mandate. We are being hosted by the District-in-formation of the Gulf of…

Day one of Plenary Council (PC) 2016 began today, Monday May 30, 2016 in Accra (Ghana) . There are 24 delegates, 2 simultaneous translators and the 2 secretaries.  The General Bursar will arrive next week, making for a total of 29 people originating from 17 different countries from North America, Europe, Africa and Asia.  There…