Society
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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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They Are Already Arriving: The Plenary Council Approaches
In six days, SMA Provincials and Districts Superiors will travel from their corners of the world, gather in one room, and make decisions that will shape the Society for…
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New Frontier: SMA in Butuan
THE NEW ADVENTURE: March 20, 2024 marked the first time the SMA Philippine District ventured into the southern part of the country, made possible through the invitation of the…
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The priest who had to learn to be observed
Fr. Eric Yapi Yapi, SMA, is a missionary priest of the Society of African Missions (SMA), originally from Ivory Coast, recently appointed to the International Forum for Research between Missionaries and Missiologists (FIRMEM) in Lyon, France—a joint SMA–NDA initiative aimed at promoting dialogue between missionaries and missiologists, deepening missionary reflection, and supporting teams working in…
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Bishop Kimengich appointed coadjutor archbishop of Mombasa: what this really means
The Vatican’s appointment of Bishop Dominic Kimengich as Coadjutor Archbishop of the Metropolitan Archdiocese of Mombasa, with the canonical right of succession, is far more than a routine episcopal…
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After the Jubilee: Debt, Ecology, and Shared Responsibility in a Divided World
by Pierre-Paul Anani Dossekpli What Remains After a Jubilee? The Jubilee 2025 has now come to an end. Pilgrimages have concluded, Holy Doors have been closed, and public celebrations…
