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“My joy is to accompany the young men”: inside the International Spiritual Year of Calavi
Students participate attentively in a Mass marking the taking of the oath at the conclusion of the International Spiritual Year, held in Calavi, Benin, on 25 June 2025.
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Menton 2026: a shared commitment to strengthening the collaboration of the Council of Four
Members of the Provincial Councils of the four congregations in France linked to Bishop de Brésillac, gathered in Menton in April 2026.
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Birth of a Great Missionary Family:
The Bresillac-Planque Missionary Family By Pierre-Paul Dossekpli As part of the Triple Jubilee 2025-2026, the Society of African Missions (SMA) and the Sisters of Our Lady of the Apostles (OLA) brought together, on 5 and 6 June 2026, some ten religious congregations at the Domus Fidei guest house of the Sisters of the Eucharistic Heart…
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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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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 years to come. That moment arrives on Monday, May 18, and it is the Plenary Council 2026. In fact, the journey has already begun. The Superior…
