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spacer imageTHE RESOLUTIONS OF
MELCHIOR DE MARION BRÉSILLAC
  
 

These are the resolutions the young missionary priest made before leaving for his first assignment to India in 1842. They continued to be the guiding principles that inspired him to found the Society of African Missions, and they continue to inspire today's SMA missionaries who carry on the vision of Brésillac.

  1. I resolve to be a missionary with all my heart.
  2. I resolve to neglect nothing that may advance the work of God.
  3. I resolve to seize every opportunity to preach the word of God.
  4. I resolve to use every means I have - all my strength, all my study, and all my effort to contribute towards the formation of a local clergy. And it is there that I implore your blessing especially, O my God.
  
  A mural in the SMA seminary in Nairobi, Kenya depicts the evolving diversity of the Society.