Fr. Pierluigi (Gigi) Maccalli, SMA priest missionary, is the pastor of the catholic church in Bomoanga, Republic of Niger, near the border with Burkina Faso. He was kidnapped from his mission twenty-three months ago, on September 17, 2018. Since then he is in captivity. Last march, his captors published a video showing him alive. He […]
Missionary Mikki Kente and her new life in times of pandemic in Tanzania.
For one hundred and sixty-four years the Society of African Missions (SMA) has been sending missionaries to Africa. When a new missionary arrives at his/her new mission, they have some time to learn about the place, the people, and the culture of their new home. Last January the SMA American Province sent two new Lay […]
Tanzanian Archbishop: Caritas is not an NGO
Archbishop Jude Thadeaus Ruwai’chi of Dar es Salaam encourages delegates from Caritas Tanzania to be inspired by the Church’s mission of love and service to the poor. Keep reading
FIRST SUNDAY OF ADVENT
SOLEMNITY OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, KING OF THE UNIVERSE
THIRTY-THIRD SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Anastasia first experiences as a lay missionary.
Anastasia Jeong Nam is one of SMA’s lay associate from South Korea. She left for missions in December 2019, the Corona virus broke out while she was in the language school. Although her South Korean Embassy asked her to leave the country, she decided to stay back in her mission. That is a big courageous […]
Pope Welcomes Father Pierluigi Maccalli in a private audience
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THIRTY-SECOND SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
Jerusalema, a song, a beat, a prayer to God
Over the past few months, during the COVID-19 pandemic, a song called Jerusalema produced by South African DJ Master KG has trended like wildfire on social media (more than 200 million views). Fellow Africans from Angola danced to it in a video, which is now known as #JerusalemaDance. Later it resulted in a #JerusalemaDanceChallenge on […]
SOLEMNITY OF ALL SAINTS
THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
THANK YOU!
It is with immense joy and thanksgiving to our Lord Jesus that we announce the safe release of our confrère Fr. Luigi Maccalli, SMA. Fr. Macalli was abducted in September 17th 2018 while serving in Niger. He was released October 8th 2020 along with 3 other people who were also in captivity. Thank you for […]