ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar - Montfortian associates of the Association Marie Reine des Cœurs (AMRC), met at Foyer Montfort Andraisoro on the 26th and 27th of November 2024, for training sessions and a meeting presided by Father Arnold SUHARDI, SMM, the Contact Person for the Montfortian Lay Associates...
A few weeks before his death, Saint Louis-Marie de Montfort (1673-1716) made an act of faith. It was to implore God to give missionaries for his Company and Wisdom through the intercession of Mary. 33 penitents walked as pilgrims, 2 by 2, from Saint-Pompain to Notre-Dame des Ardilliers in 1716...
TANANARIVE, Madagascar - The General Assembly of the Vice-Province of Madagascar was held at the Daughters of Wisdom in Benasandratra Tananarive on Wednesday, November 20 until Wednesday, November 27, 2024. The session was divided into three phases: the first three days were consecrated for spiritual formation with Father Arnold SUHARDI, SMM, followed by a retreat the following day...
TAMIL NADU, India - The Montfort Lay Associates of S. Pudur Parish, Tamil Nadu, India, held their regular meeting on November 24, 2024. The session commenced with a prayer led by Rev. Fr. Selvakumar, SMM, the parish priest. Following this, Ms. Malini PERIYANAYAGAM, the President of the Montfort Lay Associates, extended a warm welcome to the gathering and introduced the new members to the group...
MONTREAL, Canada - As part of his visit to the Canadian province in November 2024, Father Yoseph Putra Dwi Darma WATUN, SMM, Superior General of the congregation, came to meet with the associates of the Mary Queen of Hearts Shrine on Saturday, November 9, 2024. We welcomed him with great joy and expressed our gratitude for his presence among us...
PONTCHATEAU, France - On November 28, 2024, the “Montfortian Heritage in France” Committee appointed by the Superior General (cf. Sec. Gen. 26-2024) met at the Calvary of Pontchâteau to reflect on the future of the Montfortian mission in France. The participants worked on a strategy aligned with the orientations of the SMM General Chapter 2023 and the current needs of the Montfortian Places in France...
BANGALORE, India - The Montfort Marian Centre, under the direction of Fr. Alexander, SMM, organized the second International Montfortian Marian Congress (IMMC) in Bangalore, India on October 26, 2024. The congress saw the participation of over 230 attendees and featured seven insightful presentations by eminent theologians, mariologists, and scholars, centered on the theme, “Mary of the People and Ecology: An Ecological Reading of Marian Apparitions...
SAINT-LAURENT-SUR-SÈVRE, France - It is 14°C in this small town on the edge of the Vendée. The gray sky does not prevent the bell towers, which, piercing the sky, continue to sublimate the soul of this place imbued with spirituality. At 9am, twenty valiant men are heading towards the Salle Notre-Dame du Saint-Esprit, while four others, stuck in traffic on the outskirts of Nantes, are still on their way. Under the soft and benevolent light of this freshly renovated room, a song to the Virgin Mary rises, “Mary, witness of Hope”...