ZOMBA, Malawi - On the 28th of April, the Montfort Missionaries gathered in Sitima Parish, Zomba Diocese to celebrate the Feast of Saint Louis-Marie de Montfort and also to witness the ordination of Deacon Laurent JUMA, SMM and Deacon Horrice MKANDAWIRE, SMM to priesthood...

LEBANG, Indonesia - In celebration of the SMM Mission in Asia-Oceania 2022, the Ratu Rosari Parish in Lebang held a Grand Gathering of Young Catholics. “Moving together towards light while being strongly rooted in Catholic faith and culture” is the theme of the Grand Gathering. Grand Gathering was held on May 6-8, 2022. With only 150 participants, which is lesser than the first Grand Gathering in 2019, it did not dampen the enthusiasm of young people to meet and carry out activities that were scheduled at the beginning of the year during the plenary meeting of the Parish Pastoral Council...

MONTE MARIO, Rome - On May 8, 2022, the Montfort Lay Associates of San Luigi de Montfort parish in Monte Mario, Rome, Italy were drilled into the school of the Blessed Virgin Mary by Fr. Severo AGOSTINELLI, SMM...

ROME, Italy - It is a wonderful gospel to end our time together in this context of our Extraordinary General Council (EGC). This gospel is for us a reminder, an invitation and a consolation...

Father General, Fr. Luiz Augusto STEFANI, SMM gave the opening remarks with the title “Dare to take risks for God and humanity: our creative fidelity”. Among other things, he highlighted two major tasks for the 4-day EGC conference. The first part: everything related to the practical questions of the life of the Entities. Second part:...

ROME, Italy - Father General gave the opening remarks on the theme “Dare to take risks for God and humanity: our creative fidelity”. Among other things, he highlighted two major tasks for the EGC's 4-day conference. The first part on practical questions of the life of the Entities and the second part about the preparation of the General Chapter 2023. Fr. Jailos Mpina SMM, on May 19, 2022, had an interview with Fr. ASEME Muke Louis-Guelord, SMM, the Regional Superior/Delegate of Francophone Africa and the youngest participant of the EGC 2022. He was born on 15th May 1985 and made his Perpetual Profession on 26th November 2017. His priestly ordination was on 12th August 2018...

ROME, Italy - May 17, 2022 marked the opening of the Extraordinary General Council (EGC) 2022 with the Holy Mass at Domus Aurea in Rome led by the Superior General, Fr. Luiz Augusto STEFANI, SMM...

LOURDES, France – The Montfortian Province of France has a tradition of organizing pilgrimage to Lourdes every year in honor of Our Lady. This year was the 73rd Montfortian pilgrimage that took place from 18th to 24th April 2022. The first of which took place on 25th April 1949. Fr. Francis MUHANJI, SMM and Fr. Jailos Augustine MPINA, SMM participated in the pilgrimage for the first time. There were over two thousand Montfortian pilgrims. Among them were the superiors/members of the different communities of the Montfortian family (SMM, DW, and FSG), Montfortian lay associates, the sick, the aged, people with disabilities, lay volunteers and the youth...

SORØ, Denmark - In connection with his visits in Germany and the Netherlands, Fr. Marco PASINATO, SMM, the Assistant General who is responsible for Europe had also taken time for a detour to Denmark to visit the Danish Montfortian presence in Sorø, which had pleased us very much. The Dutch Montfort Fathers came to Denmark in 1901, and over time, they became responsible for six parishes and built a similar number of churches...

ANALAMALOTRA, Madagascar - Following a decision taken during a council concerning training in our Entity, all the young people in formation from the pre-postulancy to the scholasticate and formators should meet once a year. Inspired by the writings of our Congregation, the rules of life and the personal experience within our community, we decided to spend a friendly moment together to strengthen not only the knowledge of each other, but also the fraternal life. This authentic fraternal life is one of the challenges in our commitment to religious life as Montfortians...

DAGUPAN CITY, Philippines – As a Christian virtue, generosity is the propensity of the mind and heart to offer oneself spontaneously, get through to others with attention and affection, and aspire for the collective welfare of others. Christian generosity is first and foremost an expression of God's goodness towards us human beings. By this, our humanness is preserved, our spirituality is enhanced, and we become more like Christ, whose generosity flows from His divine love. In fact, the epitome of God's generosity is Jesus' incarnation into the world through the virginal womb of Mary...

QUEZON CITY, Philippines - What distinguishes delightful spiritualities from one another is that individuals delve too deeply into Christ's mystery to have an all-encompassing perspective on their vital components that outweighs the inadvertent attributes depicting a specific event or cultural milieu. This has become plausible of Montfort's spirituality, which is entrenched mainly in the supreme mystery of Incarnation...

SAINT-LAURENT-SUR-SEVRE, France - Born on 20th June 1937, Fr. Pierre BONHOMMEAU, SMM, a man of faith and prayer, died on April 13, 2022 in Cholet, France. He was laid to rest on Holy Saturday, April 16, 2022 at Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre cemetery. Many confreres and his relatives sent eulogies and how they remember Fr. Pierre...

NICARAGUA - The Montfortian Community in Nicaragua celebrated the feast of the Founder, Saint Louis-Marie de Montfort in the Parish Santiago Apóstol, Santo Tomás and in the Parish Maria Queen of All Hearts La Gateada. During the Eucharistic celebration, the religious and lay Montfortians renewed their consecration to Jesus through Mary...

JOÃO MONLEVADE - MINAS GERAIS, Brasil – Fr. Guilherme BRANDAO FERREIRA, SMM, the Parish Priest of San Luis de Montfort Catholic parish in João Monlevade - Minas Gerais in Brazil shares with us about the feast of Saint Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort. The path of preparation for the great solemnity was a unique one ...