MONTERADO, Indonesia - One of the agenda of St. Montfort Parish in filling the Asia-Oceanian Year of Mission is to introduce Our Lady in the Work of Salvation to the parishioners of Monterado. The background for choosing this theme was actually born from the request of the people themselves. They often complain to us about the ...

TOAMASINA, Madagascar - In 2002, the "MPIARA-DIA MONTFORTANINA" or "Montfortian Associates" was born in Toamasina, Madagascar. It becomes AMQAH or "Association of Mary Queen of All Hearts" or FANGAVAGNA MONTFORTANINA MALAGASY, today...

CEBU CITY, Philippines - On the afternoon of March 25, 2022, around 60 Association of Mary Queen of All Hearts (AMQAH) members and Totus Tuus Journeyers (TTJers), together with the Daughters of Wisdom (DW), were eager to attend the Renewal of Consecration to Jesus Christ, the Incarnate Wisdom through the Hands of Mary at Montfort Mission House in Minglanilla, Cebu. It was the first one in two years since the pandemic began. In addition to that, this was also the annual gathering of all members of AMQAH and the TTJers...

QUEZON CITY, Philippines - After two years of non-physical activities, the Montfort Spirituality Center, headed by Rev. Fr. Federick YUMANG, SMM, along with the lay associates of Mary, Queen of All Hearts, opened its doors to the lay faithful on a Lenten Recollection with Mary and St. Joseph last March 19, 2022. The theme was “Walking Along the Margins with St. Joseph” with Rev. Fr. Mauricio “Mau” Ulep, CMF as its recollection master...

ROME, Italy - On Sunday, March 13, 2022, the General House Community had the joy and the privilege to welcome the Ambassador of Haiti to the Holy See (Vatican), His Excellency Jean Jude PIQUANT...

KISANGANI, RDC - On March 23, 2022, during the Eucharistic celebration, our colleagues Trésor (Congolese), Ephrem (Congolese), François (Burundian) and Éric (Burundian) made their perpetual vows. Éric and François are the first two Burundians to make their perpetual vows...

MONTREAL, Canada - A recollection, with the theme With Him, being reborn differently, was held on Saturday, March 26, 2022 at the Sanctuary Marie-Reine-des-Cœurs, with Brother Guy St-Onge, Brother of Saint-Gabriel, as preacher...

ROME, Italy - On Sunday, 27th of March 2022, twenty-two lay people renewed their consecration to Jesus through Mary according to the teachings of St. Louis-Marie de Montfort at the Sanctuary of Mary Queen of All Hearts in Via Romagna. The day began with the celebration of the Holy Eucharist at 11:00 a.m. at the Generalate grotto. It was presided by Fr. Jailos MPINA, SMM along with SMM Fathers Richard MAGARARU, Benjie NOTARTE, Steve MUKUSA and Montfort SOUFFRANT as concelebrants...

MONTRÉAL, Canada - Father Claude Sigouin, SMM was born in Montréal, Canada, son of Henri Sigouin and Aurore Bouchard. He was baptised on 13 March 1936, the day after his birth, at Sainte-Thérèse-de-l’Enfant-Jésus parish. He pronounced his perpetual vows in the Montfortian Congregation (Company of Mary) on 15 August 1961. He was ordained to priesthood on 17 March 1962 by Bishop Rémi Augustin, a Haïtian Montfortian bishop, at Notre-Dame de Lourdes parish in Vanier, Ontario, where we are still ministering...

GITEGA, Burundi - The celebration of the Annunciation Solemnity, which is a feast for the whole Church in general, was carried out in a particular way at the Montfort Scholasticate, since it is a primordial feast for the Montfortian family...

MANAKARA, Madagascar - The Father Superior of Madagascar Entity, Fr. Bruno, had taken the opportunity to visit our colleagues working in the South-East of Madagascar (in Mananjary) after the passage of cyclone Batsirai. It should be noted that, by the grace of God, the two confreres on site are doing well (Fr. Jean Baptiste and Fr. Solofo Victor). Father Bruno, on this occasion, visited his family, not far from Mananjary, in Manakara: “It was a great joy to meet again”. Batsirai is a very intense cyclone which caused enormous damage. What is observed first is the absence of roofs on nearly nine out of ten houses. Hard dwellings have seen their sheet metal roofs torn off...

S. PUDUR, India - From the first book of Genesis to the last book of Revelation, the Bible begins and ends with the mission. Mission is the human association with the one who is the beginning and the end, the Alpha and the Omega. Therefore, mission includes always God in which people are associated with God’s plan. Bible and the mission are closely connected. In S. Pudur, the faith of the people existed in this region for 400 years. It is a part of Kumbakonam Diocese. Previously, this parish belonged to Vadagari which is our neighbouring parish. From that main parish, S. Pudur was bifurcated. Before S. Pudur was raised to a parish, people had to go all the way to Vadagari parish which is about 14 km from the main parish for their spiritual, economical, pastoral and psychological needs. To meet the present day needs of these believers, S. Pudur was separated from the mother parish and erected to the status as parish on 16th July 1998, by Emeritus Rt. Rev Peter Remigius, the Bishop of Kumbakonam. After which, this parish was entrusted to our congregation...

Father David GIAPUNDA, SMM, Congolese, after completing his specialization in Spiritual Theology, training branch at the Pontifical University of Gregorian (PUG) in Rome, returned to his Entity of origin. We interviewed him about his studies and his current mission as a formator.

On 12 March 2022, Father Luiz Augusto STEFANI, SMM, Superior General, with the consent of his Council, named Father Sherwin Ybañez NUÑEZ, SMM as Superior and Formator of the Scholasticate of New Manila, Philippines...

CEBU, Philippines - On March 12, 2022, the AMQAH and TTJ members successfully had their Lenten Recollection with the theme: Stop, Look and Listen. It was facilitated by Rev. Lester C. BONETE, SMM. This was the first face-to face gathering of the lay associates in Cebu since the pandemic started on March 2020. However, the deepening sessions were still held online.