ROME, Italy - On Tuesday, May 9, 2023, when Father Dwi was elected 23rd Superior General of the Company of Mary, St. Louis-Marie de Montfort, the founder of this Congregation, probably awoke from his “sleep” in a state of surprise, and with him, all the members of this Company who have “fallen asleep in the hope of the resurrection”. St. Louis-Marie may have searched a Google map for exactly where Indonesia was and tried to pronounce the full name of Father Yoseph Putra Dwi Darma WATUN, SMM who is now his successor in the animation of the Congregation he founded in 1705 in Poitiers...

After the intense day of yesterday concluded with the barbecue at the General Curia, today we resumed our work. The prayer is led by the Indian confreres who are celebrating the 50th anniversary of the foundation this year.

This day is characterized by the achievement of one of the goals of our General Chapter: the election of the new superior for the next six years. But let's go in order...

Tuesday, on May 9, 2023, the 38th General Chapter of the Montfort Missionaries elected Father Yoseph Putra Dwi Darma WATUN, SMM as the 23rd Superior General of the Company of Mary...

Today, the work of the General Chapter resumes after a magnificent day of very sunny break which allowed visits and small pilgrimages...

ROME, Italy - Here we are on the Saturday of our first week at the General Chapter. The first part of the day, until lunchtime, is still used to work in five workshops.

Today was characterized by work in small groups formed around the thematic priorities. This allows me to describe the general development nowadays. The first appointment is in the chapel of the house of the Passionist Fathers at 7.30 am. A half-hour prayer of adoration is led each day by an entity...

ROME, Italy - This morning, we continued our tour through the entities of old Europe with its wealth, but also with its poverty, its fears and its uncertainties. A common reality among the seven European entities is the presence of oversea confreres from Madagascar, India, Indonesia, the Philippines, the DRC, Haiti and Malawi.

To tell all that Fr. Angelo VITALI, SMM, made us relive with his testimony of commitment to the poor, young drug addicts, AIDS patients and in prisons, is impossible. This demand from young people: "tell us about death" which killed our colleague all night, will destroy us too! ....

The morning opens with the visit of Fr. Pier Luigi NAVA, SMM Italian currently under-secretary of the Dicastery of Consecrated Life. With his very lively speech, he offers us orientations for our congregational journey in fidelity to the Church and to our mission in the challenges of today....

The 38th General Chapter of the Company of Mary opened this morning in the splendid setting of the retreat house of the Passionist Fathers in Rome. After the innumerable round trips to Fiumicino airport by Brother Désiré and the other members of the Generalate, we were almost complete this morning....

ROME, Italy, April 19, 2023
«With consecration, a person ceases to refer to himself; he orients himself resolutely towards Jesus Christ who is the center of his new life».

SAINT-LAURENT-SUR-SEVRE, France. Deacon Éric MANIRAKIZA, SMM, who will soon be ordained a priest in Saint Laurent-sur-Sèvre on April 1, 2023, talks about his vocation and the Montfortian mission.

MONTFORT-SUR-MEU, France, February 1, 2023 – A plaque displayed on the facade of the Maison Natale reads “On January 31, 1673 here was born Louis Grignion who became Saint Louis-Marie de Montfort”. Where do we know of his birth and name? It is thanks to the Act of Holy Baptism which is kept at the Town Hall of ...

On 5 January 2023, the Provincial Chapter of Italy in the presence of Father Luiz Augusto STEFANI, SMM, Superior General, has elected Provincial Superior, Father Angelo SORTI, SMM...

LORETO, Italy - On 17th September 2022, Monsignor Fabio DAL CIN, Prelate of Loreto and Pontifical Delegate for the Sanctuary of the Holy House of Loreto and for the Basilica of Sant'Antonio in Padua, officially opened P. Valentino Lanfranchi parish hall of St. Flaviano Catholic Parish run by the Montfort Missionaries...