ROME - November 2, 2017 - day of prayer for the Faithful Departed - Father Francesco Ferrari, Superior of the General House, invited Father General, Father Luizinho, and the members of the community for a pilgrimage to...

ROME, Italy - On 1 November 2017, three important events were celebrated at the General House. At the start of this month the community rejoiced for being complete for the first time since the nomination of the new general...

ROME, Italy - On 1 November 2017, feast of All Saints, the SMM Generalate Community celebrated the Mass at the grotto. It was attended by a good number of Filipinos coming from the neighborhood and from other...

ROME, Italy - Since October Francesco Ferrari has been the superior of the General House, succeeding Father Pierre Bonhommeau. Born in 1970, Francesco entered the Apostolic School at Redona and was ordained a...

ROME, Italy - The Month of the Holy Rosary was celebrated at the Montfort Missionaries Generalate Grotto by the daily praying of the holy rosary. Every night, at 8:30pm, for the whole month of October, the people, mostly...

On 12 October 2017, Father Luiz Augusto Stefani, Superior General, after having consulted his Council and Father Mario Belotti, Provincial Superior of Italy, named Father Francesco Ferrari as Superior of the community at the General House in Rome. He was born on 5 October 1970, made his first religious profession on 2 October 1994 and was ordained priest on 24 April 1999.

On 6 October 2017, Father Luiz Augusto Stefani, Superior General, with the consent of his Council, designated Father Wismick Jean Charles as Vicar General of the Missionaries of the Company of Mary (Montfortians). He was born on 29 November 1963, made his first religious profession on 8 September 1990 and was ordained priest on 15 January 1995.

We met Bishop Gilles Côté, during his recent visit to Rome and we asked him a few questions. Bishop Gilles is from the Province of Canada and has been a missionary in PNG for over 40 years.
What brought you to Rome this time of the year?
I came to Rome to attend the Anglophone Conference for the Safeguarding of Children. We were 114 participants from 14 countries...

ROME - In December 2016 the project concerning the archives of the General Administration has started. Noortje Lambrichts, an archivist of KADOC, the Documentation and Research Center for Religion, Culture and Society of KU Leuven (http://kadoc.kuleuven.be/english), has been assigned to the project, which is centered around two main parts...

ROME, Italy - The confreres of the Italian Province of the Company of Mary, gathered for the provincial chapter at the Curia Generalizia on January 3 to 7, 2017, and have elected Rev. Fr. Mario Belotti as their new Provincial superior on Friday, January 6, 2017, the feast day of the Epiphany of the Lord. Fr. Mario Belotti was born on January 26, 1948 at Grumello del Monte, Bergamo, Italy. He made his first vows on...

Vatican City - On September 21, 2016 during a public audience, Fr Santino Brembilla, Sr Louise Madore and Bro John Kallarackal had the opportunity to greet Pope Francis as part of the Tercentenary Celebration of the death of St Louis Marie de Montfort. On that occasion our three general superiors...

In an international community, humor can lead to unexpected discoveries. Meals are often the occasion for sharing the richness of one another’s culture. Personally, in our international community in Rome, I appreciate the manner in which the confreres speak of their native countries, their customs and...

Dear Confreres and lay members of the Montfortian Family,
How often we speak of walking “in the footsteps of Montfort”, but during this meeting of the Extraordinary General Council (EGC) this phrase has struck us deeply and enkindled genuine hope. “Together, passing through Loreto”. Our meeting took place at a turning point in the life of the...

Meeting of the Three General Councils

Montfortian Participation at Vatican conference on the Rebuilding of Haiti

Mission Accomplished: The Generalate Bade Good-Bye to Bro. Rey