QUEZON CITY, Philippines - On February 7-9, 2022, the perpetually professed members of the SMM Philippine Delegation gathered together at the delegation house in New Manila, Quezon City for the delegation assembly. They came from the different communities in Cebu, Dagupan City, Bulacan, Makati City and Quezon City.

MONTREAL, Canada - Our vice-provincial meeting took place on February 23 and 24, 2022. The Superior General, Fr. Luiz Augusto STEFANI, SMM and Fr. Wismick JEAN-CHARLES, SMM were present. The challenges are great here for our vice-province. The average age is quite high. But there are very few completely retired confreres...

NAIROBI, Kenya - From the 17th to the 20th of February 2022, representatives from the three entities of Africa and Madagascar met at the Montfort Missionaries International Scholasticate in Nairobi, Kenya. Those physically present were the representatives from the Africa Anglophone General Delegation and the Africa Francophone...

USA - The USA Vice Province of the Montfort Missionaries gathered on February 18th and 19th for our Assembly. We were grateful to God that we were able to gather for the first time in person since the beginning of the pandemic. Unfortunately, we weren’t all together. Our brothers in the Nicaraguan mission were not able to join us in person but we did gather through the technology of ZOOM. We welcomed Fr. Luizinho and Fr. Wismick who were able to spend a good amount of time with us...

On 24 February 2022, Father Luiz Augusto Stefani, Superior General, with the consent of his Council, has appointed Father Doris Sullivano TOMBAOSA as Superior of the Vice-Province of Canada for a mandate of three years...

MONTFORT-SUR-MEU, France - On February 20, 2022, Sunday at 10:30 a.m., a celebration opened the jubilee of the 350th anniversary of the birth of Montfort in the Church of Saint Louis-Marie in Brocéliande (Montfort-sur-Meu). The celebration was presided over by Cardinal Philippe Barbarin...

On 19 February 2022, Father Luiz Augusto Stefani, Superior General, with the consent of his Council, has reappointed Father Thomas POTH as Superior of the Vice-Province of United States for a mandate of three years...

RUTENG, Indonesia - The series of activities for the opening of the Continental Mission Year (CMY) of Asia and Oceania 2022 was held lively in Ruteng, Flores Island, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. All events were held at the Novitiate of Montfort Missionaries in Ruteng for two days, January 25-26, 2022...

KAPUAS HULU, WEST KALIMANTAN, Indonesia - Dear confreres, greetings of health and peace from us, Montfort Missionaries, in West Kalimantan region, Indonesia. I would like to share with you about our activities in the context of the opening of Continental Mission Year of Asia-Oceania in this region of mission...

The Provincial Chapter of France, held on 10 February 2022 in Saint Laurent sur Sèvre, in the presence of Father Luiz Augusto STEFANI, Superior General, has elected Father Paulin RAMANANDRAIBE as Superior of the Province of France for a mandate of six years...

BANGALORE, India- The Church in Asia, seeks to walk with all brothers and sisters in faithfulness to her Lord, united through different cultures, traditions and spiritualties. St. John Paul speaking of his experience of Asian Church says: ''Church in Asia needs a true missionary spirituality of prayer and contemplation''. Indeed, the ...

GURUMANDIR, MYSORE - India: Gurumandir which means “the temple of the master” (the minor seminary of the Indian Vice-Province) witnessed a fourfold celebration on the 2nd and 3rd of February 2022 in Mysore, Karnataka, India. On the first day, we had three celebrations together which was organized in our minor seminary in the ...

BELGIUM - The bond of Christian brotherhood grows strong when it is deeply rooted in the person and the message of Jesus Christ. The source of Montfortian brotherhood is founded in the vision of our founder Father de Montfort who desired to make Jesus known through the works of evangelization for which Marian devotion is ...

BLANTYRE, Malawi - It is beginning to surprise many Africans: how can Africa have such kind of things like floods forming as you have never seen before, heavy flooding, landslides, winds we have never seen such speeds! We commonly hear of such cyclones in America and some Asian countries. It is surprising to many indeed because....

MONTFORT-SUR-MEU, France - Louis Grignion, who became Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort, was born on Tuesday, 31st January 1673 in Montfort-sur-Meu. On Tuesday, 31st January 2023, we will celebrate the 350th anniversary of the Birth of this Saint Founder of the Three Congregations (Daughters of Wisdom, Brothers of Saint Gabriel and Montfort Missionaries). Many secular and lay Institutes live from his spirituality...

MAKATI CITY, Philippines - Our mission as baptized Christians is to be disciples who make disciples, and to continue the work of Jesus Christ on earth. Jesus sent his first disciples to continue his ministry and share the Word of God across the world. This tradition is still carried on by the missionaries who travel to different nations spreading the Gospel and evangelize people. The work of the missionaries is not limited to a single region, culture, or race. This was also what St. Louis-Marie de Montfort did when he became a priest...