NEW MANILA, Philippines - On October 29 2017, the Feast of the Archangels, the Scholasticate Community celebrated the Renewal of Vows of Brother Francois Leonard P. Ancheta , SMM. It was held within the mass presided by Rev. Fr. Richard Magararu, SMM, Philippine Delegation Superior with Fr. Sherwin Nuňez, SMM and Fr. Norwyn Baydo, SMM as concelebrants. In his homily, Fr. Richard encouraged...

The General Council, taking time to relax after a day's work, has responded to the invitation of Joseph and Françoise, members of the stewardship team of the Montfortian Walk. During the meal, they shared with us their enthusiasm of contributing to the success of an initiative that is becoming more and more in line with the new evangelisation "à la Montfort." The evening was a time of friendliness to...

On 2 October 2017, in the afternoon, the General Council visited the international community of the Brothers of Saint Gabriel at Saint Laurent-Sur-Sèvre and had interaction with them. Each member of the community shared with us his commitment in the mission of the Brothers at Saint Laurent.

ST. LAURENT-SUR-SÈVRE, France - On 2 October 2017, Fr. Luiz Augusto Stefani, the Superior General, with his Council, presided at the Eucharist in the big chapel of the Mother House of the Daughters of Wisdom at St. Laurent-Sur-Sèvre. It was for the first time that the General Council of the Missionaries of the Company of Mary celebrated mass in the presence of the General Council of the Daughters of...

SAINT LAURENT-SUR-SÈVRE, France - Tuesday, October 3, 2017 is a special day for us, members of the General Council of the Company of Mary (Montfort Missionaries). You know that we are holding a meeting of the Council in Saint-Laurent-sur-Sèvre.
Now, in the morning, we are honored to welcome the Vicar General of the Archdiocese of Poitiers, Father Jean-Paul Russeil. He is a former...

SAINT LAURENT-SUR-SEVRE, France - After two days of retreat, a day of awareness of the economic reality of the congregation, it was the beginning of an internal journey, through an integration training, of all the members of the general administration, over two days, on September 27 and 28...

SAINT LAURENT-SUR-SÈVRE, France - The members of the new General Administration (2017-2023) of the Company of Mary have just finished the two-days retreat (24-25 September) preached by Father Paulin Ramanandraibe, Rector of the Basilica of Saint Louis de Montfort in Saint Laurent-sur-Sèvre.
The general theme - proposed by Father General, Luiz Augusto Stefani - of these days of reflection is "Authority, Governance and Service"...

SAINT LAURENT-SUR-SÈVRE, France - The International Community in Saint Laurent-sur-Sèvre has again organized another series of sessions on Preparation for Perpetual Profession (PPP). The sessions started on August 13, 2017 and will end on October 28, 2017. This is the fourth time that this community conducted this kind of sessions.
This time, twelve confrères from three entities – India, African Francophone Delegation and African Anglophone Delegation - benefit from...

DAGUPAN, Philippines – Pastoral Immersion is an important part of the Scholasticate formation and so the long vacation after the end of the school year is used for this purpose. This year, seven SMM scholastics were sent to Dagupan to help and experience the Montfortian mission.
The Basic Ecclesial Community (BEC) formation program in St. Louis-Marie de Montfort Chaplaincy began last year in collaboration with...

CEBU, Philippines - On August 6, 2017, the Feast of the Transfiguration of our Lord, 51 participants coming from different parts of Cebu came to the Montfort Mission House at E. Apostol Street, Lower Calajo-an, Minglanilla, Cebu to start their TOTUS TUUS JOURNEY (TTJ)- a 33 days Preparation for Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary, according to St. Louis-Marie de Montfort. The Launching of the TTJ...

NEW MANILA, Philippines - The Montfort Philippine Delegation held its General Assembly on August 1-3, 2017 at the delegation house in New Manila, Quezon City, Philippines. The gathering which was attended by both the perpetually professed members and the scholastics highlighted the Acts of the General Chapter 2017 as its main topic. Fr. Richard J. Magararu, SMM Philippines Delegate Superior, facilitated...

QUEZON CITY, Philippines - The Philippine and African-Anglophone delegations of the Company of Mary celebrated the first religious profession of the five brothers: Harold Montoya, Jayson Estacion, Horrice Mkandawire, John-Michael Uy and Montfort Funsamtima. The ceremony was held at the Montfort Missionaries Center of Spirituality in South Triangle, Quezon City with the celebration of the Holy...

PANGASINAN, Philippines - The parish community of St. Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort, Bolosan District, Dagupan City, Pangasinan continued to flourish. The dream of the people for their beloved parish started to be realized through the blessing of the convent which was held on Sunday, July 23, 2017. The celebration started at 5:00 in the afternoon through the celebration of the Holy Eucharist which was...

MAKATI CITY, Philippines - The Parish of St. Therese of the Child Jesus in Makati City which is under the Archdiocese of Manila celebrated its silver foundation anniversary last July 12, 2017. It was established on June 18, 1992 but the formal erection was July 12, 1992. Hence, every year this date is commemorated as the foundation anniversary. The administration of this parish was given to the Montfort Missionaries...

RUTENG, Indonesia – The Indonesian province is grateful to God for the gift of vocation to the congregation. On July 1, 2017 the Novitiate community in Ruteng, welcomed the new batch of postulants. There are 24 young men coming from various minor seminaries in Flores. Two of them came from Pius XII Kisol Minor Seminary, six from John Paul II Seminary, nine from the SMM Aspirancy, six from St Paul...

SAINT LAURENT-SUR-SÈVRE, France - The Montfortian International Formation or, in French, Formation Internationale Montfortaine (FIM), a French-language formation program, is being held at Saint Laurent-sur-Sèvre. It takes place from June 30 to August 6, 2017 and has three important goals: (1) to prepare resource persons, (2) to share Montfortian spirituality and (3) to experience a spirit of family and...