ZOMBA, Malawi - On 8th December 2023, St. Joseph the Worker, Sitima Parish was on fire - the celebration of the Solemnity of Immaculate Conception of Mary was accompanied by the consecration to Jesus through Mary of 34 people from Sitima Parish. This has come after learning about Montfort and Montfortian Spirituality for over a year...
BALAKA, Malawi - Saturday, 09 September was a jubilant day to the Br. Mathurin pre-postulancy community of the delegation of Anglophone Africa as it welcomed 11 candidates into the formation program. The welcoming Mass was presided over by Fr. Paul Lonely MASHONGA, SMM, general assistant from the delegation of Anglophone. He was assisted by a number of priests from the communities in Balaka...
PHALOMBE, Malawi - 250 households in Phalombe, Malawi received food relief items on 18th July 2023. The office of Africa Anglophone Delegation facilitated the distribution of relief items in Phalombe with the donation from families in St. Louis parish, Missouri, USA where Fr. Thomas POTH, SMM grew up...
NAIROBI, Kenya - The fourth and final week of training of formators was animated by Fr. Marco PASINATO, SMM, the new Vicar General of the Company of Mary. The theme was focused on the Montfortian Ratio Formationis, volume II. With our facilitator, we tried to dissect in an explicit way what the Ratio says about each level of formation in Montfortian life...
NAIROBI, Kenya - The second and third week of the training of formators was facilitated by Father Donald LA SALLE, SMM. He was accompanied and introduced by Father Felix Mabvuto PHIRI, SMM...
NAIROBI, Kenya - On 2nd July 2023, formators from all stages of formation, namely pre-postulancy, postulancy, novitiate as well as the scholasticate coming from Anglophone Africa, Francophone Africa and Madagascar, gathered in Nairobi to undergo a month-long training that has been organized by the General Council of the Montfort Missionaries with an aim of allowing formators to share their experiences...
LIMBE, Blantyre - Malawi received continuous heavy rainwater within five days of 11th to 16th March 2023 which has caused disaster in many districts in the southern region. The heavy rains which started on Friday 11th March 2023, which affected Malawi and other neighbouring countries ....
CHIPATA, Zambia - Valdameri Community is in Chipata diocese in the Eastern part of Zambia bordering Malawi. The diocese covers a large landmark from the north of Chama district down to the valley of Luangwa, this gives so much work for such a big diocese to be managed by one bishop.
BLANTYRE, Malawi - On Thursday 21st December 2022, Montfort fathers working in Bvumbwe – Ugandan Martyrs Catholic parish in Limbe, Malawi donated 42 bags of maize worth 1,155,000 Malawian Kwacha (local currency) equivalent to 1,039.50 euros to some needy Christians in their parish...
NAIROBI, Kenya – Over 141 households in Meru, Kenya, received food relief in November and December 2022. The Montfort Scholasticate community, Mulot community and Lay Associates in Kenya are carrying out hunger relief intervention activities with support from partners through the German SMM Procure...
BALAKA, Malawi - On the solemnity of the immaculate conception of the blessed virgin Mary, the Anglophone delegation officially opened and blessed a new pre-postulancy house called Brother Mathurin Rangeard Pre-postulancy Community in Andiamo, Balaka...
MANGOCHI, Malawi - From the 2nd to the 7th of October 2022, confreres in Malawi over ten years in priesthood had their retreat at Montfort cottage at Nkhudzi Bay in Mangochi. It was well attended by all the confreres in the category mentioned and was facilitated by Fr. Steve Likucha, the diocesan priest of Zomba Diocese who is the chaplain for Malawi Police...
MBARARA, Uganda – On the 6th of August 2022, the three brothers Luka MAGARETA, Felix NIMANYA and Ronald MMORA made their first profession in the Company of Mary. This momentous event took place at the Montfort Missionaries novitiate house in Mbarara, Uganda...
MBARARA, Uganda – On 6th August 2022, at 7:30 a.m., the three postulants commenced their novitiate formation process. The Holy Mass was presided over by the Superior of the Africa Anglophone General Delegation, Fr. Lonely Paul MASHONGA, SMM...
NGONG, Kenya – On Sunday, May 1, 2022, the superior of the entity of Africa Anglophone delegation, Fr. Paul MASHONGA, SMM, announced that another community in Kenya, aside from the scholasticate, was to be opened. The pioneers for this community would be Frs. Horrice MKANDAWIRE, SMM and Jacob OTIENO, SMM. Indeed, the two fathers arrived at Mulot parish where the bishop of Ngong diocese sent them...