PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea - One of the most intimate opportunities inscribed in the heart of every Montfortian missionary, those among others who work together in PNG, is the authentic sharing of missionary life. This was keenly felt on Friday, December 16, 2022, as part of an Entity Assembly in Port Moresby. Every missionary who works in this country known especially as the homeland of a certain species of "bird of paradise", has had the opportunity to express what he had in his heart filled with simplicity and brotherly love...

BUKAVU, Democratic Republic of Congo - Called by God to Montfortian religious and priestly life, it was on 6th November 2022 that Deacon Ephrem KULONDWA MUDERWA SMM was ordained a priest in the Cathedral church of Bukavu, by the imposition from the hands of His Excellency Monsignor Francois-Xavier MAROY RUSENGO, Metropolitan Archbishop of Bukavu, in the Democratic Republic of Congo...

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea – On Thursday, December 15, 2022, the Blessing Mass of the “Montfortian House of Prayer” took place in Bomana, Port Moresby, PNG, by Cardinal John RIBAT, MSC, Archbishop of Port Moresby. This community which is a house of formation for the candidates of the General Delegation of PNG of the Montfortian Missionaries is located in the complex of the Catholic Theological Institute (ITC) where these candidates study Philosophy and Theology...

BWOGA-CHIOGGIA, Burundi - On Sunday December 11, 2022, the third Sunday of Advent, called the "Sunday of Joy", the Company of Mary, in general, and the General Delegation of Francophone Africa (DGAF), in particular, were in a great joy, together with the local Church of Burundi, to have welcomed the very first Burundian Montfortian to the priesthood...

PORT MORESBY, Papua New Guinea - Activities for the Canonical Visit of the General Administration of the Montfort Missionaries and the Closing of the Continental Mission Year (CMY) of Asia and Oceania are continuing in Papua New Guinea (PNG). In this second week (7-12 December 2022), the Superiors from Asia and Oceania and the General Administration paid a visit to the Daru-Kiunga Diocese in the Western Province...

CEBU CITY, Philippines - Last December 4, 2022, a gift-giving and feeding program was conducted at Kabangkalan, Tuburan, Cebu City, the current mission area of the Itinerant Mission Team of Montfort Missionaries, namely Fr. Lester C. BONETE, SMM and Fr. Ronald B. BARUELA, SMM. It was indeed a grace-filled moment for the community of Kabangkalan as they entered the Second Sunday of Advent and heard the voice of John the Baptist saying, “Repent, for the kingdom of heaven has come near…Prepare the way of the Lord, make his paths straight.” (Mt. 3:2-3)...

CAGAYAN DE ORO CITY, Philippines - On December 8, 2022, Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, for the very first time, the TTJ has finally reached Mindanao with 45 Legion of Mary officers and members of the Senatus of Mindanao who made their Total Consecration to Jesus through Mary according to St. Louis-Marie de Montfort...

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...