Philippine District - in - Formation
"AD GENTES, AD EXTRA, AD VITAM!"
150TH YEAR OF MISSIONARY SERVICE IN AFRICA AND
PEOPLE OF AFRICAN ORIGIN.
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The Continent of Africa
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The SMA FATHERS is a Society of Catholic priests, brothers and lay associates specializing in Missionary Work in Africa.
1. Liberia
2. Ivory Coast
3. Ghana
4. Togo
5. Pop. Rep. of Benin
6. Nigeria
7. Niger
8. Central Africa Republic
9. Egypt
10. Tanzania
11. Zaire
12. Zambia
13. South Africa
14. Kenya
15. Congo
16. Cameroon
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About Africa
• Africa is an immense continent
• It is almost 12 million square miles in area. The United States of America could fit into the Sahara Desert.
• Africa is 5,000 miles from top to bottom, 4,700 from East to West.
• 1,000 languages are spoken there.
• In Africa, there are 55 countries.
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The Founder
On December 8, 1856, he found the SOCIETY OF AFRICAN MISSIONS (SMA) at Lyons, France. He arrived in Freetown, (Sierra Leone, West Africa) on May 14, 1859. After six weeks -- on June 25, -- he died of yellow fever.
Though his stay in Africa was shortlived, Bishop de Brésillac had a passion for God and for others that lived on in the hearts of those who have followed in his footsteps.
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Who are we
The Society of African Missions is an international Society of Apostolic Life. It was founded by Bishop Melchior de Marion Brésillac on the 8th of December 1856. We are dedicated to the preaching of the Gospel in Africa. Our missionaries strive to witness by word and life to the Gospel of Jesus Christ in its totallity. We are a Society of Catholic Priests, Seminarians and Lay Associates.
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Wall painting from Nairobi SMA House of Studies depicting the international dimension of SMA today.
Mgr. Brésillac leads the way and Jesus blesses the work being undertaken.
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What we do
• Proclaim and live the Gospel with the people of Africa
• Labor to help the deprived, the hungry, the disabled, the spiritually and physically impoverished
• Serve as pastors, campus ministers, teachers, carpenters, media ministers, health care workers, seminary professors, formation personnel and refugee camp chaplains
• Promote socio-economic development, agricultural programs
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Rev. Fr. German N. Patiga, SMA, blesses the marriage of his driver Solomon Boateng inside the Church of Martyrs of Uganda in Drobonso, south of the Afram Plains, Ashanti Region in Ghana West Africa.
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Qualifications
• Men with daring faith and courage
• Between 18-28 years old
• 3rd year college student, college graduate or young Professional
• Desire for missionary life in Africa
• Good health-mental, emotional, physical and spiritual
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Rev. Fr. Roy Maraña, SMA welcomes, together with a diocesan priest the Chief elder and his council of Ejura, who have come to visit the SMA community in Babaso, north of the Afram Plains, in the Ashanti Region, Ghana, West Africa.
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THE VOCATION DIRECTOR
Society of African Missions
7 Bougainvilla Street
1112 New Manila, Quezon City
Cel.No. 063-2-09185775140
Tel.No. 063-2-723-4890
Tel./Fax No. 063-2-723-1644
E-mail: smavocation@pacific.net.ph
Website: http://showcase.eyp.ph/smaphilippines
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Rev. Fr. German Patiga, SMA, not in the picture, introduces to his Church community how to prepare a roasted pig or "Lechon" in Ghana, south of the Afram Plains in the Ashanti Region.
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