A new Africa Europe Faith and Justice Network (AEFJN) contact group was launched in Nairobi on 16 February, 2018. The launch was preceded by a two-day workshop (15-16 February) on Advocacy and AEFJN.
Celebrations of 150 years of service to Africa
150 Year Celebrations.
There will be celebrations to mark 150 years since the foundation of the White Fathers (Missionaries of Africa) and the White Sisters (Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa). These celebrations will be in:
St Columkille’s Parish, Rutherglen Glasgow G73 2SL
at the 12 midday Mass Sunday 26th August 2018.
and
Our Lady Queen of Apostles Parish, Hounslow TW5 0RL. Heston
at the 11.30 Mass Sunday 9th December 2018.
It is hoped that another celebration will be held in Liverpool in September 2018, but arrangements are yet to be made.
MAPEERA Pilgrimage Little Ealing Lane. Sunday 18/02/2018.
St. Josephine Bakhita 1868? – 1947
One Hundred and Fifty Years Serving Africa
The Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers), as well as the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa/MSOLA (White Sisters), are preparing world wide to celebrate 150 years of service to, and in, Africa. The Missionaries of Africa date their beginnings to 1868 and the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa to 1869.
Feast day of Abbot Anthony, a great African saint
Honorary Doctorate at Heythrop
A New Missionary Community in Central Liverpool
Recently, in his pastoral letter of last October to the people of the archdiocese, Archbishop Malcolm McMahon wrote: “In the city of Liverpool I have invited the missionaries of Africa, more commonly known as the White Fathers, to take over the pastoral care of one of our parishes. They will be setting up a mission to specifically respond to the needs of our African brothers and sisters, and others of various ethnic origins, in the city”.
African Migrants in Libya "enslaved"
Pope Francis Joins Peace Prayers.
Christians trying to follow Christ
Fr. John Slinger, MAfr from Wirral, Cheshire attacked in Dar es Salaam
Friendship stronger than drugs in Kenya
Memorial Mass for John Lynch, MAfr.
Archbishop Michael FitzGerald at the Scottish Parialment
Algerian "Martyrs" to be "Witnesses" to solidarity with the people of Algeria
When received by Pope Francis last month in the Vatican, the Bishops of Algeria stressed that the request to have the Bishop of Oran and 18 priests and religious, who had been murdered in Algeria between 1994 and 1996, beatified was not in any way meant to be a self-congratulatory move by the Church, nor was it meant to be a claim of “poor Christians murdered by wicked Muslims”.
Beatifications
The cause for the beatification of Bishop Pierre Claverie and his 18 companions, including the seven monks of Tibhirine and the 4 MAfr (White Fathers) of Tizi-Ouzou (Jean Chevillard, Alain Dieulangard, Christian Chessel, Charles Deckers) have only to receive the vote of the Assembly of the Cardinals and Bishops of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints.’ (Nicolas Senèze , Rome, 01/09/2017).
Mass for Fr John Lynch, MAfr
Fr. John Lynch, MAfr
Yesterday Fr John Lynch's body was cremated and today after a requiem Mass in the community chapel of the Missionaries of Africa, his ashes were buried in St Petersburg, Florida.
John worked for many years in Chicago and Washington at the Missionaries of Africa Development Office where he raise millions of dollars for small projects (up to $10,000) for clean water, transport, medical and educational projects for the neediest people in Africa.