African Catholic leader says Church needs to better tap into the qualities of women
Marie-Laure Abotcha-Boni, is a member of the National Contact team for the Synodal process in Côte d'Ivoire. In an interview with La Croix Africa,...
SMA Leadership
The supreme governing body in the Society of African Missions is the General Assembly. It is made up of ex-officio members and elected members...
Fr Porcellato elected as Vicar General
Delegates to the 20th SMA General Assembly, meeting in Rome, elected Fr Antonio Porcellato as Vicar General of the Society, to assist the recently-elected Superior...
New Shape of Africa
Map of New SMA Districts-in-Formation Success leads to Change The massive growth in...
A New Shape for SMA in Africa
Map of the new SMA Districts-in-formation
Success leads to Change
The massive growth in SMA membership in Africa has necessitated major changes. We now...
SMA – How We Live
Internationality
The SMA is organized into Provinces, Districts and Delegations throughout the world and maintains its unity by means of a central authority - the...
Gulf of Guinea District-in-formation
Gulf of Guinea District-in-formation
A brief history
The SMA was founded by Bishop de Brésillac on 8 December 1856 in Lyons, France. The Society had a...
Bight of Benin District-in-formation 2010
In 1983 the Society of African Missions (SMA) decided the time was right to widen its membership base. From its foundation in 1856 SMA priests...