MANGOCHI, Malawi – On 28th May 2018, Bros. Petro Chilumpha SMM and Fortune Gondwe, SMM, embarked on a spiritual journey of preparing for perpetual profession (PPP) in the Company of Mary. The PPP, taking place at Montfort Lake House, Retreat Centre in Mangochi, is facilitated by three...
Bvumbwe, Malawi - Three Montfortians received ordination to the diaconate at Bvumbwe parish in Malawi on 25th November this year after their life-time commitment as full members of the Company of Mary on the eve of the...
NAIROBI, Kenya - October is known as the “Month of the Rosary” in the Catholic Church. Throughout the month, all the faithful are encouraged to pray the rosary in their religious communities, families, Small Christian Communities (SCCs) and in various prayer groups. In Montfort’s view, the rosary is a wonderfully secret way of knowing Mary and finding Jesus through her. This is so, because when we are...
BALAKA, Malawi - 13th August 2016 marked the closing day of the Tercentenary celebration of St Louis-Marie de Montfort at St Louis Montfort Parish in Balaka. It was also a day when His Grace Rt Rev. Thomas Luke Msusa, SMM of Blantyre archdiocese, Fr Blaise Jailosi, SMM and Fr. Callisto Baluwa, SMM celebrated their 25th Anniversary in religious life...
MBARARA, Uganda - The Africa Anglophone General Delegation on 14th August 2016 welcomed three members into final vows and diaconate: Ronald Musinguzi, SMM. Ludoviko Ahimbisibwe, SMM and Nobert Tukwatanise, SMM – all from Uganda.
The event was preceded by a three-month preparation facilitated by Fr. Paul Lonely Mashonga, SMM, which took place at the Montfort Community...
The event was preceded by a three-month preparation facilitated by Fr. Paul Lonely Mashonga, SMM, which took place at the Montfort Community...
THYOLO, Malawi - On 18th June 2016 Deacons Anthony Daniel Chilolo, smm and Peter Alinafe Makina, smm were ordained as priests at Mvumbwe parish by His Grace archbishop Thomas Msusa, smm, archbishop of Blantyre. The colorful ordination Mass began with the blessing of a grotto dedicated to Our...
BALAKA, Malawi - Is this too early?, Could this be true? The death of Fr. Fred Scragg, a respected Montfortian religious, has been received with much sadness within the Africa Anglophone Delegation, the Montfortian family at large and the clergy in Malawi. I have known Fred for some time. When...
BALAKA, Malawi - On 15th August 2015, the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Montfortian family in Malawi opened the celebrations of the tercentenary anniversary of the death of Father de Montfort with a Eucharistic Celebration at the Inter-congregational Institute of...