On 10 October 2024, Father Yoseph Putra Dwi Darma WATUN, SMM, Superior General, with the consent of his Council, has appointed Father Federick Bonifacio YUMANG , SMM, as Superior of the General Delegation of Philippines for a mandate of three years.
GENK, Belgium - We take pride in what our confreres have accomplished in the Diocese of Hasselt. We are well known for our popular mission preaching, moving from parish to parish. We share a close bond with this diocese, as many of our confreres have collaborated with the local church, serving as parish priests in numerous parishes...
LILONGWE, Malawi - From the 21st of September to the 5th of October, the superior general of the Montfort Missionaries, Fr. Yoseph Putra Dwi Darma WATUN, SMM visited Malawi one of the countries composing the General Delegation of Anglophone Africa. This was the first journey to the entity for Fr. Dwi since he assumed office as the Superior general....
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - On Sunday, December 13, 2024, at the Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort Parish in Delmas, the diaconal ordination of two Montfort brothers and one Spiritan took place: Brothers Max Alfred Stanley MONTFORT, Cyril Saint Jean, and Vilner MORTUMAT. This ordination was celebrated by Monsignor Wismick JEAN-CHARLES, SMM, ....
VILLA MONTFORT, CUMARAL META, Colombia - From August 26 to 31, 2024, we Montfortians of Colombia lived the beautiful experience of our annual Spiritual Retreat. The goal we set for ourselves this year was to live an experience that helps us, as Montfortians of Colombia, to make the decision to "return to first love".
ROME, Italie - Le 14 octobre 2024, les Jeunes Montfortains travaillant en Europe (JME) ont tenu leur première réunion en ligne. Comme recommandé par le Chapitre général 2023 dans la section « Transmission du charisme », cette rencontre, animée par l'administration générale, a pour objectif de promouvoir l'entraide entre les jeunes missionnaires d'un même continent, ...
KESSEL-LO, Belgium - In early September 2024, the confreres from Belgium, Germany and the Netherlands held a regular meeting, as is done 2-3 times a year. This time we held the meeting in Kessel-Lo, Belgium....
CHONTALES Nicaragua - On 5th October 2024, the Company of Mary, a Montfortian missionary community in Nicaragua of the American Vice Province, commemorated the 50 years of its presence in this beautiful country, with profound gratitude to GOD ALONE....
PONTCHÂTEAU – France. On Sunday, September 29, the Calvary park of Pontchâteau welcomed about 3,000 Scouts from the five different movements present in France: the “United Scouts of France”, the “Scouts and Guides of Europe”, the “Scouts and Guides of France”, the “Europe-Scouts” and the “Sainte Barbe Company”....
ANTANANARIVO, Madagascar - After a week of retreat with Fr. Claude-Aimé TOVOMALALA, SMM, Thursday, September 26, 2024, 14 people including 6 in first year, 3 in second year, 3 in third year and 2 candidates as brothers, officially began their postulancy.
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo - Three postulants: Brother Désiré BAYIZERE (Burundian), Brother Fiston NSENGIYUMVA (Burundian) and Brother Jean-Louis LOKONDO (Congolese) began their journey at the Our Lady of the Most Holy Rosary Novitiate, on August 15, 2024, on the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Virgin Mary....
DINAN, France - The beatification investigations of Claude and Marguerite de La Garaye, born in 1675 and 1681 respectively, married in 1701, friends of St. Louis-Marie de Montfort, opened on Sunday, September 22, 2024, in the Church of Saint-Malo in Dinan.
ROME, Italy - A video produced at the Scholasticate de Rome recounting the pilgrimage in France "On the footsteps of Saint Louis Marie de Montfort", which was released from 22 August to 3 September 2024, on the first few links to the life of the founder of three religious congregations: ....
LORETO – Italy. From 15 to 20 September, the spiritual exercises for the confreres of the Italian Province took place in Loreto, in the house that was the Montfortian scholasticate for thirty years and which today belongs to the Salesians.
KINSHASA, DRC - September 8, 2024, when the Church celebrated the 23rd Sunday of Ordinary Time B, the Very Reverend Father DWI, our Superior General, presided over the Eucharist in the sub-parish of Sainte Philomène in Kinshasa, during which two Burundian novices: Brothers Guillaume NDAYIKEZA and Olivier CIZA made their vows in his hands....
ADARSH BHAVAN, India - The first bursars meeting of the academic year 2024-25 for the Montfort Fathers Society was held on September 18th at Adarsh Bhavan. This significant gathering, animated by Fr. Nashwin ARUL, SMM, the Provincial Bursar, brought together 13 confreres, including all the local administrators from various communities.