The Scholasticate, Novitiate, Postulancy and Collegians Communities gathered together for a recollection, reflecting on the encyclical letter of His Holiness Pope Francis, “Laudato Si Mi Signore”, about the urgent call for the care and protection of our Mother Earth. It was held on September 12, 2015 at the...

Great Britain & Ireland - Apart from local initiatives which are likely to be set in motion in the various residences of the GB/I entity in the coming year, we would like to draw the attention of the Congregation as a whole to a number of recent (and not-so-recent) additions to the website of the entity, which...

MAKATI CITY, Philippines - In this year of the Tercentenary of the death of St. Louis de Montfort, the Santa Teresita parish launched the second Totus Tuus Journey on July 8, 2015. There were about 39 participants who attended and they were welcomed by members of the first batch. Totus Tuus...

MAKATI CITY, Philippines - Louis Martin and Zelie Guerin are the parents of our Patroness, Saint Therese of the Child Jesus. They were both beatified on October 19, 2008 not because they contributed five (5) religious sisters to the church, one a Saint and another one soon to be a Saint, but because...

MAKATI CITY, Philippines - The Catechetical Ministry of Sta. Teresita Parish organized First Communion for the pupils of the three schools in the parish this school year 2015-2016. For the first time, the Bloomfield Academy of Makati, a non-sectarian school requested that their qualified Catholic pupils...

MAKATI, Philippines - The Church in the Philippines has declared this year 2015 as Year of the Poor. This is part of the nine year novena in preparation for the 500 years anniversary of the Christianization of the country in 2021. It was for this reason that the theme of the parish celebration was: “Parokya...

Dear Confreres and lay members of the Montfortian Family,
How often we speak of walking “in the footsteps of Montfort”, but during this meeting of the Extraordinary General Council (EGC) this phrase has struck us deeply and enkindled genuine hope. “Together, passing through Loreto”. Our meeting took place at a turning point in the life of the...

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...

BANNEUX, Belgium - On the occasion of the 300th anniversary of the death of Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort the Montfortian family in Belgium opened the Montfort year on 12th August. The organisers of the Marian Congress, Meeting Mary, that takes place every three years, offered some space in...

FLORES, Indonesia - On 13th July 2015, Deacon Yohanes J. Jedabu, SMM (Jeje), Deacon Timoteus J. Daman, SMM (Jefro) and Deacon Leonardus Tardi, SMM (Ardus) were ordained priests at St. Francis of Assisi Parish, in Poka, Manggarai, Flores. They were ordained by Most Rev. Michael Angkur, OFM...

EASTERN JAVA, Indonesia - On August 15, 2015, Bro. Laurensius Gafur, SMM and Bro. Rikardus Nsalu, SMM made their Perpetual Profession at St Montfort Seminary in Malang, Eastern Java. Present at this celebration were family members of the two confreres, the formators, members of the...

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...

MANILA, Philippines - After one full year of novitiate process, we have finally made our Religious Profession, on Saturday, August 01, 2015. Indeed, this was the appointed day of our first formal and public ‘yes’ to our covenantal union with Eternal Wisdom through Our Blessed Mother, in the footsteps...

KAMPALA, Uganda - “All that is mine is yours and all that is yours is mine”. These words quoted from True Devotion 179, reechoed in the hearts and on the mouths of the lay associates who consecrated themselves to Jesus through Mary on July 16, 2015, at Kiwamirembe Marian Shrine of Kampala...

SORÖ, Denmark - On the first Monday of the month, the International Day of Prayer (Montfortain aujourd’hui 130, 33-34), the members of the Montfortian association “Mary, Queen of All Hearts” which is composed of approximately 30 persons living in Denmark hold their monthly meeting...

KISANGANI, RD Congo – On 4 July 2015, in the chapel of the « Maison Providence Deo Soli », Fr. Eugenio Cucchi, presided the closing mass of the formation year 2014-2015 of the postulants. This mass also marked the beginning of the formation year of the three young Congolese and two...