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The White Fathers (French: Pères Blancs), officially known as the Missionaries of Africa (Latin: Missionarii Africae), and abbreviated MAfr, [1] are a Roman Catholic society of apostolic life Pontifical Right for men. They were founded in 1868 by Charles-Martial Allemand-Lavigerie, who was then the Archbishop of Algiers. [2]
Fr. Mapeera (on the left) and Amansi (on the right) monument was constructed by the Missionaries for Africa. The first two the catholic missionaries from the Society of Missionaries of Africa to arrive in Uganda were Pere Siméon Lourdel Marpel (aka Mapeera) and brother Delmas Amans (aka Amansi). [14] [8] [11] [15]
The Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa (SMNDA; French: Sœurs Missionnaires de Notre-Dame d'Afrique), often called the White Sisters (Sœurs blanches) [a] is a missionary society founded in 1869 that operates in Africa. It is closely associated with the Society of the Missionaries of Africa, or White Fathers.
Missionaries of Africa; Missionaries of the Poor; Missionary Oblates; Missionary Sisters of Mary Immaculate; Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa; Missionary Society of St. Paul; Missionhurst; Paris Evangelical Missionary Society, PEMS or, in French, Société des Missions Evangéliques de Paris; Pontifical Mission Societies; Salesian of ...
St. Anthony's Mission House, a racially integrated minor seminary founded by Fr Ignatius Lissner of the Society of African Missions in 1921. Originally located in Highwood, Bergen County, New Jersey. The US province of the SMAs was established in 1941 with Lissner as its first provincial superior.
The missionaries belonged to the Catholic missionary society of White Fathers which is also known as Religious Institute of the Missionaries of Africa. They arrived in Africa on the 15th November 1878 and the missionaries included; Pere (Fr.) Siméon Lourdel Marpel (aka Mapeera and also misspelt as Simon Laudel Mapeera), brother Delmas Amans ...
Words of the Mapeera and Amansi monument Monument of Fr. Mapeera. The Fr. Mapeera and Brother Amansi monument in Entebbe, Uganda, was constructed by the Missionaries of Africa in the memory of Rev. Fr. Siméon Lourdel Marpel (aka Mapeera) and Brother Amansi, who were among the pioneer White Fathers who came to Uganda on 17 February 1879 and spread Christianity in Uganda.
Mission Africa also supply staff to the interdenominational Theological College of Northern Nigeria (TCNN) and the Jos ECWA Theological Seminary (JETS) which is the main seminary of the Evangelical Church of West Africa. In 2006 Mission Africa and UEC commenced the Stillwaters Project, renamed Advance in 2012, which intends to establish 1500 ...