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- Society_of_African_Missions abstract "The Society of African Missions (or S.M.A. Fathers) is a Roman Catholic missionary organization. Its members come from around the world with a commitment to serve the people of Africa and those of African descent.The Society was founded in 1856 by Bishop Melchior de Marion Brésillac with the blessing of Pope Pius IX. The initials refer to the name in Latin: Societas Missionum ad Afros.The Society is not a religious institute, but rather is a society of apostolic life, as its members take only a promise of obedience to their religious Superior (required of all men being ordained in the Catholic Church) and not the religious vows of the evangelical counsels required of consecrated life. Consequently the priests of the Society are secular clergy.All the members of the Society of African Missions – both priests and laybrothers, as well as the lay missionaries who work with them - strive to be living witnesses to the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the sixteen countries in Africa where they are present and among people of African heritage wherever they live.In keeping with their founder's goal of preserving the culture of the African peoples, the United States Province of the Society maintains the African Art Museum in its regional headquarters in Tenafly, New Jersey, one of five maintained worldwide by the Society.For most of its history, the majority of the Society's members came from Europe or North America. African men who were interested in ministry were discouraged from joining the Society and directed towards their own dioceses. This approach changed in the 1980s, and since that time the vast majority of vocations have come from Africa and Asia.The international administrative headquarters is in Rome.As of 2011, there were: 6 Provinces: Britain, Ireland, Italy, Lyon, the Netherlands and the USA. 3 Districts: Canada, Spain and Strasbourg 6 Districts in Formation: Bay of Benin (Benin, Central African Republic, Nigeria); Great Lakes (DR Congo, Kenya, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia); Gulf of Guinea (Burkina Faso, Ghana, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Togo); India; Philippines and Poland. The Society's website recorded 944 members.↑ ↑ ↑ ↑ ↑".
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- Society_of_African_Missions subject Category:Christian_missionary_societies.
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- Society_of_African_Missions subject Category:Societies_of_apostolic_life.
- Society_of_African_Missions type Abstraction100002137.
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- Society_of_African_Missions comment "The Society of African Missions (or S.M.A. Fathers) is a Roman Catholic missionary organization. Its members come from around the world with a commitment to serve the people of Africa and those of African descent.The Society was founded in 1856 by Bishop Melchior de Marion Brésillac with the blessing of Pope Pius IX.".
- Society_of_African_Missions label "Gesellschaft der Afrikamissionen".
- Society_of_African_Missions label "Society of African Missions".
- Society_of_African_Missions label "Società delle missioni africane".
- Society_of_African_Missions label "Société des missions africaines".
- Society_of_African_Missions label "Sociëteit voor Afrikaanse Missiën".
- Society_of_African_Missions label "Stowarzyszenie Misji Afrykańskich".
- Society_of_African_Missions label "Общество африканских миссий".
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- Society_of_African_Missions sameAs Sociëteit_voor_Afrikaanse_Missiën.
- Society_of_African_Missions sameAs Stowarzyszenie_Misji_Afrykańskich.
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- Society_of_African_Missions sameAs Q1518370.
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- Society_of_African_Missions depiction Melchior_de_Marion_Brésillac.jpg.
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