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Missionaries of Africa
Addresses
Members of the Congregation

Missionaries of Africa, M.Afr.

The Society of the Missionaries of Africa (The White Fathers) was founded by Cardinal Charles Lavigerie Archbishop of Aligiers in 1868.  The society is a missionary family of priests and brothers living in international communities.  In 1869, Lavigerie founded a congregation of sisters called The Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa (the White Sisters).

From the very beginning, the society dedicated its efforts to the task of proclaiming the Gospel to African. More recently, this has been extended to include the people of the African World. At the begining, when the missionaries of Africa began their Apostolic work, they had to establish dioceses. Today that work continues within the local dioceses. 

Because of their North African origins, the Missionaries of Africa maintain a special ministry with Islam. In the early days, the Missionaries of Africa adopted the white dress of the Arabs as their habit hence being called, “The White Fathers’.

As of 1.1.2003, the society numbered 1,676 members of 35 nationalities. More than 40% of them are engaged in the apostolate on the African continent in 96 dioceses in 23 African countries.

In response to the request made by an Ethiopian Bishop to the late Pope Paul VI, the Missionaries of Africa came to  Adigrat in 1967 in view of assisting the education of the seminarians of the Eparchy of Adigrat.

In 1993, a community was opened in Wukro where a school of Agriculture and Commerce was opened as well. In 1996, a Vocation Centre was opened in Wukro. It is to this centre, now called St. Kizito, that students after Successfully completing their secondary school, go and prepare themselves for a year before they start missionary training in Adigrat.

In 1999, a formation house was opened in Adigrat for the candidates to study Philosophy. The students go to the Major Seminary of Adigrat for three years. After Philosophy, they proceed to the Spiritual Year to either Zambia or Burkina-Faso. They then continue with two years of apostolic experience outside their country of origin, and then proceed to Theology for three or four years.

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                            Addresses / 2008

Adigrat

(For Delegate Superior, see St. Paul Formation House)

Adigrat
Catholic Church - Missionaries of Africa
P.O. Box 310, Adigrat
Tel: 00.251.034.445.26.12  
 

Catholic Church - Missionaries of Africa
St. Paul’s Formation House
P.O. Box 310, Adigrat
Tel: 00.251.034.445.35.59  
E-Mail: miss.ofafrica@ethionet.et 

Wukro - Tigray

Catholic Church - Missionaries of Africa
P.O.Box 45, Wukro
Tel: 00.251.034.443.00.81
E-Mail: wukrost.mary@ethionet.et

Catholic Church - Missionaries of Africa
St. Kizito Vocation  Centre
P.O.Box 45, Wukro,
Tel: 00.251.034.443.01.37
E-mail:
 wukrost.mary@ethionet.et

Main Activities in Ethiopia

Formation

St. Paul Formation House
Region: Tigray
Zone: East Tigray
Wereda: Ganta Afeshum
Town: Adigrat
Kebele: 01

St. Kizito Vocation Center
Region: Tigray
Zone: East Tigray
Wereda: Wukro
Town: Wukro

Education

St. Mary's College of Commerce and Agriculture
Region: Tigray
Zone: East Tigray
Wereda: Wukro
Town:  Wukro
Kebele: 03

Social Services

Orphans, Street Children
Region: Tigray
Zone: East Tigray
Wereda: Wukro
Town: Wukro

Orphans, Street Children
Region: Tigray
Zone: East Tigray
Wereda: Ganta Afeshum
Town: Adigrat
Location: Hayelom

Youth & Women's Development
Region: Tigray
Zone: East Tigray
Wereda: Ganta Afeshum
Town: Adigrat
Kebele: 01

 

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MEMBERS OF THE MISSIONARY SOCIETY, 2008

No.

Name

Profession

Location

1.

O’Mahoney, Kevin

05.07.53

Adigrat

2.

Lenfers, Dietmar

08.07.61

Adigrat

3.

Bandres, Jose Luis

29.06.62

Adigrat

4.

Roth, Jean Pierre

27.06.76

Adigrat

5.

Ndahinda, M. Edward

17.07.99

Adigrat

6.

Olaran, E. Angel     

29.06.70

Wukro

7.

Murphy Gerard 05.12.81

Adigrat

8.

Mashata C. Bonaventure 24.08.07

Wukro

9.

Puthenpurackal, Sabu 18.12.04

Wukro

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