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Fr. Roch Audet, priest of the Quebec Foreign Mission Society, passed away in Montreal on September 25, at the age of 94 years and 8 months. Born in Ste-Rose-de-Dorchester on January 4, 1931, he was the son of Onésime Audet and Claire Poliquin. He completed his secondary studies at Collège de Lévis...

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Fr. Richard Brodeur, priest of the Quebec Foreign Mission Society, passed away in Laval on September 6, at the age of 84 years and 1 month. Born in Drummondville-Sud, he was the son of Joseph Brodeur and Marie-Rose Labrecque. He completed his secondary studies at the Seminary of Sherbrooke...

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Christian Busset,  

With the fine weather and the melting of the snow, life is returning to normal, even in Quebec City, which allows us to put these new energies at the service of hospitality. Indeed, during the....

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Erget Tesfye , PME

Last March 28, Mgr Jean-Louis Martin met on zoom with a group of young confreres to share his missionary experience. An account in the chronicle. 

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Erlin Perez, PME

The evangelizing mission of the "Area Misionária João Paulo II" is challenging and at the same time exciting.

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Erlin Perez, PME

The evangelizing mission of the "Area Misionária João Paulo II" is challenging and at the same time exciting.

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God ever faithful, “Whom shall I send?” - you ask us. On this path, on the same ...

The local group of China in collaboration with the Sunday Mass Choir from the Cathedral of Immaculate Conception...         

The local group of China in collaboration with the Sunday Mass Choir from the Cathedral of Immaculate Conception...         

  You are born, you grow, you die
  You are born and reborn into life
  Reborn ulitmately into Him who is life

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Father Roger De Montigny, a priest of the Foreign Missions Society, died in Laval on September 17, at the age of 96. Born in St-Pierre-de-l'Île-d'Orléans on....

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Father Jacques Gauthier, a priest of the Foreign Missions Society, died in Laval on September 6, 2021 at the age of 90 years and 5 months. Born in Acton Vale on April 6, 1931, he was the son of Léon Gauthier and ... 

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Father Marcel Dionne, a priest of the Foreign Missions Society, died in Montreal on November 3, 2021, at the age of 91 years and 11 months. Born in Isle-Verte (Rimouski) on ...

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Every year the month of October is marked and celebrated as the month of mission. This year we are invited to be open to Jesus’ call to be missionary disciples. Are you prepared? It’s a call to be witnesses of what we have seen and heard. we journey together...

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This past September 24, our brother Juvanne Regidor was ordained a priest in the Cathedral of Digos, "Mary Mediatrix of All Graces". The ceremony was presided over by Bishop Guillermo Afable, Bishop of Digos, Philippines...  

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Father Mario De Celles, a priest of the Foreign Missions Society, died in Laval on July 18, 2021 at the age of 92. Born in St-Marc-sur-Richelieu on July 7, 1929, he was the son of Joseph-Auguste De Celles and Gertrude Turcotte. He did his secondary studies at ....

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Father Claude Dubois, a Foreign Missions priest, died in Laval on April 5, 2021, at the age of 82 years and 6 months. Born in Charny on September 14, 1938, he was the son of Arthur Dubois and Juliette Carrier. He did his secondary studies at ...

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This year, on the occasion of the feast of our patron saint, we invite all our large missionary family to join in a period of spiritual preparation that will bring us to the great celebration of the centennial of our Society that will take place between February 2 and December 3, 2021. To do so, we are proposing to you in the following outline a reflection to help ourselves to grasp and to appropriate the chosen theme: To run the risk of the encounter at the service of the Gospel 1921-2021.... 

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Celebrating these 25 years of missionary presence in Cambodia could be summarized in one word: gratitude. God has been here since long before the arrival of our group (in 1995), since long before the arrival of the first missionaries, and even since long before the advent of Christianity. God is here, “he has been great with us and we are happy”. For this, we give thanks. Because God is presence in this beautiful land...
 
   Our Mission in Cambodia...                                                                                       Celebration of the 25th anniversary

We just came back from an inspiring meeting of 5 days (January 13 to 17) in Tegucigalpa. Participants: the « America Sector » (5 from Brazil, 3 from Canada, 7 from Honduras, 7 from Peru; and also Roland and Ergete of the Central Council. Shared leadership, insertion in the reality, formation and missionary animation fueled our sharing. Sincere thanks to the local group of Honduras, to René A., Jean G., Father Melo and to the lady friends of the Tabor for the quality of their hospitality and their animation. Our bishops brothers François and Guy impressed us. Our batteries are now recharged so that we can pursue our mission with joy!

The Asia Sector Annual Meeting, held in Digos, Philippines, from September 16-20, has just ended. The three Local Groups from Asia (Japan, Hong Kong and Cambodia) were welcomed by the Vocational Awakening Project in the Philippines (VAPP) responsible Renato Togon and Sofia Diez. This year, in addition to the members of the Local Groups of Asia, we had the participation of the Director of initial formation, Ergete Tesfaye, and the local In-charge of Kenyan Local Group, José Domingos Damasceno Barão. ...  

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GILLES POIRIER:
AN EXPERT IN HUMAN RELATIONS

Native of Alfred, Ontario, Gilles Poirier has been a priest with the SMÉ for 50 years.  He worked in Argentina for 16 years, in Sudan for 9 years, in Kenya for 13 years, and in Quebec for 9 years in the formation department, as well as being a member of the Central Council of the SME...

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The digital era we live challenges us continuously. The Church, although still timid in responding to current defies, wants to go out to meet the marginalized. The Service of the Missionary Animation of the SME has wanted to reflect and update itself trying to read these signs and challenges. That is why all those responsible for MA have met in Nairobi these past days, to strengthen our mission of giving visibility to our missionary charism, to update and form ourselves in relation to new ways of doing animation, to reinvent ourselves as a service, and to elaborate together strategies for the next four years...  

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"Recently, with the help of my companions of the local Group of Japan, I had the occasion to visit and live during one week in one of the bases of Caritas Mínamisanriku, prefecture of Miyagi, in the Tôhoku. That was one of the most affected sectors during the tsunami of 2011...

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Saturday 13th and Sunday 14th of July, we had in Costa Rica, and particularly in the parish of San Marcos in Tarrazú, the first missionary camp organized by the Vocational Promotion Service in Central America... 

During the activities, we had the commitment and the presence of our whole team in Costa Rica and also the precious collaboration and support of André Dionne and Elsa Izaguirre, members of Vocational Promotion in Central America. 

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From October 28 to 30, we had the meeting of the local Group of du Kenya with the theme «Missionary priorities». We were happy to have with us Pedro Emilio Ramírez from Cambodia to guide us in our reflection. With his explanations and with his simplicity, we were inspired, nourished and encouraged so as to continue our service of God, in a spirit of co-responsibility. 

From January 27th to February 1st, 2020, a group of 20 people, all missionaries, gathered in Guatemala City at the House of the Franciscan Sisters of the Immaculate Conception. They came from four countries (Guatemala, El Salvador, Costa Rica and Honduras). We wanted to route together as a Central American region, the lines of action with which we will work in communion to undertake the Vocational Project "Descubre Tu Camino" that the Foreign Missions Society (SME) is promoting in our region. 

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While searching if Francis Xavier could be a good patron for us in this time pandemic, I found much more than I could have imagined. 
Francis Xavier departs from Lisbon on April 7, 1541, aboard a sailing boat. He reaches Goa, the target of his trip, only after thirteen months of navigation…thirteen months of confinement! The one whom we consider as the great missionary whose arms would have been worn out because of baptizing, well! He knew also – and very much – moments of passivity.  He experienced what we are feeling during times of pandemic. For him, the COVID-19 had as a name « las calmas ».  In fact, boats were often held back from moving forward, when, on a calm sea and the wind lacking in the sails, « las calmas » kept the boats off the African coast, at times for 40, 50 or 60 days, with an unbearable heat, with fevers and deaths that would follow. « Las calmas » or « the damn respites » as we could translate them....

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Thailand
Betty (Beatriz Millena) and me went to Thailand with a group of Cambodians as part of a pilgrimage to meet pope Francis. It was a great moment. I would like to share with you some of our experience over there..... 

Japan
A pope came and… I saw – Francis smiled and greeted… I was touched! 50,000 voices acclaiming and singing… I quivered – All life to be protected and dignity of the human being… I prayed – Earth, sea, sun, cross and resurrection…
I celebrated…

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Father Jean-Louis Foley, priest of the Foreign Missions, died in Laval on March 6, 2021, at the age of 94 years and 6 months. He was born in St-Casimir (Portneuf) on September 2, 1926. Ordained priest on July 1, 1951, he left on September 11, 1952 for Japan, where he worked as a missionary until 1980...

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Father Jaques Paquin, priest of the Foreign Missions, died in Laval on May 10th, 2020, at the age of 90 years and 3 months. Born in Deschambault, January 31, 1930. He was a missionary in the Philippines (1959-72; 84-89; 94-96) and in Canada (1972-83; 89-94; 96-2020).

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Father Claude Dubois, a Foreign Missions priest, died in Laval on April 5, 2021, at the age of 82 years and 6 months. Born in Charny on September 14, 1938. Ordained a priest on December 21, 1963, he left on August 29, 1969 for Peru, where he worked as a missionary until 2011... 

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Father André LeBlanc, a priest of the Foreign Missions, died in Montreal on Friday, July 9, 2021 at the age of 90 years and 3 months. Born in Kamouraska on April 5, 1931, he was the son of Joseph-Narcisse LeBlanc and Marie-Alice Pelletier. He did his ... 

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Since 1921, the Quebec Foreign Mission Society is at the service of the Gospel.  We are celebrating 100 years; we wish to celebrate together the journey of our missionary commitment. We are celebrating the dynamism of our missionary Society, and with gratitude, we remember our past, we renew the passion of living the mission in communion in our historic present, and we rekindle the hope for the future.
 
This novena is meant for the members and associates, former members and associates, candidates and seminarians in formation, affiliates, friends, members of our Churches and/or local communities, the youth who belong to our networks, and the persons of good will who wish to join us in our thanksgivings to God for the dynamism and the renewal of our missionary Society. 

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Have you ever seen, at this time of year, people in procession following a cross on a Friday and wondered: what are they doing? Or have you ever left the house on a Friday during Lent to pray the Way of the Cross? Millions of Catholics around ....

On the occasion of the World Day of Prayer for Vocations, the Missionary Animation Service of the SME organized two virtual prayer meetings for vocations. The central theme of both meetings was the message of Pope Francis for the 61st World Day of Prayer for Vocations...

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This fourth Sunday of Easter (2024), we remember Jesus, the Good Shepherd, and celebrate the world day of prayer for vocations...

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"I have a dream!"

"I have a dream!" This famous quote expressing the societal project from the North American pastor and activist Martin Luther King Jr is well known worldwide!

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Monsignor Vittorino Girardi, bishop emeritus of the diocese of Tilarán-Liberia, Costa Rica, was the special guest of our missionary conversation, as part of the activities held during the Week of Prayer for Vocations 2024"...

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As part of their missionary formation immersion in Honduras, four youths continued their initial formation with Quebec Foreign Mission Society (QFMS or SMÉ in French) with a visit to Choluteca...

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Pope Francis reaffirmed this idea in his encyclical "Laudato Si" in 2015, highlighting the pressing need for integrated human growth and ecological conversion...

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Ana breaks down in tears when she talks about her challenges because she lost her cleaning job, which she thought would be the beginning of a new chapter for her...

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