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More than ever before, the Laity in Africa is seeking more involvement in the Church, the Vice Superior of the Ghana Province of the Society of African Missions, (SMA) has said, noting that lay people on the continent are no longer satisfied with being “mere consumers of sacraments”.
At the celebration marking 140 years since the arrival of the first missionaries belonging to the Society of African Missions (SMA) in Ghana, members of the Society of Apostolic life in the west African country are looking at the moments as an opportunity to continue their evangelization mission and “rekindle the fire of faith.”
As missionaries belonging to the Society of African Missions (SMA) in Ghana launched, Sunday, December 8, their yearlong celebration to mark 140 years since the arrival of their first members in the West African nation and the official unveiling of the new SMA-Ghana Province, previously a Regional circumscription, leaders in the Society of Apostolic Life have expressed their joy and termed it a moment for the members of the congregation to reflect on their missionary work.
Days after the second edition of the Paris Peace Forum (PPF), which focused on governance solutions with emphasis on peace and security with some African countries represented came to an end in Paris, France on November 13, an African missionary priest has hailed the event as a “great initiative” but however expressed reservations on the success of such a move in Africa due to the lack of goodwill from powerful political players.