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2021 Calendar Missionaries of afriCa « White fathers » « White sisters »
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I wish to help the Missionaries of Africa Let us take the time
For an ONLINE DONATION: www.mafr.net > Online Donation 2020 was an extraordinary year, but
Donation ..................................$ for the Missionaries of Africa. not in the way we would have hoped. The
(For a donation of $10 or more, you will receive a receipt for tax purposes.) arrival in March of the invisible enemy
called Covid-19 made us aware of our
Other ways of helping the Mission
bourgeois habits, our blindness to our
• Life annuity investments way of treating our planet and the setting
- If you are 60 or over, you can put your money into the Missionaries of Africa
(White Fathers) Life annuity investment. This annuity is guarantied for life and aside of religious values in our public and
offers a rate varying according to age and sex. private lives.
- You will receive a tax receipt for at least 20% of the sum paid in. Only a small
part of the payments you receive would be liable for tax. Overnight everything capsized. Hun-
• Bequest and legacies dreds of thousands of people were infec-
“ Better let our silver go on brother or friend, do not let it go to waste, rusting ted, several hospitalized and the most
under a stone.” (Si. 29,10). vulnerable left us without being able to accompany them in their final
FRONT PAGE:Young Beninese playing in the granite sand used to build houses.
• Bursaries for Missionary of Africa candidates moments. We have finger touched our human limits. We are fragile
- One year scholarship: $ 1,700 beings who do not have unlimited control over life. Will it change
- Three year scholarship: $ 5,000 our expectations and lifestyle? I doubt it! The government’s lack of
• Gift of publicly traded securities interest in people’s spiritual needs does not bode well. Unless we
- You will receive a charitable donation receipt and avoid capital gains taxes. have become wiser and accept a more balanced, more humane life,
more respectful of God, of others and of the earth, we will continue
I join a cheque at the name of the Missionaries of Africa. to repeat the same mistakes and sink into the civilization of death.
I prefer to pay by credit card (tick which card).
The year 2021 comes to us after living a painful but purifying
experience, which is a source of questions about the meaning of life,
Nb. of the card:............................................C V V _ _ _ our place on earth and the presence of God in our societies. If we take
the time to ponder these, we will be able to see how God has accom-
Expiry: .................................... Signature: ............................................................. panied us in our struggles and questions. Individualism, self-centere-
N.B.: If you so request, our Letter to our friends will be sent to you free of dness, materialism and all ‘isms’ must give way to greater solidarity
charge, once a year, as well as a calendar.
not only with one another, sons and daughters of God, but also with
Name of the person .............................................................................................. nature and other creatures that also need space to flourish.
Postal address....................................................................................................... My wish in this year 2021: that we can live in a more humanized
............................................................................................................................... and fraternal world. Let us take into account others, even those who
live elsewhere in the world. Let us learn to look at the whole universe
Email: ..................................................Telephone : ............................................. with the eyes of the heart, with the eyes of God.
(1640 Saint-Hubert St, Montreal QC H2L 3Z3)
Réal Doucet, M.Afr.
Thank you !
WHAT ARE YOU DOING WITH YOUR LIFE?
CHOOSE LOVE AND SERVICE...
A young person is often asked this question: What do you want here in your own country, are you considering a life commitment at
to do with your life? At Rio, Pope Francis, during the World Youth the service of the African world, then get in contact with us:
Day reversed the question in this way: What does God want to do
with your life?
Father Serge St-Arneault, M.Afr.
Who we are 1640, Saint-Hubert St, Montreal, Qc, H2L 3Z3
Founded in Algeria in 1868 and 1869 in order to meet the Af- Phone : 514-849-1167 # 217
ricans, the Missionaries of Africa (White Fathers, White Sisters) are sergestarno@gmail.com
united by two drives: a passion for Jesus and a passion for the
African world. We number a little above 2,000 members (priests, What we propose
brothers, sisters and lay people) We are delighted that almost 500
young men and women from various countries and continents are We are present in 25 countries of Africa, and in the African
at present in our houses of formation. world outside the continent, and even here in Canada. The aim of
Our roots in the African the Missionaries of Africa is to foster through actions and words
world consists in learning “in the way of Jesus”, since Jesus is for us the person to encounter
the local language, a bet- with each individual and with God. Our motivation is to extend
ter understanding of their the work of God in human history, as it is said in the Bible and
culture, the choice of living close to them in their time of joys and through the Gospels.
sorrows, to rejoice in the little human, professional and spiritual If these few lines ring a bell, then get in contact with us to get a
victories of the people we encounter. With these people, we dis- better understanding of how love makes us free. You will find in
cover the many ways of God being present to one and all. We learn the last page of this calendar our addresses in Canada. Someone
all the time to serve and to love, since it makes us free. in each of our communities will give an answer as soon as possible,
Interested by Africa ? as I will do personally.
If you feel challenged by these two passions and by our eager-
ness to take roots, if it stirs something deep in your heart, maybe we Serge St-Arneault, M.Afr.
can go along some way together. Do you want to meet the Africans
A small canoe helps these thirteen children and three paddlers to go from one island to another on Lake Bunyonyi in Uganda. Located on a volcanic fault, this lake would be the second deepest in Africa.
DECEMBER 2020
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
1 2 3 4 5
Crossing a lake in a Charles de Bibiane Francis Xavier John Damascene Gerald
canoe in Uganda. Foucauld /
Anuarite
Nengapeta
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
2nd of Advent Ambrose Immaculate Juan Diego Eulalie Damasus 1st Our Lady of
Conception Guadalupe
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
3rd of Advent John Christine Adelaide Yolanda Gatian Urban V
of the Cross
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
4th of Advent Jacopone John of Kanty Christmas Eve / Christmas Stephen
Adele Day
27 28 29 30 31
Holy Family/ Holy Innocents Thomas Becket Roger New Year’s Eve
John, Apostle
and Evangelist
Missionaries of Africa Full Moon New Moon F First Quarter Last Quarter
www.mafr.net
White Fathers, White Sisters
Some women of all ages take basic literacy courses in Benin. They don’t want to miss anything from the teaching. To know how to read, to write and to calculate are very important for their life.
JANUARY 2021
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
1 2
Women at school. Mary, Mother of God Basile and Gregory
Photo: David Champagne,
photographer.
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Epiphany / Elizabeth Ann Seton / Edouard Melanie Brother André Raymond Alice
Holy Name of Angela of Foligno
Jesus
10
Baptism of
our Lord
11
Paulino
12 Marguerite
Bourgeoys
13
Hilaire
14
Nina
15
Remy
16
Marcel
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
2nd Sunday Priscilia/ Marius Fabian and Agnes Vincent Alphonse
Week of prayer Sebastian
for christian
Unity
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
3rd Sunday/ Conversion of Tite and Timothy Angela Merici Thomas Aquinas Gildas Martine
Francis de Saint Paul
Sales
31
4th Sunday/
John Bosco
Missionaries of Africa www.mafr.net
White Fathers, White Sisters
Two Franciscan Friars rushing to the church where a religious ceremony will take place. They would not like to be late for Mass.
FEBRUARY 2021
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
1 2 3 4 5 6
Brigid of Ireland Presentation Marie Rivier and Veronica Agatha Paul Miki
of the Lord Blaise
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
5th Sunday Giusepina Bakhita Eugenia Scholastique Our Lady of Felix Beatrice
Lourdes
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
6th Sunday/ Claude de la Juliana Ash Wednesday Bernadette Gabin Francis and
Valentin Colombière Soubirous Jacinta of
Fatima
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
1st of Lent Chair of Saint Polycarp Modeste Nestor Peter Damian Honorina
Peter
28
2nd of Lent Franciscans in Benin.
Photo: David Champagne,
photographer.
Missionaries of Africa www.mafr.net
White Fathers, White Sisters
A colourful Mass during the annual youth pilgrimage in the diocese of Cotonou in Benin. In 2020, the theme of this 35-year-old pilgrimage was: «Youths and priests together to build the Church.»
MARCH 2021
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
1 2 3 4 5 6
Aubin Charles Katharine Drexel Casimir Oliva / Colette
Kieran
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
3rd of Lent San Juan de Dios/ Frances of Vivien Rosina Justina Rodrigo
Women’s Day Rome
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
4th of Lent Louise de Benedicta Patrick Cyril of Joseph, Patron Herbert
Marillac Jerusalem of Canada
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
5th of Lent Lea Peter Higgins Catherine Annonciation Ludger Habid
28 29 30 31
Palm Sunday Jonas Amédée IX Benjamin Youth pilgrimage in the
diocese of Cotonou.
Photo: David Champagne,
photographer.
Missionaries of Africa www.mafr.net
White Fathers, White SistersTwo students from Glazoué, Benin, training with a tailor, hence their identical shirt. They will probably fetch water from the municipal well. A good way to make some pocket money.
APRIL 2021
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
1 2 3
Students from Glazoué, Holy Thursday Holy Friday Holy Saturday
Benin.
Photo: David Champagne,
photographer.
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Easter Easter Monday Marcelino John Baptist de la Julia Casilda Magdalen of
Salle Canossa
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
2nd of Easter / Julius Martin I Maxim Patern of Benedict Labre Kateri
Sunday of Mercy Vannes Tekakwitha
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
3rd of Easter Emma Odette Anselm Leonide Georges Fidelis of
Sigmaringen
25 26 27 28 29 30
4th of Easter/ Our Lady of the Zita Valery Catherine Our Lady
Mark, Good Counsel of Siena of Africa /
Evangelist Mary
of the Incarnation
Missionaries of Africa www.mafr.net
White Fathers, White SistersYoung girl selling palm cakes. After extracting red oil from the palm nuts, its waste is used to kindle coal and wood without adding oil.
MAY 2021
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
1
Selling palm nut waste in Joseph
Benin. the Worker
Photo: David Champagne,
photographer.
Athanasius of
Alexandria
2 3 4 5 6 7 8
5th of Easter Philip and Marie-Léonie Dominic Savio François de Laval Gisela Martyrs of Algeria
James, Apostles Paradis
9 10 11 12 13 14 15
6th of Easter/ Solange Cyril and Solange Our Lady of Matthias, Denise
Mothers’Day Method Fatima Apostle
16 17 18 19 20 21 22
Ascension Sunday Yves Constantin Emile
Pascal Eric Bernardine of
Siena
23 24 25 26 27 28 29
Pentecost Queen’s Day Berenguer Augustin Germain Ursula Joan of Arc
Monday of
Pentecost
30 31
Holy Trinity
Visitation
of Mary
Missionaries of Africa www.mafr.net
White Fathers, White SistersAt a certain period of the year, it is not uncommon to see these trucks with their cargo of cotton picked from the fields by entire families.
JUNE 2021
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
1 2 3 4 5
Justin Blandine Charles Lwanga Clotilde Boniface
and Martyrs of
Uganda
6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Blessed Sacrement Gilbert Columba Ephrem Mary Mother of Corpus Christi/ Immaculate
the Church Barnabas, Heart of Mary
apostle
13 14 15 16 17 18 19
11th Sunday Elias Germaine Regis Herve Leoncius Romuald
20 21 22 23 24 25 26
12th Sunday/ Aloysius Gonzaga John Fisher Audrey Quebec Prosper Anthelm
Fathers’Day and Thomas National Day / Irenaeus
More John the Baptist
27 28 29 30
13th Sunday - Irenaeus Peter and Paul, Martial Cotton transport.
Apostles Photo: David Champagne,
photographer.
Missionaries of Africa www.mafr.net
White Fathers, White SistersThis lady sells plastic bottles and containers of all sizes. This is an informal recycling market. She buys these reusable bottles and containers and sells them to the market.
JULY 2021
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
1 2 3
Selling plastic bottles. Canada National Day Martinianus Thomas,
Photo: David Champagne, Apostle
photographer.
4 5 6 7 8 9 10
14th Sunday Mathew Lambert Maria Goretti Ralph Aquila Augustin Zhao Rong Ulrich
and Pricilla
11 12 13 14 15 16 17
15th Sunday Oliver Henry Camillus of Lellis Bonaventure Our Lady of Charlotte
Mount Carmel
18 19 20 21 22 23 24
16th Sunday Francis Garces Marina Lawrence Mary Bridget of Sharbel
Magdalene Sweden Makhluf
25 26 27 28 29 30 31
17th Sunday/ Anne and Nathalie Samson Martha Peter Ignatius
James, Joachim Chrysologus of Loyola
Apostle
Missionaries of Africa www.mafr.net
White Fathers, White SistersTwo children carry water. This task seems to be given mostly to children in this part of Benin. Water, so precious in countries where it rains only 4 or 5 months a year and where the heat can reach 40 degrees in the shade.
AUGUST 2021
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
18th Sunday Julien Eymard Lydia John Vianney Frederic Transfiguration of Sixtus and Cajetan
Janssoone the Lord
8 9 10 11 12 13 14
19th Sunday Edith Stein Lawrence Clare of Assisi Jeanne- Hippolytus Maximilian Kolbe
Françoise and Pontian
15 16 17 18 19 20 21
20th Sunday/ Roch Elisabeth Helen John Eudes Bernard Pius X
Assumption of Turgeon
Our Lady/
National Acadia
Day
22 23 24 25 26 27 28
21st Sunday Bartholomew, Louis of France/ Césaire Monica Augustine
Apostle Tite
29 30 31
Aristide Children carrying water.
22nd Sunday Fiacre
John the Photo: David Champagne,
Baptist, Martyr photographer.
Missionaries of Africa www.mafr.net
White Fathers, White SistersA great football match for these young Beninese on a sandy beach. They even managed to make a net and goals.
SEPTEMBER 2021
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
Soccer on the beach.
1 2 3 4
Gilles André Grasset Gregory Dina Belanger
Photo: David Champagne,
photographer.
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
23rd Sunday / Labour Day/ Cloud Nativity of Mary/ Peter-Claver Ines Theodorat
Teresa of Calcutta Queen Frederic Ozanam
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
John Holy Cross Our Lady of Cornelius and Robert Joseph de
24th Sunday/
Chrysostom Sorrows Cyprian Bellarmine Cupertino
Holy Name of Mary
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
25th Sunday Andrew Kim and Matthew, Maurice Padre Pio Emily Tavernier Come and
companions Apostle and Gamelin Damian
Evangelist
26 27 28 29 30
26th Sunday/ Vincent de Paul Wenceslas Michael, Gabriel Jerome
Canadian and Raphael
Martyrs
Missionaries of Africa www.mafr.net
White Fathers, White SistersReturn from school: children sometimes have to walk for many kilometers. School buses are rather scarce in these parts of West Africa.
OCTOBER 2021
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
1 2
Back from school. Teresa of Lisieux Guardian Angels
Photo: David Champagne,
photographer.
3 4 5 6 7 8 9
27th Sunday Francis of Assisi Placid Marie-Rose Our Lady of the Pelagia Denis
Durocher Rosary
10 11 12 13 14 15 16
28th Sunday John XXIII/ Our Lady of Edward Callistus/ Teresa of Avila Marguerite
Thanksgiving Aparecida Juste d’Youville
17 18 19 20 21 22 23
29th Sunday / Luke, Paul of the Adeline Celina John Paul II John Capistrano
Mondial Evangelist/ Cross
Missionary Death of Sister
Sunday Marie-Salomée
24 25 26 27 28 29 30
30th Sunday Thaddeus Evarist Emeline Simon and Colman Terence
MacCarthy Jude, Apostles O’Brien
31
31st Sunday
Missionaries of Africa www.mafr.net
White Fathers, White SistersWomen in dugouts on Lake Nokoué in Benin. They live in Ganvié, a lake village in Benin. Every day, they go to the Abomey-Calavi market (8 km from Ganvié), to sell and to buy.
NOVEMBER 2021
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
1 2 3 4 5 6
All Saints All Souls’day Martin de Porres Charles Sylvie All the Saints of
Borromeo Ireland
7 8 9 10 11 12 13
32nd Sunday Geoffrey Lateran Basilica Leo the Great Martin/ Josaphat Frances Xavier
Remembrance Cabrini
Day
14 15 16 17 18 19 20
33rd Sunday Albert the Agnes of Assisi Elizabeth of Edmond
Saint Peter Roland
Great Hungary and Saint Paul
Basilicas
21 22 23 24 25 26 27
Christ the King Cecilia Clement Andrew Catherine of Death of Severino
Dung Lac Alexandria Cardinal
Lavigerie,
Founder of the
White Fathers
and White Sisters
28 29 30
1st of Advent Saturnino Andrew, Women in dugouts.
Apostle Photo: David Champagne,
photographer.
Missionaries of Africa www.mafr.net
White Fathers, White SistersWith his cell phone, this man can communicate with the whole world. Like those who accompany him, he has surely heard of the birth of Christ, the Saviour of the world.
DECEMBER 2021
SUNDAY MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY FRIDAY SATURDAY
1 2 3 4
In a boat at night. Charles de Bibiane Francis Xavier John Damascene
Photo: David Champagne, Foucauld /
photographer. Anuarite
Nengapeta
5 6 7 8 9 10 11
2nd of Advent Nicholas Ambrose Immaculate Juan Diego Eulalie Damasus 1st
Conception
12 13 14 15 16 17 18
3rd of Advent Lucy John Christine Adelaide Yolanda Gatian
of the Cross
19 20 21 22 23 24 25
4th of Advent Abraham Peter Canisius Jacopone John of Kanty Christmas Eve Christmas Day
26 27 28 29 30 31
Holy Family John, Apostle Holy Innocents Thomas Becket Roger New Year’s Eve
and Evangelist
Missionaries of Africa www.mafr.net
White Fathers, White SistersMissionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa
(White Sisters) Apostolic women sent to African People for
- Living and testifying the evangelic joy
- Living the interreligious and intercultural encounter
and dialogue
- Commitment for migrants, refugies and displaced
people with a special care for women
- Denouncing Human trafficking and modern slavery
- Caring for the environment
Past Present
Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa
If ever you feel called to share your faith and to commit your life at 5655, de Salaberry St
the service of African people, come and join our missionary family. Montreal, Quebec H4J 1J5
Tel: 514-333-5307
Email: amvcartierville@gmail.com
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Missionaries of Africa - Houses in Canada
QUEBEC ONTARIO
• Montreal - Provincial House Toronto
1640, Saint-Hubert St 56, Indian Road Cres
MONTREAL, Quebec TORONTO, Ontario
H2L 3Z3 M6P 2G1
Tel. : (514) 849-1167 Tel. : (416) 530-1887
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WEST
• Quebec
430 - 2900, Alexandra St WEST
QUEBEC, QC Winnipeg
G1E 7C7 402-151, Despins St
Tel. : ( 418 ) 666-6058 WINNIPEG, Manitoba
(418) 666-6045 R2H 0L7
(418) 666-6047 Tel. : (204) 237-4098
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• Sherbrooke
Terrasses Bowen
633, Bowen-South
SHERBROOKE, QC,
J1G 2E5
Tel: (819) 562-6330
sup.sherbrooke@mafr.net
• Saguenay ( Chicoutimi )
927, Jacques-Cartier St E
CHICOUTIMI, Quebec
G7H 2A3
Tel. : (418) 549-1055 #166
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