Once again, Madagascar has been hit by a natural disaster that has received little media coverage. This time, the...
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Madagascar Twinning Project
by Marie Copeland, Ladies of Charity | February 8, 2024 | Formation, Reflections | 1 Comment
Since 2003, the Ladies of Charity have been committed to helping the people of Madagascar through the Twinning Project.
Celebration of the 35th anniversary of the Vincentian Marian Youth in the Diocese of Antananarivo
by Vincentian Family Office | June 27, 2022 | News, Vincentian Marian Youth | 0 Comments
On May 27-29, 2022 the Vincentian Marian Youth celebrated their National Congress in the Diocese of Antananarivo (Madagascar).
AIC Madagascar: Emergency Aid Report After the Impact of Cyclone Batsirai
by Rose de Lima Ramamankavana | April 28, 2022 | International Association of Charities - Ladies of Charity, News | 0 Comments
The powerful tropical cyclone Batsirai hit Madagascar on Saturday February 5, 2022 in the evening with gusts at 146 mph, causing significant and widespread damage.
‘City of friendship’ unites poor of Madagascar, Argentina
by Inés San Martín, Crux | March 21, 2022 | News | 0 Comments
According to Argentine missionary Father Pedro Opeka, “it will be very difficult to rebuild” after the country was hit by four cyclones with winds of 130 miles per hour.
10 years of the Tsiry project: review and outlook
by Vincentian Family Office | Jul 17, 2021 | International Association of Charities - Ladies of Charity, News
From AIC International When the “Tsiry” (“seeds” in Malagasy) literacy project started in autumn 2010 with the...
Catholic missionary priest nominated for Nobel Peace Prize
by .famvin | Feb 20, 2021 | News
The Prime Minister of Slovenia, has announced that he nominated Opeka for the 2021 Nobel Peace Prize for his dedication to “helping people living in appalling living conditions.”
Akamasoa (Madagascar): a Place for Learning How to Bring St. Vincent’s Words to Life
by Anja Bohnsack | Aug 11, 2019 | News
From May 1-7, 2018, Mark McGreevy and I, Anja Bohnsack, went to visit Madagascar to meet and learn from Fr. Pedro Opeka. Over the past three decades he has created Akamasoa-- a project aimed at supporting people living in slums by providing them with the tools,...
Interview with Father Pedro Opeka, C.M.
by Javier F. Chento | Aug 4, 2019 | News
Taking advantage of his visit to Rome in 2018, the journalist Elena Grazini had the opportunity to ask some questions to Father Pedro Opeka, missionary of the Congregation of the Mission in Madagascar: 1- Father Pedro what does it mean today to live in Akamasoa? How...
Celebrations of the Vincentian Marian Youth in Madagascar
by Javier F. Chento | Mar 7, 2019 | News, Vincentian Marian Youth
The World Youth Day in Madagascar, or national WYD 2018, took place from October 8 to 14, 2018, in MAJUNGA.
A Dream Called Akamasoa
by Javier F. Chento | Jun 3, 2018 | News
The visit to Rome of Father Pedro Pablo Opeka, CM, had a double purpose: to make known the work done in the Mission of Madagascar among the most forgotten poor and to collect funds to continue that work in Akamasoa. At the press conference held in Rome, Father Pedro...
May 21: St. Vincent de Paul Sends First Missionaries to Madagascar
by Famvin Media Resources | May 21, 2017 | Formation
Today is the anniversary of the first missionaries to leave France for Madagascar, May 21, 1648. The voyage took about 7 months and obviously there were many dangers. Read more about the men who risked their lives to bring the light of the gospel to a faraway land,...
Jeanne’s Story • Daughters of Charity International Project Services
by Javier F. Chento | Oct 28, 2016 | Daughters of Charity, News
The Sisters in Madagascar shared Jeanne's Story - a story about a girl among the children who are mentally disabled and are accommodated at the St. Vincent DePaul Special Education Center in Manakara, Madagascar. Jeanne is a girl removed from her family. In fact, we...
Laudato Si’ invoked by CM Bishop
by Aidan R. Rooney, C.M. | Oct 13, 2015 | Church, Congregation of the Mission, News, Poverty: Analysis and Responses
Bishop Benjamin Romarosa, C.M., of Madagascar speaks of caring for our common home and Laudato Si' in a strongly worded letter to his own government. Madagascar, one of the planet’s poorest countries, has become a new Eldorado of the large international mining...
Historic meeting of 22 Vincentian Bishops
by John Freund, CM | Jun 24, 2015 | News
For the first time ever all of the Vincentian Bishops were invited to meet in Rome. From June 23-25 twenty-two of the thirty-two bishops are participating in this gathering. They come from Lebanon, Italy, Poland, Colombia, Brazil, Mozambique, India, Madagascar,...