With Christ ever faithful to Africa Today we, the members of our two Institutes - the Missionaries of Africa and the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa, - are gathered to celebrate the 150th anniversary of our birth, together with you our friends. ....
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With Christ ever faithful to Africa Today we, the members of our two Institutes - the Missionaries of Africa and the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa, - are gathered to celebrate the 150th anniversary of our birth, together with you our friends. . That birth took place in Algiers, under the inspiration of Bishop Charles Martial Lavigerie, then Bishop of Algiers, who needed help in his pastoral care of the diocese and especially among the Muslims. From the beginning, however, he had a much wider vision and saw Algiers as a door that opened onto the whole African continent. Our origins were a huge invitation. In 1868 and 1869 the first candidates, men and women, arrived in Algiers. They had heard the invitation to be apostles, to be followers of Jesus sent in his name. They responded to an intuition, without any assurance that it was possible, nor any way of knowing where it would lead them. This intuition and invitation continue to shape our lives today: they are an on-going cal
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