Presentation
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France

Province de France
5 rue Roger-Verlomme
75003 Paris
Tél. : 00 33 1 42 71 06 70
sma.pb.secretariat@wanadoo.fr
http://peres-blancs.cef.fr

Confreres' Activities :

Taking attendant measures and coordinating welfare programmes for confreres and communities of senior and invalid Missionaries. Three communities group over 110 senior confreres, but there are also invalid confreres for whom one confrere is in charge to accompany and look after them.

Missionary Press : Voix d'Afrique and Le Lien are intended for maintaining links with confreres' families, benefactors and anyone interested in Mission.

Missionary Promotion

Interreligious Dialogue, notably with followers of Islam. The 'Se Comprendre' review appears ten times a year and seeks to be a bulletin for information and education on knowing more about Muslims' beliefs. Several confreres devote their activities to dialogue via conferences, seminars in Institutes, dioceses, lay groups, students.

Justice & Peace, especially AEFJN, where one confrere takes responsibility for its running at national level for men and women Congregations

Confreres' Ongoing Formation

The country Area: 543, 965 km2 Population: 64.102 million, including 4.9 million as a result of migration, of which 31% are from the Maghreb and 12% sub-Saharan; there are 830,000 Chinese (17% of migrants) Principal Towns: Paris, Marseilles, Lyons, Toulouse, Nice, Nantes, Strasbourg. Official Language: French Currency: Euro Head of State: Nicolas Sarkozy Religion: 51% claim to be Catholics 31% claim to be without religion 05% claim to be undefined Christians 04% claim to be Muslims 03% claim to be Protestants 01% claim to be Jewish 01% claim to be belong to another religion 04 % no response

St Joan of Arc and Our Lady of the Assumption

The Province Provincial: Louis Vernhet Founded: 02/06/1897 Total French: 329 In the Province: 222 In retirement homes: 120 Outside Cty.: 32 Africa and elsewhere: 107 Average age: 79.30 12 communities including 3 retirement homes: Bry, Billère, Tassy. Publications: Voix d'Afrique, Le Lien, Mini-Lien, Se Comprendre, Vigilance Soudan Provincial Project : Marseilles - with the Local Church: Pastoral activity towards migrants Candidates : 1

Great Britain

Province de Grande Bretagne
42 Stormont Rd,
London N6 4NP
Great Britain
Tél. : 00 44 20 8348 7799
http://www.ae086.dial.pipex.com/

Confreres' Activities  :

There are 2 retirement homes: Ealing (London) and Rutherglen (Glasgow).
Confreres' activities in the other houses are as follows:

Oak Lodge: procurement office, local ministry, History Project.
Sutton Coldfield : Publication of the Magazine (suttonlink@dialpipex.com), missionary appeals.
Woodville Gardens: guest house and visitors, confreres on home leave.
Stormont Road, Highgate: Provincial House.

The Province has no specific project.

The country Area: 229 850 km2 Population : 60.2 million Principal Towns: London, Birmingham, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Glasgow. Official Language: English Currency: Pound Sterling Head of State: Queen Elisabeth II Religion: 62.70% Protestants 08.30% Catholics 02.07% Muslims 01.00% Hindus 15.00% no religion

St George, St Andrew, St David, St Patrick

The Province Provincial: John Gerrard Founded: 1912 Total British: 59 In the Province: 43 In retirement homes: 9 Outside Cty.: 15 Non-GB: 7 In Africa: 21 In other countries: 4 Average age: 70.45 2 retirement homes: Corfton Rd, Ealing (London), Rutherglen (Glasgow). Publications: White Fathers-White Sisters, The Link

Ireland


Father Provincial
148 Wainsfort Road
Terenure Dublin 6W
Ireland
Tél. : 00 353 1 492 5229

Confreres' Activities :

There is only one house in our Province: our house in Dublin, situated in the district of Templelogue, to the east of the city.
It houses the Provincial Office, missionary promotion, senior confreres and students.

The Province invests a lot of its energies in Mission Promotion. It receives missionary students from Africa or elsewhere who come to follow courses in Ireland. The Dublin house is also the residence of senior confreres who are still all involved in some activity, chaplaincy, teaching, retreat-giving and missionary promotion.

The country Area: 70, 292 km2 Population: 4 million Principal Towns: Dublin, Cork, Limerick. Official Languages: Irish and English Currency: Euro Head of State: Mary McAleese Religion: South: 90% Catholic 05%Protestant North: 20% Catholic 75% Protestant

St Patrick

The Province Provincial: Ian Buckmaster Founded: 1952 Total Irish: 27 In the Province: 8 In retirement homes: 3 Outside Cty.: 2 In Africa: 10 In other countries: 3 Non-Irish: 3 Average age: 77.18 Retirement home: Dublin Publications : Newsletter

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