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        • Brief Portrait
        • General Council
        • History
        • Founder
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        • Torry Switzerland
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        • Driefontein Zimbabwe
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        • Popayán Colombia
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    MISAL 2026 in Uganda
    From 13 to 17 April 2026, the international MISAL meeting took place in Kampala, Uganda, with the participation of the SMB alongside the other member societies. As in previous years, the meeting broug...
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    Apr 14, 2026
    Jackson Mutua: “Called to Love and Serve”
    Recognizing the need for the SMB charism in his diocese, Archbishop Omar Alberto Sánchez Cubillos affirmed its ongoing presence in Colombia. Br. Jackson Mutua, from Kenya, formed in Zimbabwe and among...
    Apr 11, 2026
    A Spirituality Born in Bethlehem, Lived in the World
    The spirituality of Bethlehem is, above all, a spirituality of the Gospel: it is born in the manger, rooted in the Word, and unfolds in a life offered to the world. Fr. Georges Conus, one of the veter...
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    Dec 25, 2025
    Temporary Promise of Jean de Dieu Twagirimana
    On October 4, 2024, the feast of Saint Francis of Assisi, Jean de Dieu Twagirimana from Rwanda began his Introductory Year with the Bethlehem Mission Society (SMB). One year later, on Saturday, Octobe...
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    Oct 4, 2025
    Beginning of the Introductory Year of Pierre-Damien Nizeyimana
    Fribourg, October 1, 2025 – On the feast of Saint Thérèse of Lisieux, patroness of the missions and of the Bethlehem Mission Society (SMB), the Torry Community joyfully celebrated the beginning of the...
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    Oct 1, 2025
    First SMB Candidate from Sri Lanka, Arulpragash, Shares His Vocation
    In January, young Africans from several countries began the first stage of their journey at the SMB Missionary Training House in Harare (Zimbabwe) as members of the Missionaries of Bethlehem. Welcomed...
    Aug 16, 2025
    New Promises Made by Four SMB Novices in Zimbabwe
    Four young SMB missionaries have made their first promises in Zimbabwe, at the end of an introductory year marked by inner transformation, a call to simplicity, and a commitment to the poor. Through t...
    Apr 21, 2025
    Preparing Missionaries for the New Frontiers: MISAL 2025 Continental Meeting in Milan
    From Monday 24 to Friday 28 March 2025, the continental meeting of MISAL Africa and Europe took place at the Mother House of the Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions (PIME) in Milan. Under the th...
    Mar 29, 2025
    New SMB Candidates: Launch of the Community Experience Program in Harare
    On January 6, 2025, six new candidates for the Missionary Society of Bethlehem (SMB) gathered at Bethlehem House , a new SMB formation house in Harare, Zimbabwe. They were welcomed by Ludovic Nobel, t...
    Jan 6, 2025
    MISAL 2024: Journeying Together: Exploring New Frontiers
    The biennial international meeting of the Missionary Societies of Apostolic Life (MISAL) took place from December 2 to 6, 2024, at the Pilar Pilgrim Centre in Goa. Organized by the Society of the Miss...
    Dec 7, 2024
    WORD OF GOD & THE SMB BLOG

    Each day of the year, this blog offers a short meditation on the Gospel of the day, read in the light of Bethlehem spirituality.

    Stories, reflections and testimonies from the SMB and its MISAL partner societies — historical portraits, biblical and missionary spirituality, news from the houses of mission across Africa, Asia, Latin America and Europe.

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