Missionaries of Africa in Great Britain (known as the White Fathers)

This is the United Kingdom Web Site of the Society of Missionaries of Africa.
We are Catholic priests and brothers
who live in communities to be at the service of the people of Africa.
Our membership hails from four continents (plus one Australian!), including an increasing proportion of Africans.

We are popularly known as "the White Fathers" because traditionally we wore distinctive white robes, as seen below in a 1929 photograph of Navrongo Church in Northern Ghana. The white robes reflected our origins in Algiers where Cardinal Lavigerie founded the Society in 1868.

The Pope's Prayer Intentions for May 2010:

General: That the shameful and monstrous commerce in human beings, which sadly involves millions of women and children, may be ended.

Missionary: That ordained ministers, religious women and men, and lay people involved in apostolic work may understand how to infuse missionary enthusiasm into the communities entrusted to their care.

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