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 November 2009:

General: That all the men and women in the world, especially those who have responsibilities in the field of politics and economics, may never fail in their commitment to safeguard creation.

Mission: That believers in the different religions, through the testimony of their lives and fraternal dialogue, may clearly demonstrate that the name of God is a bearer of peace.

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