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The Fathers of Mercy, formally known as the Congregation of the Priests of Mercy (Latin: Congregatio Presbyterorum a Misericordia; abbreviated CPM), [1] is a Catholic religious congregation of pontifical right of missionary priests founded by Jean-Baptiste Rauzan in early 19th-century France.
Charles-Auguste-Marie-Joseph, Count of Forbin-Janson, C.P.M. (3 November 1785 – 12 July 1844), [1] was a French aristocrat and prelate who was a founder of the Fathers of Mercy, established in an effort to re-evangelize the French people. He preached throughout North America, taking an active role in reviving the Catholic populations of the ...
He was professor of hydrography at the Collège de Québec, New France, from 1743 to 1757, during which time he was a member of the expedition of Pierre Joseph Céloron de Blainville to the Ohio Valley from June to November 1749, occupying the roles of chaplain, hydrographer and historian. He completed the first map of the Ohio Valley.
The Domínguez–Escalante Expedition was a Spanish journey of exploration conducted in 1776 by two Franciscan priests, Atanasio Domínguez and Silvestre Vélez de Escalante, to find an overland route from Santa Fe, New Mexico, to their Roman Catholic mission in Monterey, on the coast of modern day central California.
The proclamation begins, "Jesus Christ is the face of the Father's mercy. ... The Father, "rich in mercy" , after having revealed his name to Moses as "a God merciful and gracious, slow to anger, and abounding in steadfast love and faithfulness" , has never ceased to show, in various ways throughout history, his divine nature. [2]
The name Missionaries of St. John the Baptist refers to three separate Roman Catholic associations under the patronage of Saint John the Baptist. [1] The first was a relatively short-lived congregation of priests founded by Don Dominic Francis Olivieri in the eighteenth century to preach parish missions, mostly in Italy.
[10] [11] In 1959, the Vatican forbade the Divine Mercy devotion and censured Sopoćko. [12] In 1965 Karol Wojtyła , then Archbishop of Kraków and later Pope John Paul II, opened a new investigation and submitted documents in 1968, which resulted in the reversal of the ban in 1978.
"I, Juan Garrido, black in color, resident of this city [Mexico], appear before Your Mercy and state that I am in need of providing evidence to the perpetuity of the king [a perpetuidad rey], a report on how I served Your Majesty in the conquest and pacification of this New Spain, from the time when the Marqués del Valle [Cortés] entered it ...