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The Paulist Fathers, officially named the Missionary Society of Saint Paul the Apostle (Latin: Societas Sacerdotum Missionariorum a Sancto Paulo Apostolo), abbreviated CSP, is a Catholic society of apostolic life of Pontifical Right for men founded in New York City in 1858 by Isaac Hecker in collaboration with George Deshon, Augustine Hewit, and Francis A. Baker.
Paulists, or Paulines, is the name used for Roman Catholic orders and congregations under the patronage of Paul of Thebes the First Hermit. From the time that the abode and virtues of Paul of Thebes were revealed to Antony the Abbot, various communities of hermits adopted him as their patron saint.
As a Paulist, Hewit preferred teaching to giving parish missions, and taught for thirty years in the Paulist scholasticate. [3] He was a frequent contributor to Hecker's Catholic World magazine. [1] On the death of Hecker (1888), Hewit was almost unanimously chosen superior general of the institute and held this office until his death.
The Society of Saint Paul (Latin: Societas a Sancto Paulo Apostolo) abbreviated SSP and also known as the Paulines, is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of pontifical right for men founded on 20 August 1914 at Alba, Piedmont in Italy by Giacomo Alberione and officially approved by the Holy See on 27 June 1949.
Paulist Fathers - The Paulist Fathers' "mother church" is St. Paul the Apostle Church [11] at West 60th Street and Columbus Avenue in Manhattan. The Paulist founder, the Servant of God Isaac Thomas Hecker, C.S.P., is entombed inside St. Paul's Church. The Paulist Fathers have served the Archdiocese of New York since their founding in 1858. [12]
Priest and Cofounder, Missionary Society of Saint Paul the Apostle (Paulist Fathers) New York: Heroic Virtues Mary Ellen O'Connell (rel.name: Anthony) 15 August 1814 Limerick, County Limerick, Ireland 8 December 1897 Cumminsville, Cincinnati, Ohio Professed Religious, Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati: Cincinnati: Heroic Virtues Augustus Tolton [2]
Fr. Francis Asbury Baker, [112] Episcopalian convert who was one of the founders of the Paulist Institute. Fr. Lawrence Boadt, [113] [114] Bible scholar involved in Jewish/Christian dialogue. Fr. George Deshon, [115] Graduate of West Point who was an early Paulist and helped design the St. Paul the Apostle Church in Manhattan.
Isaac Hecker was born in New York City on December 18, 1819, the third son and youngest child of German immigrants, John and Caroline (Freund) Hecker. When barely twelve years of age, he had to go to work and pushed a baker's cart for his elder brothers who had a bakery on Rutgers Street.