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The Missionaries of the Poor OJ (Latin: Missionarii Pauperum) is a Roman Catholic monastic religious institute of Brothers and Sisters dedicated to "Joyful Service with Christ on the Cross" to serve the poorest of the poor.
Missionaries of Charity; Missionaries of Christ Jesus; Missionaries of St. John the Baptist; Missionaries of the Poor; Missionaries of the Sacred Heart; Missionaries of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary; Missionary Fathers of Our Lady of Deliverance; Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa; Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of the Apostles
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Giacomo Cusmano (15 March 1834 - 14 March 1888) was an Italian Roman Catholic priest and the founder of the "Congregatio Missionariorum Servorum Pauperum" which is also known as the "Boccone del Povero" (Morsel of the Poor). Cusmano also established the Sisters Servants of the Poor. [1] He was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 30 October 1983.
Glenmary priests, brothers, and co-workers are Catholic missionaries who serve Catholic missions and ministries in 11 different dioceses in the United States. Glenmary serves the spiritual and material needs of the Catholic minority, the unchurched, and the poor by establishing the Catholic Church in small-town and rural America. [1]
Pedro Pablo Opeka (born June 29, 1948), known also as Father Opeka, is a Catholic Argentinian-Slovenian priest, [1] [2] working as a missionary in Madagascar.For his service to the poor, he was awarded with the Legion of Honor by the former Slovenian Prime Minister Janez Janša and French President Emanuel Macron.
Lawrence Aloysius Burke SJ OJ (27 October 1932 – 24 January 2010) was the 4th Roman Catholic Archbishop of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Kingston in Jamaica.He also served previously as the 1st Archbishop of the newly created Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Nassau beginning in 1999.
Protestant churches established the Department of Deacons responsible for helping the poor. Missionary societies of the 18th and 19th centuries often offered humanitarian assistance in addition to their main activity of evangelism. [8] In the 19th century, the first Christian non-governmental organizations (NGOs) began emerging.