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The Marianists, also called the Society of Mary was founded in 1817 by Blessed William Joseph Chaminade, a priest who survived the persecutions of Catholics during the French Revolution. There are currently 500 priests and over 1,500 religious in the organization. The Society is one of the four branches of the Marianist Family.
Fr. George Elder, [173] Educator and an editor of "Catholic Advocate" of Louisville, Kentucky. Msgr. John Tracy Ellis, [174] [175] Academic who criticized the standards of 1950s Catholic education and was a past president of the American Catholic Historical Association. Msgr. Joseph Clifford Fenton, [176] Theologian.
There are about 1,200 Marianists: 405 priests, two bishops, and 800 brothers on four continents and 38 countries. The Marianists say that they "devote the major part of their efforts to inculturation to become rooted in new countries, in Asia and Africa, and also to be in tune with the surrounding cultures that challenge us and that we call modern or postmodern."
Institute of Christ the King Sovereign Priest: I.C.R.S.S. Gilles Wach: Institute of Foreign Missions, India: M.E. Institute of the Good Shepherd: I.B.P. Institute of Jesus the Priest: Blessed James Alberione: Pauline: 1959 Institute of Mary of the Annunciation: Blessed James Alberione: Pauline: 1958 Institute of Our Lady of Guadalupe for ...
The Family's four branches are the Society of Mary (Marianists) (S.M.), a religious institute of priests and religious brothers; the Daughters of Mary Immaculate (F.M.I., or also known as Marianist Sisters), an institute of religious sisters; the Alliance Mariale (A.M.), an historically all-female secular institute, composed of laypeople, who ...
Feb. 20—An archdiocese-maintained list of Catholic clergy members who have been deemed "credibly accused" of sexual abuse in Northern New Mexico parishes should also include others named by ...
The priest was George Matulaitis-Matulewicz, and at that time he was a professor at the Academy of Theology in St. Petersburg, Russia. Matulaitis had a profound understanding of the contributions and significance of religious life to society, although Catholic monasteries were being suppressed at that time.
He was preceded by the Healy brothers, Catholic priests who passed as White. John Francis Reuel Tolkien: 16 November 1917 – 22 January 2003 An English Roman Catholic priest and the eldest son of J. R. R. Tolkien. John Bannon: 29 December 1829 - 14 July 1913 An Irish Catholic Jesuit priest who served as a Confederate chaplain during the ...