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Between 1857 and 1862 ten more missionaries arrived in Oceania to help Perroton. They were all members of the "Third Order of Mary". They had a Rule, based on that of the Marist Fathers; a habit, a vow of obedience to the local Bishop, and were called "Sister", but not an official community of religious sisters. [2]
Missionary Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary - formerly known as the Missionary Canonesses of St. Augustine, these Belgian Sisters had convents at 437 West 47th Street and on Washington Square North in Manhattan (1927). In 1948, the sisters took over operation of the Queen's Daughters' Day Nursery in Yonkers, New York.
The branch of the “Marist Fathers” was founded by Jean-Claude Colin and approved by Rome on April 29, 1836 (at the same time as the Society of Mary itself). These are religious who have received priestly ordination (they are both religious and priests). Marist fathers live in community. These are educators and missionaries.
Scalabrinian Missionary Sisters (Missionary Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo) C.S. Blessed Giovanni Battista Scalabrini: Scalabrinian: 1895 Scarboro Foreign Mission Society: S.F.M. 1918 School Sisters of Christ the King: C.K. Bishop Glennon Patrick Flavin: 1976 School Sisters of Notre Dame: S.S.N.D. Mother Caroline Gerhardinger: 1833 School ...
The Marist Brothers are not clerics, but are devoted to educational work throughout the world and now conduct primary and secondary schools, academies, industrial schools, orphanages and retreat houses in 77 countries on five continents: Europe, Africa, America, Asia, and Oceania. The Marist Brothers have had ministries in over 100 different ...
The Sisters ran homes for the aged and the sick, orphanages and schools. Other women came to join them and eventually the canonesses in India separated from the monastery in Belgium and formed a new religious congregation, called the Missionary Canonesses of St. Augustine. The work began to grow and expand.
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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."