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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."
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.
The Society of Mary (Latin: Societas Mariæ), better known under the name Marist, is a religious congregation under pontifical right. Born in Cerdon (France) under the leadership of Jean-Claude Colin , the Society of Mary was recognized by an apostolic brief on April 29, 1836 and is made up of several branches (fathers, brothers, sisters, third ...
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.
In New York, meanwhile, a Catholic millionaire from Orange County led an event that seemed a throwback to the church of the 1950s: Priests in ornate vestments marched down Broadway with a police ...
After establishing the first community of religious Sisters in the diocese in 1817, the Sisters began to staff dozens of parochial schools, the College of Mount St. Vincent, the now-closed Elizabeth Seton College in Yonkers, the New York Foundling Hospital and former St. Vincent Catholic Medical Centers in Manhattan and Staten Island.
Each new priest will serve at a different parish or parish family. The assignments are as follows: The Rev. Brice Berger: C3 Family of Parishes. St. Francis de Sales Parish, Lebanon.
Maryville University (St. Louis, Missouri) – renounced affiliation with the Catholic Church in 1972; Medical College of Wisconsin (Milwaukee, Wisconsin) – formerly Marquette University College of Medicine; Mercy University (Dobbs Ferry, New York) - renounced affiliation with the Catholic Church in the 1970’s.