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The society was founded officially on St Patrick's Day, 17 March 1932 by Monsignor Patrick Whitney (1894 - 1942) at Kiltegan, County Wicklow, Ireland. Its original aim was the Christian evangelization of Nigeria. In 1951, the society expanded its missionary activities outside of Nigeria. [2]
Templepatrick, County Antrim (from Irish Teampall Phádraig, meaning 'Patrick's church') [152] St Patrick's Hill, Liverpool, on old maps of the town near to the former location of "St Patrick's Cross" [153] Parroquia San Patricio y Espiritu Santo. Loiza, Puerto Rico. The site was initially mentioned in 1645 as a chapel.
Monsignor Patrick Joseph Whitney (1894–1942), was an Irish priest who in 1932 founded the Saint Patrick’s Society for the Foreign Missions [1] known as the Kiltegan Fathers. Whitney was born in Ballyfermoyle, between Keadue and Lough Key in County Roscommon , on the borders with County Sligo and County Leitrim .
But after eight days of being stranded in Haiti, Cinotti, a Christian missionary from Jacksonville, felt the unsanctioned rescue mission led by Project Dynamo, a nonprofit group, was her only way out.
According to the Library of Congress, St. Patrick's Day is “an Irish and Irish-American holiday commemorating the death, as legend has it, of Patrick, the patron saint of Ireland, on March 17 ...
1836 Colonial Missionary Society a.k.a. Commonwealth Missionary Society; 1840 Irish Presbyterian Missionary Society; 1840 Welsh Calvinistic Methodist Missionary Society; 1841 Colonial Bishoprics Fund; 1841 Edinburgh Medical Missionary Society; 1843 British Society for the Propagation of the Gospel Among the Jews; 1843 Free Church of Scotland ...
The missionary, whose family runs a bakery in Jacksonville Beach, Florida, was among the 13 people evacuated from Haiti over the weekend with the help of U.S. Rep. Cory Mills.
The Roman Catholic St Patrick's Missionary Society, known as the Kiltegan Fathers, has its mother house at High Park 2 km from the village. Kiltegan won the Irish Tidy Towns Competition in 1973. [5] The village is also home to Kiltegan GAA club, which also includes players from the nearby sister village of Rathdangan. Kiltegan GAA club fields ...