Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. V, 1950 Religious orders

Sons of the Holy Family

FIGLI DELLA SACRA FAMIGLIA

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Also known as: Spanish: Hijos de la Sagrada Familia

CHILDREN OF THE HOLY FAMILY - Church of the Holy Family, architect Antonio Gaudi (1882) - Barcelona.

SONS OF THE HOLY FAMILY. - Religious congregation founded at Tremp in Spain by G. Mañanet y Vives in 1864, for the spread of devotion to the Holy Family and for the safeguarding of the Christian and social principles of the family. The same Mañanet established, for the identical purpose, the "Daughters of the Holy House of Nazareth." The new Congregation, approved by the Holy See on 22 June 1901, spread mainly in Catalonia, and within it arose the pious practice of the "Domiciliary Visit of the Holy Family," which today numbers more than 2,500,000 members. Having also spread to America and Italy, it today has 20 houses with about 160 religious.

Magino Morera

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By Magino Morera

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V (1950), col. 1255.

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Morera, Magino. “Figli della Sacra Famiglia.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, col. 1255. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/figli-della-sacra-famiglia.

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Morera, Magino. “Figli della Sacra Famiglia.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, col. 1255. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/figli-della-sacra-famiglia.

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@incollection{ec5_figli_della_sacra_famiglia,
  author    = {Morera, Magino},
  title     = {Figli della Sacra Famiglia},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {V},
  pages     = {1255},
  note      = {Cited by column},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1950},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/figli-della-sacra-famiglia}
}

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