Also known as:
Fathers Sacramentines, Congregation of the Blessed Sacrament;
Italian: Padri Sacramentini, Sacramentini;
Latin: Societas Sanctissimi Sacramenti
PRIESTS OF THE MOST HOLY SACRAMENT. - A religious congregation commonly called the Fathers Sacramentines (S.S.S.), founded in Paris on 13 May 1856 by Bl. Peter Julian Eymard (v.), approved by the Holy See on 8 May 1863 and then definitively on 8 May 1895.
It is composed of priests and of lay brothers; the novitiate lasts two years, and after three years of temporary vows renewed annually, perpetual profession is made. The purpose of the Congregation is the perpetual adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament and the eucharistic apostolate. It is not only contemplative but also active, although its external apostolate is subordinate to the personal obligation that each religious assumes of participating in the perpetual adoration of the Most Blessed Sacrament solemnly exposed in their churches by day and by night. The Congregation, which during the founder's lifetime numbered five houses, currently (1952) numbers 1331 members distributed among 71 houses and 13 provinces or vice-provinces scattered across Europe, the Americas, Australia and Africa.
The principal works of the Congregation are: for the clergy: the priest adorers (with more than 100,000 enrolled) and the League for Frequent and Daily Communion; for the faithful: the aggregation of the Most Blessed Sacrament in its threefold grouping: simple aggregation and guard of honor, eucharistic fraternity, eucharistic weeks.
It publishes eucharistic journals intended for the clergy and the faithful; it preaches sacred retreats especially to priests and in seminaries, organizes nocturnal and daytime adoration and eucharistic congresses.
Bibliography4 worksE. Couet, La part de notre Congrégation dans l'institution des Congrès eucarist. internat., Rome 1933; C. de Keiser, Les Prêtres du Très St
BIBL.: E. Couet, La part de notre Congrégation dans l'institution des Congrès eucarist. internat., Rome 1933; C. de Keiser, Les Prêtres du Très St Sacrement, Paris 1939; F. Goyer, Un Sauveur au vingtième siècle, Montreal 1949; H. Evers, L'aggrégation du Très St Sacrement, ibid. 1951.
Missaglia, Giuseppe. “Sacerdoti del S.Mo Sacramento.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, col. 1531. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/sacerdoti-del-s-mo-sacramento.
MLA
Missaglia, Giuseppe. “Sacerdoti del S.Mo Sacramento.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. X, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, col. 1531. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/sacerdoti-del-s-mo-sacramento.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec10_sacerdoti_del_s_mo_sacramento,
author = {Missaglia, Giuseppe},
title = {Sacerdoti del S.Mo Sacramento},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {X},
pages = {1531},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1953},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/sacerdoti-del-s-mo-sacramento}
}
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