Society of Saint Joseph of Mill Hill for Foreign Missions

SOCIETÀ DI SAN GIUSEPPE DI MILL HILL PER LE MISSIONI ESTERE

Volume XI · p. 523 · 1953 · Religious Orders

English translation · Testo originale italiano

Also known as: Mill Hill Fathers, Mill Hill Missionaries

SOCIETY OF SAINT JOSEPH OF MILL HILL FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS. - It was begun on 19 March 1866 by Herbert Vaughan (v.) at Mill Hill near London, with the purpose of preparing priests for the missions.

The first missionaries set out on 17 Nov. 1871. It is a Society without vows, whose members are bound by oath and devote themselves to the foreign missions. It received the decree of praise on 28 Jan. 1897, and was definitively approved on 22 Apr. 1908. The Constitutions were modified on 20 May 1935.

BIBL.: sources

M. E. Herbert, A short history and origin and progress of St. Joseph's Society of the Sacred Heart for foreign Missions and of the foreign Missionary College at Mill Hill, London 1901. Saverio Paventi

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI (1953), p. 523.

More by Saverio Paventi: Society of Saint Columban for the Chinese Missions · Society for Foreign Missions of Quebec · Scarboro Foreign Mission Society · Society of African Missions · Swiss Society for Foreign Missions of Bethlehem

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Paventi, Saverio. “Società Di San Giuseppe Di Mill Hill Per Le Missioni Estere.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, p. 523. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953. https://azioneromana.com/article/societa-di-san-giuseppe-di-mill-hill-per-le-missioni-estere.

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Paventi, Saverio. “Società Di San Giuseppe Di Mill Hill Per Le Missioni Estere.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, p. 523. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/societa-di-san-giuseppe-di-mill-hill-per-le-missioni-estere.

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@incollection{ec11_societa_di_san_giuseppe_di_mil,
  author    = {Paventi, Saverio},
  title     = {Società Di San Giuseppe Di Mill Hill Per Le Missioni Estere},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {XI},
  publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
  address   = {Città del Vaticano},
  year      = {1953},
  url       = {https://azioneromana.com/article/societa-di-san-giuseppe-di-mill-hill-per-le-missioni-estere}
}