Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. XI, 1953 Religious orders

Society for the Foreign Missions of the United States of America

SOCIETÀ PER LE MISSIONI ESTERE DEGLI STATI UNITI D'AMERICA

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Also known as: Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America, Maryknoll Fathers and Brothers

SOCIETY FOR THE FOREIGN MISSIONS OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA (MARYKNOLL). - Founded on 27 April 1911 by the episcopate of the United States of America and authorized by Bl. Pius X on 29 June of the same year.

The co-founders were Fr. James A. Walsh (1867-1936), who later became titular bishop of Sion and first superior general of the Society, and Fr. Thomas F. Price (1860-1919), who began the work at Hawthorne (New York) and on 18 Sept. 1912 moved to Ossining (New York), which they called Maryknoll.

The S. received the decree of praise on 15 July 1915. In 1917 the first missionaries set out for China. Today the missionaries are to be found in Africa, China, Japan, Korea, the Philippines, Bolivia, Chile, Peru. The Constitutions were definitively approved on 7 May 1939. The members are 477 priests, 81 clerics, 86 brothers.

Bibliography

BIBL.: G. C. Powers, The Maryknoll Movement, Maryknoll (New York) 1920.

Giorgio Federico Heintzmann

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

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Heinzmann, Giorgio Federico. “Società Per Le Missioni Estere degli Stati Uniti d'America (Di Maryknoll).” 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-per-le-missioni-estere-degli-stati-uniti-d-america-di-maryknoll.

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Heinzmann, Giorgio Federico. “Società Per Le Missioni Estere degli Stati Uniti d'America (Di Maryknoll).” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. XI, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1953, p. 523. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/societa-per-le-missioni-estere-degli-stati-uniti-d-america-di-maryknoll.

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@incollection{ec11_societa_per_le_missioni_estere,
  author    = {Heinzmann, Giorgio Federico},
  title     = {Società Per Le Missioni Estere degli Stati Uniti d'America (Di Maryknoll)},
  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-per-le-missioni-estere-degli-stati-uniti-d-america-di-maryknoll}
}

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