Missions

Missionary Cooperation (Cooperazione missionaria)

• Apostolic Work for the Missionary's Trousseau (OPERA APOSTOLICA PER IL CORREDO DEL MISSIONARIO) Vol. IX, p. 117
  APOSTOLIC WORK FOR THE MISSIONARY'S EQUIPMENT. - It originated in France in 1838 through the initiative of Marie Zoé Du Chesne, to send…
• Brignole Sale Negrone College (COLLEGIO BRIGNOLE SALE NEGRONE) Vol. III, p. 1144
  BRIGNOLE SALE NEGRONE COLLEGE. - It was founded in 1852 by the Marquis Antonio Brignole Sale together with his consort Artemisia Negrone,…
• Catholic Church Extension Society Vol. III, p. 675
  CATHOLIC CHURCH EXTENSION SOCIETY. - Its purpose is to promote the missions and missionary schools in the United States of America and in…
• Catholic Guild of Jews Vol. III, p. 675
  CATHOLIC GUILD OF JEWS. - Association erected in England on 19 Dec. 1917 to help the conversion of the Jews through prayer and through the…
• Catholic Truth Society Vol. III, p. 676
  CATHOLIC TRUTH SOCIETY. - It is an association of laypeople and priests for promoting the Catholic press among the faithful and for making…
• Custody of the Holy Land (CUSTODIA DI TERRA SANTA) Vol. IV, p. 650
  CUSTODY OF THE HOLY LAND. - An international body composed of Franciscans chosen from all parts of the world, which by the will of the…
• Fides International Agency (AGENZIA INTERNAZIONALE FIDES) Vol. I, p. 284
  FIDES INTERNATIONAL AGENCY. - A missionary information organ, established by the Superior General Council of the Pontifical Work for the…
• Friends of Missions (AMIS DES MISSIONS, LES) Vol. I, p. 661
  FRIENDS OF MISSIONS. - Association founded on 12 Dec. 1923, on the initiative of Georges Goyau and the Jesuit Father Piolet, for the…
• Leopoldinen-Stiftung (Leopoldinen-Missionsverein) Vol. VII, p. 712
  LEOPOLDINEN-STIFTUNG (Leopoldinen-Missionsverein). - The Leopoldine Foundation, or the Leopoldine Missionary Association, was founded in…
• Ludwig-Missionsverein Vol. VII, p. 990
  LUDWIG-MISSIONSVEREIN. - The "King Ludwig Missionary Association" was founded in 1838 by King Ludwig I of Bavaria, and in 1839 it joined…
• Missionary Cooperation (COOPERAZIONE MISSIONARIA) Vol. IV, p. 294
  MISSIONARY COOPERATION. - The faithful can cooperate in the propagation of the faith through prayer, through offerings, and by promoting…
• Missionary Union of the Clergy (UNIONE MISSIONARIA DEL CLERO) Vol. XII, p. 523
  MISSIONARY UNION OF THE CLERGY. - The distant origins of the U. M. d. C. are indistinguishable from the history of the apostolate, which…
• Octave of Prayer for the Unity of the Church (OTTAVA DI PREGHIERE PER L'UNITÀ DELLA CHIESA) Vol. IX, p. 293
  OCTAVE OF PRAYER FOR THE UNITY OF THE CHURCH. - A pious practice instituted by Fr. Paul James Wattson (v.), in 1908, while he was still a…
• Pontifical Missionary Works (OPERE PONTIFICIE MISSIONARIE) Vol. IX, p. 123
  OPERE PONTIFICIE MISSIONARIE. - I. LEGAL NATURE. - The P. O. M. [Pontifical Missionary Works] are pious associations (v.) of the faithful…
• Roman Conference of Catholic African Missions (CONFERENZA ROMANA DELLE MISSIONI CATTOLICHE AFRICANE) Vol. IV, p. 143
  ROMAN CONFERENCE OF MISSIO- NI CATTOLICHE AFRICANE. - Per rispondere alla domanda di cooperazione dell'International A- frican Institute di…
• Xaveriusverein Vol. XII, p. 1065
  XAVERIUSVEREIN. - The first alms for the work of the Propagation of the Faith, founded in 1822 in Lyon, were collected in Germany from…