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RELIGIOUS VOCATION MANUAL 

FOR 

YOUNG MEN 

COMPILED 

BY 

T H E CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY CONFERENCE 

OF 

CLERICS AND RELIGIOUS 

OF 

T H E CATHOLIC STUDENTS MISSION CRUSADE 

1948 



Imprimi potest 

John B. Wuest, O.F.M. 

Praeses 

Nihil obstat 

Roderick P. Wheeler, O.F.M. 

Censor deputatus 

Imprimatur 

•JH Patrick A. O'Boyle 

Archbishop of Washington 

March 25, 1948 

COPYRIGHT 1948 

The Academy Press 

Cover Design by Hugh J. Brown 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS 

Page 

Dedication 'ifflftfe'. " —- -- •'• vi 

His Holiness, Pope Pius XII I viii 

The Most Rev. Amleto G. Cicognani, D.D. 
Archbishop of Laodicea 
Apostolic Delegate to the United States of America x 

The Most Rev. Patrick A. O'Boyle, D.D. 

Archbishop of Washington 
General Chairman of the Catholic University Conference of 

of Clerics and Religious, CSMC xii 

Acknowledgements - - xiv 

Foreword ' fci —iyi§»8i8S,...._ - xv 

Prefatory Note I xvii 

Diocesan Clergy ll„._. l.^ylfcU 1 

Religious Institutes 

Listed alphabetically according to popular name -• JPjp' 3 

Appendix: Addresses of Directors of Vocations 156 

Index of Religious Institutes Alphabetical according to proper initials — X<55 



To Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception 

Patroness of the United States of America 

This Work is Humbly Dedicated 

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". . . Ill your country there prevails a thriving life which 
the grace of the Holy Spirit has brought to flower in the 
inner sanctuaries of your hearts; . . . and many heeding 
the Divine Voice that calls them to the ideals of a higher life 
receive the priesthood or embrace the religious state." 

Pius XII, Encyclical Letter, 
"Sertum Laetitiae," Nov. 1, 
1939. (issued on the occasion 
of the 150th anniversary of 
the establishment of the 
American hierarchy). 

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THE MOST REVEREND AMLETO G. CICOGNANI, D.D. 

ARCHBISHOP OF LAODICEA 
APOSTOLIC DELEGATE TO THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA 





THE MOST REVEREND PATRICK A. O'BOYLE, D.D. 

ARCHBISHOP OF WASHINGTON 
GENERAL CHAIRMAN OF THE CATHOLIC UNIVERSITY 

CONFERENCE OF CLERICS AND RELIGIOUS, C.S.M.C. 

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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 

The Catholic University Conference of Clerics and Religious wishes 
to acknowledge its gratitude to the following: 

The Most Reverend Apostolic Delegate, for his kindness in writ-
ing the foreword. 

The members of the hierarchy of the United States who have 
helped and encouraged the Conference, and in particular the 
Most Rev. Patrick A. O'Boyle, D.D. and the Most Rev. Tohn 
M. McNamara, D.D. 

The Superiors of the religious Institutes herein treated, for their 
generous cooperation in making this booklet possible. 

The National Office of the Catholic Students' Mission Crusade 
and the National Society for the Propagation of the Faith, for 
advice and assistance. 

The Academy Press, for invaluable help in bringing this work 
to completion. 

Finally, the Conference wishes to pay grateful tribute to the 
memory of the Most Reverend Michael J. Curley, D.D., late 
Archbishop of Baltimore-Washington, founder of the Conference, 
under whose kind patronage this work was undertaken. 

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HO D E ^ 0 i 
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA. 

N ? 4 4 6 / 4 1 
THIS NO.SHOULD BE PREFIXED TO THE ANSWER 

It is a pleasure to present and recommend this vocation 
manual to the Catholic young men of the United States who 
are contemplating the dedication of their lives to the service 
of God in the secular priesthood or a religious community. 

While the basic concept of religious vocation lies in the 
words of the Divine Master, "You have not chosen me, but 
I have chosen you . . ." (John 15, 16), nonetheless it is 
incumbent on the young man who wishes to enter religious 
life or the diocesan priesthood to make himself acquainted 
with the many variations of such priestly and religious ser-
vice which have flourished in the Church through the cen-
turies. Thus a young man may select the particular form 
of religious life which is most in keeping with his personal 
talents and aspirations, and so the better fulfill the mandate„ 
of Christ, our High Priest, "I have appointed you that you 
should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain." 
(John 15,16). 

This manual, diligently prepared by the Catholic Univer-
sity Conference of Clerics and Religious of the Catholic 
Students' Mission Crusade, adequately explains the origin 
and purpose, the life and general work of the secular clergy 
and of seventy-seven religious institutes of men now work-
ing in the United States. 

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May it be widely known by our Catholic youth; may it 
help to lead them to the sanctuary of the Lord, where serving 
in diversified fields they will enjoy those heavenly benedic-
tions which Christ invoked upon His Apostles on the eve of 
His passion and death: "Holy Father, keep in thy name those 
whom thou hast given me, that they may be one even as we 
are." (John 15,16). 

I am confident that this booklet will be read under a super-
natural light, and thus it too will be a bearer of that force 
and comfort which, in the words of St. Paul, Jesus Christ 
himself provides for his chosen ones, and for which they will 
be grateful to God throughout their lives: "I give thanks to 
Christ Jesus Our Lord, who has strengthened me, because 
he counted me trustworthy in making me his minister" 
(I Timothy 1,12). 

Archbishop of Laodicea 

Apostolic Delegate to the United States of America. 

January 16, 1948. 

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PREFATORY NOTE 

This manual has been compiled by the Conference with a view 
to making an ordered presentation of as many fields of priestly and 
religious work as possible. The work of the diocesan clergy is 
treated first; then follows a treatment of individual religious In-
stitutes with their specific tasks, arranged in alphabetical order. 
Since each article was submitted to the Conference by authority 
of a major superior of the particular Institute concerned, the in-
formation may be considered as accurate as possible. 

Any reader of this booklet who wishes further information about 
a particular Institute should feel ,no hesitation in writing to the 
proper Director of Vocations, whose address may be found in the 
Appendix. Each Director will be glad to give this additional infor-
mation. Furthermore, such a request does not oblige the applicant in 
any way. 

It is the prayer of the Conference that this booklet may be the 
instrument of God's grace in leading more and more laborers to 
the vineyard of the Lord. 

The Catholic University Conference of Clerics 

and Religious of the 

Catholic Students' Mission Crusade 

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DIOCESAN PRIESTHOOD 

Sometimes he is called a diocesan priest, sometimes a secular priest. He is a 
priest who is ordained by the bishop of a particular diocese for work in that diocese. 
The work may be anything that the bishop appoints him to do. He may be appointed 
a hospital chaplain, to care for the sick; or he may be appointed an official of the 
diocese, to help carry on the business of the diocese. He may be placed in charge of 
some diocesan activity,—the guild for the blind, or the youth organization, for 
example. The usual and, indeed, the most important work of the secular priest, 
however, is the parish ministry. He is appointed by the bishop to take charge of a 
parish as a pastor or to assist a pastor with the work in his congregation. 

The duties of a parish priest, pastor, or assistant, are many; and they vary from 
parish to parish. The first duty of a parish priest is to take care of the spiritual 
needs of the people living within the boundaries of the parish to which he is 
appointed. He celebrates Mass daily, gives instructions at the Sunday Masses, hears 
confessions at convenient times, takes the Sacraments to the sick, baptizes children, 
instructs converts. They may also have the supervision of the parish school or of 
various societies in the parish. 

In some parishes, a diocesan priest may be called upon to bring about reconciliations 
between laboring men and their employers, or to help alleviate distress caused by un-
employment, sickness, or poverty. In other parishes, a priest-may have to provide 
programs and facilities for the overcoming of juvenile delinquency. In still others, 
he may have to fight the lukewarmness that wealth and financial security sometimes 
bring into the lives of the well-to-do. 

N o matter where he is located, the diocesan priest has to be the sharer of secrets, 
the carrier of burdens, the fountain of consolation, and the pillar of strength. Soli-
tary, he is called father by thousands; poor, he enriches the lives of thousands; weak, 
he gives strength to thousands; unimportant, he does things each day whose im-
portance cannot be told in any tongue on earth. He is never too busy to hear 
another's sorrows; often too busy to realize his own burdens. He is a twenty-four-
hour-a-day man. He is called from his dinner; wakened from his sleep; disturbed at 
his prayers. He is at the beck and call of any of his people. He is the target of 
God's enemies, the magnet of God's needy. Occasionally, he attracts attention; but 
usually, he works unnoticed and unacclaimed while he does the noblest work on 
earth—keeps Christ in the lives of his people. 





AFRICAN MISSION FATHERS (S.M.A.) 

Society of African Missions 

The Society of African Missions was founded in France in 1865 by Bishop Mel-
chior Marie-Joseph de Marion Bresillac, who with his entire group of missionaries 
met death in the first few weeks of the apostolate in West Africa. The task of con-
tinuing the noble work fell to a young priest, Father Augustine Planque, who had re-
mained to organize the work in Europe. He is known as the co-founder of the 
Society. 

The Society is a Pontifical Society of priests and lay Brothers who are ready and 
willing to devote themselves to the conversion of the Negroes in Africa and elsewhere. 

Placed under the protection of the Cardinal Prefect of the Sacred Congregation 
of Propaganda and governed by a Superior-General in Rome, the Society has many 
priests and a still larger number of student candidates preparing for the priesthood 
in Ireland, France, Holland, England and America. 

Its missionaries labor among twenty-two million souls in West Africa and Egypt, 
and already have won over five hundred thousand converts to the Church. 

In recent years a United States Provincial branch has been established for the 
benefit and opportunity of American candidates. A house of theological studies at 
Washington, D. C., and a juniorate and novitiate at Dedham, Mass., provide train-
ing and educational facilities for aspirants. The Society's mission magazine, The 
African Angelus, is published at 23 Bliss Avenue, Tenafly. N. J. 

The special field of the American branch is the Negro republic of Liberia. Amer-
icans should be interested in Liberia, because the Negro Republic was fouhded by 
immigrants from the United States, and in 1833 the Second Council of Baltimore 
endeavored to supply it with missionary priests. 

The Society has for its chief aim the sanctification of its members and is pledged 
to accept any mission, however difficult, entrusted to it by the Holy See, thus chal-
lenging the best energies of the highest type of American youth. It is the hope of the. 
Society that many American young men will follow Christ in this very special way. 

Aspirants to the African Mission Society should have moral, physical, and intel-
lectual qualifications meeting the standards of a candidate for the priesthood in the 
United States. 

The Society takes pride in and inspiration from the fact that it has been the ob-
ject of commendation and prophecy. His Holiness, Pope Pius XII, on hearing of 
the fate of the founder and his first group of missionaries, stated that, "A work thus 
begun shall never perish." And on the same occasion St. John Vianney, Curé D'Ars, 
prophecied that the Society would grow and prosper. The saintly Pope, Pius X, on 
hearing of the toll of S.M.A. missionaries, declared, "Truly they are martyrs." His 
Excellency, Archbishop Cushing declared, "No Society has given more in blood and 
sacrifice than this missionary Society." 

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ALEXIAN BROTHERS (C.F.A.) 

Congregation of the Cellites or Alexian Brothers 

The Congregation of Alexian Brothers, the oldest religious nursing Order of men 
extant, dates its foundation back to the early fourteenth century, when a group of 
pious laymen banded together at Mechlin, Brabant, Germany, to combat the misery 
and desolation left in the wake of Bubonic Plague. 

In the course of years foundations were established in Germany, France, Belgium, 
England, Ireland, Switzerland and the United States. In 1866, the first house of the 
American Province was founded at Chicago, 111., which is now the largest privately 
owned hospital for men and boys in the United States. Also included in the Amer-
ican Province are general hospitals at St. Louis, Mo. and Elizabeth, N.J., retreats 
for nervous and mental patients at Oshkosh, Wis., a mountain resort for gentlemen 
at Signal Mountain, Tenn.; the postulate at Signal Mountain and the novitiate 
house at Clayton, Mo. 

The Congregation i» unique amongst religious Orders in that it has never de-
viated from its original mission, which today includes nursing men and boys, rich and 
poor, regardless of creed or color; operating general and specific hospitals and other 
retreats for men and boys; and conducting schools of nursing for secular, as well as 
religious, men students. 

Since the Brothers themselves staff and supervise every department of their modern 
institutions, it is necessary that they be well trained in every branch of service. Pro-
fessed Brothers usually take a three year course in professional nursing leading to 
State Registration. After becoming Registered Nurses, some Brothers specialize in 
ward-teaching and bedside nursing; some Brothers specialize in theoretical instruc-
tions; others in particular phases of hospital work as operating room supervision, 
anesthesia, pharmacy, clinicaL laboratory, physio-therapy and X-ray. Brothers who 
prefer or who are better adapted to occupations more remotely connected with the 
sickward, usually specialize in such institutional work as bookkeeping, secretarial 
work, engineering, mechanics, cooking, baking, library work, painting, or carpentry. 

During the postulancy, a six months term in preparation for the reception of the 
religious habit, the postulants live in common with the Brothers and gain an in-
sight into the conventual life. During the novitiate, which lasts two full years, the 
novice continues with greater intensity the period of study and prayers necessary to 
become a member of the Congregation. Beginning with the investiture of the holy 
habit, it is concluded with the profession of the simple vows of religion—-poverty, 
chastity, and obedience. After five years of temporary vows, the Brothers are per-
mitted to make life or perpetual profession. 

Young men of good will, good health, and good character, who are free from im-
pediments or obligations, are invited to enter the Congregation and may obtain a copy 
of Modern Samaritans, an illustrated booklet depicting the various phases of the 
Alex in Brothers' life, by writing to the Director of Postulants. 

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ASSUMPTIONISTS (A.A.) ; 

Augustinians of the Assumption 

Bmanuel d'Alzon was the scion of a noble French family. After his ordination 
in Rome, he was made Vicar General of the Diocese of Nimes. Throughout France, 
his influence on Catholic thought and action was widespread. Five times he de-
clined the episcopate. 

In the Congregation which he founded in 1845, he taught his followers to seek 
spiritual vigor not in the individualistic piety of the age, but in the monastic prac-
tices of the ancient Orders. He adopted particularly the rule and habit of St. 
Augustine, and insisted on the daily choral recitation of the Canonical Office. 

But these monks were not to be cloistered. He wished them to meet the 
Church's enemies on all fronts with weapons similar to theirs—modern ones, such 
as journalism. "Hence," to quote Pope Pius XII, Protector of the Order, "came 
rhose bold initiatives either in the educational field, where Father d'Alzon initiated, 
in a period so arduous for the freedom of education, the organization of the Catholic 
Institutes, while, with a most enlightened sense of Christian pedagogy, he founded 
colleges and alumnates, through which youth furnish the clergy, both secular and 
regular, with precious recruits, or in the field of missions and social works . . . or 
again in the fields of pilgrimages . . . or in those various cultural institutions set 
up in the heart of the Christian Middle East, for the return of Schismatics to the 
unity of the Church, or yet in the much disputed field of Catholic journalism with 
the 'Bonne Presse' and its many off-shoots, which will not be the least splendid 
gem in the Assumptionist crown." The "Bonne Presse" publishes two dozen peri-
odicals, a large number of books, and the celebrated French daily La Croix. 

To fight human respect, to make Christians practice their religion openly, to 
unite Catholics for a common defense, to rebuild society on a Christian basis, and 
to foster better relations between its different classes are the aspirations of these 
Fathers. The Assumptionists have formed various societies and launched crusades of 
prayers and other enterprises such as pilgrimages to the Holy Land, Rome, Lourdes, 
etc. 

Alarmed by their influence, the French government dissolved the Order in 1900. 
But the temporary persecution in France only served to hasten its development 
abroad. It is now divided into seven provinces, with colleges, parishes, missions, 
and other works throughout five continents, in twenty-three countries, including 
Russia, where before the Revolution it had set up six Catholic centers and where 
the only Catholic priest now allowed to officiate is an American Assumptionist. 

In its North American Province, the Congregation already offers opportunities 
for educational, parochial, and missionary work. The priests are helped by lay 
Brothers, who are numerous among the Assumptionists and render invaluable serv-
ices in all fields of the apostolate. Simple vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience 
are taken annually for three years, then perpetually. 

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ATONEMENT FRIARS, or GRAYMOOR FRIARS (S. A.) 

Franciscan Friars of the Atonement 

The Franciscan Friars of the Atonement, or the Atonement Friars, a branch of the 
Third Order Regular of St. Francis of Assisi were founded by the late Father Paul 
James Francis, S.A. (d. 1940) at Graymoor, Garrison, New York. On October 
30, 1909 the Friars, as well as their companion Community, the Sisters of the Atone-
ment, were received into the Catholic Church, having been an Anglican community 
for ten years, and on June 16, 1910 Father Paul was ordained to the priesthood. 
Since this time the Community has expanded under the impulse of divine grace so 
that it now has houses in various parts of the United States, in Canada, and in Rome. 

The principal aims of the Friars as stated by their Constitutions are: "1. To unite 
in a common life men who aspire after perfection by the profession of the three vows 
of poverty, chastity and obedience; 2. To form its members into a Missionary Apostol-
ate whose sacrificial motive shall be: Omnia pro Christo et Salute Hominum (All 
for Christ and the Salvation of Men) and to this end the Franciscan Friars of the 
Atonement will devote themselves to the work of (1) reconciling sinners to God 
through the Precious Blood; (2) winning non-Catholics to the obedience of St. Peter: 
(3) the conversion of the heathen." 

In the pursuit of these aims the Friars propagate the Church Unity Octave of which 
Father Paul was the founder; they maintain St. Christopher's Inne at Graymoor, a 
home for homeless men; they direct their own press and the publishing of 
literature from Peekskill, New York; they foster the Ave Maria Hour, a radio 
dramatization of the lives of the saints, and they go as mission preachers to parishes 
throughout the country. The missionary labors of the Friars are among the people of 
Texas, among the colored and whites in North Carolina, and among the Japanese of 
western Canada. 

The Congregation embraces priests and lay Brothers, both of whom are necessary 
for the missionary development of the Friars. Vows are temporary for a period of 
three years, at the end of which they are made for life. The rule is that of the Third 
Order Regular of St. Francis, supplemented by Constitutions proper to the Atone-
ment Friars. 

In their devotion to the Mother of God the Friars honor Mary under the special 
title of Our Lady of the Atonement. This feast occurs July 9, with a proper Mass and 
Office. Through the power of Mary's intercession as the Mother of Christ and the 
Mediatrix of all grace, the Friars seek to spread the message of Christ's Atonement 
throughout the wprld and so bring to fulfillment the prayer He uttered the night 
before His supreme sacrifice on the Cross: "That they all may be one as Thou Father 
in Me and I in Thee, that they also may be one in Us, that the world may believe 
that Thou hast sent Me" (John 17:21). Such was the ideal of Father Paul in 
working for the unity of all men in Jesus Christ and such an ideal his sons strive 
to live and to preach in their ministration to the souls of men. 

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AUGUSTINIANS (O.S.A.) 

Order of Hermits of St. Augustine 

The Augustinian Order, one of the four great Mendicant Orders, is engaged 
throughout the world in leading souls to Christ. This is accomplished mainly throuch 
education, parochial work, and missions, home and foreign. Thus, in the United 
States and Cuba it conducts one university, two colleges, and nine high schools; it 
cares for souls in thirty-five parishes; and two mission bands are engaged in preaching 
missions, retreats, novenas, and other spiritual exercises. Throughout the centuries, the 
Augustinian Order has made notable contributions to all the various works of the 
Church. Augustinians have gained distinction in the speculative sciences, and in the 
practical sciences, as teachers, preachers, and missionaries. 

The Augustinian Order derives its origin from the monastery founded by the fam 
ous Doctor of the Church, St. Augustine of Hippo, in 388 at Tagaste, Africa. The 
various groups of religious descending from this foundation and following the Rule 
of St. Augustine were united by Pope Alexander IV in 1256 to form the modern 
Mendicant Order, which has retained the name "Hermit" in its title to show its 
continuity with the ancient groups. 

True to its tradition and the spirit of the Holy Founder, the Augustinian Ordei 
seeks to combine both the active and contemplative life. The Constitutions of the Or-
der direct the members to strive zealously after their personal sanctification by the 
practice of the interior life, and to labor tirelessly in the active ministry for the sal-, 
vation of souls. Led by St. Augustine, and following such fellow Augustinians as 
St. Nicholas of Tolentine, St. Thomas of Villanova, and St. Rita of Cascia, the Aus. 
ustinian Friar seeks to develop a strong personal love for Christ, a deep filial de-
votion to Mary, Mother of Good Counsel, and to be motivated in all his works by a 
burning love for God and souls. Study, too, has a prominent part in his life, for h--
is a son of one of the greatest doctors of the church. 

There are two preparatory seminaries in this country: Augustinian Academy, 
Staten Island, N.Y., and St. Monica Seminary, Oconomowoc, Wis. The novitiate, 
dedicated to Our Mother of Good Counsel, is located on the Hudson River near 
New Hamberg, N.Y. The house of philosophy is at St. Mary's Hall, Villanova, Pa., 
and the house of theology at Augustinian College, Washington, D.C. 

Besides the American Provinces, the Augustinian Order is represented in the 
United States by the German Vicariate of Our Mother of Good Consolation and the 
Italian Vice-Province of Good Counsel. 





BASILIAN FATHERS (C.S.B.) 

Congregation of Priests of Saint Basil of Toronto 

The Basilian Fathers are a Congregation of priests whose beginnings go back 
to the French Revolution and who were first organized as a religious society at 
Annonay, France, on November 21, 1822. The first Basilian to come to America, 
Father Patrick Moloney, landed at New York on September 4, 1850. Two years 
later the first Basilian school in America, St. Michael's College, was opened at 
Toronto, Canada. In 1922 the Holy See, at the request of the Basilians in France, 
separated the two Provinces into distinct Congregations: The Congregation of 
Priests of St. Basil of Toronto, and the Congregation of Priests of St. Basil of the 
Diocese of Viviers. 

The Congregation has grown rapidly during the past twenty-five years. Today 
there are nearly four times as many priests, seven times as many scholastics, and 
eight times as many novices, as there were in 1922. ' 

The principal work of the Basilian Fathers is the education of youth. In the 
United States the Congregation has charge of a Catholic Central School for Boys, 
Detroit, Mich.; St. Thomas High School, Houston, Tex.; and Aquinas Institute, 
Rochester, N.Y. Also in 1922 1 the Congregation began university work in 
Houston, Tex. The registration of these three schools was over three thousand in 
1946-1947. 

From the arrival of the first Basilian in 1850 the Congregation has also engaged 
in parochial work. The oldest inland Church in the country with continuous re-
cords, St. Anne's Detroit <1701), is now served by Basilians. In addition they have 
St. Anne's Parish, Houston, with its mission church of St. Michael. At Rosenberg, 
Tex., they have built up a Spanish-speaking mission center for Mexicans to which 
are attached ten missions. This home mission is supported by the mission units of 
Basilian schools and parishes and by the Society for the Propagation of the Faith. 

The Congregation of St. Basil is exclusively a clerical Community. No lay 
Brothers are. received. Candidates must possess piety, good health, and talent suf-
ficient to obtain a university degree. A boy who has an attraction for the Basilian 
manner of life makes application for admission to the Superior General through 
the Basilian House nearest to him. If he is accepted he will be sent to St. Basil's 
Novitiate, Rochester, N.Y. As a novice he spends one entire year laying the 
foundations of his religious life. At the end of this year he takes the three vows of 
obedience, chastity, and poverty. During the following years as a scholastic he 
prepares for ordination and his life's work by completing a university course, 
qualifying as a teacher and studying sacred theology. Young priests are encouraged 
to study for advanced degrees and those destined for university work are sent to lead-
ing centers of learning on the continent and abroad. 

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BENEDICTINE FATHERS (O.S.B.) 

Order of Saint Benedict 

The lamented bombing of Monte Cassino destroyed more than a mere building, 
for like every Benedictine abbey, Monte Cassino was a home. Life in such a monas-
tery is essentially a family life. The monks, Fathers and Brothers, are united to their 
Abbot, or father, and with one another not only by the supernatural bond of their 
vows, but by a natural affection that springs from common work and mutual coop-
eration in the service of Christ. 

This plan-of life is undoubtedly practical: it has stood the test of fourteen cen-
turies and still continues to exert a mighty influence on the Christian world. Al-
though St. Benedict had originally planned a solitary life of prayer and penance, the 
needs of the Church prompted him to gather together a family of monks at Monte 
Cassino. This monastery was the first of many Benedictine foundations which 
taught and civilized the savage tribes that moved into central Europe from the north. 
By their example and teaching, the monks taught these people to settle down, to cul-
tivate the land, to read and write, and to pray. The modern world, in fact, owes 
much of its knowledge, most of its records of the past, and a great deal of its art and 
music to these saintly guardians of learning and truth during the Dark Ages. 

By this balanced program of prayer and work, the Benedictines of today carry on 
the same educational, cultural, and missionary activity. In the United States, most of 
the abbeys are engaged in education of the young in high schools, colleges, and sem-
inaries. The traditional location of these abbeys in rural districts permits the monks 
to carry on a certain amount of farming, .which is their custom, while it enables the 
priests, on a more limited scale, to assist with parish work in the churches of the 
neighboring cities. 

But Benedictine work from its very beginning, has prospered only because it has 
been supported and sanctified by Benedictine prayer. Vocal prayer in common is 
the first duty of every monk, who is summoned at regular intervals during the day to 
join his brethren for the chanting of the Divine Office. Added to this is a certain 
amount of private prayer, devout reading, and meditation. The purpose of all this 
is to render the monk's daily life more Christlike and to enable him to work more 
successfully for the salvation of souls. 

Such is the life which the Benedictine monastery offers to any young man whose 
generous heart is eager to give itself in prayer and in work, in peace and in brother-
hood, that in all things God may be glorified. 





BLACK FRANCISCANS (O.F.M.CONV.) 

Friars Minor Conventual 

- Th Conventual- Franciscans were cradled in 1209. In matters Catholic, antiquity 
often lends an added note of prestige. It places, as it were, the divine stamp upon 
an endeavor; a long and glorious history would seem to be God's way of saying, "I am 
pleased with your work." 

However, had not a youthful spirit motivated the Friars' efforts these seven cen-
turies, the word "Franciscan'' would no longer be synonomous with peace, joy, and 
love. The Order's founder was St. Francis of Assisi. And his foresight made him 
no less a saint; knowing that his Order would spread as the wind, he prepared the 
Friars for their world-wide mission. 

St. Francis realized that a prayer and a smile would serve a Friar well in any 
country. Such is the Friar's passport—a joyful disposition springing from a life of 
prayer, poverty chastity, and obedience. Can one serve Christ in the world without 
detaching himself from the world? Francis thought not. His sons of today are of 
like mind&in the world to render service, but not of the world. 

America, a generous land, has1 long invited all to her shores. Her bounteous gifts 
have attracted untoid numbers to our "land of opportunity." In keeping with the 
desire of their, mission-minded founder, the Conventual Franciscans settled into the 
American scene many long years ago. The Friars who pioneered this holy mission 
were afire with apostolic zeal for souls. The fruits of their apostolate have been a-
bundant, for many blessings are still being showered upon the sons of St. Francis 
in the United States. 

The present day finds Franciscans toiling throughout the entire nation. The four 
American provinces of the Conventual Friars Minor, territorially situated, attest 
ro ihe Order's conrinuous growth. Priests are working beneath this Franciscan banner 
Uirounh-iLit the United States, while many seminarians are at various stages of their 
priestly training. The thirteen seminaries—where students are admitted after the eighth 
grade—are scattered * throughout the East and Midwest. 

That so many young men experience an "attraction" for the life of St. Francis 
is not astonishing. No doubt, besides the grace of vocation, its appeal stems from 
the diversity of endeavor to be found in the Franciscan apostolate. A Friar's ser-
vice to Christ includes parish work; preaching of retreats, novenas, and missions; 
teaching in high schools and seminaries; staffing home missions in Alabama, New 
Mexico, and North Carolina; laboring in the foreign missions in Latin America, 
the Orient, and Africa; and finally through writing spreading the Gospel of truth. 

The Franciscan travels a road of sacrifice, yet he maintains a sacred possession— 
happiness. Illustrated literature concerning this life—without charge of obl iga t ion-
is available to all who are interested. 

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BLESSED SACRAMENT FATHERS (S.S.S.) 

Congregation of Priests of the Blessed Sacrament 

For ninety years now, the Congregation of the Most Blessed Sacrament has striven 
to carry out the heaven-inspired mission given to Blessed Peter Julian Eymard and 

| expressed in its Constitution: "under the guidance and protection of the Blessed Vir-
gin Mary, to give to Jesus Christ, Our Lord and God, abiding day and night in the 
Eucharist for love of men, true and perpetual adorers, and to bring forth powerful 
promoters of His glory and propagators of His love; that thus the Lord Jesus may 
always be adored in His Sacrament and glorified socially throughout the whole 

I world." 

Since its foundation 1856, the Congregation has spread throughout the world. 
It has raised about sixty thrones of exposition in eighteen countries, from Mel-
bourne, Australia to Mozambique, South Africa. The American provinces-one of 
eight—counts five houses, in New York, Chicago, Cleveland, Suffern, and Barre, 

I with the Melbourne house temporarily attached. 

The ideal of extending the Eucharistic Kingdom of Christ is pursued firstly, by 
I perpetual adoration of the Blessed Sacrament solemnly exposed; secondly, by an un-

I ceasing apostleship of prayer before the throne of grace and mercy; thirdly, by all 
the exterior works of the apostolate which can help establish the reign of the Eu-

I charistic Christ on earth—such as organizing Eucharistic Congresses; preaching Forty 
I Hours devotion; conducting retreats for priests, religious, laymen, and children; 
I directing Eucharistic societies like the Priests' Eucharistic League and the Aggrega-
I tion of the Blessed Sacrament; writing books and publishing periodicals that foster 
| devotion to the Holy Eucharist; preparing children for First Communion; promot-

ing frequent hearing of Mass and reception of Holy Communion, in fine, diligently 
utilizing whatever in human science and in the liberal arts may in any manner ad-
vance the worship of the Most Blessed Sacrament. 

Priests and lay Brothers work side by side for their Eucharistic King; they live 
in common and are bound by the simple vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. 

I The novitiate lasts two years, and is followed by three years of temporary vows 
before perpetual profession. The preparation for the priesthood consists of four 

• years of high school, two years of college, two of philosophy, and five of theology, 
I all spent in the houses of the Congregation where special attention is given to the 
I spiritual, intellectual, and physical training of the young men for their services as 
I adorers and apostles of the Blessed Sacrament. Ordination comes in the fourth year 
I of theology. The lay Brothers are trained principally in the various trades and 
I crafts necessary in a monastery. 

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BROTHERS OF CHARITY (C. F. C.) 

Congregation of the Brothers of Charity 

The rules or constitutions of the Brothers of Charity were approved by Pope Leo 
XIII, July 4, 1899. The Congregation was founded by the Very Rev. Canon Peter 
J. Triest, titular canon of St. Bavon, Ghent, Belgium, who was born in Brussels, 
August 31, 1760, and died in Ghent, June 24, 1836. His services in the cause of 
charity won him the title of the Vincent de Paul of his native country. He was 
three times decorated by royalty with the highest civic honors, and after his death 
his countrymen erected a superb mausoleum to his memory in the Cathedral of 
St. Gudule. As patron of his Congregation he selected St. Vincent de Paul, the patron 
of all charitable works, because he wished his Brothers to undertake works covering 
the whole field of charity. The Brothers engage in maintaining and ministering to 
the aged, the sick, and the insane; in sheltering poor workmen; in educating and 
instructing children of all classes, especially the poor and orphaned, the deaf, the 
dumb, the blind, and the afflicted. 

J \ l A " n À \ P r O V m u 1 3 3 A e M houses in North America. In 
are and t P « W B H i education of boys and in the 

of Bo<t I M P ° f a . t f a d f SCh°01- F ° r ° V e r S e v e t ^ rears, in the Archdiocese 
of Boston, they have continued the sublime ministry of the Rev. G. F. Haskins an 
influential Protestant minister, who after his conversion became a priest o f ' t h e 
Diocese of Boston, devoting his career to the protection and education of the poor 
abandoned and wayward boys. He was the founder of the House of the Guardian 
Angel. The progress of the work has been greatly impeded by the dearth of vo-
cations. Yet, what work can be nobler than to be entrusted with the training of a 
number of children whom the Lord has redeemed with His Precious Blood? ' 

What can be more important, since upon their early education will depend all their 
future career, their happiness or unhappiness in this life and in the next? If this 
can be said of schools in general, how much more important still does it become 
when the scholars are Christ's abandoned ones from homes broken up by death, by 
separation of the parents, by divorce and by a thousand and one other causes? These 
youngsters stretch forth their pleading hands to you, young man! They need YOU! 
They plead in the name of Jesus and of His loving, tender Mother. Come to their 
aid or the Work will have to be abandoned. 

To be admitted one must will to consecrate himself to God, be capable of sacrifice 
for the love of God, have the consent of his pastor and parents, be in good health, 
and furnish certificates of Baptism and Confirmation. 

You may become a juvenist at 13 years of age; a postulant at I6V2; a novice at 17; 
at 18 a religious, a Brother consecrated to the service of God and of his fellowman' 





BROTHERS OF SAINT JOHN OF GOD (O.S.J.D.) 

Hospitaller Order of Saint John of God 

The Order of Hospitaller Brothers of Saint John of God was founded by Saint 
1 John of God at Grenada, Spain in the year 1537. It is the only Order of Brothers 
I in the Church. The members make solemn vows. 

The principal work of the Order is nursing the sick in their own hospital-mon-
• asteries. The Order conducts all types of hospitals, namely general, orthopedic, men-
• tal and epileptic, homes for the blind, cripples, and delinquent boys. In addition 
I the )oor and homeless are looked after in night shelters 

A young man entering the Order spends three months as a postulant, then twelve 
• months as a novice; this is followed by simple profession, then the final step, solemn 
• profession. The aims of the Order are two fold, first the sanctification of its mem-
• bers by the practice of' the religious life and the observance of the vows of poverty 
• chastity, obedience, and hospitality. Secondly, by the care and assistance, both 
• spiritual and corporal, of the sick and poor of every religion and nationality. 
I All the Brothers are not engaged directly in nursing the sick. Some are employed 

• in the kitchen, the laundry, or in doing clerical work. In some of our institutions 
I trades of various kinds are taught by the Brothers. 

I By special privilege of the Holy See, a few of the Brothers may become priests 
I in the Order to act as chaplains in the hospitals. The superiors, however, are cho-

• sen from among the Brothers. The priests of the Order may not act as superiors 
• without a special dispensation from the Holy See. In some provinces a certain num-
•ber of the Brothers are physicians, surgeons, and chemists. In all the provinces, nurs-
l i n g schools are attached to hospitals and the Brothers qualify as trained nurses. 

I The Order today has the following provinces: The United States of America 
• Canada, Italy, Spain, Portugal, South America, France, Bavaria, Poland, Bohemia 
•Jugoslavia, Ireland, England, Mexico, Australia. The Roman Province of the Order 
•has a house in Vatican City and it is the privilege of the Brothers to act as nurses 
• t o the Pope. 





BROTHERS OF THE SACRED HEART (S.C.) 

The Congregation of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart had its beginning at Lyons, 
| France on September 30, 1821. On that day, Rev. Andrew Coindre, a zealous miss-

ionary priest of the Diocese of Lyons, led ten young men up to the Shrine of Our 
Lady of Fourviere to consecrate themselves to the Christian education of youth. 

The Congregation increased phenomenally in the early days of its existence, and in 
1847 the first mission in the United States was established at Mobile, Ala., at the ear-
nest solicitation of Bishop Portier. The new mission prospered; new recruits swelled 
the ranks; and schools were opened in Mobile and the neighboring dioceses. At pre-

| sent there are five provinces of the Congregation on this side of the Atlantic: three 
in Canada and two in the United States. The Brothers in the United States Prov-
inces conduct schools in nearly every one of the New England States, in New York, 
New Jersey, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and one school in Montreal,' 
Canada. They also are in the African mission field, and have missions in Uganda,' 
British East Africa, and in Basutoland. 

' The primary end of the Brothers of the Sacred Heart is to promote the glory of 
God by the spread of the devotion to the Sacred Heart and the sanctification of its 
members by the observance of the religious vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. 

[Its principal activity is to procure the salvation of souls by the Christian education of 
| youth. 

The courses of study followed in the schools of the Brothers are modeled after 
the best courses in the country, supplemented by the experience of the most success-
ful teachers of the Congregation. The method of instruction is thoroughly dem-

ocratic. The teacher becomes the big brother to his pupils. He comes down to 
their level in order to lift them up to a higher plane by sympathetic encouragement 

¡and helpful suggestions. The pupil is carried along by easy stages with the teacher 
at his elbow directing, prompting, urging, and showing. 

The discipline is mild but firm. The pupil has the reverence of love and not of 
fear for his teacher, and the big brother sympathizes with his difficulties and tri-
umphs. The Brother is with the pupil in his work and at his play. Thus the char-
acter of the pupil is thoroughly trained, and he becomes a model citizen of the re-
public and a Catholic by conviction. 

The first step toward becoming a Brother is the postulate. After a short trial 
the postulant is g,ven the habit of the Congregation and begins his novitiate, at the' 
end of which he makes his temporary vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience The 
scholasticate then begins, and the young man learns all those things necessary to make 
him an excellent Christian educator. He learns the academic subjects, and is given 
jpractical training, in the art of teaching. For those who may not be fitted for teach-
ing, training is given in the various types of manual labor which are found in a con-
gregation of teachers. Any young man of good health and the proper dispositions is 
welcome to join the Brothers of the Sacred Heart. 

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CAMILLIAN FATHERS (O.S.CAM.) 

Clerics Regular Ministers of the Sick 

St. Camillus de Lellis (1550—1614), the founder of the Order known as the 
Clerics Regular Ministers of the Sick, was a soldier by profession. While pursuing 
this occupation he suffered an ankle injury which brought him in contact with the 
hospitals of his time. In them, Camillus found conditions at their worst—pat-
ients left uncared for and even dying without the Sacraments. He relates of instances 
where men were buried alive either because of ignorance as to their condition or be-
cause their attendants desired to be rid of them. . To remedy this situation, Camillus 
was inspired by God to found a religious Society that would devote itself unselfishly 
to the care of the sick and dying. In 1586, the group which Camillus had establish-
ed was approved as a religious Congregation. A few years later, in 1591, it was 
raised to the status of a religious Order. -

To the usual vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience the members of the Order 
added a fourth vow to care for the sick, even those stricken with contagious diseases. 
Their charity knew no limits and wherever sick were to be found Camillians were 
there to care for them even at the risk of their own lives. They administered to the 
sick and dying in the home, in the hospital, and even on the battlefield. If the sick 
and dying were not brought to them for spiritual and bodily1 care, the Camillians 
would seek them out in order to minister to them. 

The Order came to the United States in 1923, establishing itself in Milwaukee, 
Wis. Anxious to begin their apostoiate for the care of the sick, they opened their 
doors to those who were chronically ill. The care of such has been the particular 
work of the Order in America up to the present time. The Fathers and Brothers 
soon found that they had more applications than they were able to accommodate. To 
overcome this situation and be of regular service to the chronically infirm, the St. 
Camillus Hospital in Wauwatosa was erected in 1931. 

There are both priests and Brothers in the Order. The Brothers for the most part 
are engaged in nursing work; some however, are employed as cooks, carpenters, and 
in other necessary occupations. No type of sacerdotal activity is excluded to the Ca-
millian priest. He may be engaged in administrative work in a Camillian institution, 
he may be a hospital chaplain, or he may be sent to assist the diocesan clergy. 

In the United States, the Order, known as the North American Province, is located 
in the Archdiocese of Milwaukee and in the Diocese of Madison. 

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I CAPUCHIN FRANCISCANS (O.F.M.Cap.) 

I Order of Friars Minor Capuchin 

I The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin is an autonomous branch of the Order of 
Friars Minor founded by St. Francis of Assisi in 1209. As early as 1517 the 
Franciscan Order had divided into two distinct families known as Friars Minor 
Conventual and Fnars Minor of the Observance. The Capuchin family is an off-

I K T % M i n ° r ° f t h e ° b s e r v a n c & l t s foundation was sponsored chiefly 
by Fnars Matthew of Bascio, and Louis and Raphael of Fossombrone, who aimed at 
a more perfect return to the primitive Franciscan ideal. Pope Clement VII gave 
canonical status to the Capuchin Order by the Bull Religionis zelus of July 3, 1 5 ?8 

The name Capuchin, Italian Cappuccini, was originally a playful designation 
suggested by the long capuche or hood attached to their garb. Soon the term 
Capuchin entered official documents and thus became the official name of an order 
whose membership, w .hm a century of its foundation, had spread throughout the 

I As followers of St. Francis, the Capuchins seek to live the Gospel life and to 

M C H B H I ^ • 1 1 1 a n d charac 

tenze the Capuchm hfe. Both priests and lay Brothers take solemn vows The 
Capuchin ideal is so flexible as to allow its members to meet the need of the hour 
by exercising an apostolate that is universal in scope. Thus we find Capuchins 
each,ng in schools, preaching missions and retreats, conducting parishes, wielding 

the pen and shepherding souls in foreign missions. While Capuchin activity has 
I always been manifold, its chief glory is its achievement in home and foreign mis-
I 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 h i S t 0 r y t h £ C a P U c h i n s h a v e continued to invade pagan 

strongholds in Europe, Asia, Africa, America, and Oceania. Today with a large 
missionary personnel they continue their missionary tradition. • 

I n»V7°> C f P U C f
h ' " P r ° V l n c e s B established in the United States: 1) St. Joseph's 

I whert hev h f ° U n d a t l ° n S i t h e Archdioceses of New York, Detroit, and Milwaukee 

I 8 1 f r 1 °
U t S t a n d m g N e g r 0 P a r i s h w i t h ^u rch , school, and hospital; in the 

1 1 1 B i l l U H i GrCen 9 F ° r t W a y n e ' a n d G r e a t ( Cheyenne 
S a « L I T'°nS 0 B1UefieldS in H M a n d G u a m t h e P - f i c are 

flM P H N B 2 J S t ' A u g u s t i n e ' s < 1 8 73) . with establishments in 
Ae Archdioceses of Baltimore and St. Louis; the Dioceses of Pittsburgh. Altoona 

T Tose l ' i r ' 1 1 and Wkhita- In HayS' i l 1 1 f rkrs ronduS 
^ J o s e p h s Military^ Academy and Junior College. This province also has ex 

I tensive missions in Puerto Rico. 

I t h
B e S p e S . t h £ S? t W ° P r ° y i n c e s ' E n g l i s h > I r i sh> m kalian Capuchins subject to 

i t J M H N S IabT8 in I eccle™ai Wlm H I 
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CARMELITES (O. Corm.) 

Order of the Brothers of the Blessed Mother Mary of Mount Carmel 

"Elias the prophet stood up, as a fire, and his word burnt like a torch." Thus, 
suddenly, is introduced in the Bible one of its most amazing characters, a man whose 
body has not yet died—for he was taken into heaven in a fiery chariot; a man whose 
spirit still lives on this earth—in the modern Carmelites. 

Elias gathered about himself a gioup of men, the "sons of the prophet" as the 
: Bible calls them. Mount • Carmel, in the Holy Land, was his headquarters. The 

present day Carmelites, the modern "sons" of the prophet," take their very name from 
this mountain. They also hail Elias as their founder. 

Contemplation—intensive prayer—is the more principal part of the Carmelite 
•life, the primary and characteristic vocation of the true Carmelite. Yet the Order 
is also active in the work of the Church, teaching high schools, preaching missions 
and retreats, working in the foreign mission field. 

A Carmelite is known by his devotion to the Mother of God. This is so true 
that the official title of the Carmelite Order is "Brothers of the Blessed Virgin Mary 
of Mount Carmel." The Church recognizes this devotion by permitting Carmelite 
priests to interrupt the Mass, just before the last Gospel, to salute our Lady with the 
"Hail, Holy Queen." And the Carmelites have proof that our Lady herself recognizes 
their devotion: she appeared to St. Peter Thomas, Carmelite, with the message that 
her Order would last to the end of time; she appeared to St. Simon Stock, another 
Carmeli. to give him the crowning glory of the Carmelite Order, the Brown Scapu-
lar. "Whosoever dies wearing this," she said, "will not suffer hell fire." Small 
wonder then that the Carmelite tries to clothe the world in Mary's garment—the Brown 
Scapular. 

Carmelites wear a brown habit of which the Brown Scapular is a predominant part. 
A white cloak is worn at more solemn ceremonies—hence, the name "White Friars." 
(see cut) 

The Carmelite Order is composed mainly of priests, but the b'.oJ.erhood is a very 
important part of the Order. The Brother wears the same habit as the priest, is 
bound by the same vows, is truly a part of the family of Carmel. He is assigned to 
the work for which he is best fitted, either manual, clerical, or teaching. 

At present there are two provinces of Carmelites in the United States. Eighth 
grade graduates are accepted for the junior seminaries. Special study provisions are 
made for young men of high school and college age. 

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I CHRISTIAN BROTHERS (F.S.C.) 
I . 
• Brothers of the Christian Schools 

The Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools is a religious Congregation 

I of teaching Brothers,'founded in 1680 by St. John Baptist de la Salle, for the pur-pose of giving Christian education to Catholic boys, especially those of the working J class. 
The Brothers conduct many kinds of schools, parochial and private, including 

• high schools, trade schools, and colleges. Besides religion, the Brothers teach their 
• pupils the various branches of a practical curriculum to help them make their living 
I and to lay the foundation of a good Christian life. 

The Brothers' novitiates and training schools in the United States are located in 
I the following centers: 

1. St. Joseph's Normal Institute, Barrytown, N. Y. 

2. Normal Institute, Ammendale, Md. 

3. La Salle Institute, Glencoe, Mo. 

4. De La Salle Normal, Lafayette, La. 

5. Mont La Salle, Napa, Calif. 

6. St. Mary's College, St. Mary's, Calif. 

7. Sacred Heart College, Las Vegas, N. Mex. 

8. St. Mary's College, Winona, Minn. 

9. De La Salle College, Washington, D.C., which is affiliated with the Catholic 
I University of America, Washington, D.C. 

Boys are accepted after graduation from the eighth grade. They enter the junior 
I novitiate of high school department for a period of four years. After receiving their 
I high school diplomas they are then promoted to the senior novitiate. Graduates of 
I other high schools, as well as college students, are also admitted to this department, 
I where an entire year is spent in studing the rules of the Congregation, the principles 

of the religious life, and the obligations of the vows of religion. Canon Law re-
quires all young religious to make temporary vows at the end of their novitiate. 
Therefore on the last day the novices pronounce their vows of poverty, chastity, and 
obedience which are valid for one year. 

On completing the novitiate the young Brothers enter the scholasticate to study 
for their college degree. The scholasticate is De La Salle College, located at Wash-
ington, D.C. The Brothers attend the Catholic University of America which is 
nearby. Since the opening of De La Salle College, several hundred young Brothers 
have received the degree of Bachelor of Arts from the Catholic University; others, 
the degrees of Master of Arts, Master of Science, and Doctor of Philosophy. 

The requirements for candidates are good health, intelligence, common sense, 
good will, and a spiritual motive for the vocation: the desire to please God, to save 
one's soul, and to help save Catholic boys by giving them a Christian education. 

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CLARETIAN MISSIONARY FATHERS (C.M.F.) 

Congregation of Missionaries, Sons of t the Immaculate Heart of Mary 

I The missionaries, Sons of Immaculate Heart of Mary, known in the United States 
• i s the "Claretian Missionary Fathers," was founded July 16, 1849, in the city of 
Wich , Spain, by Blessed Anthony Mary Claret, who for six years was the Archbishop 
• i f Santiago, Cuba, and later confessor to Isabella II, Queen of Spain. Blessed Claret 
• v a s a tireless missionary and a powerful and prolific writer of religious books and 
pamphlets. The aim of the Congregation as stated by the founder in the Constitutions, 
• s to seek in all things the glory of God, the sanctification of its members, and the 
•a lva t ion of souls throughout the world. 

I At the time of their religious profession all the members make a solemn promise 
• o spread everywhere and by all means the devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, 

the Special Patroness of the Congregation. The Congregation is composed of priests, 
Students who are preparing to receive Holy Orders, and lay Brothers who serve the 
•Congregation as sacristans, infirmarians, cooks, tailors, secretaries, and in other such 
•rapacities. The lay Brothers share in the common life, take the same vows, and wear 
• h e same cassock as the priests and students. The members all take the three simple 
•vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience; these vows after the first three years of pro-
fe s s ion are perpetual. The Superior General with his advisory board resides in Rome. 

I Today the Congregation is divided into fifteen provinces and has 232 houses. 
•These houses are located in Europe, Asia, Africa, North, Central, and South America. 
• T h e Claretians do home and foreign mission work, conduct parishes, schools and 
•colleges; preach missions and give retreats; and publish religious and scientific books, 
•nagazines and pamphlets. During the last Spanish Revolution 286 Claretian priests, 
«students, and lay Brothers were killed by the Communists. The Congregation is at 
•present erecting a monumental Votive Temple to the Immaculate Heart of Mary in 
• l o m e . 

I The Claretians came to the United States in 1902 at the call of the late Most Rev-
•srend John Forest, Bishop of San Antonio, Tex. Today they have parishes in Texas, 
•Arizona, California, and Illinois. They conduct a minor seminary at Momence, 111., 
• n d a minor and a major seminary at Compton, Calif., for those young men who 
•wish to study for the Claretian missionary priesthood. They also have a house of 
• tudies for post-graduate work at the Catholic University in Washington, D. C. The 
•American Province has charge of the Vicariate of Darien, Panama, and of the missions 
•onfided to the Congregation in the Philippine Islands. This province publishes two 
•monthly religious magazines in English—The Voice of Saint Jude and The Immactr 
wate Heart Messenger and a religious weekly in Spanish—La Esperanza. The Claretians 
•have charge of the National Shrine of Saint Jude and of the National Shrine of the 
•Immaculate Heart of Mary, both in Chicago, 111. 

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COLUMBAN FATHERS (S.S.C.) 

Society of St. Columban 

St. Columban's Foreign Mission Society was founded in 1918 by Father Edward 
[ J. Galvin, who went to China from a Brooklyn parish in 1912. Having in mind 
j the great need for priests in China, Father Galvin, with the Apostolic Blessing of 

Pope Benedict XV, founded the new Society first in Ireland, then in America. St. 
Columban's now has seminaries in Australia and New Zealand as well. 

Bound together by an oath of obedience and directly subject to the Propaganda in 
Rome, Columban priests labor for the salvation of souls in the Far East. Its candi-
dates are from every walk of life, from every nationality. 

Although founded primarily for work among the Chinese, the Society has since 
grown to include two missions in Korea, one in Northern Burma, and twenty parishes 
in the Philippines in addition to three mission fields in China. Also, since the com-
pletion of World War II, the Columban Fathers have been asked to undertake fur-
ther work in Japan. 

In America, the Columban Fathers have charge of a Chinese and a Filipino par-
ish in Los Angeles and several Mexican parishes in Lower California. Its seminaries 
are located at Silver Creek, N.Y.; Bristol, R.I.; Milton, Mass.; and the major sem-
inary and general American headquarters near Omaha, Nebr. Candidates are ac-
cepted from completion of grammar school and on. 

Results of St. Columban's first twenty-five years in the missions has been gratify-
ing. Despite flood, famihe, and war, Columban missionaries in China have had, 
with God's grace, more than one hundred thousand baptisms. In one exception-
ally fruitful year, there were ten thousand converts. 

Returning missionaries say there has never been a time in the history of mis-
sions when the people were more receptive to the Faith. An even greater harvest 
can be expected within the next twenty-five years if only the men are- available to 
do the reaping. 

St. Columban's official organ in the United States is The Far East, a monthly 
mission magazine. Inquiries, especially from young men and boys who feel a call to 
the missionary life, will be welcomed. 

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CROSIER FATHERS (O.S.C.) 

Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross 

The Crosier Fathers (more formally, the Canons Regular of the Order of the 
Holy Cross) are members of one of the oldest Orders of the Church. The Order 
was founded in Belgium in 1211 by Blessed Theodore de Celles, who was a Canon 
of the Cathedral of Liege and a friend and admirer of the gieat Saint Dominic. The 
first public work of the new Order was preaching in the later Crusades and against 
the Albigensian heresy. 

With the passing of the Crusades, the Order assumed the characteristics of a 
preaching-teaching organization, and in rapid succession houses were added in Bel-
gium, Holland, France, Germany, England, Ireland, and Scotland. Many of these 
monasteries gained fame as centers of learning in the late Middle Ages. But the 
persecutions attendant on the Reformation struck viciously at the Order. The mon-
asteries in Germany were forced to close; those in the British Isles were suppressed 
by Henry VIII and Elizabeth; the French Revolution drove the Order from France 
and Belgium, and xhe monasteries in Holland were despoiled. Finally, only two 
houses were left, both in Holland, where the government forbade the Order to accept 
novices. After the abdication of the king, in 1840, this unjust law was repealed-4 
when the Order had only four members left, all over'sixty years of age! 

Since then, the Order has made satisfactory progress. Its members have a wide 
variety of work: some teach in preparatory seminaries (which the Order conducts 

d l 0 c e s a n a s well as religious priesthood); others tare for parishes and give re-
treats and missions in their own countries; others work for Christ in the foreign 

I pissions of the Belgian Congo, Brazil, and Java. In addition to its priests, the Order 
I numbers among its members lay Brothers, who serve God in doing the necessary 
I manual tasks of the monastery, releasing the priests for the work for which they are 

trained. There are no special requirements, educationally, beyond the completion 
F t h e e ' S h t S r a d e for those wishing to enter the lay Brotherhood. 

The Crosier Fathers' present foundation in America dates from 1910 when they 
: Jccompanied Dutch immigrants to this country. Their first American school, Crosier 
bemmary, Onamia, Minn., was opened in 1923. At present (1947) , the Order 

| o n d u « s preparatory seminaries in Onamia, Minn., and Fort Wayne, Ind. Members 

m m ° r d e f C a r e f o r p a r i s h e s i n t h e D i °«*es of St Cloud, Duluth, and Lincoln in 
addition to providing temporary help wherever possible to the diocesan clergy The 
house of studies for the Order's scholastics is in Hastings, Nebr 

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DISCALCED CARMELITES (O.C.D.) 

Order of Discalced Carmelites 

The Discalced Carmelites owe their origin to St. Teresa and St. John of the Cross. 
These two saints were the instruments of God in restoring the austere observance of. 
the Primitive Rule of Carmel in Spain in the last half of ihe sixteenth century. 

The life of the Discalced (barefooted, with sandals) Carmelite emphasizes prayer 
and penance. It is primarily contemplative. The Rule enjoins silence, solitude, 
prayer, abstinence from meat all year round'(except for those who are ill and under 
doctor's orders), and a fast, somewhat less rigorous than the Church fast, from 
September 14th until Easter, feast days excepted. According to the Primitive Rule 
a Carmelite's true home is his monastic cell a room twelve by ten feet, with fur-
nishings of the simplest kind in the spirit of poverty. A bed of boards resting on 
wooden trestles with a plain mattress' and pillow, a chair, and a "table with a rack 
of books make up the furniture. A few simple pictures and a wooden cross adorn 
the bare walls. 

In the Carmelite routine there are two hours of mental prayer each day, one in 
the morning and one in the evening. The Divine Office is recited in choir. Except 
in houses of studies Matins and Lauds of the Office are recited, at midnight. Silence 
is observed outside of the time of recreation, except when it is necessary to speak. 
There is a recreation period of one hour after dinner all year round, and an additional 
hour in the evening during the summer months. The prayerful life of Carmel is 
modeled on the life of Mary, the Mother of God, and a vocation to Carmel necessarily 
includes a special love for her. 

While the Discalced Carmelites live a life that is primarily contemplative, they 
give themselves in a restricted way to some of the works of the apostolic ministry. 
They 'preach, conduct retreats, and hear confessions. They also engage in spiritual 
direction, following the teachings of the two great masters of the spriritual life, 
St. Teresa and St. John of the Cross (Doctor of the Church.) 

The most active of their works is labor in the foreign missions. Foreign mis-
sionary activity was regarded by St. Teresa as an heroic opportunity for giving th" 

I
ruits of a life of prayer to souls. She had the joy of seeing the first missionary 
¡and, of Discalced Carmelites set out for Africa. The modern St. Teresa, popularly 
nown as the Little FJower of Jesus and also a Carmelite, longed to go to th? 
nissions, and when prevented from doing so, exclaimed, "My brothers labor in my 
tead, while I, a little child, stay close to the throne and love God for all those who 
re in strife." Today the Discalced Carmelites, brothers of the Little Flower, labor 

| n the missions of Syria, Mesopotamia, India, South America, China, and the Philip-
p i n e Islands. The last two missions were opened this year. The missions in India 
• n v e made so much progress that there is now a native Indian Province of the 
fcrder, with its own Novitiate and a steadily growing number of vocations. The 
ffhilippine mission has been entrusted to the new American Province of the Im-
Inaculate Heart pf Mary. 

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DIVINE WORD FATHERS (S.V.D.) 

Society of the Divine Word 

The Society of the Divine Word is an inter-racial and international organization 
of clerics and laymen dedicated to the salvation of souls and the spread of the Faith 
in the foreign mission fields. Founded in Holland in 1875 by a zealous priest, 
Arnold Janssen, it has since spread over the whole world, with training centers in 
most countries of Europe and in North and South America. Its missionaries are at 
work in all parts of the globe and are especially noted for their work in the training 
of a native clergy in the missions. 

In the States the Society has made a name for itself by its work among the Ne-
groes, a particular success being the seminary at Bay St. Louis, Hiss., for the training 
of colored boys for the missionary priesthood and Brotherhood in the Society. Be-
sides over a score of colored priests, the Society has also a number of Chinese, Fili-
pino, Japanese, and other native clerics and Brothers. Thomas Cardinal Tien, a 
member of the Society, was the first Chinese to be raised to the Cardinalate. He 
is now Archbishop of Peking, in the same city where the Society has the Univer-
sity of Peking. 

The Society of the Divine Word in this country has three provinces, the oldest 
seminary of eight being St. Mary's Mission House at Techny, 111. Besides a novitiate 
and major seminary, here also are found the Mission Press—a means dear to the 
founder for the spread of the- mission cause—and also a large farm, dairy, apiary, 
grain mill, butcher shop, nursery, chicken farm, orchards, all maintained by our 
Brothers—lay men who take the three vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience as 
do the clerics, but who devote themselves to active works outside of the .sanctuary. 
Lay Brothers are also in the missions rendering incalculable service to the spread of 
the Faith, by their crafts and trades, as printing, carpentry, plumbing, mechanics, 
and electrical work. 

Connected with the Society and established by the same founder are two Con-
gregations of Sisters,! one contemplative and one active, which working together 
with the Society make a complete organization for the effective spread of the Faith 
in our times. These Sisters, Missionary Servants of the Holy Ghost, do teaching, 
hospital work, catechetical work, and the like at home and in the missions. The 
cloistered branch is devoted to perpetual adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, calling 
down the blessing of heaven on the others. 

The founder laid a deep and thorough spiritual foundation for his children, 
stressing the liturgical worship of Holy Mother Church and teaching his sons and 
daughters a great love for the Holy Spirit. Many have attributed the successes of 
the Society to this continued fervent devotion to the Giver of Light and Life. 

Though missions are the main work of the Society, other works are also carried 
out: home missions, retreats, parish work, preaching, and teaching in colleges and 
seminaries. 

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DOMINICAN FATHERS (O.P.) 

Order of Friars Preacher 

"Champions of the Faith and true lights of the world"—that is what Pope 
[ Honorius III called the Order of Preachers seven centuries ago. These words ex-

press the aim and ideal of every Dominican. To preach the Sacred Truth and to 
save souls is the end for which the Order was founded. The means instituted by 
St. Dominic himself are: the religious vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, 
regular life with monastic observance, solemn recitation of the Divine Office, and 

! assiduous study of Sacred Truth. 

Consequently, the Order of Preachers is neither a "contemplative" Order, like 
! t h e religious institutions which preceeded it, nor an "active" Order like most modern 

congregations. It is at once completely contemplative and completely active. Con-
templation is the basis and source of Dominican apostolate. St. Thomas Aquinas 

I expressed this ideal in these words: "To contemplate, and to give to others the 
I fruits of contemplation." 

Normally, the Dominican lives in a convent. Within the cloistered religious 
community he gives himself to prayer and study, solemnly chanting the daily Divine 
Office. From a life of union with God and devotion to truth, he goes into the 
world to preach and teach. 

I Sinte the Dominican spirit is one of prayer and study, the character of the 
Order is intellectual and its apostolate doctrinal. Dominican saints all illustrate 
this. St. Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica is the official text-book of all semi-
narians; St. Albert the Great is the patron of the natural sciences; St. Raymond of 
Pennafort codified the first authentic collection of ecclesiastical law. Dominicans 

J traditionally hold the office of Master of the Sacred Palace, the "Popes Theologian " 
and continue to produce great scholars in theology, Sacred Scripture, Canon Law and 

[ philosophy. Dominican preachers, like St. Vincent Ferrer, continue to battle heresy 
and preach the truth. 

Entrance into the novitiate usually takes place after two years of college The 
now,ate lasts one year, and is devoted to prayer and learning the details and spirit 
ot Dominican life. Three years of simpie vows follow, spent in the study of 

• Thomistic philosophy. After this the young Dominican takes solemn perpetual 
• vows and begins his study of Sacred Theology. After four years of Theology, comes 
• ordination to the priesthood. After completing Theology the young priest either 
• enters the apostolate or pursues advanced studies. 

• The apostolate is varied. Anything concerned with preaching and teaching Sacted } 
• Truth is Dominican work. Bands of Dominican preachers give missions and retreats 
• hroughout the country; the Order supplies many colleges and universities with pro-

fessors of philosophy and theology; there are Dominicans in foreign missions in 
parishes, in high schools. Wherever truth is needed, the Order of Preachers is 
w,l ,ng to give it. Its purpose, the reason for its foundation, is to supply "champions 

t l>e Fa»h an.) true lights of the world." 

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EDMUNDITES (S.S.E.) 

Society of St. Edmund 

The Society of St. Edmund is a religious Congregation of priests and Brothers 
who have consecrated their lives by the simple vows of poverty, chastity, and obe-
dience. The Society assumes its name and venerates as its principal partron, St. 
Edmund Rich, Archbishop of Canterbury, (1234-1240). 

This Society was founded in the year 1843 at Pontigny in France where the pre-
cious remains of St. Edmund still are preserved. A group of young priests assembled 
there under the direction of the Venerable John Baptiste Muard. To combat effec-
tively the prevailing evils, and to meet the special needs of the Archdiocese of Sens, 
the young Society directed its efforts mainly to the preaching of missions and retreats 
in the archdiocese and in the neighboring dioceses. 

At an early date, in compliance with the wishes of the Holy Father, the Con-
gregation undertook the work of teaching. Schools were established in France and 
subsequently the work of education was extended to the United States, where a high 
school for the training of young men was opened at Swanton, Vt. Later, in 1904, 
St. Michael's College at Winooski Park, Vt. was founded. 

Besides maintaining parishes and aiding the secular clergy whenever called upon, 
in 1937 the Society began a new work in the home mission field. Today there are 
12 missions with resident religious in Alabama and North Carolina. A home for 
the aged, an inn for crippled children, and a large hospital for the colored at Selma 
Ala., are under the care of the Edmundites. 

The Society of St. Edmund has continued its original work of conducting mis-
sions and retreats. Two groups of missionaries are active in this work. The head-

quarters of the Northern Mission Band is at St. Joseph's Novitiate, Putney, Vt. The 
[office of the Southern Mission Band is at 1401 Broad St., Selma, Ala. -

In the field of education, the Edmundites maintain St. Michael's College for men 
at Winooski Park, Vt. An accredited college of liberal arts and science, it has a 
present enrollment of nearly six hundred students. 

St. Edmund's high school at Swanton, Vt., is conducted by the Society. Young 
men aspiring to the priesthood with the Edmundites receive their secondary train-
ing here. 

Other houses of training for the Society are located throughout the State of 
Vermont. At St. Joseph's Novitiate, Putney, Vt., all aspirants to the priesthood and 
to the life of a lay-Brother with the Edmundites receive the training of the Spiritual 
Year. The House of Philosophy is affiliated with St. Michael's College. St. Mary's 
Seminary for theological studies is located at Randolph, Vt. 

Abroad religious houses of the Society are situated at Whitten in England and 
Pontigny in France. The work of aiding the secular clergy of France and of preach-
ing parish missions and retreats has continued. 

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BATHERS OF MERCY (S.P.M.) 

Society of the Priests of Mercy of the Immaculate Conception 

The Society of the Fathers of Mercy was established at Lyons, France in 1808, 
|nd later at Paris in 1814. The intention of its founder, the Very Rev. Jean-

•aptiste Rauzan was to organize a Congregation of missionary priests to help re-
air the damage done to the Faith by the French Revolution. The Fathers 

of Mercy, then known as the Missionaries of France, preached with great success 
In various parts of France, and played an important part in the spiritual restoration 

Af that country. Among its members were Bishop Forbin-Janson of Nancy, Bishop 
ffallet of Orleans, Archbishop Duquesnay of Cambrai and Archbishop Bernadon of 

•ens , who later became Cardinal. On February 18, 1834, the Society, now called 
Bhe Fathers of Mercy, was formally approved by Pope Gregory XVI. 

I The political upheavals and the bitter anti-clericalism of the nineteenth century 
• n France threatened at times the life of the Society. Although more than once its 
louses were confiscated "and its members dispersed, still when the storm subsided 
|nd conditions permitted, the Fathers of Mercy reestablished themselves and carried 
|>n their work with renewed vigor. 

I In 1839, at the suggestion of Bishop Hughes of New York, Monsignor Forbin-Janson 
Introduced the Fathers of Mercy^to the United States, their first field of labor being 
In the Diocese of New Orleans. Bishop Potiers of Mobile, Ala., then invited them 

• o take charge of Spring Hill College. Two years later, Fathers Lafont and Aubril 
•vere sent to look after the increasing French population in New York City, where 

{he Fathers of Mercy now have charge of the parishes of St. Vincent de Paul and 
Alotre Dame in Manhattan, and Our Lady of Lourdes and St. Francis de Chantal 
In Brooklyn. They also have parishes in the Archdiocese of Vancouver, Canada, 
4nd missions in North Carolina. Altogether, this Society is in charge of fourteen 
•liferent establishments in North America. 

I In their activities the Fathers of Mercy embrace many works of apostolic zeal, 
^mong them being the preaching of missions and retreats, teaching in schools and 

eminaries, and serving as auxiliaries to the diocesan clergy. In this work they 
trive in every way to conform to the will of the bishop in whose diocese they labor. 

Its members take the vows of obedience, chastity, and stability, and the promise 
o observe the spirit of poverty. They have houses of study in Rome and in Wash-
ngton, D. C. The Mother House is located in Brooklyn where its Superior General 
:esides. 

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FATHERS OF THE CATHOLIC PRESS (S.S.P.) 

Society of Saint Paul 

While the world was contemplating destruction, in the little town of Alba, Pied-
mont, a young priest, the Rev. James J. Alberione, S.T.D., with the oil of con-
secration still fresh on his hands, was engaged in serious thought concerning con-
struction—a construction that would not be confined to that little town of Italy but 
would spread its mass to the farthest corners of our planet. August 20, 1914 is the 
date which commemorates the initial opening of the Society of St. Paul. 

As every other Order and Congregation, this new Community immediately inter-
ested itself in the diffusion of the Divine Message—however it was to do it not only 
by preaching and teaching, but by the most modern means of the press, radio, and 
screen—in departments owned and operated exclusively by the members of the 
Society itself. 

In the short space of thirty-three years the Community boasts of foundations in 
many countries of the world—Italy twelve houses, South America seven, the United 
States three, Spain two, and one in each of the following countries: Japan, China, 
Philippine Islands, ' India, Switzerland, Germany, Ireland, Mexico, France, Canada, 
England, Poland, and Portugal. 

Its members consisting of priests and lay Brothers, follow the strict observance 
of community life. They also partake in the active work of writing, printing, and 
distributing of Catholic literature. Besides the office of priestly duties common to 
every priest, thé Pauline Father is especially trained for his life's work. Whether 
he be in the center of a metropolis, or in the dense forests of Asia where every step 
of his is a struggle, the sound of his prayer is mingled with the roar of the presses, 
the bee-like hum of projectors, and the deafening buzz of loudspeakers. 

Teaching, also, is no small part of the Society's apostolate. Apart from his own 
studies of philosophy and theology, the young aspirant to the holy priesthood is giv-
en the opportunity of expounding his knowledge in the classroom, thus taking part 
in the great and delicate task of molding apostles of the three major fields of com-
munication. lay Brothers as well as students, who feel especially gifted for the 
teaching profession, are asked to develop and cultivate this talent. 

Connected with the distribution of the literature printed in the Society is also the 
fact that about one hundred libraries have been opened in the different countries 
under the direct leadership of the Congregation. 

The mother house is in Alba, Italy. The founder is still the acting Superior 
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FATHERS OF THE ORATORY (Congr.Orat.) 

Institute of the Oratory of St. Philip 

The Institute of the Oratory of St. Philip Neri, founded by him, as it is piously 
believed, under divine inspiration, in the city of Rome, and time and time again ap-
proved by the Sovereign Pontiffs, is a clerical Society comprised of secular priests, 
clerics, and lay Brothers, who live in common without vows. The Institute pursues 
as its general purpose the sanctification of its members. This sanctification must be 
obtained gently and efficaciously according to the constitutions and statutes, through 
the faithful practice of an ascetic life, especially of prayer and the other prescribed 
exercises, and finally through a worthy and holy ministry. The special purpose of 
the Institute of the Oratory is to cooperate in the salvation of souls through the 
exercise of the office of priesthood according to the norms of the constitutions and 
usually associated with community life; one is a member of a family, closely united 
to each of the others by bonds of friendship and fraternal love; one receives the stabil-
ity which comes from joining a group of men living together and the moral support 
of the other members of the Community when needed. 

Outside of the Community the Oratorians life is that of a secular priest. He 
labors for his own sanctification and for the salvation of souls in parish work with 
all that it implies—preaching, teaching religion, administering the Sacraments, 
visiting the sick. However, the work, though parochial, is very much missionary in 
character. The Fathers of the Oratory have been entrusted by the bishop with three 
large parishes, one of five counties, and two of three, the combined Catholic pop-
ulation of which would not exceed eight hundred. The Catholics are cared for and 
efforts made to make the Church known and loved among the thousands of non-
Catholics of other faiths and among the many who have no religion at all. 

The missionary work is extended to both whites and Negroes. Approved miss-
ionary techniques are used to contact the people and to work with them—even to 
the modern means of a radio broadcast once a week, which, though intended for 
Catholics has made the Church known and respected by many. It is a work which 
requires much zeal and energy, much walking and driving, a hard life which de-
mands a great love for souls and a sense of humor to take many of the hard knocks 
which are inevitable. It is a type of work for the extrovert who can meet people, 
who likes them and in turn can be liked by them. It is a work which is rendered 
infinitely harder by the great deal of mis-information which exists and calls for much 
patience. In the vast majority of cases the prejudice is not the fault of the individ-
ual but that does not make it any easier to overcome. The work of the Oratory 
offers plenty of opportunity for the exercise of zeal, for hard work, for the spending 
of oneself for souls and the glory of God. 

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FATHERS OF THE SACRED HEARTS (SS.CC.) 

Congregation of the Sabred Hearts of Jesus and Mary and of Perpetual Adoration 
of the Most Blessed Sacrament of the Altar 

The Congregation of the Sacred Hearts was started at the height of the French 
Revolution, when all religious orders were being persecuted and suppressed by the 
ant.-cler.cal fury. Father Coudrin gathered about him a few companions, to whom 
he confided his plans to consecrate his life to religious restoration by promoting de-
votion to the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. On Christmas night, 1800 he 
solemnly made his religious vows. Five years later he bought some dilapidated 
houses on P.cpus Street in Paris. Having established himself there with a few 
companions the new Congregation took root. 

On November 1st, 1817, by the Bull (sub plumbo) Pastor Aeternus the Holy 
See gave a solemn and irrevocable consecration to the work of Father Coudrin. This 
formal approval was confirmed by an Apostolic Decree in 1825. In the same year 
the Holy See entrusted to, the members of the Congregation the evangelization of 
the Hawaiian Islands. In 1833 the Gambler Islands, and in 1837, the Marquesas 
Islands, were likewise confided to their zeal. These various groups of Islands lie in 
the Pacific Ocean. At present the Congregation is well established in France Bel-
gium, South America, Germany, Holland, Spain, Hawaii, and the United States 
It has missions in Oceania, China, Africa, South America, India, and Norway. 

The Congregation of the Sacred Hearts, like many religious orders, devotes itself 
to missionary and parochial work, teaching, preaching, and the giving of retreats In 
addition, it practices perpetual adoration of the Blessed Sacrament—of which the 
Congregation is the pioneer. Yet, we may not even say that perpetual adoration is 
our distinctive flag even though it is the first and most beautiful of all our work 
The distinctive mark of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts is "to live a life of 
love; a love made distinctive by the spirit of reparation." W e may say our vocation 
is to love," love and make loved the Love that is not loved. 

In the year 1905 three Fathers established the first foundation at Fairhaven, Mass 
From this humble beginning we have now reached the status of a Province in the 
United States with foundations in the Archdiocese of Baltimore and Washington 
and in the Dioceses^ of Fall River, Rochester, and Columbus. The Fathers in the 
United States are engaged in parochial work, in teaching, in the giving of missions 
and; retreats, and in the work of the Enthronement of the Sacred Heart in the home 
In the near future we expect home and foreign missions to be assigned to the United 
States Province. Each day we are advancing more and more in expanding the foun-
datip^s here in America. Pray that the reign of the Sacred Heart may be each day 
spread more rapidly throughout the world. 

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FRANCISCAN BROTHERS (C.F.P.) 

Poor Brothers of Saint Francis 

In Aix-la-Chapelle at the foot of the crib on Christmas night, in the year 1857, 
John Hoever and four companions pledged their fealty to the Infant King as a 
Franciscan foundation—the Poor Brothers of St. Francis—and chose as the special 
purpose of the new foundation the care and education of neglected boys. The Con-
gregation grew apace, and soon communities had been sent abroad, which in 1913 
became the American Province of St. Joseph. 

The Poor Brothers of St. Francis, ordinarily called "The Franciscan Brothers," 
form a Community of laymen, living a common life in order to follow Christ a id 
to strive after evangelical perfection through the observance of the three simple vows 
of voluntary poverty, perpetual chastity, and perfect obedience, according to the ex-
ample of St. Francis, their holy Father. 

They seek to arrive at this general end by. pursuing a special purpose which con-
sists in the care of poor and abandoned boys whose education has been neglected. 
They are a Congregation of Brothers only, teachers and tradesmen, who have placed 
their lives and their talents at the disposal of the good God for the advancement of 
His Kingdom in their own hearts and in the hearts of their charges. In the 
class-room and shop, in the chapel and on the campus, the Brothers guide, direct, 
counsel, and manage boys. 

Presently, in the United States, the Brothers conduct Mt. Alverno, a school fpr 
problem boys in Cincinnati, O.; Morris, a boarding school for boys at Searcy, Ark.; 
and St. Raphael's, a mission for Negroes at Pine Bluff, Ark. Work among the col-
ored is on a voluntary basis; Brothers are assigned by request only. 

Grammar school, high school, and college graduates may apply for membership 
in this Congregation. Candidates under seventeen years of age enter the St. Joseph 
Juniorate to continue their studies or learn a trade. Applicants from seventeen to 
thirty-five years of age enter the postulate, a six months period preceding investiture 
with the holy habit and novitiate days. 

According to this Congregation's particular rule, candidates must have a blame-
less character, sound mind, and a good and docile disposition. They must not be 
sick or deformed, they must come from a respectable family and be of legitimate 
birth. Moreover, as a rule, no one shall be admitted before the completion of His 
seventeenth year nor after the completion'of his thirty-fifth year. Finally, all can-
didates must show such ability which gives well grounded hope that they will be 
useful members of the Congregation in carrying out its work. 

An illustrated booklet about the life of a religious in this Congregation may be 
had by writing to the Director of Vocations. 

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FRANCISCAN BROTHERS OF BROOKLYN (O.S.F.) 

Brothers of the Regular Third Order of St. Francis (Brookyn Congregation) 

Prior to the Protestant Revolt there were about fifty monasteries of the Brothers 
of the Regular Third Order of St. Francis scattered throughout Ireland. Though 
the Revolt destroyed all these monasteries, it did not completely wipe out the Order. 
Laboring among the people and counteracting the influence of the "soupers," the 
Brothers often found it necessary to hide in mountains and bogs to avoid the Eng-
lish soldiers. 

The penal laws gradually relaxed. The early part of the nineteenth century found 
a few Brothers, who had lived at Mount Alvernia, Dalkey, near Dublin, taking up 
residence at Mount Bellew in Galway. This foundation, begun in 1818, marked 
the reestablishment of the Brothers in regular community life and it was from this 
foundation that the Brooklyn Congregation sprang in 1858. 

In the early part of that year, the Rt. Rev. John Loughlin, D.D., who had been 
consecrated first Bishop of Brooklyn in 1853, invited the Irish Congregation to come 
to America and undertake the work of the education of boys in his young; diocese. 
In response to this invitation two Brothers, John McMahon and Vincent Hayes, 
arrived in Brooklyn on May 31, 1858 to begin the foundation of the present Brook-
lyn Congregation. These two Franciscans may be called pioneers in the true sense; 
for, despite the fact that they were beginning a foundation in a civilized community, 
no place was ready for their occupancy, and they had no financial resources. 

Despite these handicaps, and nevertheless imbued with the true zeal of missionar-
ies, the Brothers set about the work for which they had come, and in October, 1858 
had secured an old abandoned church which they converted into a monastery, novi-
tiate, and school. This was the first private school for boys in Brooklyn. This 
humble beginning was blest with fruitful results. More recruits came from the 
Irish Congregation, and many American youths, inspired by the holiness of their 
lives, their learning, and their ability as teachers, werej drawn to join the Brothers. 
Within the short span of ten years the Brothers were engaged in teaching in seven 
parish schools and within twenty years more than twenty-six parish schools were 
under their direction. 

Today the Brooklyn Congregation is still growing. In addition to their original 
foundation and their work in the. parochial schools, the Brothers also conduct a 
college, two large private high schools, a normal school for their own members at 
Smithtown, Long Island, and a boarding juniorate at Smithtown. They also conduct 
a private summer camp for boys at Centerport, Long Island. 

While the Congregation is diocesan and under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of 
Brooklyn, it is a flourishing one and is considered the largest diocesan Congrega-
ion of Brothers. They continue to occupy themselves with the orginal purpose of 
their foundation, which in addition to the sanctification of their members by the 
observance of the Evangelical Counsels, is the religious and literary education of male 
children, especially the poor. 

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FRANCISCAN FATHERS (O. F. M.) 

Order of Friars Minor 

Stretching along the western coast of our country is a line of old missions with 
which almost every American is familiar. These weatherbeaten churches are mile-
stones along the path of brown-robed missionaries who came to preach the Gospel in 
the days of the Spanish explorers. Sons of Saint Francis had commenced their 
apostolic work in America during the lifetime of Columbus, and with the growth of 
the country, they carried the faith wherever there were souls to be won for Christ. 

The Order of Friars Minor, priests and lay brothers, is one of three families of the 
Franciscan Order which was founded in the thirteenth century by Saint Francis of 
Assisi. Today, its members are found in all parts of the world; they are organized in 
local units called Provinces "or Commissariates, each under the supervision of a 
Provincial or a Commissary Provincial, and all subject to the Minister General who 
resides in Rome. There are six Provinces and six Commissariates in the United 
States, with members engaged in parochial work; missions and retreats; education in 
high schools, colleges, and seminaries; missionary work among the Negroes and whites 
of the South, the Indians of the West and Southwest, and among different national 
groups throughout the country; foreign missions in practically every mission field. 
There are two Friaries of the Ukranian-Byzantine Rite and another which is the home 
of the Academy of American Franciscan History. One of the most glorious works 
of the Order is the Custody of the Holy Places in Palestine, a task officially com-
mitted to it by Pope Clement VI in 1342. 

No one has better expressed the aim and the spirit of the Order than Saint 
Francis himself: "The rule and the life of the Friars Minor is this, namely, to observe 
the holy gospel of Our Lord Jesus Christ by living in obedience, without property, 
and in chastity." The Franciscan life is a combination of spiritual retirement from 
the world and of active work for the salvation of souls. Friars are obliged to abso-
lute poverty, and they are dedicated to the spread of God's Kingdom particularly 
among the poor. 

Candidates for the priesthood are received at any time after completion of the 
eighth grade; candidates for the brotherhood, at the age of eighteen. One wishing 
to join the Order must have a spirit of sacrifice, a sincere love of his fellow creatures, 
a genuine sense of humor, and a firm intention of serving God faithfully in this 
manner of life; he must be free of any impediment—physical, mental or moral— 
which would make this life impossible. He must, like Saint Francis, take Christ 
for his model, and help others save their souls through imitation of the same 
Divine Master. 

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FRANCISCAN FATHERS (T.O.R.) 

Third Order Regular of Saint Francis of Penance 

The Third Order Regular of Saint Francis of Penance takes its origin from the 
Secular Third Order, founded by the Seraphic Father in 1221. In Italy in the Dio-
cese of Lucca, Father Augustine Rapondo, a hermit of the Third Order, made pro-
fession of the three essential vows before his bishop in the year 1307. The reg-
ular observance initiated by him spread throughout the country. In 1447 there were 
some fifty convents, which in that year, under Pope Nicholas V, were canonically 
united into one Institute. The first general chapter was held in 1448 which elected 
its Minister General; and since that time 102 Ministers General have ruled the Or-
der. 

The primary purpose of the Order is the sanctification of its members, and second-
arily, the exercise of the sacred ministry in the performance of the works o f ' 
mercy. Consequently, the friars are engaged in nearly every lield of endeavor open 
to religious, and their daily life is contemplative as well as active. 

To assure the attainment of personal sanctification all the friars of the Order, 
clerics and lay Brothers, make solemn profession of the three vows of religion. 
The common life is observed in every convent and the choral recitation of the Di-
vine Office is of obligation. In addition, attendance at holy Mass, meditation the 
particular and general examen, and the recitation of the Franciscan Crown or ros-
ary of the Seven Joys of the Blessed Virgin Mary take a prominent part in the daily 
life of every friar. 

The Franciscan Fathers have been established in the United States since 1907 
when they opened a house at Spaulding, Nebr. In the following year they took 
over St. Francis College in Loretto, Pa. In this country at the present time the Order 
has thirty-four convents which make up two provinces, a commissariat dependent on 
the Spanish Province, and a foundation from the Croatian Province. A commissariat 
in India has its procure in Loretto, Pa. 

The work of the friars in the United States is sufficiently inclusive to allow each 
member to labor in that field for which he is best fitted. In the field of education 
the Friars of the ThirJ Order Regular direct a major and minor seminary for the 
training of both the secular and regular clergy, and conduct colleges and high 
schools. They have the care of parishes throughout the country, and have mission 
parishes for the Negroes in the South and for Mexicans in the Southwest. The friars 
are actively engaged in mission work and, consequently, conduct retreats for priests 
and religious, and missions tor lay people in every section of the country. A -vast 
section of the foreign mission territory of the Patna Diocese in India has been en-
trusted to the Third Order Regular, where among the Santals the "harvest is ripe but 
the laborers are few." 

T he lay Brothers of the Order form an integral part of every convent accompany-
ing a.iu assisting ,ae priests. Their work, too, has wide variety as they act as clerical 
workers, cooks; tailors, g; irdeners, printers, and also have charge of many other 
duties in the community. 

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FRANCISCAN MISSIONARY BROTHERS (O.S.F.) 

Congregation of the Franciscan Missionary Brothers of the Sacred Heart of 

Jesus 

The Congregation of the Franciscan Missionary Brothers of the Sacred Heart of Je-
sus is a Congregation of Brothers only, without priests. It follows the rules of the 
Third Order Regular of St. Francis. The Congregation owes its origin to the Mission-
ary Brothers of St. Francis, a Congregation founded in Lublin, Poland, in 1922 by 
Bishop Ignatius Dubowski. Members of this Congregation made the foundation at 
Eureka, Mo., in 1927. However in 1935 with the approval of Archbishop John 
J. Glennon, of St. Louis, the Community at Eureka dissolved its relationship with the 
Congregation in Poland, and was established as a Diocesan Congregation under its 
present title. The constitutions were rewritten and approved by Archbishop Glennon 
on October 17, 1935. The color of the habit was changed and the scapular was 
altered. 

The principal work of the Brothers is the care of institutions for sick and aged 
men. As the mirror, St. Francis reflected perfectly the ever responsive sympathy for, 
and the assistance of Our Lord to the sick and unfortunate. This is the spirit fos-
tered by the Brothers whose foremost desire is to follow faithfully in the footsteps of 
their Seraphic Father. Theirs is a work requiring especially the all powerful treat-
ment of applied charity, sympathetic understanding, kindness, and patience. It is a 
work for men where a common outlook and understanding of manlike characteristics 
places the Brothers and patients on a common ground and affords an excellent med-
ium for fulfilling the ultimate purpose of the work. The body for the sake of the 
soul, body and soul for God. At Eureka they conduct a large, newly built, and com-
pletely modern nursing home for chronic sick and aged men. 

The external practice of charity towards his fellow men becomes the expression 
of the spiritual development diligently cultivated in each Brother. This begins im-
mediately on admission and is intensified through each stage of his religious life— 
six months postulate, one year novitiate, three years of temporary vows, renewed 
annually, and finally by perpetual vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. Frequent 
use of the Sacraments, regular daily religious exercises, special privileges common 
to all Franciscan Orders, instructions, and every means of assistance is used to insure 
each Brother the opportunity of growing in personal sanctity. 

Besides nursing, practically every trade and occupation found in the world is du-
plicated in the community and institutional life. There is work and a place for any 
man with good will who has a vocation. Requirements for admission are simple— 
ordinary mental and physical qualities which will enable an individual to become a 
useful member of the Congregation. 

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GLENMARY MISSIONERS 

Home Missioners of America 

In the spring of 1936, there appeared in the American Ecclesiastical Review, a 
plan for the establishment of a Society of home missionaries to labor for the con-
version of America as foreign missionary societies labor for conversions in the 
Far East. 

In 1939, under the patronage of the Most Rev. John McNicholas, Archbishop 
of Cincinnati, the Society of the Glenmary Missioners,' officially known as the Home 
Missioners of America, began its missionary labors. The fotinder and present 
Superior General is the Very Rev. W . Howard Bishop. 

Organized to labor for conversions among the more than one hundred million 
non-Catholics of America, the Society is a group of secular priests and brothers who 
live a community, life under a superior. They take no vows beyond those of diocesan 
priests, but are bound together by an oath of obedience. A cooperating group of 
Sisters, also Glenmarians, assist in the work at the Mother House, and in the mission 
field by teaching and doing social work. 

Special emphasis in the work is given to missionary efforts in the counties of 
America where no priests are stationed—termed by the missionaries, "No priest land." 
These counties happen to be located almost exclusively in the country sections of 
America. The technique employed by the Society is to send missionary priests to 
live permanently in the large areas of our country where the Chuirch is little known. 
From their little mission parishes which they use as bases theygwork out into the 
surrounding territory, setting up smaller chapels or out-minions wherever the 
number of converts in an area warrants it. The methods used include personal calls, 
individual instructions, classes of instruction, Catholic literature, radio broadcasts, 
newspaper articles and open air preaching. The work is always done at the request 
of diocesan authorities. 

At the most gracious invitation of the Archbishop of Cincinnati, students for the 
priesthood are sent to the Archdiocesan Minor Seminary of Saint Gregory and the 
Major Seminary of Mount Saint Mary in Cincinnati. In the last year, while they still 
attend classes at the seminary, the deacons usually reside at the Mother House in 
Glendale. Finally, before the young priest assumes the responsibilities of work in the 
mission field, he spends a period in novitiate and preparation for the missions at 
the Mother House. Plans are nearing completion for the permanent mother house 
and seminary where Glenmary students of Theology will eventually be trained. 

Thus far five areas mark the scene of the missionary endeavors of the Glenmary 
Missioners, two in Kentucky and one each in Ohio, Virginia, and Georgia. All of 
these are predominantly rural and the territory to be worked in each is expansive. 
Two missions already have their schools, one includes a high school, and others are 
making plans for schools in the future. The young Society will leave nothing un-
done in its efforts to convert non-Catholic America. 

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HOLY CROSS FATHERS AND BROTHERS (C.S.C.) 

Congregation of Holy Cross 

When you hear the words "Notre Dame," your imagination pictures one of the 
best known Catholic Universities in America. But many know little of the genius 
and industry that are responsible, after God, for its fame. Why has Notre Dame 
such a hold on American hearts? It is because behind her victorious teams there is 
something far deeper and more valuable: the same will to dare and to win which 
animated the founders of Notre Dame, the priests and Brothers of the Congregation 
of Holy Cross. 

The Community had its beginning in 1835. in Le Mans, France, in the strong 
missionary heart of a French priest, Basil, Anthony Moreau. He was a perfect dynamo 
of a man and there were not enough hours in the day for all the works with which 
God inspired him. Hence he gathered about him other generous men and formed 
them into a fighting team, so that soon Holy Cross priegts and Brothers, afire with 
Moreau's own zeal, were half-way across the world in India, Africa, and America. 

Take Notre Dame as a typical example. In 1842, Father Edward Sorin, C.S.C., 
one of Father Moreau's > brave young soldiers, arrived at South Bend in northern 
Indiana to begin a new school. Then and in the years that followed he and his com-
panions fought manfully against the wilderness, cold, famine, plague, many fires, 
untold heartaches, and set-backs. In 1879 almost the whole school burned down but 
Father Sorin set about rebuilding it while the bricks were still warm. Said he: "Even 
if it were all gone, I would not give up." 

Had he and his little band been animated by merely human prudence, they would 
have gone home many times; but they had named their school "Notre Dame du Lac— 
Our Lady of the Lake," and they knew that Mary would never desert them. Do you 
see now one of the reasons behind the famed spirit of Notre Dame? 

Though Notre Dame is the best know work of the Congregation, Father Moreau 
did not confine his Community to education alone. There was no task suggested to 
him by the love of God and of souls that was too much for him. Today there are 
Holy Cross missionaries in India and South America, home missionaries preaching 
in the parishes of our country, and others caring for the bodies and souls of Mexicans 
and Negroes in the South and Southwest. Moreover, some 17 parishes are manned 
by Holy Cross priests in the United States alone. In addition there are Holy Cross 
teaching and lay Brothers, the latter finding useful and satisfying employment in 
almost every possible trade and occupation. ' 

Finally in every activity Holy Cross priests and Brothers live the fullness of the 
religious life bound together by the three vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, 
by their common rule and spiritual exercises, and by the ideal of their Congregation 
signified in its seal, "Our One Hope, the Holy Cross.'' 





HOLY FAMILY FATHERS (M.S.F.) 

Congregation of Missionaries of the Holy Family 

WHO ARE THE MISSIONARIES OF THE HOLY FAMILY? 

The Missionaries of the Holy Family are a Congregation of priests and lay Bro-
thers who promise to God the three vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, 
and work for their own sanctification and the salvation of souls in the mission 
fields of the world. 

BY WHOM WERE THEY FOUNDED? 

They were founded in 1895 by Father John Berthier, a La Salette Father, who ob-
tained the permission and the approval of the Holy Father to found the Missionaries 
of the Holy Family. In his many travels throughout France and other parts of Eu-
rope, Father Berthier met many discouraged and disheartened young men who had 
wanted to become priests but could not because of poverty in the family or because 
they were too old and no seminary would accept them. When he saw this, Father 
Berthier determined to found a Congregation that would accept these belated voca-
tions, and also those who were too poor to study elsewhere. Pope Leo XIII praised 
the work highly and added, "It is very timely, and I wish that it would be realized 
soon." 

WHAT IS THEIR WORK? 

The Missionaries of the Holy Family exist primarily to train young men to the 
priesthood, and once trained, to place them in the missions at home and abroad to 
win souls to Christ. This is in accord with their constitutions (by-laws) which read 
"—to train Missionaries for the Church, and to admit those especially who are called 
to an apostolic life but cannot attain this end elsewhere on account of poverty or ad-
vanced age; to mold them into efficient laborers for Christ, to be sent to the holy mis-
sions according to the wish and will of the Holy See, in order to win other peoples 
and nations to the Church of Christ." 

WHERE ARE THEY LOCATED? 

You'll find members of the Holy Family in St. Louis, Mo., where they conduct a 
seminary for their vocations, and work in the diocese; in the Southwest at work 
among the Spanish speaking peoples; in South America among the Indians of Brazil, 
Chile, Peru, and Argentina; in Europe—Holland, France, Germany, Poland, Switzer-
land, Italy, and Norway—in the South Pacific in Borneo and Java. 

HOW DOES ONE BECOME A MEMBER? 

Any boy or young man who wishes further information should write to our dir-
ector of vocations. In the course of time if he wishes to become a member of the 
Congregation, and if accepted, he will be given his preparatory and seminary training, 
and after ordination will be placed in God's workshop—the missions. 

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HOLY GHOST FATHERS (C.S.SP.) 

Congregation of the Holy Ghost and of the Immaculate Heart of Mary 

The Congregation of the Holy Ghost was founded in Paris on Pentecost, 1703, 
iy a young lawyer-turned-priest, Claude Francis Poullart des Places. Its object 
tfas to train missionaries for the most difficult posts in the Church, to labor among 
he ost abandoned peoples in Christian and pagan lands. 

Revivified by its union with the Society dedicated to the Holy Heart of Mary 
nd founded by the convert Jewish priest, Father Francis Mary Paul Libermann, 
he Congregation in time established communities in other countries of Europe. It 
IOW has provinces in France, Ireland, the United States, Canada, England, Poland, 
lolland, Belgium, Germany, and Portugal. 

I Although noted principally for their missionary work, Holy Ghost Fathers ad-
minister seminaries, colleges, and charitable enterprises in many parts of the world, 
• h e United States Province, founded in 1873, conducts Duquesne University in 

'ittsburgh, an orphanage, two seminaries, and novitiate, directs the National 
)ffice of the Pontifical Association of the Holy Childhood, and has charge of sixty-
even colored parishes and missions and' twenty-nine other foundations in twenty-
pur archdioceses and dioceses in this country. One of its largest undertakings is 
fork among the Mexicans of California. 

True to the missionary traditions of their order, Holy Ghost Fathers from the 
Jnited States have gone, and will continue to go, to mission fields in Africa and 
[uerto Rico. They are the only priests from this country who at present have 
harge of an African Vicariate, the mission equivalent of a diocese, that of Kili-
lanjaro, Tanganyika Territory. 

The opportunity to work for Christ is present to an unus,ual degree in this long-
stablished Order. Holy Ghost Fathers do parish work. They work among the 
legroes. They conduct parish missions and retreats. They teach. They go on the 

»reign missions. This Congregation, then, offers aspirants to the priesthood and 
Brotherhood the chance to do many types of work in the service of Almighty God. 
I The junior seminary, where a four-year high school and a two year college course 
p given and approved by the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, is located in Corn-
|e l ls Heights, near Philadelphia. In Ridgefield, Conn., the candidate spends his 
•ovulate year, at the close of which he makes his profession, taking the vows of 
•overty, chastity, and obedience. At the Holy Ghost Mission Seminary, Norwalk 
| o n n , he completes his philosophical and theological studies in preparation for 
•rdination. 

Holy Ghost Brothers, whose habit is the same as the Fathers except that a cloth 
|Ii-replaces the cincture, assist the priests in their work of spreading the kingdom 
• Christ on earth. Like the priests, they are religious, with the three vows. The 

stulancy and novitiate are at Ridgefield. 

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IMMACULATE HEART MISSIONERS (I. H. M.) 

Immaculate Heart of Mary Mission Society 

The I. H. M. Congregation, founded in 1862 in Brussels, Belgium, by the Very Rev. 
Theophile Verbist, national director of the Holy Childhood, stands on a purely 
missionary basis, taking into her sphere of action only missionary activities. The train-
ing of the candidates, besides the proper training for priests and brothers, includes 
many skills, specialized knowledge, or science. The members take the religious vows 
and the "Mission Oath." 

China was their first mission field in 1865. With the whole of Inner Mongolia, 
parts of Shansi, Shensi, and the Province of Jehol, a house of studies in Peking and 
procures in Tientsin, Shanghai, and Singapore, the mission constitutes five dioceses 
with I. H. M. clergy and two with native clergy. Congo was their second field. 
In 1888 nearly the whole territory was entrusted to the Society, which holds today four 
of the twenty-eight Vicariates. The Philippines became the third field in 1907. 
The main mission is the Mountain Province of Luzon, with Baguio as the center. 
Missions in the dioceses of Manila, Nueva Segovia and Tuguegarao also are in charge 
of the I. H. M. 'S. The Island of Celebes, province of Macassar, was the fourth 
field in 1936. 

In 1945 the Society joined the home missions in the United States. The Arlington, 
Va. center house was opened in 1946. In June 1946 the Society was incorporated 
under the laws of Virginia. In November 1946 Rome approved the new creation 
by a very gracious rescript. So far seven priests are engaged in missionary work in 
Philadelphia, Pa., three in Columbus, O., two in Richmond, Va., two in Dallas, 
Tex. Others work from the Arlington house. The Society expects to double the 
present number before the end of this year. All members are to be naturalized and 
are to adapt themselves to the American way of life. 

The I.H.M.'S direct 14 independent mission divisions headed by as many bishops 
who govern a Catholic population of 1,300,000 converts, with the addition of 200,000 
catechumens. Confessions in these missions total far over 3,000,000 and communions 
well over 10,000,000 each year. Vocations to the priesthood and sisterhood are plenti-
ful. Twelve minor and three major seminaries take care of the native seminarians. 
Two bishops, two hundred and fifty priests, and five hundred Sisters constitute the 
native mission staff. These missions account for 152 hospitals and dispensaries 
caring for 3,500,000 patients yearly. There are also 10 leper asylums (one I.H.M. 
brother being a leper himself) and about 5,000 schools with large enrollment. 
Many tens of thousands of orphan children rescued were recorded, those who died 
being saints in heaven, and those who lived educated in the Christian way of life. 
The I.H.M.'s have 19 victims for the Faith on the Roll of Honor. 

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IRISH CHRISTIAN BROTHERS (f.S.C.H.) 

Congregation of the Brothers of the Christian Schools of Ireland 

Edmund Ignatius Rice, born in Callan, County Kilkenny, Ireland, 1762, was the 
founder of the Irish Christian Brothers. He was almost forty years of age and a 
wealthy business man in the city of Waterford when the call of God became man-
ifest to him. Turning aside from a personal desire to enter a European monastery, he 
determined with the advice of Dr. Hussey, Bishop of Waterford, to dedicate his life 
and his wealth to the education of youth following blindly the words of the holy 
Gospel: "Go sell what thou hast, and give to the poor; and thou shalt have treasure 
in heaven: and come follow me." 

As to the necessity for such a work of God, one had but to look around the 
streets of Waterford and of every other city to see on all sides groups of poor, 
neglected, and uncontrolled boys in whose hearts, only by a miracle of grace, the 
lamp of faith was still burning. Notwithstanding the existence of opposing English 
laws and his own pedagogical inexperience, the founder began the work of his 

Congregation. With such great confidence in God and with marvelous spiritual 
courage, the work was thus begun which was divinely appointed to heal many of 
the wounds inflicted on Ireland by the dreadful code of the "Penal Laws." 

The first school of the Congregation was opened in the city of Waterford in 1802. 
At first the founder was assisted by two paid teachers but they soon left him not 
being able to share his ardent charity and high ideals. For some time, he carried on 
all alone feeling sure that God would assist him. And thus it happened. Almost 
immediately, two young men from Callan, educated and of excellent character, came 
to offer their free and voluntary services for the work of God. And as the months 
and years passed by, young men came in great numbers to place themselves in the 
hands of the founder to be molded by him- for the work of the schools, now spread-
ing into various towns of Ireland. 

The immense improvement in the conduct of the boys who attended the Brothers' 
schools began to attract the attention of Catholics and non-Catholics. Conscious of 
the blessed influences of the schools, the bishops in whose dioceses the schools were 
established appealed for the Papal confirmation of the founder's work. The appeal 
was graciously heard and in 1820 the Congregation was approved and confirmed 
by a Brief of the Sovereign Pontiff, Pope Pius VII. 

The founder who died in 1844 saw twenty-seven houses of the Congregation 
established. Today, the Brothers are carrying on his work in India, Africa, Aus-
tralia, Tasmania, New Zealand, Rome, Gibraltar, the United States, Canada, New-
foundland, England, North and South Ireland. 

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JESUITS (S.J.) 

Society of Jeius 

The Society of Jesus commonly known as the Jesuits, was founded in Rome in 
1540 by Saint Ignatius Loyola, aided by nine other companions, the best known 
of which is the great missionary saint, Francis Xavier. The members of the Society 
are priests and scholastics (those studying to be priests) and Brothers known as 
temporal coadjutors. The latter are real members of the Society but do not study, 
occupying themselves with the temporal concerns of the Community. Today the 
Society is spread throughout the entire world, divided into fifty provinces. 

Two works may be said to comprise the main fields of labor of the Jesuits, 
though in truth they undertake whatever may be thought to be of value towards 
the greater glory of God. These two works are Catholic education and labors in 
the foreign missions. High schools, colleges, and universities are found in every 
country, under the care of the Jesuits, while one out of every seven Jesuits is a 
foreign missionary. 

There are in the United States eight different provinces. Canada has two prov-
inces. In America the, Society has twenty-seven colleges, some of them with uni-
versity status, thirty-six high schools, and thirteen retreat houses. Many are en-
gaged in preaching, retreat work, missions, and the apostolate of the press. One 
out of every ten American Jesuits is on the -foreign missions entrusted to the 
American Jesuits in China, India, Ceylon, Iraq, Central America, Jamaica, Alaska, 
Philippine Islands, Saipan, and the Marshall Islands; while others are working 
among the Indians in the West and still others in special work among the Negroes 
at home. 

Candidates for the priesthood applying for admission to the Society must have 
completed a high school course embracing Latin. Upon entrance into the Society 
there are two full years of noviceship before vows are taken; then follows a course 
in the classical languages, three years of philosophy and science and four years of 
theology.' Between philosophy and theology, the scholastic generally is engaged 
in high school work for several years. After all studies are completed there is a 
third year called the Tertianship during which time the young priest studies the 
Spiritual Exercises of Saint Ignatius more thoroughly and gives the final finish to 
his years of preparation to be the perfect religious Saint Ignatius would have him be. 
The course is thus rather long but Saint Ignatius believed in a thorough training 
for the members of the Society. 

The Brothers in the Society do not study except to perfect themselves in some trade 
skill. They lead the same life as the-priests and scholastics, have the same vows 
binding them, and observe the same rules. In all things they are re»l members 
of the Society without the obligation of the priesthood. 

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JOSEPHITE FATHERS (S.SJ.) 

Society of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart 

In answer to a plea of the Second Plenary Council of Baltimore for "priests 
to consecrate their thoughts, their time and themselves wholly and entirely if possi-
ble to the service of the colored people" the Josephite Fathers came to America in 
1871. Five years previous, their Society was founded at Mill Hill, England by Fa-
ther Herbert Vaughn, later Cardinal of Westminster. In 1893, it was deemed ad-
visable to form a separate American Community to provide adequately for the 
growth of their work and the Society of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart was establish-
ed. It is a Society without vows whose special aim is world-wide missionary work 
amongst non-Catholic people and especially amongst the Negroes; its efforts thus 
far have been devoted primarily to the conversion of the American Ne-ro Today 
the members of this Society care for approximately one-third of the colored missions 
of the United States. 

This apostolate, though beset with difficulties and lacking the glamor which 
distant lands lend to more remote fields of missionary endeavor, presents numerous 
opportunit.es for the saving of souls. Of the thirteen million colored inhabitants of 
this country towards whose conversion it is directed, seven million are without anv 
church affiliation and over five million at least are nominal adherents for non-
Catholic sects. These figures readily reveal the reason for calling the colored mis-
sions of this nation, "America's Number One Mission Responsibility." Mindful 
of these souls the Josephite Fathers are expending every effort in this schere of mis-
sionary activity. Through their work thousands of fallen away Catholics have been 
brought back to the faith, numerous others are being strengthened in the practice 
of their religion, and the flow of Negro converts to the Catholic Church is steadilv 
increasing. Statistics show that no mission field in our land is productive of 

.«reater results. Besides, as an added result of their missionary labors, the Joset>hite 
Fathers are contributing substantially to the betterment of race relations in America 

To futher this missionary work the' Societv of St. Joseph of the Sacred Heart re-
quires of candidates seeking admission, besides the qualities needed for the priest-
hood or brotherhood, a sincere interest in the spiritual welfare of the Negro Uoon 
admiss.on aspirants for the priesthood receive credit for studies previously made 
and complete their preparatory subjects at Epiphany Aoostolic College, Newburgh 

tiBHi S P T a t R ? i n g t h C n f ° l l 0 W S i n M a r ? Immaculate Novitiate. 
Newburgh; upon complet.on of which seminary studies are pursued at St. Joseph's 

i r ^ ? " , B U K e S ' e S t a W i s h e d b y W * « o r s of ^ e Society pro 
H f ^ K u n u 7 y C a n d i d a t C S i n n e e d ° f financial assistance. Candi-

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LA MENNAIS BROTHERS (F.I.C.) 

Brothers of Christian Instruction 

The Order of the Brothers of Christian Instruction was founded in 1817 by 
Venerable Jean-Marie de la Mennais, a zealous and holy priest of St. Malo, Brittany, 
France, for the education of boys and young men. 

Venerable de La Mennais filled most important offices with great distinction in 
St. Bneuc, in Paris and in the Dioceses of Rennes and Vannes, in Brittany. In all 
of them, he displayed a genius for administration, and in the midst of many honors 
he gave proofs of the greatest humility. For forty-three years, he directed the Bro^ 
thers, giving them their rules and spirit. Being himself an eminent educator and 
an apostle with fiery zeal and dauntless courage," he exerted a profound and last-
ing influence upon his disciples. He died a holy death in I860. 

The headquarters of the Order were established in Ploermel, France until 1903 
when the French government expelled all religious teachers from the country. In 
1905, the superiors fixed their residence on the Island of Jersey, England. 

In 1866, a group of French Brothers went to Canada and formed a new branch 
in La Praire, in the Province of Quebec. In 1911, the Canadian Brothers opened 
at Plattsburg, N.Y., an American juniorate which was later transferred to Alfred 
Me., in 1931. ' 

The Brothers of Christian Instruction are in charge of schools in France, England 
Spain, Italy, Canada, the United States, Argentina, Haiti, Africa, and Oceania ' In 
| i s country, the Brothers direct elementary schools as well as secondary schools in 
Plattsburg, N.Y.; Fall River, Mass.; Biddeford, Waterville and Sanford, Me. 

The American group of Brothers has recently been formed into a separate 
autonomous province. Though small at present, this province promises to develop 
very rapidly, owing to the great enthusiasm of its members. 

The first and principal aim of the Order is the sanctification of its members. 
Its special and secondary aim is the Christian education of youth. The Brothers' 
motto is: "Deo Soli." 

Boys and young men who wish to devote their lives to the service of God and 
to the education of the youth of this and of foreign lands may apply for conditions 
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LA SALETTE FATHERS (M.S.) 

Congregation of the Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette 

The Congregation of the Missionaries of Our Lady of La Salette was founded in 
1856 by a group of zealous priests of the Diocese of Grenoble in France. Ten years 
before, Our Blessed Mother had appeared to two children, as they were tending their 
cows in the Alps of France, near the village of La Salette. At first, she was seated 
on a stone, her head resting in her hands. She was weeping. When she stood up, 
she said: "If my people will not submit, I, shall be forced to let go the hand of my 
Son. It is so strong, so heavy, I can no longer withhold it." She went on to com-
plain that the sins of men were causing the anger of God. • She warned against the 
calamities that would befall us, if we did not repent; promising blessings, if we 
changed our ways. "My children," she concluded, "you will make this known to all 
my people." 

The founders saw in this event a challenge to their zeal, and so they directed the 
efforts of the new Congregation to combat the crimes of the day. The work spread 
rapidly to almost every European country. In 1892, the first house in the United 
States was established in Hartford, Conn. 

Of course, the general aim of the Congregation is the salvation of the souls of its 
individual members. This is attained through various works: preaching missions 
and retreats, conducting parishes, teaching in their own seminaries, laboring in the 
needy missions of the South. Only volunteers go to the foreign missions. 

Those who manifest a desire to become missionaries in the Congregation will 
be accepted at any time after the completion of the eighth grade. A preparatory 
seminary, consisting of a high school classical course, is conducted at Hartford, 
Conn. That is followed by one year of noviceship, two years of advanced classical 
studies, two years of philosphy, and four years of theology. 

Young men who do not wish to become priests, but who do feel called to the re-
ligious life, may enter the Congregation as Brothers. The Brothers are missionaries, 
members of the Congregation, but, after their noviceship, instead of studing for the 
priesthood, they are assigned to some trade or skill to which they are adapted. 

For futher information write to the address given in the appendix. 

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MARIAN FATHERS (M.I.C.) 

Congregation of the Marian Clerics Regular of the Immaculate Conception of 

the Most Blessed Virgin Mary 

The foundations of the Congregation of the Marian Fathers of the Immaculate 
Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary were laid by the saintly Venerable Servant 
of God, Stanislaus Papczynski (1631-1701) of the Diocese of Krakow at Kora-
bieve Forest in Poland on October 24, 1673. Formal approval was granted by the 
Holy See in the year 1679. From 1699 to 1909 instead of simple vows its members 
took solemn vows and wore white habits in honor of the Immaculate Conception. 
Marian houses were founded in Poland, Lithuania, Portugal, the Ukraine, White 
Russia, and Italy. In fulfillment of the prophetic words of the Founder upon 
his deathbed on September 17, 1701, the Marian Congregation endured countless 
persecutions and trials, yet Divine Providence continued to protect it. 

Due to suppressive civil laws and prohibitions, even persecution under the 
domination of the Russian schismatics, there survived a sole member, Father Vincent 
Senkus, M.I.C., the last Superior General of the Marian Order at Marijampole, 
Lithuania. God then sent a devout priest, Reverend George Matulevicius (1871-
1927), who assisted Father Senkus in re-establishing the Marian Congregation. 

As entrance to novitiate and public profession of vows were prohibited, on Aug-
ust 29, 1909, Father Matulevicius secretly made his first profession in the presence 
of Father Senkus. Father F. Bucys, the present Superior General of the Marian 
Congregation then began his novitiate, and thus the Congregation began a new era. 
Apostolic approval of the reorganized congregation was granted by Pope Pius X 
in the year 1910. Members now take simple vows and have no distinctive habit, 
but clerics wear the garb of the secular clergy while lay Brothers the garb of 
the laity. 

In 1913 the renovator of the' Marian Congregation sent two priests from the 
novitiate at Freiburg to the city of Chicago, 111. A religious house and a novitiate 
were founded. Thus the American Province began. 

The Marian Congregation is an international community and at present the 
American Province has eight religious houses: Chicago, 111.; Hinsdale, 111.; Thompson, 
Conn.; Washington, D. C,; Kenosha, Wis.; Milwaukee, Wis.; Stockbridge, Mass.; 
Avellaneda, Argentina. The members direct its major seminary at Hinsdale, 111., and 
Marianapolis College, Thompson, Conn. Its two novitiates are at Hinsdale and 
Stockbridge. 

The Marians engage in pastoral work by aiding the secular clergy, by preaching, 
by conducting missions both home and abroad, by giving catechetical instructions, 
by maintaining 3 printing press, by instituting various schools, colleges, faculties, 
and by performing various other tasks which contribute to the welfare of Christ's 
Church on earth. To help attain these ends, Marian lay Brothers are engaged in any 
special field of education or trained and skilled in various occupations. 

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MARIANISTS (S.M.) 

Society of Mary 

The Society of Mary (Marianists) was founded in 1817 by the Very Rev. VilHáni 
Joseph Chaminade at Bordeaux, France. In 1839 Gregory XVI issued a decree of 
commendation to the Society in praise of the work done by "its members. Pius IX 
recognized it as a religious body in 1865, and finally in 1891, after a careful exam-
ination of the special features in which the Society differed notably from other Or-
ders, Leo XIII gave canonical approbation to its constitutions. In accodance with this 
Brief, the Society of Mary is a religious Society of clerical and lay members, who 
make the usual simple vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, to which at the time 
of their final profession they add the fourth vow of stability in the service of the 
Blessed Virgin. Its members are officially designated by tfae Roman Curia as Marian-
ists tó distinguish them from other religious Societies also known as Societies of 
Mary. 

A distinctive feature of the Marianists is the composition of its membership which 
consists of both clerical and lay members who make profession of the same four vows. 
Except the functions of the sacred ministry which are necessarily restricted to the 
priests, and a limited number of other functions which are reserved by the con-
stitutions—some to the priests and some to the lay members—all members may be 
employed, according to their ability but without distinction of class, in the various 
works of the Society as well a? in its government. In this combination of the 
forces of priests and laymen the founder sought to remove the limitations of useful-
ness ta which each category would be subject without the cooperation of the other. 

The principal works of the Marianists relate to the instruction of every kind and 
of every grade. For them the term education comprises all the means which enable 
them to sow, cultivate, strengthen, and render fruitful the Christian spirit in souls, 
in order to lead them to a sincere and open profession of true Christianity. Works 
which can be considered as the complement of Christian education are sodalities of 
the Blessed Virgin, retreats, missions, the different functions of the sacred ministry, 
whether among the members of the Community, among the pupils, or among the 
people in the world. The Brothers destined for manual labor aré employed in house-
Hold occupations, in agriculture, in various trades, and in the capacity of super-
intendents of work. 

The Marianists were introduced into the United States in 1849, when its first 
house was founded in the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. Since that date two distinct 
provinces have been formed, thirty-three establishments belonging to the Cincinnati. 
Province and nineteen to the St. Louis Province. The general administration of the 
entire Society now is located at Nivelles, Belgium, but plans are being discussed 
presently for its transfer to Rome, Italy. 

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MARIANNHILL FATHERS (C.M.M.J 

Congregation of Mariannhill Missionaries 

The Congregation of Marianhill Missionaries, or more commonly, "The Marian-
hill Fathers," is the title of a young organization of priests and Brothers whose 
chief purpose is "to spread the Gospel among the pagans" by means of its home 
and foreign missions. 

In 1862 a group of Trappists established a large monastery near Durban in South 
Africa. They called it Mariannhill. The new monastery grew by leaps and bounds 
and the prosperous monks were induced to take on more and more missionary work 
by the local bishop. With the passage of time it became more and more evident 
that missionary work was too severe a strain on monks bound by perpetual fasting, 
silence, and common recitation of the Divine Office. Hence in 1909, our late Holy 
Father, Pope Pius X, released Mariannhill from the Trappist rule and life and made 
it a separate and independent organization with its own constitutions and habit. 

Since 1909, the year of its establishment as a missionary Society, to the present day, 
Marianhill has spread far and wide over the globe. Today, besides its American 
foundations, houses can be found in Canada, England, Holland, Germany, Austria, 
Poland and Switzerland. 

As the very name indicates, the Society professes a very special and tender de-
votion to the Mother of God under the title of "Mediatrix of All Graces" and to St. 
Anne. For this reason each day after dinner the Fathers and Brothers make a per-
petual novena in honor of St. Anne for their own personal wants as well as for 
all their benefactors. 

Both priests and brothers take the three "simple" vows of poverty, chastity, and 
obedience. The priests wear a black cassock and a red cincture; the brothers a black 
cassock and a black leather belt. 

Besides home and foreign mission work, the Mariannhill Fathers also preach 
missions and retreats, do parish service, teach in their own schools, and edit magazines 
and pamphlets. The Mariannhill Brothers, in accordance with an esteemed tradition, 
act as the right hand men of the priests and assist them in every way in furthering 
the salvation of souls. This includes the entire range of work from domestic-arts 
to technical skills. As a rule the Brothers do not teach. 

Mariannhill demands of its candidates for the priesthood genuine piety, sufficient 
talent to undertake the required studies, and at least ordinary good health; of its 
aspirants to the brotherhood, sincere piety, native skill for learning a trade or some 
useful art, and also normal good health. 

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MARIST BROTHERS OF THE SCHOOLS (F.M.S.) 

Institute oí the Marist Brothers of the Schools 

The Institute of the Marist Brothers of the Schools is a Congregation of teaching 
Brothers particularly devoted to the Blessed Virgin Mary. Founded near Lyons, France 
in 1817 by the Venerable Marcellin Champágnat, today the Society is located in forty-
five countries, and missions have been founded in Asia, Africa, and Oceania. The 
Marist Brothers are imparting a Catholic education to 184,000 students 'in their var-
ious schools. 

In 1886, the Marist Brothers came to this country and opened schools in New York 
City. Now they have schools ranging from the New England States down to Texas 
and as far west as Illinois. 

The principal ends of the Marist Brothers of the Schools is to labor for the 
greater glory of God, in honor of the Blessed Virgin, and for their own -sanctifica-
tion by the observance of the vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience, according 
to the constitutions of their Institute, A secondary end 'is to save souls by the 
Christian education of the children. The Brothers conduct grammar schools, high 
schools, colleges, indústrial schools, and orphanages throughout the world. 

The Mariest Brothers are life-long students. They follow college and university 
studies, either, in this country or abroad. They become specialists in their field 
and often, recognized authorities in some fields of education. 

The Institute of the Marist Brothers of the Schools is a Roman Congregation It 
has been blessed and encouraged by the Sovereign Pontiffs and definitely approved 
by a Papal Decree in 1903. For their formation in the religious life and for their 
studies, the Marist Brothers conduct Houses of Formation called juniorates, novitiates 
and scholasticates. The scholasticate in the United States is Marian College, which 
has a charter from the University of the State of New York, the State Education 
Department. 

The Institute of the Marist Brothers of the Schools is governed by a Brother Su-
perior General, who resides at the Motherhouse in Rome. The institute is divided 
into provinces, now twenty-seven, with each province having its own Provincial Su-
perior. Each house is governed by a Brother Director or local superior. 

The religious habit of the Marist Brothers of the Schools consists of a black cas-
sock, a white rabat, a woolen cord, and a brass crucifix. Outside of their religious 
house, the Brothers wear a black suit and a Roman collar. 

Applicants should sihcerely desire to consecrate themselves to God in the religious 
state and cultivate a true devotion to Mary. They should possess good health, sound 
judgement, and an aptitude for study. Those who have completed their elementary 
education may enter the Marist Preparatory School at Esopus, N. Y„ or St Joseph 
Juniorate, Tyngsboro, Mass. More advanced students are received at St. Ann's 
Hermitage, Poughkeepsie, N. Y. 

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MARIST FATHERS (S.M.Í 

Society of Mary 

About a hundred years ago in a small village in the diocese of Lyons, France, the 
Society of Mary was formed. Its founder was the Venerable Father Jean Claude 
Colin; or rather as Colin often declared, Our Lady herself: "I recognize no other 
Founder than the Blessed Virgin. I do not fear to affirm it on the brink of the 
g rave . . . the details will be known to Marists only in heaven." 

The early members of the Society were distinguished by their earnest piety and 
holiness. Father Colin has been declared Venerable and his cause of Beatification 
is being dealt with at Rome. Among his early companions were Blessed Peter Chanel, 
first martyr of Central Oceania; Blessed Julian Eymard, founder of. the Fathers of 
the Blessed Sacrament; and Venerable Marcelin Champagnat, founder of the Marist 
Brothers of the Schools, a teaching Institute. St. John Baptist Vianney, frequently 
referred to as the holy Curé D'Ars, held the Society of Mary in such high esteem that 
on one occasion, yielding to his extraordinary desire for his personal sanctification, he 
left his parish to become one of its members. He remained a member of its 
Third Order. 

In the spirit of their apostolic work, the Marists are to act with such reserve and 
so abstain from all seeking after worldly praise, that they are always to remain "un-
known and as it were hidden in this world." The ideal of his Society, a life of poverty 
and humility, of simplicity and kindness, Father Colin found in the life of the Holy 
Family at Nazareth. The Marist model is the Blessed Virgin herself: "Mary in their 
thoughts, Mary in their words, Mary in all things, let them strive to imitate." 
(Marist Rules). 

The work of this Society includes all priestly duties. In Europe, in America, 
New Zealand, and Australia, the Marist Fathers devote themselves chiefly to edu-
cation, to preaching, and to parish work. In the foreign mission field, they are 
engaged in evangelizing the western portion of the South Seas, notably the Solomon 
Islands, among them the now famous Guadalcanal. 

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MARYKNOLL FATHERS (M.M.) 

Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America 
Designed to train American youth for the foreign mission priesthood and Brother-

hood, Maryknoll was founded by Rev. James A. Walsh of Boston-later Bishop 
Walsh and Rev. Thomas F. Price of North Carolina, and was established 
in 1911 by the arthbishops and bishops of the United States. The Maryknoll 
Society labors among the needy in the far lands of the earth as part of the Church's 
worldwide effort under Christ to serve all men in body and soul. 

The official title of the Society is the Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America. 
Its popular name—Maryknoll—comes from the location of headquarters on a little 
hill overlooking the Hudson River and dedicated to Mary under the title of Mary's 
Knoll. 

Today the Society has large mission establishments in China, Manchuria, Korea, 
Japan, Africa, Bolivia, Ecuador, Peru, Chile, in two countries in Central America, 
the Philippines, and the Hawaiian Islands. 

The headquarters and major seminary of the Society is at Maryknoll, N . Y , thirty-
five miles north of New York City. The novitiate is loiated in Bedford, Mass.; the 
Apostolic College in Lakewood, N.J. Other junior seminaries have been established 
in various parts of the United States. 

Young men desirous of entering Maryknoll to study for the priesthood may be 
accepted any time after they have finished elementary school. They must, possess an 
excellent character which will be attested to by their pastors and professors. Because 
of the nature of mission work, they must also possess zeal, intelligence, common 
sense, piety, generosity, and a sense of humor. Good health is a necessity. 

Applicants to join the Maryknoll Brothers must be between the ages of 21 and 30. 
They must be well recommended by their pastors. They should have some technical 
or commercial skill which will qualify them to do important work for Maryknoll. 
They must be willing to devote their lives to the work of the missions in whatever 
position they are assigned. 

Further information may be obtained by writing to the Vocation Director. 

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MISSIONARY SERVANTS (M.S.SS.T.) 

Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity 

"Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity" is the name of a Congregation 
of missionary priests and Brothers who are dedicated to this threefold purpose- to 
work for the preservation of the Faith in neglected places, to companion and safe-
guard youth, and to instill a missionary spirit in the laity. 

The Missionary Servants were founded at Holy Trinity, Ala., by the late Father 
Thomas A. Judge, C.M., M.S.SS.T., and canonically erected in April, 1929. In Ala-
bama, Maryland, Mississippi, New Jersey, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Virgin«, 
the Congregation carries on its work from nineteen houses (called "Missionary 
Cenacles"), fourteen mission centers and twenty-two mission stations. 

Much work is done among boys—white, Negro and Indian. At summer camps 
and vocation schools they are strengthened in soul and body. The Missionary 
Servants seek to influence boys toward a lively Catholic spirit, in fulfillment of their 

founder's dictum: "Save the child and you save all." 

To spread interest in the work and in its principles the Congregation publishes 
a monthly magazine called The Missionary Servant. 

If you should dedicate your life to God as a Missionary Servant of the Most Holy 
Trinity, you will be trained in the spirit of sacrifice. The preparatory seminary at 
Holy Trinity, Ala., is right in the heart of America's mission field. You will have a 
share in that work. You will learn skills useful for following your vocation 
Meanwhile there are active missionary contacts with your non-Catholic neighbors. 

If you are called to the priesthood, then when high school and two years of col-
lege are completed at Holy Trinity you are ready to begin a special year of training 
in the religious life as a novice, wearing the religious habit, the uniform of a Mission-
axy ̂ Servant of the Most Holy Trinity. At the year's end you make your first pro-

Next follows six years of philosophy and theology at our house of studies in Sil-
ver Spring, Md. (near Washington), preparatory to-ordination as a Missionary priest. 

Have you thought of doing something special for God, for your neighbor? Would 
you sacrifice everything you have for Him? If the missionary priesthood interests you, 
wnte for a free copy of "Going His Way?". If yOU do not feel called to the priest-
hood but do m a t to give yourself to God as a missionary, ask for "Spotlight On the 
Missionary Brother." 

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MONTFORT FATHERS (S.M.M.) 

Missionaries of the Company of Mary 

St. Louis De Montfort founded the Company of Mary in 1715. His family 
name was Louis Marie Grignion but like many other saints who wanted to live and 
be known to God alone, he always introduced himself as Father De Montfort in 
other words as a 'priest from Montfort," his native village. Hence, the member of 

C ° n / r i
e g a n 0 n a r e k n o w n a s "The Montfort Fathers." During the short sixteen 

y e a r S ° f I l i l ! l i f e ' S t- L o u i s Montfort experienced the holy power of 
our Blessed Mother to win souls for her Divine son and to keep them close to His 
Sacred Heart. Mary was the secret.of his apostolic labors and success. To continue 
his work bringing souls to Jesus through Mary, St. Louis De Montfort estab-

FT n ; \ C ° n f i r e g a t l o n ° f m i s s i o n a r y P f i e s « a n d Brothers located today in France 
Holland Belgium, Germany, Czechoslovakia, Italy, Denmark, England, Canada' 

H N K $ B M P r i 6 S t S a n d B r ° t h e r S a r e a l s ° w k f n g in the mission 
P T ^ °

2 a m b l q U e ' B e I g k n - C o n g ° ' a n d Madagascar in Africa; Sintang 
Borneo; Iceland; Haiti; British Columbia, Canada; and Colombia, South America 

In a " ^ese places the Montfort Fathers toil to cultivate in all hearts a sincere love 
of our Blessed Mother for they know as Pope Pius X said: "As soon as devotion to 
the August Mary has driven deep its roots into souls, t h e n - a n d not until t hen -wi l l 
he who labors for those souls see proceed from them, fruits of virtue and sanc-
tity corresponding to his toils on their behalf." For this purpose then, they make 

Z r L l u ° r C t , T 3 n d , P r e 3 C h d e V ° t i 0 n t 0 M a f y a S e x P ' a i n e d ^ their holy 
founder in h.s classical work "True Devotion to the Blessed Virgin." 

Hence, the missionary priests and lay Brothers lead an active life. The priests 
are engaged in preaching Christ and His Blessed Mother in parish missions, retreats 
and in the mission fields at home or in foreign lands. The lay Brothers are the' 
priests helpers, taking care of the-material side of the mission work. Like the 
priests, they too are missionaries either at home or abroad. However, this does not 
mean that the members of the Congregation are constantly engaged in active work. 
A good part of each day is spent in prayer and meditation because before teaching 

h Z l : M i M a n d B r 0 t h e r s — b e holy themselves. As a means 
to this end both the priests and Brothers have the three vows of poverty, chastity, and 

r r T K flRi 1 1 1 f r ° m t h e t W n g S ° f e a « h a n d their own will 
they may the better work, for their own sanctification and God's glory 

v S l I H t h e M O n t f ° " F a t h e r s e s t a b , l s h e d ' years ago, several missions in New 
York which have since grown into large parishes some of which are still in their 

B M B ° f I n d k n a ' t h e y a r e i n C h a r g e ° f a territory 
which has not had a res.dent priest in over fifty years. There, the Fathers have 
* h e a d < ? U a r t e " u

l n t h e town ° f Noblesville. Together with this work, the Fathers 
also preach parish missions and retreats throughout the country. Some of 2 

• H H l M i l l P tCaChing " °Ui Pfeparat0ry W « Bay snore, N. Y. and in our scholasticate at Litchfield, Conn. 
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NORBERTINES OR PMMONSTRATiNSlANi (Ö.PRABMJ 

Canon« Regular of Premontrc 

The Canons Regular of Premontre arc an Order of priests and Brothers instituted 
in France, in 1120, by St. Norbert, the great clerical reformer. The Order of St 
Norbert was the first religious family in the Church expressly designed to combine 
active parish work with the contemplative life; in other words, to fuse the work of 
both canon and monk. Their first successful foundation in the United States the 
present St. Norbert Abbey in West DePere, Wis., had its beginning in 1898, under 
the leadership of Father Bernard H. Pennings, now Abbot of the Order in America. 

Each abbey is self-governing under an abbot and other superiors appointed by 
him. Supreme authority is vested in the General Chapter, composed of the abbots 
and delegates of all the abbeys and independent priories in the world. Membership 
in the Order includes three classes: (1) the "First Order," composed of priests 
clerics, and lay Brothers; (2) the "Second Order," or the cloistered Nuns, and (3) ' 
the "Third Order" of religious and lay persons who strive to live a more intense 
Christian life. This Third Order is the oldest in the Church. 

Norbertine life is basically liturgical. Choral office is traditionally accepted as 
the predominant purpose of the Order, but the heart of Norbertine life is a devotion 
to the Holy Eucharist. St. Norbert himself is known and venerated as the first 
modern apostle of the Blessed Sacrament. Profound love of the Blessed Virgin is also 
a prominent end of the order, expressed by the recitation of the "Little Office" and 
the daily celebration of one Mass in her honor in every community. An undiminish-
ing zeal for souls and the spirit of penance are also characteristic of the Norbertine 
way of life. 

Some pious organizations which are the product of the Order are the Mass of 
Reparation and the Eucharistie Crusade, both a fulfillment of the Order's devotion 
to the Holy Eucharist. 

St. Norbert Abbey today is a .flourishing institution. The Fathers of St Norbert 
Abbey now conduct St. Norbert College, St. Norbert High School, and Radio Sta-
tion WTAQ in West DePere, Wis.; Central Catholic High School in Green Bay 
Wis.; Radio Station WHBY in Appelton, Wis.; Archmere Academy in Claymont 
| f J ^ Norbertine Novitiate on Lake Monona, in Madison, Wis.; Southeast 
Catholic High School in Philadelphia, Pa.; and numerous parishes in Wisconsin. 
Michigan, Illinois, Montana, and Canada. Norbertine Fathers go to all parts of 
die country as preachers and missionaries. Faculty members of its schools have 
been and are university trained in America and Europe. 

In the plan of St. Norbert Abbey opportunities and activities open to its members 
are: 1) teaching, 2) parish work, 3) preaching, 4) writing, 5) home missions, 
and 6 ; foreign missions. 

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OBLATE FATHERS (O.M.I.) 

Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate 

The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate were founded in 1816 at Aix in 
France by a young diocesan priest, Charles Eugene De Mazenod, who later became 
Bishop of Marseilles. The Oblates were originally known as the Missionaries of 
Provence. When Pope Leo XII formally approved the congregation in 1826, he 
gave it the name it now bears. 

Charles De Mazenod instituted the Congregation "to preach the Gospel to the 
poor" of France, who were largely without priests and religion due to the terrors 
of the French Revolution. The new Congregation also undertook to staff and 
operate diocesan seminaries so that the French clergy could be rebuilt. 

The preaching of the Gospel to the poor has always remained the principal work 
of the Oblates! Although the Institute was founded in France, it quickly spread 
beyond the confines of that country. Oblates were in the United States as early as 
1848. Today the Congregation is truly world-wide. It has members on every 
continent and in every major country.' 

American Oblates are engaged in the preaching of missions, novenas, and retreats 
in parishes throughout the entire United States. They teach in high schools and 
seminaries. At the request of various bishops they have also taken care of parishes 
in many dioceses. Since some of the most poor 'and abandoned people in the 
United States are to be found among the whites, Negroes, and Mexicans of our 
rural South, American Oblates conduct mission parishes in that part of the country. 

Young Americans who wish to devote their lives to Christ on the foreign mis-
sions can fulfill their ambitions as Oblates. Oblates from the United States go to 
foreign missions in Arctic Canada, the Philippines, South America, Haiti, and South 
Africa. 

The Oblates of Mary Immaculate wear the customary black cassock with a cinc-
ture and missionary cross. Since they are religious, they consecrate their lives to 
Christ by taking the three vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience. The Oblates 
also have among their members men who are Brother assistants. These men are 
true religious and true Oblates who do not, however, aspire to the priesthood They 
assist the work of the Oblate missionary priests by their skills in many mechanical 
and technical trades. 

The young man who aspires to become an Oblate must have the necessary men-
tal, moral, and physical fitness requited for the religious and priestlv life He must 
also have a s.ncere desire to sacrifice his personal wishes and ambitions for the 
sake or following Christ. 

The Oblate Fathers in the United States maintain both junior and maior semin-
aries. It is thus possible that a young man who has successfully comoleted the 
eighth grade may begin his seminary training with the first year of high school 
Young men may also apply during high school, college, and even after the com-
pletion of their secular education. 

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OBLATES (O.S.F.S.) 

Congregation of the Oblatet of St. Francis Da Sales 

St. Francis de Sales, Doctor of the Church and renowned director of souls, per-
sonally founded the Order of the Visitation. But his premature death in 1622 pre-
vented his proposed founding of a society of priests to carry on his work. In 
1870, however, the Visitandines communicated their Salesian heritage to a group 
of priests and lay Brothers, when Mother Mary de Sales Chappuis prevailed upon 
the Venerable Father Louis Brisson, a diocesan seminary professor and chaplain at 
the Visitation monastery at Troyes, to found a congregation dedicated to perpetuat-
ing the spirit and doctrine of St. Francis de Sales. 

Today the Order of the Visitation and the de Sales Oblates are actively engaged 
in diffusing the doctrines of the "Gentleman Saints"—the Visitandines in their clois-
ters', the Oblates in the active life. The aim of this Congregation of priests is 
twofold: 1) personal sanctification: "The members of the institute, by placing them-
selves under the patronage of St. Francis de Sales, propose to practice the sacerdotal 
and religious virtues, according to the spirit and doctrine of this holy Doctor"; 2) 
sanctification of the faithful: "They-shall devote themselves to the various functions 
of the sacred ministry, to the Christian education of youth, and to the missions in 
heretical and heathen countries." Besides the priests, there are also lay Brothers 
who have charge of the material affairs of the various communities. 

Members of the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales take the simple vows of poverty, 
chastity, and obedience. They are governed by a Superior General, who lives at 
R o m e . H o u s e s of the Congregation are found in Europe, Africa, and in North and 
South America. 

The headquarters of the North American Province is in Wilmington, Del., and 
its Novitiate is at Childs, Md. After completing the year of novitiate, seminarians 
of the Congregation go to Washington, D.C., to live at the house of studies—De 
Sales Hall—and to attend classes at the Catholic University of America, where 
they receive degrees. 

In the United States the principal work of the de Sales Oblates is in the fields of 
education in diocesan high schools. They teach at such schools in the Archdiocese of 
Philadelphia and in the Dioceses of Wilmington, Toledo, Buffalo, and Erie. Priests 
engaged in teaching also assist the diocesan clergy in parochial ministry. In the 
schools they direct extra curricular activities, such as sports, - dramatics, debating 
societies, school newspapers, and yearbooks. During the summer, priests and sem-
inarians conduct camps for boys. 

Recently the North American Province has taken charge of a mission field in 
South Africa. This mission work is voluntary. Other works of the Congregation 
include the publishing of The Catholic Life, a quarterly magazine dedicated to the 
teaching of St. Francis de Sales, universal patron of the Catholic Press; the preach-
ing of retreats, novenas, and missions; and teaching in colleges, and universities. 

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OBLATES OF SAINT JOSEPH (O.S.J.) 

nl!1'- C°"gregati0" 1 the ' © S I of St. Joseph was founded in Asti, Northern 
taly, m the year 1878, by an Italian priest, Guisepe Marelio (1844-1895) who 

later became Bishop of Acqui and died in the odor of sanctity. His cau 
fication was recently introduced in Rome. P i p K 

1 m a n
f I

 P f a y e r a n d a P ° s t o l k a c r i o n ' designed his organization on 
Hi k

of m0St of Ae exlsten£ gM orders in the Church, where the indi-
L s i r ' s r t h e 9 p u r p o s e of thek °wn p 

In its early years the work of the Oblates was limited to the Diocese of Asti 
but after being officially approved by the Holy See in 1905, the Congregation 

¡¡HI m I Van°US Hi H • first 0f ks H - elb 
1 B n H W h f , a g r ° u p o f ° b l a t e s entrusted with the spiritual care of 
several v a s t g g widely scattered parishes in the Philippine Islands. Four years later 
another mission was opened in Brazil, where the dire scarcity of priests had f 
whole territories in a state of spiritual neglect. The first contacts with the United S i " ? * m 1 1 A t ^ I e q U e S t ° f A e M 0 S t Thomas C. O'Reil y 

g l B » , ° b I a t e S B g i v e n C h a ^ e several panshe! ' 
Putston and Exeter, Pa., and in other outlying mining settlements. Two years later 

I • H U H f e * i n California> with ceaters at p 
o ^ e o L e s of S t n Tolph. t e S ^ ^ I N « * A < ™ P ~ 

Both kt home and abroad the work of the Oblates covers a wide range of activities 
Th Brothers associate themselves to the labors of the priests according to h e t 
individual talents and capacities. The priests engage in parish work, the p r l h T n g 
of missions and retreats, and teaching. While the foreign miss on fie d is f 

oTSbia i l ce fo;the individuai- mm ̂  m H 
of Oblates volunteering for service in Brazil and the Philippine Islands 

Since the time of their arrival in the United States, the Oblates have taken a 
d ep interest in the matter of recruiting vocations among American y o u l t I n u t b e 
of these is slowly but steadily increasing. The present houses of training c o Z i s e 
a Junior Seminary and a novitiate at Santa Cruz, Calif., and a house of s t u S f o r 
professed students in Washington, D. C. Another Juniorate will soon be eTt sh 
m Pennsylvania to take care of aspirants from the East. established 

It is hoped that many other American boys will volunteer to carrv ™ th . 

I M m h W m K M M M I 

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PALLOTTINE FATHERS (S.C.A.) 

Society of the Catholic Apostolate 

Every period in history has its spiritual needs. To fill these God has always pro-
vided appropriate means in the form of new religious Orders and Societies The 
crying need of the hour is Catholic Action. In other words, more than ever before 
do we stand in need of lay apostles, willing and able to strengthen and defend the 
faith at home and spread it abroad. But these lay apostles must be properly trained 
and guided. The Venerable Vincent Pallotti foresaw this need fully a hundred years 
ago. 

In the year 1835 Pallotti, a priest of Rome, founded the Society of the Catholic 
Apostolate. His plan was to unite all classes into a cohort of zealous workers for 
the renewal of faith and the rekindling of charity. It is noteworthy that the late 
Holy Father, Pope Pius XI, who was the "Pope of Catholic Action," said of Pallotti 
This servant of God anticipated Catholic Action in essence and in name." 
Pallotti's Society was to be different from all others already in existence Priests 

and laymen were to work together harmoniously in it. The laymen were to form 
the principal branch of the Society. They were to be guided and inspired by a 
group of priests and lay Brothers who would make up the other branch and lead a 
community life without taking the customary three vows. This latter group was to 
work wherever needed for the spread of the Catholic faith. This makes the scope 
of activity all-embracing. Foreign missions, home missions, retreats, parishes col-
leges and seminaries, chaplaincies at hospitals and other institutions, the Catholic press 
- a l l are part of the field of activity. Through these various apostolic activities, 
the ultimate purpose of the Society, i.e., organizing the lay apostles, is achieved. 

By the promise of perseverance members are incorporated into the Society and 
furthermore are bound by the simple promises of poverty, chastity, and obedience 
This branch was later called the Pious Society of Missions. Its members are known in 
this country as the Pallottine Fathers. At the recent general chapter held in Rome 
the Pallottines were given permission to use once again their original title-Society 
of the Catholic Apostolate. 

In the course of. spreading their work and apostolic spirit throughout the world 
the Pallottines settled in the United Sutes in 1884. In that year Reverend Doctor 
Kirner came from London to New York at the invitation of Cardinal McCloskey 
Other Fathers followed in his footsteps and extended their activities to other sectors 
of the country, principally in the East and the Middle West. 

Today there are two provinces in this country: the Italo-American, which labors 
Chiefly in the Fast, and the North American, which works in the Middle West 
tech province has its own preparatory seminary and school of philosophy, but for 
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PASSIONIST FATHERS (C.P.) 

Congregation of Disealeed Clerks of the Most Holy Cross and Passion of Our 
Lord Jesus Christ 

The Passionist Fathers were founded in Italy by St. Paul of the Cross. The foun-
dation of the Institute dates from November 22, 1720, the day in which Paul Francis 
Danei was clothed in the. black habit of the Passion, and dedicated himself to the 
work of spreading devotion to Christ Crucified. From that day Paul Danei was 
known as Paul of the Cross. On the second day of December of that same year he 
began to write the rule which would become the norm of life for himself and'his 
future spiritual sons. 

After the usual period of testing its practicability and the granting of less formal 
approbations, the Passionist Rule was given solemn approbation and its full canonical 
stability was established by Bulls issued by Pope Clement XIV on November 16 
1769, and by Pope Pius VI on September 15, 1775. 

The membership of the Congregation is made up "of priests,' clerics who are study-
mg for the priesthood, and lay Brothers. The lay Brothers devote themselves to the 
monastic life and attend to the domestic needs of the communities. 

To have a correct idea of the Passionist life as incorporated in the Rule written 
by St. Paul of the Cross, it must be realized that it i s not, exclusively an apostolic 
life nor is it purely a monastic life. It is a combination of both, and it is the blend-
ing of the monastic with the apostolic life that constitutes the special spirit of the 
Congregation. 

The home life of the Passionist priest and cleric is essentially monastic, the Ru'e 
prescribes that a good part of each day be spent in chanting the Divine Office in 
study and prayer. The day begins when, after five hours of rest, he rises at 'two 
o clock in the morning and goes to the chapel to chant Matins and Lauds—the first 
canonical hours of the Divine Office. The horarium marks out time for the other 
hours of the Divine Office, as well as the time for hearing and celebrating Mass for 
meditation, study, recreation, meals, and the fulfilling of the various tasks which 
may be assigned by the superior. It is by means of this home life in the monastery 
hidden from the world, that the Passionist honors God day and night, makes inter-
cession for all men, sanctifies himself, and prepares to go forth and preach to others. 

The active apostolate of Passionist priests in the United States is varied They 
preach missions, retreats, and novenas in parishes; conduct retreats for religious com-
munities of men and women. They have pioneered the closed retreat movement for 
laymen and have special retreat houses for this work attached to several of their mon-
asteries. They care for parishes; teach and direct the students who are preparing 
for the priesthood in the Congregation; engage in literary and editorial work- and 
support missions in China and among the colored population in the South ' 

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PAULIST FATHERS (C.S.P.) 

Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apostle 

A young American like yourself-Isaac Hecker-began the Paulist story. Ninety 
years ago th.s vigorous young New Yorker set his heart on making America Catholic. 
Pope Pius IX approved of his plans and suggested that he form the first Catholic 
American missionary society. Its purpose would be to convert non-Catholic America 
by use of the best American methods. "The Missionary Society of St Paul the 
Apostle which Father Hecker founded is now more popularly called "The Paulist 
fathers. 

American in origin, in aim, in spirit, and in modern methods, such a religious com-
munity has a strong appeal to the young men of America. Young men come from 
all the forty-eight States to become missionary specialists in bringing America to 
Christ. In community life they, find strength and companionship in one another with-
out losing their own individuality. Each member is especially encouraged to develop 
his own initiative and to strive for personal sanctity. As a Paulist he knows that his 
personal intimacy with Christ will be his main source of power in changing non-' 
religious America into a more Christ-loving America. Yes, the one hundred million 
persons in the United States who belong to no .formal church whatsoever are a real 
challenge to the courage and talents of any young man considering the priesthood. 

The Paulists offer you the widest variety of missionary work in this country Their 
aim is to use every available means to bring non-Catholics into the Church That's 
why as a Paul.st you have the opportunity of such a wide choice of work as missions 
to Catholics and non-Catholics; dialogue missions; radio shaking; writin, and editorial 
work; youth work and Newman Clubs; information centers; inquiry classes; parish 
work; hospital work; convert instruction; and trailer missions. In the Paulist plan 
for conversion, America is divided into ten missionary territories with seventeen 
houses- throughout the country serving as the bases, of operation for these various 
activities. 

It is by a special Paulist training that young men are equipped for carrying on the 
Paulist tradition of a ninety year leadership in the development of modern convert 
techniques and methods. The preparatory seminary is located at Baltimore Md A 

one year novitiate is spent at Oak Ridge, N. J. At the end of the year the 'candidate 
receives the Paulist habit and makes his temporary promise of poverty, chastity, and 
obedience. Three years later he makes final promises. After his novitiate he begins 
his six-year major seminary course at St. Paul's College, located in the nation's 
capital. The training here is a happy blend of religious exercises, studies, and 
athletics; to which is added the Paulist summer camp at Lake George, N. Y. -

In nearly every major city there is a Paulist vocation director who will gladly give 
you guidance in any of your personal problems. He is there to help you in any 
way he can. ' 

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RECOLLECT AU<SUSTlNlAN FATHERS (O.R.S.A.) 

Order of Hie Recollects of St. Augustine 

1 1 Augustine was praying one day before the crucifix in his study when suddenly 
the body of Christ upon the Cross became as if alive and spoke to him these words 
Augustine, how much doest thou love me?" Augustine looked up to Christ upon 

the Cross and answered, "Lord, if my bones were lamps and my flesh were oil I 
would consume myself for love of Thee." 

This is the spirit of the great love of Christ which St. Augustine bequeathed to his 
spiritual sons, the Recollect Augustinian Fathers. For their whole life, work and 
spirit may be summed up in the words of the first chapter of his rule, "to live in one 
heart and one mind in Christ." The distinguishing mark for which they are known 
throughout the entire world is their singular practice of the virtue of fraternal char-
ity. Hence, their motto reads, Camas et Scientic^harity and science. The Recollect 
Augustinian priests and Brothers tend to their own personal sanctification by a singu-
lar love of God shown in an active love of neighbor for the sake of God. 

The first constitutions of the Recollect branch of the Augustinian family were 
written by the amous poet and scholar Fray Luis de Leon in 1561 under the tutelage 
of the Venerable Thomas of Jesus. Their chief purpose was to blend the ¡ctive life 
with the contemplative life in such a way that the activities of preaching, teaching 
and parish work would find their complement in the spiritual life. Pope Gregory XI 
approved their establishment as a separate Congregation in the year 1622, and in 
the year 1912 it became the Order of the Recollects of Saint Augustine 

The American Province of Recollect Augustinian Fathers embraces the whole 
of territorial United States. Its central house of studies and motherhouse, St Au-
gustine s Seminary, is located in Kansas City, Kans. At the present time its priests are 
engaged throughout the country in preaching missions and retreats, doing parochial 
and social work, filling mission posts in the Caribbean Islands, and teaching in the 
central seminary. 

Young men who aspire to this noble ideal of following Christ according to the 
heart of St. Augustine, either by dedicating their lives to God by work here in the 
United States, or on the missions, must possess the usual requisites of good health 
good morals, and intellectual ability, together with the desire for the religious life 
and the priesthood. They must also have completed their high school studies. Young 
men, not washing to become priests but desiring to participate fully in the religious 
life of the Recollect Augustinians, have the privilege of becoming lay Brothers thus 
participating actively in the work of the priests of the Order. 

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REDEMPTORIST FATHERS (C.SS.R.) 

Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer 

The Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, popularly called the Redemptorists 
was founded in Italy, by St. Alphonsus Mary de Liguori in the year 1732. It is com-
posed of priests and lay Brothers who make the three vows of religion and live to-
gether in community. Its chief purpose is the sanctification of its members, and 
specifically the preaching of the word of God in missions to the most abandoned 
souls. The religious life of a Redemptorist is part contemplative and part active. He 
is to be, in the words of St. Alphonsus, "a Carthusian at home and an apostle abroad." 

Though originally founded for the tiny kingdom of Naples, in the past two cen-
turies the Redemptorists have spread out to almost all parts of the world: Africa, 
China, India, Japan, the Philippines, New Zealand, Australia; all the countries of 
Western Europe, and both North and South America: At present there are twenty 
three provinces and almost as many vice-provinces in the world. 

In the United States Redemptorists have been working since 1832 when Bishop 
Fenwick invited them to his Diocese of Cincinnati. For the past hundred and fifteen 
years in America their specialty and first love has been the preaching of missions, 
although in Canada and the United States they have also assumed the care of par-
ishes. In continental United States they have seventy-seven foundations in thirty-two 
of the forty-eight States. 

Many American Redemptorists are working at present on foreign missions in Para-
guay, Brazil, Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, and the Dominican Republic. They care 
for three leper colonies, many hospitals, convents, and asylums in their thirty-five 
sprawling parishes in Latin America. 

Their work in the United States has wide variety. They do not teach except in the 
training of their members. In their apostolate of the "most abandoned souls" they 
care for large city parishes, and small country chapels. They have many Negro par-
ishes in their care. They are engaged in the apostolate of the hard of hearing. For 
the blind they have published works in Braille. In their quest of "lost sheep" they 
use chapel cars in the deep South. Retreats to religious, both male and female, is 
one of their constant occupations. They likewise conduct special retreat houses for 
laymen in several quarters. Another field in which they find scope for their zeal is 
the apostolate of the pen. With St. Alphonsus as their model they make use of the 
printed word to spread far and wide the good news of the Redemption, and the 
marvel of our having for a constant and loving mother, Our Lady, the Mother of 
Perpetual Help. 

Many members have achieved high holiness in following the Rule of the Redemp-
torists. Three have been raised to the honors of the altar, St. Alphonsus de Liguori, 
the Doctor of the Church who founded the Congregation, St. Clement Hofbauer 
and the lay Brother St. Gerard Majella. Many others have been declared Venerable 
including Bishop Neumann of Philadelphia and Francis X. Seelos, who died a mar-
tyr of charity in New Orleans. 

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RESURRECTIONIST FATHERS (C.R.) 

Congregation of the Resurrection 

The Congregation of the Resurrection was born in the Catacombs of St. Sebastian 
on Easter morn of 1842 when six men under the leadership of the Rev. Peter 
Semenenko and the Rev. Jerome Kajsiewicz pronounced the vows of poverty, chas-
tity, and obedience during the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass offered by Father 
Semenenko, the first Superior General. 

In 1857, at the invitation of Bishop Armand Charbonel of Toronto the Con-
gregation began work in Canada and at present labors in the Dioceses of Hamilton, 
London and Sault Ste. Marie. 

The first foundation in the United States was established in 1866 in the ter-
ritory surrounding San Antonio, Tex. In the course of , years houses have been 
established in the Archdioceses of Chicago, St. Louis, Louisville, Washington and 
Baltimore and in the Dioceses of Albany, Mobile and San Diego. 

In Europe the Resurrectionists are found in Poland, Austria, Italy, and Bulgaria. 
In the latter place the Fathers observe the Bulgarian Rite. 

The Mother House is in Rome, Italy. There also are found a house of studies 
and a novitiate. Another house of studies and a novitiate is situated in Krakow, 
Poland. In the United States candidates are received at the novitiate in Chicago and 
educated in St. John Cantius Seminary in St. Louis and Resurrection Scholasticate 
in Washington, D.C. The novitiate in Canada is in Kitchener, Ontario and the 
scholasticate in London, Ontario. « 

The Congregation is made up of priests and lay Brothers. The latter assist the 
priests in every way possible. 

The Resurrectionist Father strives earnestly to love God and to seek his delight 
in Him. After the example of Christ His Lord and intimately united with Him, 
animated by the love of God and charity for man, he considers it the end of his apos-
tolic labors to enkindle the same divine fire which Jesus came to cast upon earth 
and to animate the souls of men with the love of Christ. He endeavors to make 
all faithful subjects of Christ in the Kingdom which He came upon earth to found. 
He has been given an education which will effect the salvation of souls by pastoral 
work in the parishes, the missions, and the field of journalism. He is also trained 
to undertake the instruction and training of youth in the high schools and seminaries 
In all his labors his aim is to unite those under his care with Christ in the Mystical 
Body. The keynote of his work are the words of St. Paul: "Do you not know that all 
we who have been baptized into Christ Jesus have been baptized into his death' 
For we were buried with him by means of Baptism into death, in order that, just 
as Christ has arisen from the dead through the glory of the Father, so we also may walk 
m newness of life" (Rom. 6:3-5) . The life of all should be transformed so that all 
may live Chnsfs own life. "It is now no longer I that live, but Christ lives in me" 
(Gal. 2 :20) . 

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SACRED HEART FATHERS (S.CJ. 

Society of Hie Priests of the Socred Heart 

The Society of the priests of the Sacred Heart feessin in France in To *t\> 
s w r the o i l of the Sacred Heart to St. M u j u t t Maty for a return of low for 
a ywing dintfan priest, Father Leo Dehon, founded this Congregation of religious, 
Depute many GREAT trials, the Society spread rapidly in Europe, attracting IMI IV 
souls who desired to dedicate themselves to this work of reparation, In the early 
days of the institute the founder and co-workers, both priests and Hrothers, were 
attracted especially to the task of social reform as a means of repairing the injustices 
inflicted on the poor. Pope Leo XIII was an ardent promoter of Father Dehors 
social aposrolate, urging him to continue "to preach my Encyclicals," Besides the 
dudes of forming the new members in the spirit of love and immolation to the 
Sacred Heart, Father Dehon devoted himself unceasingly to lecturing and writing 
on the social problems of the day. His Christian Social ¡Miimii became a guide for 
Catholic employers and workers, and its principles find ready application even in 
these times. In Rome, his labor conferences were attended by cardinals, bishops, 
priests, and seminarians. 

Father Leo Dehon set the main purpose of the new Community in these words: 
"The members pledge themselves to cultivate a particular devotion to the Sacred Heart 
of Jequs by means of love and reparation." To achieve this end the Society practices 
the exercises recommended by the Divine Savior to St. Margaret Mary, namely, Mass-
es and Communions of reparation, daily adoration to the Blessed Sacrament, and the 
Holy Hour. All the members take the simple vows of poverty, chastity, ami 
obedience. To extend the reign of the Sacred Heart, the Society engages in various 
types of priestly activity anywhere in the world. The religious devote themselves 
to the education of youth,,particularly those destined for the holy priesthood. The 
preaching of missions, conducting of retreats, and parish work especially among the 
poor, are all part of the sacred ministry in which the Society is employed. F r o m 
its foundation the Congregation has always labored in the mission fields. At the 
present time priests and Brothers of the Society are working on five continents: 
Europe, Asia, Africa, North and South America. Only volunteers among the mem 
bers are accepted for foreign missionary work. 

In the United States the Society has attracted many young men to devote them-
selves to the Sacred Heart. Since 1923 the Institute has established itself in five 
States with houses of study in Wisconsin, Illinois, and Indiana. Parishes are l o c a t e d 
in Mississippi and Indiana, as well as in Canada. The Congregation conducts a large 
boarding school for Indian children in Chamberlain, S. Dak, The Cheyenne Ind-
ian Reservation is also under the care of the priests of the Sacred 1 learr, 

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SACRED HEART MISSIONARIES (M.S.C.) 

Society of the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart 

It was on December 8, 1854, that the Society of the Missionaries of the Sacred 
Heart was founded. A parish priest of Issoudon, France, Father Jules Chevalier, 
was that day inspired from heaven to consecrate all his days to the Sacred Heart' 
In gratitude to the Mother of God/who had so wonderfully assisted him in estab-
lishing the society, he gave her a new jewel for her crown, a new title: "Our Lady 
of the Sacred Heart." 

Observing the three simple vows, the Missionaries of the Sacred Heart, priests 
and lay Brothers, must spend themselves for the salvation of souls. They devote 
their attention especially to the following works: the intimate knowledge of Christ, 
Our Lord, and of His Heart, by means of prayer and study; the propagation of de-
votion to the Sacred Heart; the spread and defense of the faith by preaching and 
writing; missions and retreats, and the instruction of the ignorant in Christian doc-
trine; the education of youth; missions among the infidels—foreign missions. 

Today the S6ciety with its members is spread throughout the world. The sun 
never sets on the fourteen foreign missions located in the heart of Africa, on numerous 
islands in the Pacific; in South America, China, the West and East Indies and the 
Philippines. The blood of ten martyrs, spilled in the jungle of a heathen island 
(Baining, New Britain), has assured the Master's blessing on His selfless laborers. 

In civilized countries the missionaries are , represented in the following- the 
United States, Canada, France, Italy, Germany, England/Ireland, Peru, Austria 
Brazil, Australia, Switzerland, Spain, Belgium, and Holland. 

A special interest of the members is educating boys and young men for the • 
priesthood. From its very beginning the Society has had a system for free scholar- -
ships for poor but worthy boys who desire to become priests and missionaries The 
cost of their education is met by the poor themselves through small donations A 
boy is never refused admission to any of our seminaries because he has not the 
means for his seminary training. Boys are admitted after the eighth grade. 

Missionaries are capable men, able to take care of themselves. They are ac-
quainted with modern techniques and inventions. For example, radio and flying 
are used to bring the word of God to all parts of the world. 

Our seminaries are Sacred Heart Mission Seminary, Geneva, 111., and Sacred 
Heart Seminary, Shelby, O. Interested young men may write to the Director of 
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SALESIAN FATHERS (S.D.B.) 

Congregation of Salesians 

The Salesian Society is a religious congregation approved by the Church in 1869. 
Its Founder is St. John Bosco, the friend of boys. Born of very poor parents iii north-
ern Italy in 1815, he was called by God early in life by means of wonderful dreams 
and shown that: he was to work for the good of youth. After his ordination to the 
priesthood in 1841, he immediately took up the task of gathering poor neglected 
boys of the street, taking them from evil companions, and giving them all the oppor-
tunities he could for play and healthy sports. At the same time he taught them their 
catechism and prayers and showed them how happy boys could be by practicing their 
religion. Banding a few of his best boys together, he formed the Salesian Society, 
naming it after St. Francis de Sales. The Society is made up of priests and Brothers 
called Coadjutors. The Coadjutors are full-fledged Salesians, with all the rights and 
duties of Salesians and do boy-work hand in hand with the Priests. They generally 
teach trades, but catechism classes and club activities are not out of their line. 

Don Bosco was not merely a national figure, designed by Providence for Italy, alone. 
In his lifetime he received several requests from Bishops of the United States to send 
his sons to this country, but when, at last, a few Salesians did reach this country, Don 
Bosco, had entered the portals of heaven. Within ten years of their arrival, the 
Salesians had established parishes in New York City, Paterson, Port Chester, and 
San Francisco, and they had opened schools in New Jersey and New York. By 1920 
two Provinces had been erected. In the past twenty-five years, high schools, grammar 
schools, professional schools, and youth centers have been established throughout the 
country. St. Joseph's Novitiate at Newton, N. J., trains young men for work as future 
Salesians in parishes, oratories, vocational schools, grammar and high schools, summer 
camps, retreat centers, and mission fields in foreign lands. 

The Salesian Congregation is still young and full of life, so there is room for 
all willing hands and hearts. The age limit for aspirants to the priesthood is twelve 
to eighteen, although provisions are made for late vocations from sixteen to thirty. 
The age limit for Coadjutor aspirants is sixteen to twenty-five as a rule. Any 
young man having the requisite qualifications—purity of life, sufficient knowledge to 
complete the necessary studies, and willingness of spirit—can join the Congregation 
to work with Don Bosco for the salvation of the souls of youth. 

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SALVATORIAN FATHERS (S.D.S.) 

Society of the Divine Savior 

"Others will come to continue the work," spoke Father John Baptist Jordan, founder 
of the Society of the Divine Savior, when he realized that his end was drawing near 
And others have come to carry on the work of the Salvatorians in all parts of the world" 

Founded on December 8, 188.1, when three men vowed to unite their efforts in 
a common cause for the greater honor and glory of God and for the sanctification 
and salvation of souls, the Society gradually grew into a world-wide organization its 
branches now reaching to the remotest corners of the earth. 

The American Province of the. Society was not officially established until 1909 
although the Salvatorians had been in the country as early as 1896, when th-
founder himself came from Rome to establish the first formal house at St. Nazianz 
Wis. That date inaugrated a half-century of progress .which saw the American 
Province grow and prosper, spiritually as well as materially. 

l ike the members of any . other religious society, a"Salvatorians prime concern 
.s his personal sanctification. To this end he lives a community life, no matter what 
type of work be assigned to him. Uniting his personal efforts with those of his asso-
ciates he has the satisfaction of knowing that he shares in the spiritual rewards of 
the whole society. 

On the material side, a Salvatorian works in the vineyard of the Lord first 
as a priest in the various phases of apostolic endeavor and second, as a leader 'show' 
mg the way to others who would take up the work Father Jordan outlined in found-
ing his society. 

The American Province of the Society of the Divine Savior is engaged in varied 
fields of activity. Its four seminaries, at St. Nazianz, Wis., Lanham, Md„ Meno-
minee, Mich Blackwood, N.J., three of which are recent establishments, require 
the services of more teaching Fathers than the Society can furnish in any given year 

It is the era of expansion for this young Society. In the recent past the Negro 
apostolate of the Divine Savior was inaugurated at Phoenix City, Ala., when two 
Salvatorian Fathers and one'Brother wgre detailed to this type of work. Today with 
the personnel increased in zeal and enthusiasm, much has been accomplished 
to better the social and economic condition of the Negroes. Parish work in var-
ious dioceses in the East, Midwest, and Far West are a part of the program, as well 
as the Apostolate of the Press, in which the Salvatorians work shoulder to shoulder 
with all other interested persons in promoting Catholic literature. 

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SERVITE FATHERS (O.S.M.) 

Order of Servants of Mary 

Among the religious orders approved by the Church is one that has come down 
through the centuries, known in history as the Order ,of Servants of Mary, or the 
Servite Order. It is an Order that has a glorius history, jeweled with saints in a 
grandeur of holiness—saints who have attained the common desire of its members, 
viz., Christian perfection for the love of God through great devotion to Our Lady of 
Sorrows. Its particular glory, however, is the manner of its origin, the Blessed 
Virgin appearing to the Holy Seven Founders (as they are known in the liturgical 
books of the Church) and giving them instructions to establish a society dedicated 
to her Seven Sorrows. 

Seven centuries have passed.since the day, August 15, 1233, when Our Lady ap-
peared to seven Florentine noblemen and called them from the world to a life of 
solitude and prayer. For seven years they lived in complete solitude, each day being 
spent in prayer and penance. Then, on the feast of the Annunciation in the year 1240, 
heaven began to reveal to them their future mission. On Mount Senario (outside the 
city of Florence, Italy), the site of their future monastery, they beheld a miraculous 
vine covered with green leaves and clusters of purple grapes in the midst of winter. 
It was an external manifestation that some day there would flourish a new vine in the 
vineyard of the Church that would bear the fruit of sanctity. The full significance of 
this sign was made clear in a vision of Our Lady on Good Friday of the same year. 
She gave them the habit of their Order and ccommanded them to preach the Passion ' 
of her Son and to spread the devotion of her Sorrows over the whole world, and she 
gave them the name by which the Order is known today: "Servants of Mary,'" or, 
"Servites." 

Through the seven centuries since the beginning of the Order, the Servants of 
Mary have faithfully carried out the commands of our Sorrowful Mother, preaching 
everywhere the story of her Sorrows and the Passion of her Divine Son. 

The Order today is spread throughout the world and is divided into several pro-
vinces. The American province was founded in the year 1870 and canonically 
erected in the year 1909. Its monasteries are in Illinois, Wisconsin, Michigan, 
Missouri, New Jersey, New Mexico, Oregon, and Vancouver, British Columbia. The 
motherhouse is Our Lady of Sorrows Monastery, Chicago, 111. There are three houses 
of studies for the Servite student: Mater Dolorosa Seminary (preparatory) at Hillside, 
111., the novitiate at Mount St. Philip, Granville, and the major seminary at 

Lake Bluff, 111. Many students complete their studies at the International College of 
St. Alexis, Rome, Italy, or at the University of Louvain, Belgium. 

Today, two of the best known works of the American Province of Servites are the 
Perpetual Novena to Our Sorrowful Mother, and the Sanctuary of Our Sorrowful 
Mother, Portland Ore. The Perpetual Novena has been established in practically 
every country in the world and attendance figures have gone into the millions 

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SONS OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE (F.D.P.) 

Congregation of the Sons of Divine Providence 

W H O ARE WE?—We ate a religious Congregation composed of priests, clerics, 
Brothers, hermits—cooperators of Divine Providence, founded by Rev. Father J. 
Aloysius Orione at the feet of the Most Blessed Virgin and the Pope. At first our 
Congregation was known only to a few good and charitable souls. A little later the 
hand of God spread our small group all over the world: to Italy, Brazil, Poland, 
Palestine, Rhodes, the United States, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, England, Albania, etc. 
Since that time our small company, blessed by God and people, slowly has become 
a stream of mercy and swiftly moves forward, surging ahead humbly and faithfully 
under the eye of Jesus Christ's Vicar, the Pope, and the most reverend bishops. 

WHAT DO WE,DO?—The same that faithful Christians do—we love our Lord 
Jesus Christ in His Church, in His Pope, and in His poor. The hand of Divine Prov-
idence is always held out before us, it shows us the way, it leads us to the goal, re-
vealing to us newer fields of work; we only follow it, sowing the healthy seed of 
faith; training the Christian love in our orphanages, asylums, educational and train-
ing institutions, farm colonies, oratories, old peoples homes, hospitals for chronically 
ill and incurable poor old people, among the homeless and destitute forsaken by 
society, at missions in foreign lands, where Christ and His Church are yet unknown. 
These are the things we do, to these we devote our best energies—we sacrifice our-
selves, our health, all our strength, and even life itself. 

W H A T DO WE DESIRE?—We desire to be the footstool of God the Almighty and 
a powerful force in the hands of the Church. We desire to be an active legion of 
Christ's mercy. We would like to conquer our entire beloved country, the entire 
world, and to do much good to all the people. But we are not numerous. We are 
looking for brothers who will come and work together with us in order to do much 
good among people—those who are dying of want arid hunger, the forsaken orphans 
who are taken into our orphanages; to the feeble old men and women, who find asy-
lum in our old peoples homes—and finally as missionaries, full of zeal, to go out 
on missions. For those who feel within them the urge to surrender themselves 
entirely to God we wish to say: JOIN OUR ¿ANKS! There is plenty of room for 
you with us, you can become a priest or a Brother, a hermit devoted to farming and 
living in a hermitage, a missionary, a teacher, or a spiritual director. 

Such is the "Little Work of Divine Providence"—such is the spirit of the laborers 
of the Lord, who are calling upon you and imploring your aid. Such is the 
holy calling and life of the Sons of Divine Providence: 

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SONS OF THE HOLY FAMILY (S.F.) 

Congregation of the Sons of the Holy Family 

The Catholic home and the Catholic school, these two cornerstones of a nation 
are the particular work of the Sons of the Holy Family. A land cannot grow, except 
by means of the Catholic family; it cannot progress, except through Christian ed-
ucation; and it i j the principal work of the Sons of the Holy Family to make homes 
more Catholic and schools more Christian. In order to achieve this twofold end 
Ae members of the Congregation dedicate themselves to spreading devotion to the 
Holy Family of Nazareth. Their primary aim is to make all Catholics conscious of 
the example and virtues that guided the Holy Family of Nazareth through life 
By helping mothers to be more like Mary, fathers to be more like Joseph, and child-
ren more like the Christ Child, the Sons of the Holy Family do their part in 
spreading Chnst s kingdom on earth. They staff Catholic schools throughout the 
western world, and their parishes and missions are found wherever our Holy Father 
the Pope assigns them. Finally, the paternal interest of the Pope in their work was 
especially indicated when Leo XIII established the Universal Association of Fam-
ilies, and gave its direction to the Sons of the Holy Family. Information regarding 
this Association may be obtained by writing to the Sons of the Holy Family Via 
Giovanni Giolitti 154, Rome, Italy. 

In regard to the history of the Congregation, it was founded in 1864 by the Most 
Rev. Joseph Manyanet y Vives in Tremp, Spain. Father Joseph had been born in 
that same city thirty-one years before. He was ordained in Urgell in 1859, and was 
then appointed Secretary to His Excellency, the Most Rev. Joseph Caixal, Bishop of 
Urgell. The following five years were years of careful parish and school visitation 
heavy correspondence for the Bishop, and first-hand information and knowledge of 
the social-religious conditions of his land. Consequently, Father Joseph knew 
precisely what was needed when he founded his Congregation. He realized that lack 
of education and poor moral life in the family and home were at the root of evil 
Accordingly the aims and ideals of the Congregation were set down as they have 
been outlined above in the first paragraph. 

o / t U S o l ' H i K m e m b e t S f ° r f W s C h H s t - W o r k > t h e Congregation of the Sons 

the Holy Family maintains seminaries and schools in Europe and in both North 
and South America. On the continent, there are schools in Spain, along the Adriatic 
coast, and in Rome. In the last named, the heart and center of Christendom, many 

• In 1 i r r e g 0 r k n a D d L a t C r a n U D i V e f S i t i e S f 0 r theological 
studies. In Argentina, the Congregation directs diocesan seminaries, and also staffs 
parishes and missions throughout the land. In the United States, members work 
in the western missions of Colorado and New Mexico. 

• n B I B C ° n C e m i n g t h e Congregation and its work, inquiries 

the append^x " 1 W R - the addres's l i s t e / i n 

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STIGMATINE FATHERS (C.P.S.) 

Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Stigmata of Our Lord Jesus Christ 

The Congregation of the Priests of the Sacred Stigmata of our Lord Jesus Christ 
was founded in 1816 by Venerable Gaspar Bertoni, a saintly priest of Verona, Italy 
The Stigmat.nes, as they are. commonly known, are a Society of priests and coad-
jutor Brothers, professing the three vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience The 
Sttgrnatine Fathers derive their name from their devotion to the SaCred Stigmata or 
five Wounds- of' our Lord Jesus Christ. 

The Fathers conduct parishes, teach schools and colleges, give retreats, missions, and 
novenas to the people. They serve as chaplains in the armed forces, and go to the 
mission fields of China to care for the spiritual welfare of those, poor neglected souls 

In the United States they are working in the Archdioceses of New York and Bos-
ton and , n the Dioceses of Springfield, Mass., Richmond, Va„ and Little Rock Ark 
In Canada they are working in the Archdiocese of Vancouver, British Columb 
where they conduct the second oldest parish in the city. In Timmins, Ontario their 
work is mostly the care of the gold field workers. In South America they conduce 
twenty-two parishes, seven elementary schools, four colleges, a hospital, a leper colons 
two houses of srndy for aspirants to the Congregation,'two nationally known shrines 
of the Blessed Virgin, and also a diocesan seminary. In China there are a numb-, 
of priests and Brothers working in the Province of Hopei (Northern China) Here 
they are laboring under trying .conditions due to the lack of missionaries and ¥ op-
position of the Communists... They need many more priests to assist them m th* 
work of saving souls. Perhaps you can help them! 

K i l * a t Waltham. Mass., where the candidate enters and com-
pletes his high school and college courses. When these have been fini«h-d he b-
comes first a postulant, then a novice, after which he transfers to the'Vovitiate £ 
Springfield. Here he spends a full year of prayer and recollection, studying the spirit 
and rules of the Congregation. At the end of this year he is permitted to p o-
nounce his vows. His final years of preparation are spent at the Major Seminarv in 

TrlST; T " ftft» P h i l 0 S ° ^ a n d theology, after which he is 
ordained to the priesthood. Brothers consecrate themselves to God by assisting th 
priests, as secretaries, carpenters, mechanics, sacristans, and cooks. 

Any young man who feels interested in joining the Stigmatine Fathers either as 

Provincial at the address given in the appendix. reverend 

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SULPICIANS (S.S.) 

Society of Saint Sulpice 

¡ S H I I ^ ^ ^ S 1 1 1 c a m e G U S 1 1 at 
Bishop to be consecrated Hr Z U n ^ Z l ' s ' B f 5 * f a l s 0 R 

H M | m » « I ] I l l ^ y are secu,ar priests 
- i n students for the M ^ J M ^ B R is to 
Father John James H w h o S to the H re/°Unded in & 1642 by 
1 M m m m m ^ ^ ^ m ^ ^ M I the salva-
which he established in the Parish H I M T h e S C m i n a r y o f St- Sulpice, 
is derived, immediately began " give to S B M R 9 1 W Sulpidan 
Seminaries-founded at the same time h . v Ch 3 3 ° f t h e highest type, 
others brought about J K S g l St- John Eudes, and 
the establishment of seminaries 1 h a d 3 S M M 

M great part repaired through these S o o h fo h P ^ M ° f N S f e i M 
as through the labors of many relSous otde« ° f W ^ " 

^ ^ H T O M ^ M a m k - the first and greatest 
alas, it had died in the I f ^ * out; as, 
government was established through the W W p , - d e m o c r a t i c f o r™ of 
fettered and priests were need d fn l i R e V ° l u t l 0 n t h e Church was un-
who were not numerous and t t , ^ M M W « « 
and the lands lying toward the W e s f The | H thirteen 0 f i g i n a l K g 
in the colonial days but their J ^ r s i J U M 1 1 

to take the place of the missionaries 1 1 1 ; H ey Deeded B ^ m<=n 
alive. The penal laws, u T r X v o t t i o n M B ^ e s keeping the faith 
Placed the Catholics worship, had 
a boy could study for the'priesthood W u c P , t h e ¡ 1 1 1 where 
Seminary at Baltimore H W B M the Sulpicians started St. Mary's 

however, and every year, almost rom the f J H T h e y k e p t a t t h * work, 
Prepared for the holy p r i e s Z d a t l ° n ° f ^ d e n t s were 

I s s t Mary,s-The i 
and St. Edward's, Seattle, S draws s m d e n f f " T f P a t r k k ' S ' M e n l ° Park; 
duct preparatory ^ ^ p M g ' M ^ a11 ^ e Northwest. They M 

Calif Recently His Eminence Card" M o ^ t W W " f
M ™ " View, 

invited the Sulpicians to staff S , John's ^ 

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SYLVESTRINE-BENEDICTINES (0. S. B.) 

Sylvestrine Congregation of the Order of St. Benedict 

I m r ~ m m "= 
H H H H B h H H 
central Italy renowned ^ g t f ° f ' ^ f f l industrial city | 
tioned by Innocent IV i n 1247. Congregation was formally sane-

i l l ^ ^ ^ ^ t e ^ H I I • 1 1 ^ e in-
blessed disciples, of | | | H B £ H | H eleven 

I 1250) are the most noted A t ' * 1 X 1 S B P S H u g ° 

t h X ~ - his leadership with L ^ t o ^ ^ 

• • • m / m i * biogra-
a thousand monks distributed in L t y J o n Z ^ s d e v e J o P » - t with about 

While in the following two centuri« I W 
declining of the Christian £ & g g H H T ^ f ^ t h e ~ a l 

nation had a new revival in the first p a « of 1 T ' 5 1 1 1 1 Congre-
enriched with pious and learned relisinn, r s ' x t e e n t h C e n t u r y a n d w a s again 
lexicographer and scholar, B & ^ f K | 1538), the famous 
one of them. • O l o v a n n i ^ei Medici (afterwards Leo X ) was of more 1 m I 
Ceylon, India, O M M M 8 U b e e n I charge of a mission in 
chapels, orphanages, W K K K K M M M M M l o f lu rches , 
clergy. In 1910 they came to H M r S I

 f°rmati°n of the ^ t i v e 
of Wichita, Kans. . » f f f i m f f e ^ t h e of Bishop Hennessy 
were given three parishes, and wheie l e y L l j T i l t i ^ S P M 
monastery which, when completed will L J T K filSt u n i t o f a n e w 

members. P ' Wl11 h a V e a c c o m°dat ions for about one hundred 

The Congregation, is governed by an Abbot-General „ k L i 
is elected by a general chapter every six years i f d ; M i n R ° m e ' H e 

Two advisers at the General Cur i aa r e S e X ^ f e N S * » M ~ 
in the United States. t n e monks in Ceylo n and those 

. ^ ^ ¡ s s s i r j s i f - f i j - » * ,„, 

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TRAPPISTS (O.C.S.O.) 

Order of the Cistercians of the Strict Observance 

The Cistercians of the Strict Observance are fundamentally Benedictines The 
name Cistercian is derived from the Latin-English of Citeaux in France, where the 
reform, which is nothing more than a return to the primitive rule of St. Benedict 
originated (1098) . 

The popular name Trappist goes back to the Abbey of La Trappe (France) be-
longing to the Strict Observance, where the Cistercian reform was practiced with the 
greatest éclat just before, and then after, the terrible French Revolution of 1790. 

The Order has had a remarkable growth since 1892, when the monasteries of the 
Strict Observance were amalgamated to form the Order as it exists today There 
are four abbeys in the United States—Our Lady of the Valley in Rhode Island one 
in Kentucky, one-in Iowa, and one in Georgia. Each Abbey is an autonomous unit 
with its own novitiate. 

The Trappists are the only strictly cloistered monks in the United States. Noth-
ing but operative illness or urgent business warrants leaving the enclosure They 
never give missions or retreats, or assist in parish work. The Trappist is a contem-
plative his only raison d'etre is to pray. His day begins at 2 a.m. He prays the 
entire Canonical Office either recited or sung in choir, as well as the Little Office of 
the Blessed Virgin Mary, and when the Ordo permits, the Office of the Dead He 
pay» at the conventual High Mass every day, and during the four to six hours he 
spends in manual labor; he prays at his reading or study during the ••intervals", from 
which all profane and current literature is rigidly excluded. The Trappist lay Bro-
ther is on an equal footing with the choir religious, except that he does not assist in 
choir and does more manual labor. 

This life of prayer, liturgical and private, is rendered possible by the rule (not a 
vow!) of perpetual silence. Silence is, as it were, the very soul of Cistercian observ-
ance. How otherwise could the above austere regimen be put into practice' The 
monks communicate by means of conventional signs, but they are always free to ad-
dress the Superiors. Their voices are raised frequently during the day and night, but 
only to praise God in union with His angels and saints. 

Cistercians are cenobites, not hermits; in other words they are within sight and 
sound of one another twenty-four hours of the day. There are no individual rooms-
the cell" is a space partitioned off in a common dormitory. The monk occupies 1 
only to sleep—seven hours in all. 

Trappists do not eat meat, fish, or eggs, except in case of sickness. Their diet 
consists of vegetables, cereals, fruits, salads, etc. The quantity is quite adequate dur-
ing the summer, but is somewhat restricted during the winter and up till Easter 
There is, however, no need to be alarmed on this score—Cistercians over a period of 
eight hundred years have a remarkable average of longevity. 

Finally, Trappists do not dig their graves day by day, nor do they say Memento 
mon when they salute one another. Instead of that, they smile! In fact, they are 
always smiling. Why shouldn't they- they are the happiest men in the world. 

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TRINITARIANS (O.Ss.T.) 

Order of the Most Holy Trinity 

Toward the end of the twelfth century when the alarmingly rapid approach of the 
infidel armies filled the hearts of Christians throughout Europe with fear and dread, 
as the number of Christians taken captive by the invading unbelievers increased 
with the passing of each day, Almighty God inspired two of His chosen servants, 
John of Matha and Felix of Valois, to establish an Order of religious men dedicated 
to honor the Host Blessed Trinity. The secondary purpose of the Order, the sal-
vation of souls, was accomplished, in the beginning, by the redemption of Christians 
enslaved by these infidels. 

Winning the approval of the reigning pontiff, Innocent III, in 1198, Saints 
John aod Felix spent the remainder of their earthly lives working to restore these un-
fortunate captives to. their homes and loved ones. After the death of the two saintly 
founders, the Order continued its rapid spread throughout Christian Europe. Clad 
in their symbolic habit, of which the three colors, red, white, and blue, are a con-
tinual reminder of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, the Trinitarian religious la-
bored with untiring zeal spreading knowledge of and devotion to the ever Blessed 
Trinity and furthering their work of redeeming captives. Bound by their rule to de-
vote one-third of their entire income to the work of redemption, the Trinitarians 
never built large impressive monasteries or splendid colleges. They generously 
devoted themselves and all they had to the ransom of the enslaved. This accounts 
for the fact that today, little is known of their Order or their work. 

At the present time, of course, there is no longer any need for the work of re-
demption from corporal' slavery. This does not mean, however, that the Order no 
longer has a reason for existence. Besides devoting themselves to the ever-glorious 
work of spreading devotion to the Blessed Trinity, which has always been the primary 
purpose of the Order, and which, in itself, is a fully-sufficient reason for its con-
tinued existence, present-day Trinitarians continue their work for the redemption 
of precious souls from the bondage of sin. The members of the Order are by no 
means cloistered. The Trinitarian life blends the 'monastic observance with the 
hardships of the missionary life at home and abroad, the professional work of 
teaching, rebuilding parishes, caring for the poor, the aged and the orphaned, and 
the administration of the sacraments. In addition, no work connected with the 
ransom of souls from sin is too hard or too demanding for one whose primary in-
tention is to do all for the love and glory of the Trinity. 

Here in America there is a rich new field for conquest. Courageous, generous 
souls are needed to carry on the great work of living and spreading devotion to the 
Trinity and laboring for the salvation of souls. 

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VIATORIANS (C.S.V.) 

Clerics of St. Viator 

The Clerics of St. Viator are a modern Community of priests and Brothers, who 
strive, like the Apostles, to bring souls to Christ through sanctity and learning. 

This Community was established just one hundred twelve years ago by a saintly 
parish priest, the Very Rev. Louis J. Querbes of Lyons, France. He organized a group 

of young men to combat the enemies of the Church in France after the French Revolu-
tion. He gave them the two weapons of sanctity and learning to fight the battle— 
they were commanded to teach the doctrines of Christ as catechists and to help parish 
priests in the service of the Holy Altar. Their work and success won the immediate 
approval of Pope Gregory XVI and he confirmed their rule in 1839, thereby granting 
them the privileges of a fully authorized Congregation. Within the space of a cen-
tury they have extended their apostolic work in France, Spain, Belgium, Canada the 
United States, and China. 

These priests and Brothers are popularly known as Viatorians. They get their name 
from their patron, St. Viator, a young lector and cathechist of Lyons, the birthplace 
of the Community. Viator lived in the third century and attained sainthood as a model 
of sanctity and learning. Members of the Community assume the obligation of striving 
for perfection through the observance of the simple vows of poverty, chastity, and obe-
dience. Their rule is not difficult to observe and is adaptable to the variety of the 
work they perform. 

In the American Province they are associated with institutions of higher learning. 
They also take charge of parishes, preach missions, do social work, and act as chaplains 
in Catholic, State, and military hospitals. Their main work is teaching and helping 
diocesan priests in parishes. 

The American Province is noted for its scholarly teachers. They are given special-
ized training at leading universities in most fields of learning, including the industrial 
arts and social work. The percentage of members holding doctors and masters degrees 
is exceptionally high. The caliber of their work in the classroom has been such that 
many communities have asked for Viatorian teachers to augment the faculties of their 
schools. Viatorians have helped the Vincentians, Servîtes, Carmelites, Jesuits, Dom-
inicans, Augustinians, Holy Cross Fathers, Brothers of Mary, and a large number of 
Communities of teaching Sisters in this way. 

At present Viatorians are located in thirteen dioceses of the United States They 
augment the faculties of DePaul, Marquette, and Catholic Universities and the follow-
ing colleges: St. Ambrose, Marycrest, St. Francis, Mundelein, Gannon, Shiel College 
of Social Studies, and Springfield Junior College. They are also members of the 
faculties of ten high schools. 

Young men are acceptable to the Viatorians after they have finished high school 
Applicants must be imbued with the desire to achieve the ideals of sanctity and 
learning. 

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VINCENTIANS (C.M.) 

Congregation of the Mission 

The Congregation of the Mission was founded on a general confession. St. Vin-
cent de Paul, a humble French priest, was called to the deathbed of a poor peasant. 
He urged the man to make a general confession of all the sins of. his life. The 
peasant, before he died, admitted publicly that this general confession saved his soul: 
he had been making bad confessions for years. . His public admission alarmed the 
authorities of the village, and they urged St. Vincent to preach a sermon on gen-
eral confession. 

This sermon was preached on Sunday, January 25, 1617, the feast of the con-
version of St. Paul, a day ever since regarded as the birthday of the Vincentian -Fa-
thers. From that day St. Vincent gathered a few helpers about him, and they went 
from village to village preaching their missions of repentance to the country poor. 

St. Vincent soon discovered that the fruits of his mission work could not endure 
unless learned and pious pastors were provided for the' poor. He set about supply-, 
ing this need by establishing retreats for those about to be oriaïned, by weekly conr 
ferences or spiritual chats for the clergy, arid most of all, by the establishment of 
seminaries for training priests. 

In order that nothing may divert the Vincentian Fathers from their purpose of 
laboring for the salvation of the poor, they are forbidden by rule to'aspire to iny 
church dignity, such as a bishopric. They take not only the simple vows of poverty, 
chastity, arid obedience, but also a fourth vow of devoting their entire life to the 
service of the poor, in the work assigned to them by their superiors. Their Com-
munity devotions are practically the same as those which Church Law expects of 
every priest—-morning meditation, spiritual reading, a daily visit to the Blessed 
Sacrament, and the recitation of the Rosary. St. Vincent prescribed hard work in-
stead of unusual penances for his priests. "Let us lové God, gentlemen," he said, 
"but let it be with the strength of our arms, let it bè in the sweat, of our brows." 

The works of the Vincentian Fathers are as many as the needs of the poor. Their 
works in the United States offer a wide" scope for the talents of the young man 
aspiring to the priesthood. They have mission bands; major and minor seminaries; 
Miraculous Medal Novena bands (Our Lady has been particularly kind and gen-
erous to the Vincentians); parishes; work among the colored; missions in the 
Southern states, in Panama, arid in China; and three universities. 

There are Vincentian lay Brothers too, who assist the priests in the works of the 
Community. 

If you are not afraid of hard work, if you love the poor and the priests of God, 
come follow Christ iri the footsteps of St. Vincent de Paul, the Light of the Clergy 
and the Father of the Poor! 

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WHITE FATHERS (W.F.) 

Society of the Missionaries of Africa 

The Society of Missionaries of Africa, also called "The White Fathers," was 
founded at Algiers by Cardinal Lavigerie in 1868 to evangelize the Arabs and 
pagans of Africa. 

The members are called White Fathers because they wear the distinctive white 
garb of the Arab in lieu of the ordinary religious habit. It is made up of four parts 
—a gandoura, cassock-like robe; a burnous, flowing cape of the sons of the Sahara; 
a chechia, red fez-like hat; a rosary, to substitute for the ninety-nine beads of Mo-
hammed, which the faiithful Moslem often carries about thé neck. The adoption 
of this native dress shows the strong sense of adaptation infused into the Society by 
its founder. 

From Algiers the work spread to the region of the Sahara and the Sudan and 
later to Equatorial Africa, where one of the missions, that of Uganda, was singled 
out by Pius XI as the model mission. 

In the field of the apostolate their most noteworthy technique is the four year 
catechumenate in preparation for baptism. To the challenge of the Moslem world 
they offer their own missionary method. They have found out that a Moslem 
must see a Christian at prayer and at work before he will consider the Christian 
religion. So the priests go and live as Arabs among the Arabs. To this they add 
the staffing of dispensaries, work-shops and schools. 

Devotion to Africa charcterizes the Society. A White Father consecrates a life-
time of service to God for that one continent. The oath of obedience is written 
in each one's own hand and signed on the steps of the altar in a solemn ceremony. 
The missionary does not take the vow of poverty, but, according to the constitu-
tions of the Society and the very nature of his work, he remains under the obliga-
tion to live poor. 

Another characteristic is the community rule of three. "Missionaries may never 
under any circumstances or for any reason whatsoever be • less than three together 
(Fathers or Brothers) in any of the mission stations. Rather than waive this capi-

tal point of the rule they are bound to refuse the most advantageous and urgent 
offers and even to give up the very existence of the Society." 

The missionary priests are assisted in their, efforts by lay Brothers, to whom are 
entrusted the material needs of the missions. 

The Society of White Fathers is a foundation for the evangelization of Africa 
but until a native clergy is firmly established it must depend on the outside Catholic 
world for its vocations. For this purpose the Society has established houses in the 
leading European countries, in England, Canada, and, more recently, in the United 
States of America. 

Bishop Blomjous, new Vicar Apostolic of Moussoma in British East Africa, said: 
"It is a Catholic Africa now or never . . . It is Africa's hour and America's hour. 
Africa is the field ready for harvest; she is looking tq America for the harvesters." 

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XAVERIAN BROTHERS (C.F.X.) 

Congregation of the Brothers of St. Francis Xavier 

Back in the early 1830's, a Mr. Theodore James Ryken visited various parts of 
the United States. Filled with a missionary spirit he had come to this country from 
his native Holland to see if he could participate in the work of Christianizing the 
Amer icaIndians . Impressed by the young man's character and piety, some of the 
American hierarchy channeled his zeal in another direction. They persuaded him to 
use his talents to recruit a group of religious men for the purpose of teaching boys, 
in American parochial schools. Thus the idea of the Xaverian Brothers was born in 
the mind of Theodore James Ryken. 

He returned to Europe, and in Belgium set about the task of establishing a relig-
ious Congregation for the specific work of instructing youth. In 1839 the foundation 
was made. After a period of novitiate in a Redemptorist house, Theodore James 
Ryken became Brother Francis Xavier. Because of his missionary zeal he chose the 
name of the great missionary, Francis Xavier, for his Congregation. 
' Soon he had gathered about him sufficient young men to open-a few schools first 
in Belgium and then in England. However, his dream of bringing his Brothers to 
America had to wait till 1854. In that year, at the invitation of Bishop Spalding of 
Louisville, Ky., the Xaverian Brothers came to America to take up work in the Ken-
tucky diocese. Their first days were difficult and full of sacrifices, but from the group 
of eight who reached Louisville in 1854 the widespread Xaverian Brothers' Amer-
ican Province of the present day has developed. 

At present in thirty schools, dotting the United States from Maine to Kentucky 
and from Michigan to Virginia, Xaverian Brothers are engaged in teaching and assist-
ing Catholic youth. They are founded in seventeen high schools and thirteen elemen-
tary schools. In addition they are in charge of several homes for under-privileged 
boys. 

There still exists today among our American boys many who have the same sort 
of spirit that animated the first Brother Francis Xavier. They have that deep desire 
to assist God in the saving of souls, and coupled with it a particular interest in fur-
thering that work by instructing the young. When a boy or young man'is found to 
have the qualifications needed to do the work of a Xaverian Brother, he enters one 
of the houses of training. 

If he is a boy who has not yet completed high school, he obtains his high school 
work and his introduction to the religious life at St. Joseph's Juniorate in Peabody, 
Mass. When high school work has been completed he commences his training at 
Sacred Heart Novitiate, Fort Monroe, Va. After his novitiate he goes to Xaverian 
College at Silver Spring, Md. Here the young Brother receives further spiritual 
training and begins his work on the college level. Here too, he stays until he is 
missioned to a classroom to begin active work in the apostolate of teaching. 

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XAVERIAN MISSIONARY FATHERS (S.X.) 

Pious Society of Saint Francis Xavier For the Foreign Missions 

The St. Francis Xavier Foreign Mission Society was founded in 1895 by the Ser-
vant of God, Guido Maria Conforti, then a young priest, who could not himself be a 
missionary, but died as Archbishop of Parma, Italy, in 1931. The cause of his beati-
fication is today before the Holy See. 

The St. Francis Xavier Foreign Mission Society has a twofold aim: the sanctifica-
tion of its members through the profession of the three vows of poverty, chastity, and 
obedience; and the propagation of the Gospel in pagan lands in accordance with the 
command pf Christ: "Go into the whole world and preach the Gospel to every 
creature" (Mark 16:15). 

The members of the Society are comprised of two classes of which one is made 
up of thoSe who intend to dedicate themselves as priests to the evangelization of 
the infidel, either directly in the mission fields, or indirectly in any one of the houses 
of the Society. The other is made up of Brothers, who, though not aspiring to the 
priesthood, are inspired by a desire to serve God and assist in the Society's mission-
ary endeavors, by aiding their brother priests or the aspirants to the priesthood, 
by participating as professional workers, or as skilled craftsmen, sacristans, secretaries, 
cooks, and catechists. 

Since 1899 tha Society has been sending missionaries to China. In 1906 the Holy 
See entrusted the Xaverian Missionary Fathers with a mission field of their own, a 
large part of the Province of Honan, China. This territory is divided now into two 
dioceses. Recently another mission, also in China in the Shantung Province, was 
given by the Holy See to the Society. There are hopes that the Xaverians may soon 
be working in Africa. 

The Society has a major seminary, a novitiate, and twelve houses of formation in 
Italy; a novitiate in China for the natives; and houses in China, England, Spain, 
and Switzerland. On October 13, 1946, the Xaverian Missionary Fathers established 
their first foundation of the Society in the United States. This house, dedicated to 
Our Lady of Fatima, is located in Holliston, Mass., in the Archdiocese of Boston. 

Boys and young men up to thirty-five years of age, who desire to dedicate their lives 
to the great missionary crusade, may enter the Society. They are eligible to become 
either priests or Brothers as explained above. Those who aspire to become priests 
must pursue the usual academic courses. After grammar school they will have four 
years of high school, two years of college, one of novitiate, two of philosophy, and 
four of theology, after which they will be ordained and ready for their work in the 
world. A special dispensation must be obtained by anyone wishing to join after his 
thirty-fifth birthday. 

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APPENDIX 
Listing the address of each Director of Vocations of the religious 

Institutes treated, the alphabetical arrrangment corresponds 
to that of the body of the booklet. 

DIOCESAN CLERGY 
See your pastor for details. 

AFRICAN MISSION FATHERS (S.M.A.) 
Rev. Director of Vocations, S.M.A. 
Queen of Apostles Seminary 
4000 13th St., N.E. 
Washington (17) , D. C. 

ALEXIAN BROTHERS (C.F.A.) 
Director of Postulants, C.F.A. 
Alexian Brothers Postulate 
225 James Boulevard 
Signal Mountain, Tenn. 

ASSUMPTIONISTS (A.A.) 

Rev. Director of Vocations, A.A. 
Assumption College 
Worcester ( 6 ) , Mass. 

ATONEMENT FRIARS (GREYMOOR 
FRIARS) (S.A.) 

Rev. Director of Vocations, S.A. 
Graymoor 
Garrison, N. Y. 

AUGUSTINIANS (O.S.A.) 
Mother of Good Counsel Province 

(West) 
Rev. Director of Vocations, O.S.A. 
St. Monica's Seminary 
Box 351 
Oconomowoc, Wis. 

St. Thomas of Villanova Province 
(East) 

Rev. Director of Vocations, O.S.A. 
Augustinian Academy 
Clove Road and Howard Avenue 
Staten Island, N. Y. 

BASILIAN FATHERS (C.S.B.) 
Rev. Director of Vocations, C.S.B. 
Basilian Fathers 
402 Augustine St. 
Rochester ( 13 ) , N . Y. 

BENEDICTINE FATHERS (O.S.B.) 

Note: Benedictine Monasteries are 
located throughout the United 
States. Space does not allow a com-
plete list here. In order to deter-
mine the one nearest your locality, 
write to a n y of the following 
places, addressing the Director of 
Vocations. 

St. Bernard's Abbey 
St. Bernard, Ala. 
New Subiaco Abbey 
Subiaco, Ark. 
Holy Cross Abbey 
Canyon City, Colo. 
St. Leo's Abbey 

St. Leo, Fla. 
St. Procopius Abbey 
Lisle, 111. 

St. Meinrad's Abbey 
St. Meinrad, Ind. 
St. Benedict's Abbey 
Atchison, Kans. 
St. Joseph's Abbey 
St. Benedict, La. 
St. John's Abbey 
Collegeville, Minn. 
Conception Abbey 
Conception, Mo. 
St. Anselm's Abbey 
Manchester, N. H. 
St. Mary's Abbey 
528 High St. 
Newark, N. J. 
St. Paul's Abbey (foreign missions). 
Newton, N. J. 
Belmont Abbey 
Belmont, N. C. 
Saint Benedict Abbey 
Saint Benedict, Ore. 
St. Vincents Archabbey 
Latrobe, Pa. 
St. Martin's Abbey 
Lacey, Wash. 

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St. Anselm's Priory 
S. Dakota and 14th, N.E. 
Washington, D. C. 

BLACK FRANCISCANS (O.F.M. CONV.) 
Immaculate Conception Province 

Rev. Director of Vocations. O.F.M. 
Conv. 

Franciscan Fathers 
Seaside Park, N. J. 

St. Anthony's Province 

Rev. Director of Vocations, O.F.M. 
Conv. 

St. Stanislaus Church 
566 Front St. 
Chicopee, Mass. 

Our Lady of Consolation Province 
Rev. Director of Vocations, O.F.M. 

Conv. 
Franciscan Fathers 
955 E. Ringwood Rd. 
Lake Forest, 111. 

BLESSED SACRAMENT FATHERS 
(S.S.S.) 

Rev. Director of Vocations, S.S.S., 
Blessed Sacrament Fathers 
184 East 76th St. 
New York (21) , N. Y. 

BROTHERS OF CHARITY (C.F.C.) 
Director of Vocations, C.F.C. 
St. Vincent de Paul Novitiate 
Wyman Road 
Billerjca, Mass. 
Director of Vocations, C.F.C. 
St. Anthony's Juniorate 
West Newbury, Mass. 

BROTHERS OF ST. JOHN OF GOD 
(O.S.J.D.) 

Rev. Brother Novice Master, 
O.S.J.D. 

Brothers of St. John of God 
2025 West Adams Blvd. 
Los Angeles ( 7 ) , Calif. 
Rev. Brother Novice Master, 

O.S.J.D. 
Brothers of St. John of God 
Hammond Hall 
Gloucester, Mass. 

BROTHERS OF THE SACRED HEART 
(S.C.) 

United States Province 
Director of Vocations, S.C. 
St. Joseph's House of Studies 
Metuchen, N. J. 

New England Province 
Director of Vocations, S.C. 
Sacred Heart Juniorate 
R. F. D. 1 
Pascoag, R. I. 

CAMILLIAN FATHERS (O.S.CAM.) 
Rev. Director of Vocations, 

O.S.Cam. 
St. Camillus Hospital 
10100 W. Bluemound Rd. 
Milwaukee . (13) , Wis, 

CAPUCHIN FRANCISCANS (O.F.M. 
CAP.) 

St. Joseph's Province 
Rev. Director of Vocations, 

O.F.M.Cap. 
Capuchin Fathers 
1740 Mount Elliot Ave. 
Detroit, Mich. 

St. Augustine's Province 
Rev. Director of Vocations,— 

O.F.M.Cap. 
Capuchin Fathers 
220 37th Street 
Pittsburgh ( 1 ) . Pa. 

English Capuchins 
Rev. Director of Vocations, 

O.F.M.Cap. 
St. Francis Friary 
262 Blackstone Blvd. 
Providence, R. I. 

Irish Capuchins 
Rev. Director of Vocations, 

O.F.M.Cap. 
Capuchin Fathers 
1541 Golden Gate Avenue 
Los Angeles, Calif. 

Italian Capuchins 
Rev. Director of Vocations, 

O.F.M.Cap. 

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Immaculate Conception Monastery 
754 Gun Hill Road, Bronx 
New York, N. Y. 

CARMELITES (O.CARM.) 
Province of the Most Pure Heart of 

Mary 

(For the East) 
Rev. Director of Vocations, 

O.Carm. 
Carmelite Junior Seminary 
Hamilton, Mass. 
(For the West; 
Rev. Director of Vocations, 

O.Carm. 
St. Cyril's Monastery 
6428 Dante Avenue 
Chicago, 111. 
(For Brothers) 
Rev. Father Prior, O.Carm. 
St. Elias Monastery 
Akron, Ohio 

Province of St. Elias 

(For the East) 
Rev. Director of Vocations, 

O.Carm. 
339 East 28th St. 
New York, N. Y. 
(For the West) 
Rev. Father Prior, O.Carm. 
942 W. 70th St. 
Los Angeles, Calif. 

CHRISTIAN BROTHERS (F.S.C.) 
New York Province 

Director of Vocations, F.S.C. 
122 West 77th St. 
New York (24) , N. Y. 

Baltimore Province 
Director of Vocations, F.S.C. 
La Salle Hall 
Ammendale, Md. 

St. Louis Province 
Director of Vocations, F.S.C. 
La Salle Institute 
Glencoe, Mo. 

San Francisco Province 
Director of Vocations, F.S.C. . 
Mont La Salle 
Napa, Calif. 

Louisiana-New Mexico Province 
Director of Vocations, F.S.C. 
De La Salle Normal School 
Lafayette, Louisiana. 
Director of Vocations, F.S.C. 
Sacred Heart College 
Las Vegas, New Mexico. 

CLARETIAN MISSIONARY FATHERS 
(C.M.F.) 

Very Rev. Father Rector, C.M.F. 
St. Jude's Seminary 
Momence, 111. 
Very Rev. Father Rector, C.M.F. 
18127 South Alameda St. 
Compton, Calif. 

COLUMBAN FATHERS (S.S.C.) 
Rev. Director of Vocations, S.S.C. 
St. Columbans 
Milton, Mass. 
Rev. Director of Vocations, S.S.C. 
St. Columbans 
Bristol, R. I. 
Rev. Director of Vocations, S.S.C. 
St. Columbans 
Silver Creek, N. Y. 
Rev. Director of Vocations, S.S.C. 
St. Columbans 
Nebraska 
Rev. Director of Vocations, S.S.C. 
Columban Fathers 
1017 Eiden Ave. 
Los Angeles, Calif. 
Rev. Director qf Vocations, S.S.C. 
Columban Fathers 
2444 Congress St. 
North San Diego, Calif. 

CROS8ER FATHERS (O.S.C.) 

Rev. Director of Vocations, O.S.C. 
Sacred Heart Seminary 
Auburn Road 
Fort Wayne, Ind. 

DISCALCED CARMELITES (O.C.D.) 
Northern Province 

Rev. Director of Vocations, O.C.D. 
Holy Hill 
Hubertus, Wis. 

Southern Province 
Rev. Director of Vocations, O.C.D. 
Discalced Carmelite Fathers 
1125 So. Walker St. 
Oklahoma City, Okla. 

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DOMINICAN FATHERS (O.P.) 
Province of St. Albert the Great 

Rev. Director of Vocations, O.P. 
Dominican House of Studies 
Harlem Ave., at Division St. 
River Forest, 111. 

Province of St. Joseph 

Rev. Director of Vocations, O.P. 
Priory of St. Vincent Ferrer 
869 Lexington Ave. 
New York (21) , N. Y. 

Province of The Holy Name of Jesus 
Rev. Director of Vocations, O.P. 
Priory of St. Dominic 
2390 Buch St. 
San Francisco, (15 ) , Calif. 

DIVINE WORD FATHERS (S.V.D.) 
Western Province 

Rev. Director of Vocations, S.V.D. 
St. Mary's Mission House 
Techny, 111. 

Southern Province 
Rev. Director of Vocations, S.V.D. 
St. Augustine Seminary 
Bay St. Louis, Miss. . 

Eastern Province 
Rev. Director of Vocations, SV.D. 
Sacred Heart Mission House 
Girard, Pa. 

EDMUNDITES (S.S.E.) 
Rev. Director of Vocations, S.S.E. 
St. Michael's College 
Winooski Park, Vt. 

FATHERS OF MERCY (S.P.M.) 
Rev. Director of Vocations, S.P.M. 
Fathers of Mercy 
11 -De Sales Place 
Brooklyn ( 7 ) , N. Y. 

FATHERS OF THE CATHOLIC PRESS 
(S.S.P.) 

Rev. Director of Vocations, S.S.P. 
2187 Victory Blvd. 
Staten Island (2 ) , N. Y. 
Rev. Director of Vocations, S.S.P. 
St. Paul's Monastery 
Canfield, Ohio. 

FATHERS OF THE ORATORY (CONGR. 
ORAT.) 

Rev. Director of Vocations, 

Congr. Orat. 
Box 895 
Rock Hill, S. C. 

FATHERS OF THE SACRED HEARTS 
(SS.CC.) 

Rev. Director of Vocations, SS.CC. 
Sacred Hearts Monastery 
3 Adams Street 
Fairhaven, Mass. 

FRANCISCAN BROTHERS (C.F.P.) 
Director of Vocations, C.F.P. 
Franciscan Brothers 
Mt. Alverno 
Cincinnati, Ohio 

FRANCISCAN BROTHERS OF BROOK-
LYN (O.S.F.) 

Director of Vocations, O.S.F. 
St. Francis Monastery 
41 Butler St. 
Brooklyn (2 ) , N. Y. 

FRANCISCAN FATHERS (O.F.M.) 
Province of the Most Holy Name of 

Jesus' 

Rev. Director of Vocations, O.F.M. 
St. Joseph's Seraphic Seminary 
Callicoon, N. Y. 

Province of St. John the Baptist 

Rev. Director of Vocations, O.F.M. 
St. Francis Seminary 
Mt. Healthy Station 
Cincinnati (31 ) , Ohio 

Province of the Sacred Heart of Jesus 

Rev. Director of Vocations, O.F.M. 
St. Joseph's Seminary 
Westmont, 111. 

Province of Santa Barbara 

Rev. Director of Vocations, O.F.M. 
St. Francis Friary 
1112 26th St. 
Sacramento (16) , Calif. 

Province of the Assumption of B.V.M. 
(Polish Speaking) 

Rev. Director of Vocations, O.F.M. 
Stella Maris Retreat House 
P. O. Box 56 
Cedar Lake, Ind. 



Province of the Immaculate Concep-
tion of B.V.M. (Italian 

Speaking) 

Rev. Director of Vocations, O.F.M. 
Mt. St. Francis 
Lowell, Mass. 

Commissariat of the Holy Land 

(For work in the Holy Land and 
the Near East) 

Rev. Director of Vocations, O.F.M. 
Mt. St. Sepulchre 
1400 Quincy St., N.E. 
Washington (17) , D. C. 

Commissariat of the Holy Cross 
(Slovenian Speaking) 

Rev. Director of Vocations, O.F.M. 
P. O. Box 608 
Lemont, 111. 

Commissariat of the Most Holy Sav-
iour (Slovak Speaking) 

Rev. Director of Vocations, O.F.M. 
Holy Family Monastery 
232 S. Home Ave. 
Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Commissariat of St. John Capistran 
(Hungarian Speaking) 

Rev. Director of Vocations, O.F.M. 
Assumption Friary 
Knickerbocker Road 
Roebling, N. J. 

Commissariat of St. Stephen (Hun-
garian Speaking) 

Rev. Director of Vocations, O.F.M. 
838 King's Highway 
Bridgeport, Conn. 

Commissariat of the Holy Family 
(Croatian Speaking) 

Rev. Director of Vocations, O.F.M. 
4851 Drexel Blvd. 
Chicago, 111. 

Commissariat of St. Casimir (Lithu-
anian Speaking) 

Rev. Director of Vocations, O.F.M. 
Mt. St. Francis 
Greene, Me. 

Commissariat of the Immaculate 
Heart of the B.V.M. (Slav-By-

zantine Rite) 
Rev. Director of Vocations, O.F.M. 

Friary of the Immaculate Heart" of 
Mary 

Sybertsville, Pa. 

U. S. Foundations of Mexican Pro-
vinces 

Province of the Holy Gospel (Mexio) 

Rev. Director of Vocations, O.F.M. 
Roger Bacon College 
2400 Marr St. 
El Paso, Tex. 

Province of Sts. Peter and Paul 
(Mexico) 

Rev. Director of Vocations, O.F.M. 
St. Anthony Seminary 
Las Cruces, N. M. 

Province of Sts. Francis and James 
of Jalisco (Mexico) 

Rev. Director of Vocations. O.F.M. 
Our Lady of Guadalupe Friary 
Box 85 
Hebbonville, Tex. 

FRANCISCAN FATHERS (T.O.R.) 
Province of the Most Sacred Heart of 

Jesus 
Rev. Director of Vocations, T..O.R. 
Sacred Heart Novitiate 
LorettO, Pa. 

Province of the Immaculate Con-
ception 

Rev. Director of Vocations, T.O.R. 
St. Bernardine's Monastery 
Hollidaysburg, Pa. 

. Commissariate (Spanish Fathers) 

Rev. Director of Vocations, T.O R. 
St. Joseph's Convent 
212 Lafayette St. 
Newark, N. J. 

Commissariate (Croatian Fathers) 

Rev. Director of Vocations, T.O.R. 
St. Nicholas Convent 
24 Maryland Ave. 
Millvale, Pa. 

r R A N C I S C A N MISSIONARY BROTH-
ERS (O.S.F.) 

Director of Vocations, O.S.F. 
Franciscan Missionary Brothers 
Eureka, Mo. 



GLENMARY MISSIONERS 

Rev. Director of Vocations 
Glenmary Missioners 
Glendale, Ohio 

HOLY CROSS FATHERS AND BROTH-
ERS (C.S.C.) 

Rev. Director of Vocations, C.S C. 
Holy Cross Seminary 
Notre Dame, Ind. 
Rev. Director of Vocations, C.S.C. 
Seminary of Our Lady of Holy 

Cross 
North Easton, Mass. 

HOLY FAMILY FATHERS (M.S.F.) 
Rev. Director of Vocations, M.S.F. 
Holy Family Seminary 
2500 Ashby Road 
St. Louis (14) , Mo. 

HOLY GHOST FATHERS (C.S.Sp.) 
Rev. Director of Vocations. C.S.Sp. 
1615 Manchester Lane, N.W. 
Washington (11) , D. C. 

IMMACULATE HEART MISSIONERS 
(I.H.M.) 

Rev. Director of Vocations, I.H.M. 
Immaculate Heart Mission House 
4651 North 25th St. 
Arlington, Va. 

IRISH CHRISTIAN BROTHERS 
(F.S.C.H.) 

Director of Vocations, F.S.C.H. 
Irish Christian Brothers 

: 74-West 124th St. 
New York, N. Y. 

JESUITS (S.J.) 
California Province 

Rev. Director of Vocations, S.J. 
Jesuit Fathers 
55 W. San Fernando St. 
San Jose (21) , Calif. 

Chicago Province 
Rev. Director of Vocations, S.J. 
Jesuit Fathers 
509 North Oak Park Ave. 
Oak Park, 111. 

Maryland Province 

Rev. Director of Vocations, S.J. 
Jesuit Fathers 

720 N. Calvert St. 
Baltimore (2 ) , Md. 

Missouri Province 

Rev. Director of Vocations, S.J. 
Jesuit Fathers 
4511 West Pine Blvd. 
St. Louis, Mo. 

New England Province 
Rev. Director of Vocations, S J. 
Jesuit Fathers 
300 Newbury St. 
Boston (15) , Mass. 

New Orleans Province 
Rev. Director of Vocations, S.J. 
Jesuit Fathers 
4133 Banks St. 
New Orleans (19) , La. 

New York Province 

Rev. Director of Vocations, S.J. 
Jesuit Fathers 
501 East Fordham Roid 
New York (58) , N. Y. 

Oregon Province 
Rev. Director of Vocations, S.J. 
Jesuit Fathers 
Campion House 
20th and Hoyt 
Portland, Ore. 

JOSEPHITE FATHERS (S.S.J.) 
Rev. Director of Vocations, S S J. 
Josephite Fathers 
1130 North Calvert St. 
Baltimore (2 ) , Md. 
Rev. Director of Vocations, S.S.J. 
Epiphany Apostolic College 
Newburgh, N. Y. 

LA MENNAIS BROTHERS (F.I.C.) 
Director of Vocations, F.I.C. 
La Mennais Brothers 
Notre Dame Institute 
Alfred, Me. 

LA SALETTE FATHERS (M.S.) 
Rev. Director of Vocations, M.S. 
La Salette Seminary 
85 New Park Ave. 
Hartford ( 6 ) , Conn. 

MARIAN FATHERS (M.I.C.) 
Rev. Director of Vocations, M LC. 
Marian Father? 



Marian Hills Novitiate 
Hinsdale, 111. 

MARIANISTS (S.M.) 

Cincinnati Province 
Rev. Director of Vocations, S.M. 
Mount St. John, R.D. 2 
Dayton (10) , Ohio. 

St. Louis Province 

Rev. Director of Vocations, S.M. 
Maryhurst Normal 
Kirkwood (22) , Mo. 

MARIANNHILL FATHERS (C.M.M.) 
Rev. Director of Vocations, C.M.M. 
St. Bernard's Seminary 
Brighton, Mich. 

MARIST BROTHERS OF THE SCHOOL 
(F.M.S.) 

Director of Vocations, F.M.S. 
Marist Brothers 
156 East 38th St. 
New York (16) , N. Y. 
Director of Vocations* F.M.S. 
Marist Brothers -
St. Joseph Juniorate 
Tyngsboro, Mass. 

MARIST FATHERS (S.M.) 
Rev. Director of Vocations, S.M. 
Marist Seminary 
Harewood Road, N.E. 
Washington (17) , D. C. 

MARYKNOLL FATHERS (M.M.) 
Rev. Director of Vocations, M.M 
Maryknoll P. O. 
Maryknoll, N. Y. 

MISSIONARY SERVANTS (M.S.SS.T.) 
Rev. Director of Vocations, 

M.S.SS.T. 
P. O. Box 30 
Holy Trinity Heights 
Silver Springs, Md. 

MONTFORT FATHERS (S.M.M.) 

Rev. Director of Vocations, S.M.M. 
Montfort Preparatory Seminary 
Bay Shore, N. Y. 

NORBERTINES (O.PRAEM.) 
Rev. Director of Vocations, 

O.Praem. 

St. Norbert Abbey 
West De Pere, Wis. 

OBLATE FATHERS (O.M.I.) 

First American Province 
Rev. Director of Vocations, O.M.I. 
Oblate Fathers 
225 Fargo Ave. 
Buffalo (13) , N. Y. 

Second American Province 

Rev. Director of Vocations, O.M.I. 
Oblate Fathers 
1900 McCullough Ave. 
San Antonio, Tex. 

St. John Baptist Province (French 
Speaking) 

Rev. Director of Vocations, O.M.I. 
Oblate Fathers 
725 Merrimack St. 
Lowell, Mass. 

St. Henry Province 

Rev. Director of Vocations, O.M.I. 
Oblate Fathers 
5901 West Main St. 
Belleville, 111. 

OBLATES (O.S.F.S.) 
Rev. Director of Vocations, 

O.S.F.S. 
Novitiate of the Oblates of St. 

Francis de Sales 
Childs, Md. 

OBLATES OF ST. JOSEPH (O.S.J.) 
Rev. Director of Vocations, O.S.J. 
Oblates of St. Joseph 
131 William St. 
Pittston, Pa. 

PASSIONIST FATHERS (C.P.) 
Eastern Province 

Rev. Father Rector, C.P. 
Holy Cross Preparatory Seminary 
Dunkirk, N. Y. 

Western Province 

Rev. Father Rector, C.P. 
Passionist Preparatory Seminary 
7101 Natural Bridge Road 
St. Louis (20) , Mo. 

PALLOTINE FATHERS (S.C.A.) 
Rev. Director of Vocations, S.C.A. 
Pallotine Fathers 

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5424 Bluemound Road 
Milwaukee (13) , Wis. 

PAULIST FATHERS (C.S.P.) 
Rev. Director of Vocations, C.S.P. 
St. Paul's College 
Washington (17) , D. C. 

RECOLLECT AUGUSTINIAN FATHERS 
(O.R.S.A.) 

Rev. Director of Vocations, O.R.S.A. 
St. Augustine's Seminary 
34th at Parallel Ave. 
Kansas City, Kans. 
Rev. Director of Vocations^ O.R.S.A. 
Holy Ghost Church 
56th and Q St. 
Omaha, Nebr, 

REDEMPTORIST FATHERS 
Baltimore Province and Richmond 

Vice Province 

Rev. Director of Vocations, C.SS.R. 
St. Mary's College 
North East, Erie Co., Pa. 

St. Louis Province 

Rev. Director of1 Vocations, C.SS.R. 
St. Joseph's College 
Kirkwood (22) , Mo. 

Oakland Vice Province 

Rev. Director of Vocations, C.SS.R. 
Holy Redeemer College 
Box 98 
Elmhurst Station • 
Oakland (3) , Calif. 

RESURRECTIONIST FATHERS (C.R.) 
Rev. Director of Vocations, C.R. 
Resurrectionist Fathers 
2249 North Lockwood Ave. 
Chicago (39) , 111. 

SACRED HEART FATHERS (S.C.J.) 
Rev. Director of Vocations, S.C.J. 
Divine Heart Preparatory Seminary 
Donaldson, Ind. 

SALESIAN FATHERS (S.D.B.) 
Eastern Province 

Rev. Director of Vocations, S.D B. 
Don Bosco College 
Newton, N. J. 

Western Province 
Rev. Director of Vocations, S.D.B. 
Salesian Seminary 
Richmond, Calif. 

SALVATORIAN FATHERS (S.D.S.) 
Rev. Director of Vocations, S D.S. 
Salvatorian Seminary 
St. Nazianz, Wis. 

SERVITE FATHERS (O.S.M.) 
Rev. Director of Vocations, O S M. 
American Province of Servite 

Fathers 

3121 Jackson Blvd. 
Chicago (12) , 111. 

SONS OF DIVINE PROVIDENCE (F.D.P.) 
Rev. Director of Vocations, F.D.P. 
Sons of Divine Providence 
Provincial House 
Jasper, Ind. 

SONS OF THE HOLY FAMILY (S.F.) 
Rev. Director of Vocations, S.F. 
Holy Family Seminary 
Route 1 
Silver Springs, Md. 

STIGMATINE FATHERS (C.P.S.) 
Rev. Director of Vocations, C P.S. 
Stigmatine Juniorate 
554 Lexington St. 
Waltham (54) , Mass. 

SULPICIANS (S.S.) 

Rev. Director of Vocations, S.S. 
St. Mary's Seminary 
Baltimore (10) , Md. 

SYLVESTRINE-BENEDICTINES (O.S.B.) 

Rev; Director of Vocations, O.S.B. 
St. Sylvester Monastery 

I 17320 Rosemont 
Detroit (19 ) , Mich. 

SACRED HEART MISSIONARIES 
(M.S.C.) 

Rev. Director of Vocations, M.S.C. 
Sacred Heart Mission Seminary 
719 Batavia Ave. 
Geneva, 111, 

TRAPPISTS (O.C.S.O.) 
Rev. Director of Vocations. O.C.S.O. 
Our Lady of the Valley Abbey 
Cumberland 
Valley Falls P. O., R. I. 

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Rev. Director of Vocations, O.C.S.O. 
Our Lady of Gethsemani Abbey 
Trappist P. O. (Nelson County), 

Ky. 
Rev. Director of Vocations, O.C.S.O. 
New Melleray Abbey 
R. F. D. No. 1 
Poesta, Iowa 
Rev. Director of Vocations, O.C.S.O. 
Our Lady of the Holy Ghost 

Monastery 
Conyers, Ga. 
Rev. Director of Vocations, O.C.S.O. 
Monastery of Our Lady of 

Guadalupe 
Valley Ranch P. O. (Via Pecos) 
New Mexico 
Rev. Director of Vocations, O.C.S.O. 
Monastery of Our Lady of the Most 

Holy Trinity 
Ogden, Utah 

TRINITARIANS (O.SS.T.) 

Rev. Director of Vocations, O.SS.T. 
Sacred Heart Monastery 
Pikesville 
Baltimore (8 ) , Maryland 

VIATORIANS (C.S.V.) 

Rev. Director of Vocations, C.S.V. 
Provincial Residence 
6219 N. Sheridan Road 
Chicago (40) , 111. 

VINCENTIANS (C.M.) 
Rev. Director of Vocations, C.M 
St. Vincent's Seminary 
500 E. Chelton Ave. 
Philadelphia (44) , Pa. 

WHITE FATHERS (W.F.) 
Rev. Director of Vocations, W.F. 
The White Fathers 
8500 Rockville Pike 
Washington (14) , D. C. 
Rev. Director of Vocations, W.F. 
The White Fathers 
Alexandria Bav. N. Y. 
Rev. Director of Vocations, W.F. 
l he White Fathers 
Gunlach Place 
Belleville, 111. 

XAVERIAN BROTHERS (C.F.X.) 
Director of Vocations, C.F.X. 
Xaverian Brothers 
4409 Frederick Ave. 
Baltimore (29) , Md. 

XAVERIAN MISSIONARY FATHERS 
(S.X.) 

Rev. Director of Vocations. S.X. 
Xaverian Missionary Fathers 
101 Summer St. 
Holliston, Mass. 

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INDEX TO RELIGIOUS INSTITUTES 

ACCORDING TO PROPER INITIALS 

Initials Popular Name Page 

A.A. Assumptionists „ I 7 
C.F.A. Alexian Brothers - 5-
C.F.C. Brothers of Charity 21 
C.F.P. Franciscan Brothers - ... . 57 
C.F.X. Xavertan Brothers r..-- - 153 
C.M. Vincentians t 149 
C.M.F. Claretian Missionary Fathers . 35 
C.M.M. ' Mariannhill Fathers 91 
CONGR. ORAT. Fathers of the Oratory - J 53. 
C-P. Passionist Fathers .113 
C.P.S. Stigmatine Fathers 137 
C-R. Resurrectionist Fathers 121 
C.S.B. Basilian Fathers 13 
C.S.C. Holy Cross Fathers and Brothers 69 
C S.P. Paulist Fathers ——-— : — — 115 
C.S.SP. Holy Ghost Fathers ..... - ] 73 
C.SS.R. Redemptorist Fathers _ 119 
C.S.V. Viatorians — • / -— 147 

Sons of Divine Providence ^ • a ^ V — 133 
ha Mennais Brothers •„O.;..-.- 83 

F-M.S. Marist Brothers of the Schools ggPffi ' /- 93 
F-S.C. Christian Brothers _ | 33 
F.S.C.H. Irish Christian Brothers - 77 
I.H.M. Immaculate Heart Missioners ........... 75 

Marian Fathers 1 _ 87 
M.M. • Maryknoll Fathers 97 
M.S. La Salette Fathers 85 

Sacred Heart Missionaries ;. 125 
M.S.F. Holy Family Fathers 71 
M.S.SS.T. Missionary Servants ... 99 
O.CARM. Carmelites j j 

Discalced Carmelites ^ . ¿ S ^ S i ; , 41 
O.C.S.O. Trappists ..... l l f , - 1 4 j 
O.F.M. Franciscan Fathers <p '•'' f"'^..'^"* g j 
O.F.M.CAP. Capuchin Franciscans 29 
O.F.M.CONV. Black Franciscans ". ' ' ~ 1? 
O M.I. Oblate Fathers - ' 105 
O-P- Dominican Fathers ._. 4* 

O.PRAEM. Norbertines or Praemonstratensians"ZZI'Z 103 

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O.R.S.A. Recollect Augustinian Fathers ¡ „ „ . J , " 117 
O.S.A. Augustinians J-U^J. 11 
O.S.B. Benedictine Fathers : ... " 15 
O.S.B. Sylvestrine Benedictines • > 141 
O.S.C. Crozier Fathers ! - 39 
O.S.CAM. Camillian Fathers ____̂§E?_ 27 
O.S.F. Franciscan Brothers of Brooklyn 59 
O.S.F. Franciscan Missionary Brothers 65 
O.S.F.S. Ohlates V • •.- " 107 
O.S.J. Oblates of Saint Joseph 109 
O.S.J.D. Brothers of Saint John of God 23 
O.S.M. Servite Fathers -_„ 131 
O.SS.T. Trinitarians . ffiy. 145 
S.A. Atonement or GreymoOr Friars 9 
S.C. Brothers of The Sacred Heart • . ^ • 25 
S.C.A. Pallotine Fathers • •• m 
S.C.J. Sacred Heart Fathers 123 
S.D.B. . Salesian Fathers 'liQ^i. ^ 127. 
S.D.S. Salvatorian Fathers _ 129 
S.F. Sons of The Holy Family _, I 135 
S.J. Jesuits ___— _'__'_ 7 9 
S.M. Marianists , • fjjffi»';- 89 
S.M. Marist Fathers 95 
S.M.A. African Mission Fathers — 3 
S.M.M. Montfort Fathers : • 101 
S.P.M. Fathers of Mercy l. 49 
S.S. Sulpicians „ __„-:4gl§| 139 
S.S.C. Columban Fathers . 37 
SS.CC. Fathers of The Sacred Hearts' 1__ 55 
S.S.E. Edmundites . -'' '"'-y^ggi^ ~ v ,' • 47 
S.S.J. Josephite Fathers. 81 
S.S. P. Fathers of The Catholic Press 51 
S.S.S. Blessed Sacrament Fathers 19 
S.V.D. Divine Word Fathers 43 
S.X. Xaverian Missionary Fathers 155 
T.O.R. Franciscan Fathers ; 63 
W.F. White Fathers _ , 151 

Diocesan Clergy S, J* „ __.__ \ 
Glenmary Missioners - 67 

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