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VENERABLE PAULINE JARICOT In 1818 a young French lay woman Pauline Marie Jaricot begins the Association for the Propagation of the Faith, officially recognized on 3 May 1822.
Pauline is (the foundress of the largest aid agency for the missions in the entire history of the Catholic Church: the Association for the Propagation of the Faith), which later became the Society for the Propagation of the Faith and was conferred the title (Pontifical) by Pius XI in 1922. |
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BISHOP CHARLES DE FORBINJANSON To give a missionary approach to devotion to the Child Jesus theBishop of Nancy, Mgr. Charles Auguste Marie de Forbin-Janson, develops a
movement of Christian children to help pagan children and bring them salvation. Thus on 19 May
1843 is born the Society of the Holy Childhood, which Pius XI will declare a (Pontifical work) in 1922. |
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MISS JEANNE BIGARD Mrs Jeanne Bigard, with the encouragement and under the
guidance of her mother Stephanie, makes preparation for
the priestly ministry of young men in mission lands the purpose of
her life. In 1894 she launches the first manifesto of the Society of St
Peter Apostle, which begins its activity in 1886, is officially
established in Caen in 1889 and recognized as (Pontifical) by Pius X |
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BLESSED PAOLO MANNA Fr. Paolo Manna, a missionary in Burma, observing the vast extent of missionary work, is saddened by the Clergy's indifference and is worried about the small number of missionaries. He therefore founds the Missionary Union of the Clergy to animate priests for the Opera Maxima - the evangelization of the world - and to promote knowledge of the Missions and encourage prayer for them. On 23 October 1916 Benedict XV approves the Union, which after a rapid and fruitful spread in the world, in 1956 is
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