The Mill Hill Missionaries (MHM), officially known as the Saint Joseph's Missionary Society of Mill Hill ( la, Societas Missionariorum S. Ioseph de Mill Hill), is a

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society of apostolic life founded in 1866 by

Herbert Alfred Vaughan Herbert Alfred Henry Vaughan, MHM (15 April 1832 – 19 June 1903) was an English prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Westminster from 1892 until his death in 1903, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1893. He was th ...

, MHM.

History

It was founded in 1866 by

. In 1892, it branched to create a separate North American offshoot, the

Society of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart The Society of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart ( la, Societas Sodalium Sancti Joseph a Sacra Corde) abbreviated SSJ, also known as the Josephites is a society of apostolic Life of Pontifical Right for men (priests and brothers) headquartered i ...

(Josephites). The society was formerly based at St Joseph's College at

Mill Hill Mill Hill is a suburb in the London Borough of Barnet, England. It is situated around northwest of Charing Cross. Mill Hill was in the historic county of Middlesex until 1965, when it became part of Greater London. Its population counted 18, ...

in north London. The late 1960s saw the development of the Missionary Institute of London, to consolidate training facilities for the various mission societies in Britain. St Joseph's College site was closed in 2006. Its present headquarters are at 6 Colby Gardens in

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, Berkshire SL6 7GZ. In 1884 St Peter's School, Freshfield, near Liverpool was founded to serve as a preparatory school to the college. During the Second World War the college was evacuated to Lochwinnoch in Scotland. The war ministry then requisitioned part of the buildings for the use of the civil service. So, the college at Mill Hill was effectively closed for the duration of the war. In the 1960s,

Pope John XXIII Pope John XXIII ( la, Ioannes XXIII; it, Giovanni XXIII; born Angelo Giuseppe Roncalli, ; 25 November 18813 June 1963) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 28 October 1958 until his death in June 19 ...

asked missionary societies to become involved in South America. As of 2019, the Mill Hill Missionaries are active in Brazil and Ecuador. On its 150th anniversary, an account of its history on the Diocese of Westminster website said in part: "At the 1988 Chapter, with representatives from all over the Mill Hill world present, a decision was taken to recruit Mill Hill Missionaries from Africa and Asia, our former mission areas, now flourishing with well-established churches planted and grown by Mill Hill Missionaries." There are now Mill Hill Society formation centres in Cameroon, East Africa, Philippines and India. As of 2014, the congregation has forty priests working within Ireland, and twenty working internationally, with an average age of 73.

Superiors general

Herbert Cardinal Vaughan Herbert Alfred Henry Vaughan, MHM (15 April 1832 – 19 June 1903) was an English prelate of the Catholic Church. He served as Archbishop of Westminster from 1892 until his death in 1903, and was elevated to the cardinalate in 1893. He was t ...

(1868 – 19 June 1903), founder * Jac Hetsen, Netherlands (1 January 2000 – July 2005) * Anthony Chantry, England (UK) (July 2005 – 15 June 2015) * Michael Corcoran, Ireland (15 June 2015 – present)

Prelates from their ranks

Colin Cameron Davies Colin Cameron Davies (10 June 1924 – 8 January 2017) was a Spanish-born prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Davies was born in Las Palmas, Spain to Arthur and Ellen Mary (née Joyce) Davies, the third in the family of six children. He wa ...

, Bishop Emeritus, Diocese of Ngong, Kenya *

Cornelius Schilder Cornelius "Cor" Schilder, M.H.M. (born 19 September 1941) is an emeritus Roman Catholic Bishop from the Netherlands. He was the bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ngong in Kenya from 2003 to 2009. Biography Cornelius Schilder was born on 19 ...

, Bishop Emeritus of Ngong, Kenya *

Ignatius Arnoz Ignatius Arnoz,M.H.M. (1 April 1885 – 26 February 1950) was a Czech prelate of the Roman Catholic Church. Ignatius Arnoz was born in Bodenbach, Bohemia, and ordained a priest on 25 July 1910 from the religious order of the Mill Hill Mission ...

References

External links

''Catholic Encyclopedia'' article

Religious organizations established in 1866 1866 establishments in England {{RC-society-stub

History

Superiors general

Prelates from their ranks

See also

References

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