The Pallottines officially named the Society of the Catholic Apostolate ( la, Societas Apostolatus Catholici), abbreviated SAC is a
Society of Apostolic Life of Pontifical Right for men in the
Roman Catholic Church
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, founded in 1835 by the Roman Catholic priest
Saint Vincent Pallotti. Pallottines are part of the
Union of Catholic Apostolate
Union of Catholic Apostolate is a Catholic association established by a Roman priest St. Vincent Pallotti in 1835.
History
With a group of associates and collaborators, Vincent Pallotti developed in the city of Rome a large structure of apostoli ...
and are present in 45 countries on six continents. The Pallottines administer one of the largest churches in the world, the
Basilica of Our Lady of Peace of Yamoussoukro
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in
Côte d'Ivoire
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.
History
Vincent Pallotti was born in Rome in 1795. Together with a group of associates and collaborators, he developed in the city of Rome a large structure of apostolic activity, which included assisting the poor, the sick, and the marginalized; founding orphanages, institutions of charity, and shelters; and ministering to soldiers, workers, students, and prisoners. The Society, as a community of priests and brothers, was founded in Rome by Pallotti in 1835.
Vincent Pallotti died on 22 January 1850, without having seen the full development of his work. His closest collaborators continued his mission, ensuring further development of the Society. Vincent Pallotti was beatified in 1950 and canonized on 20 January 1963 by
Pope John XXIII
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.
Apostolate
Not long after the death of his wife, Marianne, in 1880, English poet
Coventry Patmore
Coventry Kersey Dighton Patmore (23 July 1823 – 26 November 1896) was an English poet and literary critic. He is best known for his book of poetry ''The Angel in the House'', a narrative poem about the Victorian ideal of a happy marriage.
A ...
contacted the Pallotines about establishing a church in Hastings.
St Mary Star of the Sea Church opened on 2 July 1883 and as of 2019 is still served by the Pallottines.
The
Pallottine mission to Kamerun The Pallottine Mission to Kamerun (also spelled Pallotin or Pallotine) was a Roman Catholic mission to the German colony of Kamerun run by the Pallottines in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. When the German Empire became the colonial power of ...
was established in 1890 in the
German
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colony of
Kamerun
Kamerun was an African colony of the German Empire from 1884 to 1916 in the region of today's Republic of Cameroon. Kamerun also included northern parts of Gabon and the Congo with western parts of the Central African Republic, southwestern p ...
, today's
Cameroon
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. The Fathers opened a number of missions and schools until 1916, when with the
Kamerun Campaign of
World War I
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, they relocated south to
Spanish Guinea
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. After the war, the Pallottines were replaced by the French
Holy Ghost Fathers
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. The Pallottines returned to
Cameroon
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in 1964.
In the present day, the Pallottines have expanded their missionary apostolate to Taiwan and the Philippines. The Society conducts parishes, schools, missions, clinics, retreat houses, all types of charitable works, and the scientific Institute for Catholic Church Statistics in
Poland
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. In 1915 the Society founded the
St. Paulusheim Gymnasium in
Bruchsal
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, Germany and in 1954 the
Bishop Eustace Preparatory School
Bishop Eustace Preparatory School is a Catholic high school in Pennsauken Township, New Jersey. Founded in 1954 by the priests and brothers of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate (The Pallottines), the school operates under the auspices of th ...
in
Pennsauken, New Jersey
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. The Pallottines also founded and direct th
Catholic Apostolate Centerin
Washington, D.C.
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, which develops programs to help strengthen the Society's mission.
Irish Pallottines
The Irish Pallottine Province, now known as the ''Mother of Divine Love Province'', came to Ireland in 1909. The Pallottine College in
Thurles
Thurles (; ''Durlas Éile'') is a town in County Tipperary, Ireland. It is located in the civil parish of the same name in the barony of Eliogarty and in the ecclesiastical parish of Thurles (Roman Catholic parish), Thurles. The cathedral ch ...
, Co. Tipperary, served as a seminary for the Irish Province with students also being trained in theology in the nearby
St. Patrick's College, Thurles
Mary Immaculate College, (MIC) Thurles is a third level college of education in Thurles, County Tipperary. Formerly a seminary, the college specialises in humanities courses in accounting, business studies, Irish and religious studies.
History
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. The Irish Pallottines have served in England, Argentina, United States, Rome (Church of San Silvestro in Capite) and East Africa (Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania), as well as being entrusted with the running of two parishes, Corduff and Shankill, in the Archdiocese of Dublin. The provincial headquarters was in Argentina but moved to London in 1928, before moving to Dublin in 1978.
As well as the Thurles College and Retreat Centre, the Headquarters and formation centre is in Dundrum, Dublin.
The Irish Pallottine Community Cemetery is at St. Mary's, Cabra, Thurles.
The Irish Bishop
Séamus Freeman
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Biography
Freeman was the ...
, S.A.C. 1944 – 2022, was a member of the Pallottine Order as was Bishop
Patrick Winters
The Rev. Patrick Winters S.A.C. (1908-1994) was an Irish born Pallottine priest, who served as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mbulu in Tanzania, from 1953 until in 1971.
Patrick Winters was born at Ramore, Killimor, Co. Galway, he was e ...
, S.A.C. 1908 – 1994.
Provincials of Irish Pallotines
* Rev. William Hanly S.A.C.
* Rev. Patrick Dwyer S.A.C.
* Rev. John Fitzpatrick S.A.C.
* Rev. Eamonn Monson S.A.C.
* Rev. Derry Murphy S.A.C.
Pallottine Martyrs
Józef Jankowski
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was a Pallottine from
Poland
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who was sent to
Auschwitz
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during
World War II
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. He was killed there after being beaten by a camp capo. Jankowski was beatified by
Pope John Paul II
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in Poland in 1999.
Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio, SJ, later
Pope Francis
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, opened the cause in Argentina for beatification—the first step towards sainthood—for five members of the Pallottine community. The candidates for beatification are three priests and two seminarians killed by the military dictatorship in Argentina in 1976: Alfredo Leaden, Alfredo Kelly, Peter Duffau and seminarians Salvador Barbeito and Emilio Barletti.
Sex abuse in Australia
The
reported by weighted average that 13.7% of the Pallottine order's priests were the subject of allegations of child abuse between 1950 and 2010.
See also
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Joseph Kentenich
Peter Joseph Kentenich, SAC (16 November 1885 – 15 September 1968) was a Pallottine priest and founder of the Schoenstatt Apostolic Movement. He is also remembered as a theologian, educator, and pioneer of a Catholic response to an array of ...
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Religious institute (Catholic)
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Secular institute
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Vocational Discernment in the Catholic Church Vocational discernment is the process in which men or women in the Catholic Church discern, or recognize, their vocation in the church. The vocations are the life as layman in the world, either married or single, the ordained life and the consecrat ...
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Union of Catholic Apostolate
Union of Catholic Apostolate is a Catholic association established by a Roman priest St. Vincent Pallotti in 1835.
History
With a group of associates and collaborators, Vincent Pallotti developed in the city of Rome a large structure of apostoli ...
References
Further reading
* Ngoh, Victor Julius (1996): ''History of Cameroon Since 1800''. Limbe: Presbook.
* Gaynor, John S., SCA (1962): ''The Life of St. Vincent Pallotti''. Cork, Ireland: Mercier Press.
External links
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