The Society of Saint Paul ( la, Societas a Sancto Paulo Apostolo) abbreviated SSP and also known as the Paulines, is a
Catholic
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clerical religious congregation of Pontifical Right for men founded on 20 August 1914 at
Alba, Piedmont in
Italy
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Giacomo Alberione
James Alberione, SSP ( it, Giacomo) (4 April 1884 – 26 November 1971), was an Italian Catholic priest, and the founder of the Society of St. Paul, of the Daughters of St. Paul, of the Pious Disciples of the Divine Master, of the Sisters of J ...
and officially approved by the
Holy See
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on 27 June 1949. Its members add the nominal letters S.S.P. after their names to indicate membership in the Congregation.
Its members are known as the Paulines—a name also applied to the much older
Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit. Faithful to the mission assigned them by their founder, they communicate the
Christian message with the use of all means that technology puts at the disposition of modern man. They are present in 30 countries around the world and are active in several fields: editorial and bookstores, journalism, cinematography, television, radio, audiovisual, multimedia, telematics; centres of studies, research, formation, animation.
The society is one of ten religious and lay institutes founded by the priest the Blessed
Giacomo Alberione
James Alberione, SSP ( it, Giacomo) (4 April 1884 – 26 November 1971), was an Italian Catholic priest, and the founder of the Society of St. Paul, of the Daughters of St. Paul, of the Pious Disciples of the Divine Master, of the Sisters of J ...
, who was proclaimed
Blessed
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* The state of having received a blessing
* Blessed, a title assigned by the Roman Catholic Church to someone who has been beatified
Film and television
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Pope John Paul II
Pope John Paul II ( la, Ioannes Paulus II; it, Giovanni Paolo II; pl, Jan Paweł II; born Karol Józef Wojtyła ; 18 May 19202 April 2005) was the head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 1978 until his ...
on 20 December 2002.
See also
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Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit
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Daughters of St. Paul
The Daughters of St. Paul ( la, Filiarum Sancti Pauli; it, Figlie di San Paolo), also known as the Media Nuns, are an international Catholic religious congregation of consecrated womenhttps://www.paoline.org/who-we-are/the-pauline-family/?lang= ...
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Pauline Family
The Pauline Family is a Roman Catholic congregation of nine institutes of consecrated life (religious and aggregated institutes) and an association of lay collaborators. it was founded by Blessed James Alberione in 1914.
Mission
The Pauline missi ...
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Paulist Fathers, separate order
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Paulists
Paulists, or Paulines, is the name used for Roman Catholic orders and congregations under the patronage of Paul of Thebes the First Hermit. From the time that the abode and virtues of Paul of Thebes were revealed to Antony the Abbot, various comm ...
, separate orders
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Nippon Cultural Broadcasting (Founded by Society of Saint Paul)
References
External links
Society of St. Paul, on Daughters of St. Paul websiteSociety of St Paul websiteSociety of St Paul Institute of Communication Education
Catholic orders and societies
Christian organizations established in 1914
Catholic religious institutes established in the 20th century
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