Josephite Fathers

The St. Joseph's Society of the Sacred Heart (Latin: Societas Sancti Joseph Sodalium a Sacro Corde, English:. St. Joseph 's Society of the Sacred Heart, Short Form: Josephite Fathers, Religious symbol: SSJ ) is one in the United States Roman Catholic society of priests and religious brothers. Your area of ​​responsibility is in the apprenticeship training of local young people in America.

History

On the initiative of Archbishop Cardinal Herbert Vaughan of Westminster and the request of the Council of Churches in Baltimore, a group of priests gathered. These were commissioned to establish a new mission society in the United States. The training center was in London and the priests should prepare for the pastoral care of "black" Americans. The reason was that after the Civil War in the United States more than seven million colored had no education or vocational qualification. In addition the crime rate was significantly increased. The number of immigrants was also increased to more than 15 million people and the need for social and pastoral assistance was increasingly apparent. The focus of the pastoral work in the States should be the states of Maryland and Louisiana. Here lived the majority of African-Americans and it was hoped that with the pastoral work and evangelization to gain the trust of the population and form a counterpoint to the champagne preachers.

The working in the same field in 1891 Mill Hill Missionaries, whose Superior General was Cardinal Vaughan, recognized early on that there is an urgent need native ( African-American ) to train priests. With their support, was founded in 1893, the St. Joseph 's Society of the Sacred Heart. Her head of the African-American priest Charles Randolph Uncles was appointed. The newly established " Josephites - fathers ," as they have already been named soon, now took over the training of young African-Americans and they taught in theology and social law.

Pastoral work in the communities

The priests and brothers do not form closed convents, they live and work in the local parishes. The number of male students is only between 700 and 800 The Center for Educational teaching in Baltimore offers all interested support of videos, event calendars and development programs to.

Religious institutions

The Novitiate of the Josephite Fathers in Baltimore. Furthermore, they maintain the St. Augustine High School in New Orleans, the Agricultural School St. Joseph Manor (estate ), the seminary in Washington, DC Other communities and schools exist in Alabama, California, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi, Texas and Virginia.

General Superiore

  • Eugene Patrick McManus (1988 - 1995)
  • Robert Michael Kearns (1995 - 2003)
  • Edward J. Chiffriller (June 17, 2003 - June 15, 2011 )
  • William L. Norvel (2011 - ...)
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