Congregation of Lebanese-Maronite Missionaries

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The Congregation of the Lebanese-Maronite Missionaries (French: Congrégation des Missionnaires Libanais Maronites , abbreviated CLM , also called Kreimisten ) is a community of priests who are missionary both in Lebanon and abroad.

The congregation is one of four male orders and congregations of the Maronite Church today . It goes back to an initiative of the Maronite Patriarch Youssef Hobeiche (1823-1845) and was re-founded as a congregation in 1866 under the direction of Bishop Youhanna Habib (1816-1894) in the Kreim monastery, Ghosta. Its aim is to improve the scientific and theological basis of the Maronite priest training and to maintain the Maronite tradition and culture among Maronites abroad.

The congregation today has more than 100 members, including missionary priests , students and seminarians. It has eleven branches, six in Lebanon and five abroad. It operates seven educational institutions, the radio station Radio Charity and has also published the periodical Al Manarat - Revue de sciences religieuses (1954 to 1980) since 1930 (OPAC, ZDB-ID: 636823-2). The Congregation also built the Harissa pilgrimage site in 1863 and still looks after the pilgrims there today. The head office is located in Jounieh , Lebanonberg Governorate , Lebanon.

The Superior General is Fr. Malek Bou Tanous.

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Individual evidence

  1. Diocese of Linz, Barbara Eckerstorfer: “Pro Oriente” is a “king's idea”. Retrieved October 23, 2018 .