Mission Societies of Apostolic Life

The Mission Societies of Apostolic Life ( en. Missionary Societies of Apostolic Life, abbreviation: MISAL ) is an association of currently 24 missionary societies of apostolic life, it is the Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples downstream. The member companies are each represented by their general superior.

General

The Mission Societies of Apostolic Life are a special form of the societies of apostolic life and are exclusively active in missionary service . As communities without vows , they are also referred to as "missionary world priest communities". Community life is not an end in itself, but serves to better fulfill the missionary task. Mission communities of apostolic life have existed since the 17th century; the Missions Etrangères de Paris (MEP) is an example .

organization

The 24 male member societies are spread across Western Europe (11), North and South America (6), Asia (6) and Africa (1). The respective superiors general of the mission societies under papal law and diocesan law meet annually. These meetings serve to share experiences and reflect on options for missionary activity as a whole and for individual societies. The main topics include a. the Interreligious and Intercultural Dialogue , Missionary Spirituality , education and training of mission personnel, missionary presence, justice , peace and integrity of creation , collaboration with lay missionaries and -missionarinnen. In 2019 the MISAL general meeting took place in the parent company of the Société des Prêtres de Saint-Jacques in Guiclan in Brittany.

Members

• Missions Étrangères de Paris (MEP), France, 1664, "Paris Missionaries"
• Pontificio Istituto Missioni Estere (PIME), Italy, 1850,
• Société des Missions Africaines (SMA), France, 1858, "Lyon Missionaries"
• St. Joseph's Society for Foreign Missions (MHM), England, 1866, "Millhiller"
• Société des Missionnaires d'Afrique (M.Afr.), Italy, 1868,
• Catholic Foreign Mission Society of America (MM), USA, 1911, "Maryknoller"
• Missionary Society of St. Columban (SSC), Ireland, 1917 "Columban"
• Scarboro Foreign Mission Society (SFM), Canada, 1918, "Scarboro Missionaries"
• Instituto Español de Misiones Extranjeras (IEME), Spain, 1919
• Société des Missions-Étrangères du Québec (PME), Canada, 1921
• Missionsgesellschaft Bethlehem (SMB), Switzerland, 1921, "Immenseer Missionare"
• Instituto de Misiones Extranjeras de Yarumal (MXY), Colombia, 1927
• Sociedade Missionária da Boa Nova (SMP), Portugal, 1930
• St. Patrick's Missionary Society (SPS), Ireland, 1932, "Kiltegan Missionaries"
• Instituto de S. Maria de Guadalupe para las Misiones Extranjeras (MG), Mexico, 1949
• Société des Prêtres de Saint-Jacques (PSJ), France, 1953
• Missionary Society of St. Thomas the Apostle (MST), India, 1968
• Korean Foreign Mission Society (KMS), Korea, 1975
• Missionary Society of St. Paul (MSP), Nigeria, 1976
• Missionary Society of the Heralds of the Good News (HGN), India, 1984
• Missionary Society of the Philippines (MSP), Philippines, 1989
• Thailand Missionary Society (MST), Thailand, 1990
• Lorenzo Ruiz Mission Society (LRMS), Philippines, 1997

Web links

• Josef Meili, The “Mission Societies of Apostolic Life” (MISAL): Intercultural and interreligious practice
• Address by Benedict XVI. To the participants in the Meeting of Superiors General of Mission Societies of Apostolic Life, November 16, 2007
• MISAL - Mission Societies of Apostolic Life

Footnotes

1. ↑ MISAL - Mission Societies of Apostolic Life on the website of the Mission Society Bethlehem SMB, accessed on July 4, 2019.
2. ↑ Pierre Le Beller: MISAL Européen 2019 . In: La Lettre de Saint-Jacques , Vol. 54 (2019), No. 214, pp. 26-29.