Paulists

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The Paulists or missionary priests of St. Paulus ( English " Paulist Fathers ", " Missonary Society of St. Paul the Apostle ", Latin : " Societas Sacerdotum Missionarum a Sancto Paulo ", abbreviation : CSP , for Congregatio Sancti Pauli ) are a Catholic religious order that was founded in 1858 was founded in New York by Isaac Thomas Hecker . They live and teach in the sense of Pauline theology .

The original aim of the Order was to spread the Catholic Faith in the United States . In addition, other goals soon emerged, such as work in the educational sector (especially at universities) and interdenominational cooperation. The order is a congregation of priests without vows. The little order is now represented in the United States and Canada . There are also branches in Rome and Jerusalem .

General Superior

  • Isaac Thomas Hecker (1858–1888)
  • Augustine F. Hewit (1889-1897)
  • George Deshon (1897-1903)
  • George M. Searle (1904-1909)
  • John J. Hughes (1909-1919)
  • Thomas F. Burke (1919-1924)
  • Joseph McSorley (1924-1929)
  • John Bernard Harney (1929-1940)
  • Henry Ignatius Stark (1940-1946)
  • James F. Cunningham (1946-1952)
  • William A. Michell (1952–1964)
  • John F. Fitzgerald (1964-1970)
  • Thomas F. Stransky (1970–1978)
  • Wilfrid F. Dewan (1978–1986)
  • Joseph V. Gallagher (1986-1994)
  • Francis P. DeSiano (1994-2002)
  • John Duffy (2002 - ...)

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