Work of the Holy Apostle Peter
The Pontifical Mission Society of St. Peter the Apostle is an organizational institution of the Pontifical Mission Societies for the special purposes of the clergy . The administration is located in Rome .
history
In 1889, the oeuvre Pontificale de Saint Pierre Apôtre was founded in Caen ( France ) by Jeanne Bigard (1859–1934) and her mother Stephanie, supported by the Vicar Apostolic of Southern Japan , Jules-Alphonse Cousin.
tasks
- Prayer and donations for the formation of the local clergy in the mission dioceses
- Expansion of seminaries
- Support for the training of candidates for the Vita Consecrata
Austria
The Apostle-Peter-Werk collects in Austria on January 6th, the feast of Epiphany - the feast of the apparition of the Lord - for priests from three continents.
Web links
Statute of the Pontifical Mission Societies, 2005 (PDF; 285 kB)
- www.missio.at/epiphanie
- Website of the international secretariats of the Pontifical Mission Societies
Footnotes
- ^ Storia (Italian), accessed December 5, 2018.
- ↑ LANGLOIS Claude (dossier par dirigé): Histoire et Missions Chrétiennes n-15: Thérèse de Lisieux et les missions. KARTHALA Editions, 2010, ISBN 978-2-811-13317-7 ( limited preview in Google Book Search).
- ↑ http://www.cathedraledepapeete.com/pages/comptabilite-paroissiale/eglise-universelle/quete-pour-l-uvre-de-saint-pierre-apotre-rome.html