Paulists

Paulists
   Members of the Missionary Society of St Paul founded by Isaac Thomas Hecker in the United States of America.

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  • Paulists — • Various communities of religious that have adopted St. Paul as patron Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Paulists     Paulists     † …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Paulists — Paulists, or Pauline, is the name used for several Roman Catholic Orders and Congregations taken in honour and under the patronage of St. Paul the Hermit.From the time that the abode and virtues of St. Paul were revealed to St. Antony the Abbot,… …   Wikipedia

  • Paulists — n. Catholic priest who belongs to the Missionary priests of St. Paul the Apostle …   English contemporary dictionary

  • Paulist Fathers — Logo Abbreviation CSP Motto Missionaries Giving the Gospel a Voice Today Formation July 7, 1858, New York City, NY, USA …   Wikipedia

  • Paulist Fathers — • A community of priests for giving missions and doing other Apostolic works, especially for making converts to the Catholic faith Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Paulist Fathers     Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apo …   Catholic encyclopedia

  • Isaac Hecker — Isaac Thomas Hecker (December 181819 December 221888) was an American Roman Catholic Priest and founder of the North American religious society of men, the Paulist Fathers and is named by the church a Servant of God.Isaac Hecker was born in New… …   Wikipedia

  • William Laurel Harris — Harris labored on this project for 15 years, from 1898 to 1913 until fired by the Paulists in what appears to have been a personal dispute. A disastrous cleaning in 1958 removed fourteen of Harris s Saints on side chapel walls, much of Harris s… …   Wikipedia

  • Ivan Belostenec — (Born in Varaždin, ca.1594 Lepoglava, died February 2, 1675) was a Croatian linguist and lexicographer.LifeIn 1616. he joined the Paulists. He studied philosophy in Vienna and theology in Rome. Belostenec was a prior of Pauline monasteries in… …   Wikipedia

  • Roman Catholicism — the faith, practice, and system of government of the Roman Catholic Church. [1815 25] * * * Largest single Christian denomination in the world, with some one billion members, or about 18% of the world s population. The Roman Catholic church has… …   Universalium

  • Isaac Thomas Hecker —     Isaac Thomas Hecker     † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Isaac Thomas Hecker     Missionary, author, founder of the Paulists; b. in New York, 18 December, 1819; d. there, 22 Dec., 1888. His parents were John Hecker, a native of Wetzlar, and Caroline …   Catholic encyclopedia

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