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The Pallottines, officially named the Society of the Catholic Apostolate (), abbreviated SAC, is a
Society of Apostolic Life A society of apostolic life is a group of men or women within the Catholic Church who have come together for a specific purpose and live fraternally. It is regarded as a form of consecrated (or "religious") life. This type of organization ...
of Pontifical Right for men in the
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, founded in 1835 by the Roman Catholic priest Saint Vincent Pallotti. Pallottines are part of the
Union of Catholic Apostolate Union of Catholic Apostolate is a Catholic association established by a Roman priest St. Vincent Pallotti in 1835. History With a group of associates and collaborators, Vincent Pallotti developed in the city of Rome a large structure of apostoli ...
and are present in 45 countries on six continents. The Pallottines administer one of the largest churches in the world, the
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in
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.


History

Vincent Pallotti was born in Rome in 1795. Together with a group of associates and collaborators, he developed in the city of Rome a large structure of apostolic activity, which included assisting the poor, the sick, and the marginalized; founding orphanages, institutions of charity, and shelters; and ministering to soldiers, workers, students, and prisoners. The Society, as a community of priests and brothers, was founded in Rome by Pallotti in 1835. Vincent Pallotti died on 22 January 1850, without having seen the full development of his work. His closest collaborators continued his mission, ensuring further development of the Society. Vincent Pallotti was beatified in 1950 and canonized on 20 January 1963 by
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.


Apostolate

The Pallottine Fathers and Brothers serve in over 40 countries. Not long after the death of his wife, Marianne, in 1880, English poet
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contacted the Pallotines about establishing a church in Hastings. St Mary Star of the Sea Church opened on 2 July 1883 and as of 2019 is still served by the Pallottines. The
Pallottine mission to Kamerun The Pallottine Mission to Kamerun (also spelled Pallotin or Pallotine) was a Roman Catholic mission to the German colony of Kamerun run by the Pallottines in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. When the German Empire became the colonial power ...
was established in 1890 in the
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colony of
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, today's
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. The Fathers opened a number of missions and schools until 1916, when with the
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of
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, they relocated south to
Spanish Guinea Spanish Guinea () was a set of Insular Region (Equatorial Guinea), insular and Río Muni, continental territories controlled by Spain from 1778 in the Gulf of Guinea and on the Bight of Bonny, in Central Africa. It gained independence in 1968 a ...
. After the war, the Pallottines were replaced by the French
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. The Pallottines returned to
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in 1964. In the present day, the Pallottines have expanded their missionary apostolate to Korea, Taiwan and the Philippines. The Society conducts parishes, schools, missions, clinics, retreat houses, all types of charitable works, and the scientific Institute for Catholic Church Statistics in
Poland Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It extends from the Baltic Sea in the north to the Sudetes and Carpathian Mountains in the south, bordered by Lithuania and Russia to the northeast, Belarus and Ukrai ...
. In 1915 the Society founded the St. Paulusheim Gymnasium in
Bruchsal Bruchsal (; South Franconian: ''Brusl'') is a city at the western edge of the Kraichgau, approximately 20 km northeast of Karlsruhe in the state of Baden-Württemberg, Germany. It is located on Bertha Benz Memorial Route. Bruchsal is the lar ...
, Germany and in 1954 the
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in
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. The Pallottines also founded and direct th
Catholic Apostolate Center
in
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, which develops programs to help strengthen the Society's mission.


Irish Pallottines

The Irish Pallottine Province, now known as the ''Mother of Divine Love Province'', came to Ireland in 1909. The Pallottine College in
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, Co. Tipperary, served as a seminary for the Irish Province with students also being trained in theology in the nearby
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. The Irish Pallottines have served in England, Argentina, United States, Rome (Church of San Silvestro in Capite) and East Africa (Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania), as well as being entrusted with the running of two parishes, Corduff and Shankill, in the Archdiocese of Dublin. The provincial headquarters was in Argentina but moved to London in 1928, before moving to Dublin in 1978. As well as the Thurles College and Retreat Centre, the Headquarters and formation centre is in Dundrum, Dublin. The Irish Pallottine Community Cemetery is at St. Mary's, Cabra, Thurles. The Irish Bishop
Séamus Freeman Séamus Freeman (23 February 1944 – 20 August 2022) was the Roman Catholic Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Ossory, Diocese of Ossory who was appointed by Pope Benedict XVI on 14 September 2007. He later resigned as bishop on 29 Jul ...
, S.A.C. 1944 – 2022, was a member of the Pallottine Order as was Bishop
Patrick Winters The Rev. Patrick Winters S.A.C. (1908-1994) was an Irish born Pallottine priest, who served as Bishop of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Mbulu in Tanzania, from 1953 until in 1971. Patrick Winters was born at Ramore, Killimor, Co. Galway, he was e ...
, S.A.C. 1908 – 1994.


Provincials of Irish Pallotines

* Rev. William Hanly S.A.C. * Rev. Patrick Dwyer S.A.C. * Rev. John Fitzpatrick S.A.C. * Rev. Eamonn Monson S.A.C. * Rev. Derry Murphy S.A.C.


Pallottine martyrs

Józef Jankowski Józef is a Polish variant of the masculine given name Joseph. Art * Józef Chełmoński (1849-1914), Polish painter * Józef Gosławski (1908-1963), Polish sculptor Clergy * Józef Glemp (1929-2013), Polish cardinal * Józef Kowalski (19 ...
was a Pallottine from
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who was sent to
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during
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. He was killed there after being beaten by a camp capo. Jankowski was beatified by
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in Poland in 1999. Jozef Stanek was also a Pallottine from Poland who was martyred during World War II. Jorge Mario Cardinal Bergoglio, SJ, later
Pope Francis Pope Francis (born Jorge Mario Bergoglio; 17 December 1936 – 21 April 2025) was head of the Catholic Church and sovereign of the Vatican City State from 13 March 2013 until Death and funeral of Pope Francis, his death in 2025. He was the fi ...
, opened the cause in Argentina for beatification—the first step towards sainthood—for five members of the Pallottine community. The candidates for beatification are three priests and two seminarians killed by the military dictatorship in Argentina in 1976: Alfredo Leaden, Alfredo Kelly, Peter Duffau and seminarians Salvador Barbeito and Emilio Barletti.


Saints, blesseds, and other holy people

Saints * Vincenzo Pallotti (21 April 1795 – 22 January 1850), founder of the Society, canonized on 20 January 1963 Blesseds *
Józef Jankowski Józef is a Polish variant of the masculine given name Joseph. Art * Józef Chełmoński (1849-1914), Polish painter * Józef Gosławski (1908-1963), Polish sculptor Clergy * Józef Glemp (1929-2013), Polish cardinal * Józef Kowalski (19 ...
(17 November 1910 - 16 October 1941), priest martyred under the Nazi Occupation of Poland, beatified on 13 June 1999 * Józef Stanek (4 December 1916 - 23 September 1944), priest martyred under the Nazi Occupation of Poland, beatified on 13 June 1999 * Richard Henkes (26 May 1900 – 22 February 1945), priest martyred by the Nazis, beatified on 15 September 2019 Servants of God * Peter Joseph Kentenich (13 February 18516 November 1885 – 15 September 1968), German priest, theologian, educator, and founder and first Director of the Schoenstatt Movement; first Superior General of the Secular Institute of the Schoenstatt Fathers, declared as a Servant of God on 10 February 1975 * Gerhard Heinrich Vieter (13 February 1853 - 7 November 1914), Bishop of the Apostolic Vicariate of Cameroon, declared as a Servant of God on 3 June 2017 * Stanisław Szulmiński (10 July 1894 - 27 November 1941), martyr, declared as a Servant of God on 24 September 2002 *
Franz Reinisch Franz Reinisch, SAC (1 February 1903 – 21 August 1942) was an Austrian Priesthood (Catholic Church), Catholic priest of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate who refused to take the so-called Hitler oath, for which he was executed. Life Early ...
(1 February 1903 – 21 August 1942), killed for refusing to take the so-called
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, declared as a Servant of God in 2013 * Jan Szambelańczyk and 4 Companions (died between 2 July 1941 to 11 March 1945), Martyrs under the Nazi occupation of Poland, declared as Servants of God on 18 February 2003 * Alfredo Leaden and 4 Companions (died 4 July 1976), three priests and two seminarians martyred by military dictatorship in Argentina


See also

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Religious institute (Catholic) In the Catholic Church, a religious institute is "a society in which members, according to proper law, pronounce public vows, either perpetual or temporary which are to be renewed, however, when the period of time has elapsed, and lead a life ...
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Secular institute In the Catholic Church, a secular institute is one of the forms of consecrated life recognized in Canon law of the Catholic Church, Church law (1983 Code of Canon Law Canons 710–730). Secular consecrated persons profess the Evangelical couns ...
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Vocational Discernment in the Catholic Church Vocational discernment is the process by which men and women in the Catholic Church discern, or recognize, their vocation in the church and the world. The vocations are the life of a layperson in the world, either married or single, the ordaine ...
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Union of Catholic Apostolate Union of Catholic Apostolate is a Catholic association established by a Roman priest St. Vincent Pallotti in 1835. History With a group of associates and collaborators, Vincent Pallotti developed in the city of Rome a large structure of apostoli ...


References


Further reading

* Ngoh, Victor Julius (1996): ''History of Cameroon Since 1800''. Limbe: Presbook. * Gaynor, John S., SCA (1962): ''The Life of St. Vincent Pallotti''. Cork, Ireland: Mercier Press.


External links

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Immaculate Conception Province USA

Mother of God Province USA

Friends of Irish Pallottines

Irish Pallottines
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