Missionary Sisters of the Society of Mary: Difference between revisions

The Missionary Sisters of the Society of Mary are a congregation of Catholic religious for women. The order is an Institute of Pontifical Right dedicated to evangelization. In the organisation if the Catholic church it is wiyhin the mabit of the Sacred Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples in Rome.

History

The founders of the congregation were eleven lay-women who left France in the mid-ninteenth century to assist in the missions established iby the Marist Fathers in the South Pacific. The first of these women was Françoise Perreton (born 1796) who went to the mission on Wallis Island in 1846. Between 1857 and 1860 ten more missionaries arrived in Oeania. They were all members of the "Third Order of Mary". They had a Rule, a habit, a vow of obedience to the local Bishop, were called "Sister". Over time they were recognised as a formal order (1845: Third Order of Mary approved; 1881: established as a Docesan congregation; 1931: Missionary Sisters of the Society of Mary becomes a Congregation of Pontifical Right).

Today

The Missionary Sisters of the Society of Mary work 23 countries.

External links

• Missionary Sisters of the Society of Mary website (retrieved 14 December 2011)
• "Missionary Sisters of the Sciety of Mary (SMSM), Faith central website (retrieved 14 December 2011)

Source

• O'Meeghan S.M., Michael (2003). Steadfast in hope: The Story of the Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington 1850-2000. Wellington: Catholic Archdiocese of Wellington. {{cite book}}: |access-date= requires |url= (help)