{Missionary apostolic}, a Roman Catholic missionary sent by commission from the pope. [1913 Webster]
The Collaborative International Dictionary of English. 2000.
Missionaries — Missionaries played a major, albeit complicated and unofficial, role in the new imperialism of the nineteenth century. Until the 1820s, missionary activity was largely confined to existing colonial holdings in the New World, coastal regions of … Encyclopedia of the Age of Imperialism, 1800–1914
Missionaries of the Sacred Heart — Abbreviation MSC Formation December 8, 1854 (1854 12 08) (156 years ago) Type Catholic religious congregation Location … Wikipedia
Missionaries of the Company of Mary — Missionaries of the Company of Mary † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Missionaries of the Company of Mary The Company of Mary was founded by Blessed Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort in 1713. As early as 1700 Montfort had conceived the idea of … Catholic encyclopedia
Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales of Annecy — • Society of missionary priests Catholic Encyclopedia. Kevin Knight. 2006. Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales of Annecy Missionaries of St. Francis de Sales of Annecy … Catholic encyclopedia
Missionaries of La Salette — Missionaries of La Salette † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Missionaries of La Salette The Missionaries of La Salette were founded in 1852, at the shrine of Our Lady of La Salette, where some priests banded together to care for the numerous… … Catholic encyclopedia
Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus — Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Missionaries of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (Issoudun). A religious congregation of priests and lay brothers with the object of promoting the knowledge and practice … Catholic encyclopedia
Missionaries to the Preborn — is an American pro life advocacy group based in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. It was founded in 1990 by Rev. Matt Trewhella. This organization, as visible in names and faces of their membership, is closely tied to the Faithful Soldier School of… … Wikipedia
Missionaries of Charity — [ mɪʃnerɪz ɔf tʃærɪtɪ, englisch], Missionarinnen der Nächstenliebe, katholische Frauenkongregation; gegründet 1950 in Kalkutta von Agnes Gonxha Bojaxhio (»Mutter Teresa«), die die Kongregation bis März 1997 als Generaloberin leitete.… … Universal-Lexikon
Missionaries to the Unborn — is an American pro life advocacy group. Steve Wetzel is its director. Daniel and Angela Michael have been involved with it. In July 2001, a Madison County, Illinois Circuit Court judge ruled that they must remove from their web site the… … Wikipedia
Missionaries of St. Charles Borromeo, Congregation of — • Founded by John Baptist Scalabrini, Bishop of Piacenza, Italy (d. 1 June, 1905); approved in principle by Leo XIII in a Brief dated 25 November, 1887; constitution definitively approved by a decree of the Sacred Congregation of Propaganda, 3… … Catholic encyclopedia
