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Holy Ghost Fathers

LC control no.n 80115542
Descriptive conventionsrda
Corporate name headingHoly Ghost Fathers
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Variant(s)C.S.Sp.
Congregação do Espírito Santo
Congrégation du Saint-Esprit
Congrégation du Saint-Esprit et du Saint-Cœur de Marie
Congrégation du St. Esprit et du st. cœur de Marie
Congregation of the Holy Ghost and of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Congregation of the Holy Spirit
CSSp
Kongregation vom Hl. Geist unter dem Schutze des Unbeflechten Herzens Mariä
Missionare vom Hl. Geist
Missionários do Espírito Santo
Padres do Espírito Santo
Paters van de Heilige Geest
Pères du St. Esprit
Prêtres du St. Esprit et du cœur immaculé de Marie
Society of the Holy Spirit
Spiritains
Spiritans
See alsoPredecessor: Congregation of the Holy Ghost
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Absorbed corporate body: Society of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
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Beginning date1848
Field of activityCatholic Church--Missions Missions--Africa
Special noteNot the same as: Missionaries of the Holy Spirit, M.Sp.S.
Found inLa maison-mère de la Congrégation du Saint-Esprit, 1997
Dictionnaire français-fiote, 1890: t.p. (par les missionaires de la Congrégation du Saint-Esprit et du Saint-Cœur de Marie)
Information from 678 field, Apr. 19, 2014 (In 1848 the Congregation of the Holy Ghost (founded 1703) and the Society of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (founded 1841) merged to form the Congregation of the Holy Ghost and of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, commonly known as the Holy Ghost Fathers.)
Britannica academic edition online, Apr. 19, 2014 (Holy Ghost Father, member of Congregation of the Holy Ghost and of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, byname Spiritans (C.S.Sp.); Roman Catholic society of men founded in 1703 in Paris by Claude-François Poullart des Places; orig. intended for training of seminarians, gradually took on missionary work; weakened by persecution until 1848 when the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary merged with it; pioneered in the resumption of African missions in the 1800s; it also carries on educational and social works)
CatholicSaints.Info, Catholic Encyclopedia - Venerable Francis Mary Paul Libermann, viewed January 16, 2020 (born 12 April 1802; founded Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary on 27 September 1841, La Neuville, just after his ordination in nearby Amiens on 18 September, which existed independently 1841-1848; missions were soon sent to Mauritius, Bourbon and Haiti, and especially Africa; engrafted on the Congregation of the Holy Ghost, which had a similar object but had become almost extinct during the Revolution; Father Libermann chosen superior general of the united societies, a post he occupied until his death)