Saint Joseph's Missionary Society of Mill Hill

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Saint Joseph’s Missionary Society of Mill Hill
Societas Missionariorum S. Ioseph de Mill Hill [1] (Latin)
AbbreviationM.H.M. (post-nominal letters) [2]
FormationMarch 19, 1866(155 years ago) (1866-03-19) [3]
FounderFr. Herbert Alfred Vaughan, MHM [4]
TypeSociety of Apostolic Life of Pontifical Right (for Men) [5]
Headquarters6, Colby G ardens, Maidenhead SL6 7VX, England, Great Britain [6]
Members
585 members (311 priests) as of 2018 [7]
Motto
Latin:
Amare et Servire
English:
To Love and Serve
Superior General
Rev. Fr. Michael Corcoran, MHM [8]
Present in
Africa, Asia, Europe, North and South America
Parent organization
Catholic Church
Website www.millhillmissionaries.com

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Saint Joseph's Society for Foreign Missions (Latin : Societas Missionariorum S. Ioseph de Mill Hill), also called the Mill Hill Missionaries or previously, Mill Hill Fathers, is a Catholic society of apostolic life of Pontifical Right for men. Its members primarily do missionary work. They add the nominal letters M.H.M. after their names to indicate their membership in the Society.

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History

St. Joseph's College (closed in 2006) Saint Joseph Mill Hill.jpg
St. Joseph's College (closed in 2006)

It was founded in 1866 by future cardinal Herbert Alfred Vaughan. [9] In 1892, it branched to create a separate North American offshoot, the Society of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart (Josephites). [10]

The society was formerly based at St Joseph's College at Mill Hill in north London. [11] The late 1960s saw the development of the Missionary Institute of London, to consolidate training facilities for the various mission societies in Britain. St Joseph's College site was closed in 2006. [12] Its present headquarters are at 6 Colby Gardens in Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 7GZ.

In 1884 St Peter's School, Freshfield, near Liverpool was founded to serve as a preparatory school to the college. [13]

During the Second World War the college was evacuated to Lochwinnoch in Scotland. The war ministry then requisitioned part of the buildings for the use of the civil service. So, the college at Mill Hill was effectively closed for the duration of the war. In the 1960s, Pope John XXIII asked missionary societies to become involved in South America. As of 2019, the Mill Hill Missionaries are active in Brazil and Ecuador.

On its 150th anniversary, an account of its history on the Diocese of Westminster website said in part: "At the 1988 Chapter, with representatives from all over the Mill Hill world present, a decision was taken to recruit Mill Hill Missionaries from Africa and Asia, our former mission areas, now flourishing with well-established churches planted and grown by Mill Hill Missionaries." There are now Mill Hill Society formation centres in Cameroon, East Africa, Philippines and India. [14]

As of 2014, the congregation has forty priests working within Ireland, and twenty working internationally, with an average age of 73. [15]

Superiors general

Prelates from their ranks

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