Sunday, 4 December 2016

CLARETIAN MISSIONARIES




CLARETIAN MISSIONARIES – are officially called SONS OF THE IMMACULATE HEART OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY originally in Latin known as - CORDIS MARIAE FILII, and hence, the abbreviation CMF. 

The Congregation was founded by St. Anthony Mary Claret in the year 1849 in Vic - Spain with five other co-founders. It is an international religious missionary Congregation spread in more than 65 countries all over the world with more than three thousand members. Founded by an itinerant preacher, Claretians are ‘servants of the Word of God’ and in all that they do they seek their own sanctification, salvation of souls and the greater glory of God. The Congregation has a history of more than 150 years spread throughout the world. 

In East Africa, Claretians have a history of 25 years and are involved in pastoral ministries in various dioceses, publication ministry, education, health, formation and other ministries according to the needs of the people in a particular place with priority to what is urgent and timely. Claretians welcome young men who are willing to respond to God’s call in this particular congregation with a basic academic qualification of form six in Uganda and in Tanzania, and form four in Kenya. Equivalent academic qualifications apart from form six and form four as indicated above, the cases are looked into with respective vocation facilitators in East Africa. The congregation continues to grow in various parts of the world both in terms of both vocations and missions.

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