Anthony Mary Claret – who founded the Claretian Missionaries in 1849 – on behalf of the sick, said Cardinal Justin Rigali, archbishop of Philadelphia. “Father Aloysius had great compassion ...

In 1849, he founded the Missionary Sons of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. Later he co-founded a congregation for women, the Religious of Mary Immaculate, or Claretian Missionary Sisters. He died in ...

On March 2, Father Fausto Cruz Rosa, major superior of the Antilles Delegation of the Claretian Missionaries ... of Padua,” as well as to St. Anthony Mary Claret and the Immaculate Heart ...

Peter Mary Onele, were the first twins to be ordained priests since St. Anthony Mary Claret founded the Claretian Missionaries in ... uncle and mother of the twin priests respectively, said ...

making reference to the writings of St. Anthony Mary Claret, the missionaries’ 19th-century founder. The pope made his remarks during an audience at the Vatican Sept. 9 with Claretian ...

Claretian priest ... of the Immaculate Heart of Mary Parish. “Father Bernardo Blanco, CMF, faced expulsion and abduction, yet he remained unwavering in his missionary commitment.

In addition to having great love and devotion to the Virgin Mary ... Rigali’s own mother, who had cancer several decades ago and then recovered following treatment, he said. The Spanish-born Father ...