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| Congregatio Immaculati Cordis Mariae (Latin)[1] | |
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| Abbreviation | C.I.C.M[2] |
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| Nickname | Missionhurst |
| Formation | 1862[1] |
| Founder | Fr. Théophile Verbist, CICM[1] |
| Founded at | Scheut, Anderlecht, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium |
| Type | Clerical Religious Congregation of Pontifical Right for men[3] |
| Headquarters | General Motherhouse Via S. Giovanni Eudes 95, 00163 Rome, Italy[4] |
Members | 780 members (585 priests) as of 2021 |
Motto | Latin: Cor Unum et Anima Una English: One Heart and one Soul |
Superior General | Fr. Charles Phukuta Khonde, CICM[1] |
Ministry | Home and foreign mission work |
| Affiliations | Roman Catholic Church |
| Website | cicm-mission |
The CICM Missionaries, officially known as the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Latin: Congregatio Immaculati Cordis Mariae) and often abbreviated as C.I.C.M, is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of Pontifical Right for men established in 1862 by the Belgian Catholic priest Theophile Verbist (1823–1868).[5] Its members add the post-nominal letters C.I.C.M. to their names to indicate membership in the congregation.[citation needed]
The order's origins lie in Scheut, a suburb of Brussels, due to which it is widely known as the Scheut Missionaries.[citation needed] The congregation is most notable for their international missionary works in China, Mongolia, the Philippines, and in the Congo Free State/Belgian Congo (modern-day Democratic Republic of the Congo).
Presently, their international name "CICM Missionaries" is preferred, although, in the United States, the congregation is mostly known as Missionhurst.[6]
- ^ a b c d "Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (C.I.C.M.)".
- ^ "Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (C.I.C.M.)".
- ^ http://www.gcatholic[permanent dead link]. org/orders/025.htm
- ^ http://www. gcatholic.org/orders/025.htm
- ^ aspx "Missionhurst-CICM celebrates 150 years". Today's Catholic. November 16, 2012.
{{cite web}}: Check|url=value (help) - ^ "Who We Are". Missionhurst. Retrieved 18 November 2013.