Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions
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The Pontifical Institute for Foreign Missions or PIME (Template:Langx; Template:Langx) is a society of secular priests and lay people who dedicate their lives to missionary activities in: Algeria, Bangladesh, Brazil, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chad, Guinea-Bissau, Hong Kong, India, Ivory Coast, Japan, Mexico, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Philippines and Thailand.
Independently founded in Milan in 1850 and Rome in 1874 as a group of missionary-style diocesan priests and seminarians, these two seminaries were merged and officially recognized as PIME in 1926 by Pope Pius XI. PIME supports more than 500 missionaries in 18 countries and is headquartered in Rome. The institute opened its North American Regional headquarters in Detroit in 1947 at the invitation of Cardinal Edward Mooney, Archbishop of Detroit.
The members of PIME minister in local parishes, fostering vocations, mission awareness and financial assistance to their missions and missionaries around the world. PIME has built more than 2,000 churches and chapels and either operates or supports many hospitals and clinics, schools, orphanages and shelters. Among the programs offered by PIME are:
- Chapel Building
- Foster Parents - Adoptions at a Distance[1]
- Masses
- Missionary Medical Relief
- Native Seminarians Program
- Special Appeals
- Special Projects
- Vocations
Museum
The Peoples and Culture Museum (Script error: No such module "Lang".) was founded in 1910 at the PIME Center in Milan. It houses collections from Asia, Africa, Oceania and Latin America.[2][3]
AsiaNews
A news agency, AsiaNews, is operated by missionaries and members of PIME, providing online news coverage of all aspects of Asia, in English, Italian, Spanish and Simplified Chinese versions.[4]
Venerated members of the Institute
Saints
- Alberico Crescitelli (30 June 1863 – 21 July 1900), missionary martyred in China, canonized on 1 October 2000
Blesseds
- Giovanni Battista Mazzucconi (1 March 1826 – 7 September 1855), missionary martyred in Papua New Guinea, beatified on 19 February 1984
- Paolo Manna (16 January 1872 – 15 September 1952), missionary and Superior General for PIME, beatified on 4 November 2001
- Mario Vergara (16 November 1910 – 24 May 1950), missionary martyred in Myanmar, beatified on 24 May 2014
- Alfredo Cremonesi (15 May 1902 – 7 February 1953), missionary martyred in Myanmar, beatified on 19 October 2019
- Clemente Vismara (6 September 1897 – 15 June 1988), missionary to Myanmar, beatified on 26 June 2011
Venerables
- Angelo Francesco Ramazzotti (3 August 1800 – 24 September 1861), Patriarch of Venice and founder of the Institute, declared Venerable on 14 December 2015
- Carlo Salerio (22 March 1827 - 29 September 1870), founder of the Institute of the Sisters of Reparation, declared Venerable on 13 May 2019
- Felice Tantardini (28 June 1898 - 23 March 1991), brother of the Institute, declared Venerable on 11 June 2019
Servants of God
- Silvio Pasquali (5 April 1864 - 17 December 1924), founder of the Catechist Sisters of Saint Ann, declared as a Servant of God on 3 December 2014[5]
- Pietro Manghisi (21 January 1889 – 15 February 1953), missionary martyred in Myanmar[6]
- Giuseppe Obert (1 April 1890 - 6 March 1972), Bishop of Dinajpur and founder of the Catechist Sisters of the Immaculate Heart of Mary, Queen of Angels (Shanti Rani Sisters)[7]
- Mario Bortoletto (17 May 1938 - 9 March 2009), priest of the diocese of Treviso and associate of the Institute[8]
References
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