Saint Joseph's Missionary Society of Mill Hill

Mill Hill Missionaries
Abbreviation MHM
Motto Amare et Servire
Formation August 15, 1866 (1866-08-15)
Type Catholic religious society
Headquarters Maidenhead, England
Key people
 Herbert Cardinal Vaughan, founder
Website www.millhillmissionaries.com

Saint Joseph's Society for Foreign Missions, also called the Mill Hill Missionaries or Mill Hill Fathers, is a society of apostolic life of Catholic missionaries.

History

It was founded in 1866 by future cardinal Herbert Alfred Vaughan.[1] In 1892, it branched to create the Society of Saint Joseph of the Sacred Heart (Josephites).[2]

The society was formerly based at St Joseph's College at Mill Hill in north London,[3] but the St Joseph's College site was closed in 2006.[4] Its present headquarters are at 6 Colby Gardens in Maidenhead, Berkshire SL6 7GZ.

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.[5]

As of 2014, the congregation has forty priests working within Ireland, and twenty working internationally, with an average age of 73.[6]

Abuse accusations

Between 1975 and 2014 the congregation received 13 abuse of children involving eight priests.[6]

A 2011 RTE television program investigating child abuse examined two of these case in detail. In one instance, RTE falsely claimed that Fr. Kevin Reynolds had raped a girl and fathered her child while living in Africa as a Mill Hill missionary. The claim was later debunked and Reynolds was found innocent.[7] Following paternity tests, RTE retracted its claims and fully apologized to Reynolds.[8]

Superiors general

  • Herbert Cardinal Vaughan (1868 – 19 June 1903), founder[9]
  • Jac Hetsen, Netherlands (1 January 2000 – July 2005)[10]
  • Anthony Chantry, England (UK) (July 2005 – 15 June 2015)[11]
  • Michael Corcoran, Ireland (15 June 2015 – present)[12]

Prelates from their ranks

Alive

References

  1. ↑ Sources 1796-1949. Walter de Gruyter. 1 January 1983. pp. 407–. ISBN 978-3-11-097033-3.
  2. ↑ Yearbook of International Organizations. Union of International Associations. 1999.
  3. ↑ Phyllis Mander-Jones; National Library of Australia; Australian National University (1972). Manuscripts in the British Isles relating to Australia, New Zealand, and the Pacific. University Press of Hawaii.
  4. ↑ Mill Hill Missionaries official website, millhillmissionaries.com; accessed 6 January 2016.
  5. ↑ "Mill Hill Missionaries Celebrate 150 Years - Diocese of Westminster". rcdow.org.uk. Retrieved 2018-08-29.
  6. 1 2 https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/religion-and-beliefs/review-of-orders-practices-on-child-protection-published-1.1974733
  7. ↑ https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/applause-and-bunting-greet-priest-cleared-of-rape-claims-26780354.html
  8. ↑ https://www.rte.ie/news/2011/1009/307164-reynoldsk/
  9. ↑ Arthur McCormack (1966). Cardinal Vaughan: the life of the third Archbishop of Westminster, founder of St. Joseph's Missionary Society, Mill Hill. Burns & Oates.
  10. ↑ Jeanne Logiurato (FRW) Hanline; National Register Publishing (1 July 2005). National Catholic Directory. National Register Publishing. ISBN 978-0-87217-366-8.
  11. ↑ Fides, Agenzia. "EUROPE/ENGLAND AND WALES - Appointment of National Director of the PMS, Fr. Anthony Chantry MHM - Agenzia Fides". www.fides.org.
  12. ↑ News, Independent Catholic. "Mill Hill Missionaries celebrate 150 years - ICN". www.indcatholicnews.com.


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