missionaries

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"Rubio spoke about aiding the homeless, terminally ill and those afflicted by leprosy," Sister Marie Juan of Missionaries of Charity told reporters after his hour-and-a-half-long visit.

From Barron's • May 23, 2026

Martinez-Guevara, who was a member of Missionaries of the Holy Spirit, was also associated with several churches in the Southern California region, including Our Lady of Guadalupe in Oxnard, authorities said.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 11, 2024

The shelter was established by the Catholic Scalabrinian Missionaries in 1987.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 21, 2023

Missionaries often worked closely with Christian rulers, whose conversion could be critical in expanding the frontiers of Catholic Christianity.

From Textbooks • Apr. 19, 2023

Results were so satisfactory that they appointed Missionaries to the same class of houses in nine other parishes, and are now making efforts to extend the work.

From The Man with the Book or, The Bible Among the People. by Weylland, John Matthias