Society of Saint Paul
The Society of Saint Paul is a Roman Catholic religious congregation founded on 20 August 1914 at Alba in Italy by Giacomo Alberione and officially approved by the Holy See on 27 June 1949.
 Giacomo Alberione's idea of Pauline Apostolate for the Society of Saint Paul, apostles of the communication media | |
| Abbreviation | S.S.P. |
|---|---|
| Formation | c. AD 1914 |
| Founder | Giacomo Alberione |
| Type | Clerical Secular Institute of Consecrated Life of Pontifical Right (for Men and Women) |
| Headquarters | Via Terruggia, 14, 20162 Milano, Italy |
Superior General | Fr. Jose Valdir De Castro, S.S.P. |
| Website | paulinefamily |
Its members are known as the Paulines—a name also applied to the much older Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit. Faithful to the mission assigned them by their founder, they communicate the Christian message with the use of all means that technology puts at the disposition of modern man. They are present in 30 countries around the world and are active in several fields: editorial and bookstores, journalism, cinematography, television, radio, audiovisual, multimedia, telematics; centres of studies, research, formation, animation.
The society is one of ten religious and lay institutes founded by the priest the Blessed Giacomo Alberione, who was proclaimed Blessed by Pope John Paul II on 20 December 2002.
See also
- Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit
- Daughters of St. Paul
- Pauline Family
- Paulist Fathers, separate order
- Paulists, separate orders
- Nippon Cultural Broadcasting (Founded by Society of Saint Paul)
External links
- Society of St. Paul, on Daughters of St. Paul website
- Society of St Paul website
- Society of St Paul Institute of Communication Education