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#382656 - 07/08/12 08:11 PM
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Edward, my brother
As best I can tell, it is.
The presbyters are Canons Regular (Canons Regular of Jesus the Lord is, I believe, the formal title). As with all Canons Regular, they follow the Augustinian rule. The priestly body seems to have actually been established in Vladivostok about 20 years ago. It does, however, have a US corporate existence granting it tax exempt status as a charitable non-profit.
There is a companion order of Canonesses situated in and apparently subject to the Kansas City-St Joseph Latin Diocese. Its origins are much newer - it dates back to 2005 or so and, it seems, will be opening its first permanent mission in Russia within a year.
The Canons appear to have their seminary in the Philippines.
Many years,
Neil
Edited by Irish Melkite (07/08/12 08:25 PM)
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#382659 - 07/08/12 10:49 PM
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#383438 - 07/27/12 06:14 AM
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Absolutely, they are a worthwhile order and mission.
A friend a year behind me in seminary spent either a fall or spring break doing mission work with them a few years ago. We contributed some medical supplies and cash for him to take along, as Vladivostok is very poor and suffers especially from that poverty, which he explained led to alcoholism, prostitution, and orphan children.
The priests and sisters there work to counter those things while truly proclaiming Christ where he wasn't allowed to be proclaimed for almost a century.
Fr. Jon
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