✠ 𝕾𝖔𝖈𝖎𝖊𝖙𝖆𝖘 𝕾𝖆𝖈𝖊𝖗𝖉𝖔𝖙𝖆𝖑𝖎𝖘 𝕸𝖎𝖘𝖘𝖎𝖔𝖓𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖔𝖗𝖚𝖒 - 𝕻𝖗𝖎𝖊𝖘𝖙𝖑𝖞 𝕾𝖔𝖈𝖎𝖊𝖙𝖞 𝖔𝖋 𝕸𝖎𝖘𝖘𝖎𝖔𝖓𝖆𝖗𝖎𝖊𝖘 ✠
The Priestly Society of Missionaries—Societas Sacerdotalis Missionariurum—is an autonomous Anglo-Catholic society of apostolic life of episcopal right, established for celibate priests and seminarians. Rooted in the rich tradition of the Church and committed to the principles of sacramental fidelity, pastoral dedication, and liturgical dignity, our Society seeks to embody and extend the mission of Christ in the world.
As a recognised form of consecrated life, our society reflects what the 1917 Code of Canon Law terms a society of common life.
The Priestly Society of Missionaries stands firmly within the Anglo-Catholic tradition, upholding the historic faith and order of the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church. We maintain and cherish the fullness of Catholic belief and practice within the Anglican heritage, committed to traditional and conservative pastoral values.
Our motto—Sacramental, Pastoral, Ceremonial—expresses the heart of our vocation:
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Sacramental: Faithfully administering the sacraments as channels of divine grace, with reverence and integrity.
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Pastoral: Serving Christ in His people with compassion, fidelity, and devotion.
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Ceremonial: Upholding the beauty and solemnity of the Church’s worship as a reflection of heavenly glory.
Through preaching, teaching, spiritual direction, and the sacred liturgy, we strive to proclaim the Gospel and shepherd souls in accordance with the timeless traditions of the Church. We are missionaries not only in name but in spirit—sent to proclaim Christ, serve the Church, and sanctify the world through the enduring work of the priesthood.
Our Missionary Priests live self efficiently in their own residences we call retreats and private oratory chapels. We prioritise mission over community life in a balance between prayers and active works. Spirituality of Everyday life: To strive to imitate the virtues and examples of Jesus Christ the Redeemer and seek the unity of our lives and our apostolate in the passion of Christ. A gift to be lives and a gift to transform the world: Live this call by professing a special vow to keep alive the memory of Jesus's Passion through prayer, retreats, fasting three days a week, offering mass daily or as often as possible, studying, spending time in silence in ones spiritual cell and preaching, teaching and by walking with the crucified Christ today.
We invite people to a deeper love for God and fuller practice of Christian life. Down to earth missionaries with simple sermons to convert people to the living God to imitate Christ. To teach people how to pray. Our Society is Traditional Rite and we reject the fruits of charismatic modernism .
Our Missionary Priests live by:
Eucharist: Frequent (Daily) celebration of Mass, Adoration and Benediction of the Blessed Sacrament each Thursday. We celebrate the Latin Rite Mass in the Tridentine Rite or from the English Missal. We also offer the Divine Liturgy according to the Anglican Missal and the Sarum Rite.
Daily Prayers: Daily reading of the Liturgy of the Hours (Breviary) Book of Common Prayer, Rosary.
Devotions: We hold special devotion to the Passion of Christ, the Holy Wounds and Face and pray the Stations of the Cross each Friday. The Seven Sorrows of the blessed Virgin Mary is also amongst our rich practice of retreats we practice in private and in community.
Study: We study the Holy Scriptures, study the Imitation of Christ, lives of the saints and try to imitate them by their examples. We study theology, catechism and the (Anglo) catholic faith.
Our Priesthood: We are conservative and tradition oriented Anglo-Catholic men and women who live in the gift of celibacy fostering the old ways of the priesthood and put obedience and complete self dedication to God and church before society and secularism and defend the Christian faith in a catholic way. We are obedient to Gods laws and commandments and promise obedience to the statutes of this Priestly Society and the Superior General.
Pastoral Ministry: We serve Gods flock in our daily lives in the essence of the Benedictine way of Ora et Labora (Pray and Work) we are missionary priests 24/7 including when we go about our secular work and try to be a good example. Our Societies missionary work is being Confessors and Catechists defending the faith by making it understandable in simple terms. The Sacraments are offered when they are requested by the flock such as baptisms, holy communion, confession, sacramental matrimony, last rites and by the Superior General who is a missionary bishop Confirmation.
