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VINCENTIAN STUDIES COURSE

BOQUERON, CHIRIQUI, PANAMA

JOHN P. PRAGER, C.M. 1995


APPENDIX 2: THE CONGREGATION OF THE MISSION: A VITALITY CURVE

Found ation
1625-
1660
Expan sion
1660-
1700
Stabil
ity
1700-
1760
Break
down
1760-
1789
Crisis

 1790-
1843

2nd.
Foun.
1843-
1860
Expan
sion
1860-
1939
Stabil
ity
1945-
1965
Break
down
1965-
1980
New
Begin ing
1617
Folleville
Chatillon
 

1625
Found.

 1628
sems 

1632
Papal Approval
 
 
 
 
 
 

1638
Ireland
1646
Tunis
1651
Poland
 
 
 
 

1655
Vows

 1658
Com.
Rules 

1660
Death 
of St. Vincent
 
 

1662
2 year
novitiate
 

1664
Abelly's
Life
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

1697
Disputed
Election

 1698
China

1704
Spain
 
 

1718
Portugal

 1737
Canoni-
sation of
St. Vincent
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Jansen-
ism

 More
parishes
& sems.

 Less
missions

Abuses
 
 
 

Reform
ass'y s

 1783
China
Middle
East
 
 

French
Revolu-
tion

Divisions
between
vicars
general

 Scandals
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

1816
U.S.A

 1819
Brazil

 1835
Fr. Nozo

 1839
Ethiopia

1843
Fr. Etienne
 

Central i-
zation

 Codific a - tion

 More
Religious???

12o new
houses
 
 

1844
Mexico
1847
Cuba
1853
Chile
1858
Peru
1859
Argen tina
1862
Philipines

Member ship
triples
 

Schools
Foreign
missions
 
 
 

1862
Guate.
1870
Colom-
bia
1875
Panama

 1896
Madagas
1898
Nicarag.

 1914
U.S mis-
sion in
Panama
 
 
 

1922 
India
Indones
 
 
 
 

1931
Venezuel.
 
 

Europe
recon-
structs
 

Commu nismo
 
 
 
 

1954
Constitu
tions
 
 

Vatican II
 
 
 

Loss of
numbers
begins

Medellin
Puebla
 
 

Less 
missions;
less
sems

 Number
of men
declines
 
 
 
 

1969
1974
Provision
Const.

 Experi
ments

 Tradition al practices
change

1980
New
Const.
 

3rd World
grows
 

New
missions
 
 
 
 

New
works
for poor