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{{Short description|Roman Catholic missionary religious congregation of men}}
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{{Infobox organization
{{Infobox organization
| name = Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
| name = Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
| native_name = Congregatio Immaculati Cordis Mariae
| native_name = Congregatio Immaculati Cordis Mariae {{small|(Latin)}}<ref name="gcatholic.org"/>
| image = [[File:Scheut schild congreg.jpg|frameless]]
| image = [[File:Scheut schild congreg.jpg|frameless]]
| image_size = 200px
| image_size = 200px
| caption =
| caption =
| abbreviation = C.I.C.M<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/orders/025.htm|title = Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (C.I.C.M.)}}</ref>
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| formation = {{start date and age|1862}}
| nickname = Missionhurst
| founder = Fr. Théophile Verbist
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| formation = {{start date and age|1862}}<ref name="gcatholic.org"/>
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| founding_location = Scheut. Brussels. Belgium
| founder = Fr. Théophile Verbist, CICM<ref name="gcatholic.org">{{Cite web|url=http://www.gcatholic.org/orders/025.htm|title=Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (C.I.C.M.)}}</ref>
| type = Clerical Religious Congregation of Pontifical Right (for Men)
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| founding_location = [[Scheut]], [[Anderlecht]], [[Brussels-Capital Region]], [[Belgium]]
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| members = 780 members (585 priests) as of 2021
| type = Clerical Religious Congregation of Pontifical Right for men<ref>http://www.gcatholic{{Dead link|date=November 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}. org/orders/025.htm</ref>
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| leader_title = Motto
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| members = 780 members (585 priests) as of 2021
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| leader_name = Latin''':'''<br>''Cor Unum et Anima Una''<br>English''':'''<br>''One Heart and one Soul''
| headquarters = General Motherhouse<br>Via S. Giovanni Eudes 95, 00163 Rome, Italy<ref>http://www. gcatholic.org/orders/025.htm</ref>
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| leader_title2 = Superior General
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| leader_title = Motto
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| leader_name2 = Fr. Charles Phukuta Khonde, C.I.C.M.
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| leader_name = Latin''':'''<br>''Cor Unum et Anima Una''<br>English''':'''<br>''One Heart and one Soul''
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| leader_title3 = Post-nominal initials
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| leader_title2 = Superior General
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| leader_name3 = CICM
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| leader_name2 = Fr. Charles Phukuta Khonde, CICM<ref name="gcatholic.org"/>
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| leader_title4 = General Motherhouse
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| leader_title3 = Ministry
| leader_name4 = Via S. Giovanni Eudes 95, 00163 Rome, Italy
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| leader_name3 = Home and foreign mission work
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| website = {{url|cicm-mission.org}}
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| leader_title4 =
| leader_name4 =
| affiliation = [[Roman Catholic Church]]
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| website = {{URL|cicm-mission.org}}
}}
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The '''CICM Missionaries '''('''{{lang-la|Congregatio Immaculati Cordis Mariae}}''', or the '''Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary'''), is a [[Roman Catholic]] missionary [[religious congregation]] of men established in 1862 by the [[Belgians|Belgian]] [[Catholic priest]] [[Theophile Verbist]] (1823–1868).<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.satodayscatholic.com/Missionhurst.aspx|work=Today's Catholic|title=Missionhurst-CICM celebrates 150 years|date=November 16, 2012}}</ref>
The '''CICM Missionaries''', officially known as the '''Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary''' ({{langx|la|Congregatio Immaculati Cordis Mariae}}) and often abbreviated as '''C.I.C.M''', is a [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] clerical religious congregation of Pontifical Right for men established in 1862 by the [[Catholic Church in Belgium|Belgian Catholic]] priest [[Theophile Verbist]] (1823–1868).<ref>{{cite web|url= http://www.satodayscatholic.com/Missionhurst. aspx|work= Today's Catholic|title=Missionhurst-CICM celebrates 150 years|date=November 16, 2012}}</ref> Its members add the post-nominal letters C.I.C.M. to their names to indicate membership in the congregation.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}


Its origins lie in Scheut, [[Anderlecht]], a suburb of [[Brussels]], due to which it is widely known as the '''Scheut Missionaries'''. The congregation is most notable for their international missionary works in [[China]], [[Mongolia]], the [[Philippines]] and in [[Congo Free State]]/[[Belgian Congo]], modern-day [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]].
The order's origins lie in [[Scheut]], a suburb of [[Brussels]], due to which it is widely known as the Scheut Missionaries.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}} The congregation is most notable for their international missionary works in [[China]], [[Mongolia]], the [[Philippines]], and in the [[Congo Free State]]/[[Belgian Congo]] (modern-day [[Democratic Republic of the Congo]]).


Presently, their international name "CICM Missionaries" is preferred, although, in the United States of America, the congregation is mostly known as '''Missionhurst'''.<ref name=CICM>{{cite web|url=http://missionhurst.org/index.php/aboutus/|title=Who We Are |work=Missionhurst |access-date=18 November 2013}}</ref>
Presently, their international name "CICM Missionaries" is preferred, although, in the [[United States]], the congregation is mostly known as Missionhurst.<ref name=CICM>{{cite web|url=http://missionhurst.org/index.php/aboutus/|title=Who We Are |work=Missionhurst |access-date=18 November 2013}}</ref>


==History==
==History==
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Verbist was a [[diocesan priest]] in the [[Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels]] in the mid-19th century. He served as chaplain to the military academy in Brussels and at the same time as a national director of the [[Pontifical Association of the Holy Childhood]]. A compassionate man of God, he led a group of other Belgian diocesan priests who became deeply concerned with the abandoned children in China and with millions of Chinese who lived at that time in ignorance and poverty. The congregation is named after a religious Marian devotion to the [[Immaculate Heart of Mary]] and has sought to expand its missionary work in various countries abroad.<ref name=CICM />


===Foundation===
===Foundation===
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The congregation was founded by [[Theophiel Verbist|Théophile Verbist]], who was a [[diocesan priest]] in the [[Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels]] in the mid-19th century. He served as chaplain to the military academy in Brussels and at the same time as a national director of the [[Pontifical Association of the Holy Childhood]]. He would lead a group of other Belgian diocesan priests, who became deeply concerned with the abandoned children in China and with the millions in China which, at the time, suffered from widespread poverty. The congregation is named after a religious Marian devotion to the [[Immaculate Heart of Mary]] and has sought to expand its missionary work in various countries abroad.<ref name="CICM" />
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Verbist's desire to consecrate himself to the life of a missionary seemed on the point of fulfillment when the [[Treaty of Peking]] of 1861 opened [[History of China#Qing Dynasty|imperial China]] to his zeal and that of the little band who desired to accompany him. In 1862 he founded the Belgian Mission in China. On seeking ecclesiastical permission, however, they were commissioned by [[cardinal (Catholic Church)|Cardinal]] [[Alessandro Barnabò]], [[Prefect]] of the [[Propaganda Fide]], to begin their work by founding a seminary in Belgium to supply priests for the beginning mission, and laid the foundations of the Scheutveld College, 28 April 1863, in the Field of Scheut, a short distance from [[Brussels]], so the C.I.C.M. missionaries were also known as ''Scheutists'' or ''Scheut missionaries''.


===Early activities===
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The congregation was born not knowing exactly what lay ahead. In September 1863, the first group of missionaries set forth for [[Inner Mongolia]]. In the winter of 1865, Verbist and his four companions arrived in inner Mongolia, which was entrusted to the fledgling congregation by Rome, and where they immediately began organizing small Christian communities. The founding Fathers never imagined that many would follow their footsteps notwithstanding the cost of traveling by sea and in the hinterlands of China. Three years later on February 23, 1868, Verbist died of [[typhoid fever]] at the age of 44 in Lao-Hu-Kou.
[[File:7 1 Rutjes met paters.jpg|thumb|The Dutch Apostolic Vicar Theodoor Rutjes among other Scheutists in [[Inner Mongolia]], {{circa|1885}}]]


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With the [[Convention of Peking]] occurring, the CICM would begin establishing operations in the country in the early 1860s.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}} In 1862, Verbist founded the Belgian Mission in China. Upon seeking ecclesiastical permission, however, they were commissioned by [[cardinal (Catholic Church)|Cardinal]] [[Alessandro Barnabò]] to begin their work by founding a seminary in Belgium to supply priests for the beginning mission, laying the foundations of the Scheutveld College, 28 April 1863, in the Field of [[Scheut]] near Brussels. As a result, the C.I.C.M. missionaries were also known as ''Scheutists'' or ''Scheut missionaries''.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}
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After [[World War I]] Belgium lay devastated and the Missionary Fathers of Scheut decided to establish a centre in a safe location from which they could send out their missionaries. As many Belgian refugees at that time were living in London it was thought that a church in that city would serve the spiritual needs of the Belgian community of London and also become a base for the Order's missionary activities. In 1922 the [[Church of Our Lady of Hal, Camden|Church of Our Lady of Hal]] was established in a hut on Arlington Road in [[Camden Town]] while a permanent church was built opposite this site in 1933.<ref>[https://parish.rcdow.org.uk/camdentown/about-the-parish/ About the parish - Website of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Westminster]</ref><ref>[https://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/scheut-fathers Plaque to the Scheut Fathers - London Remembers website]</ref>


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In September 1863, the first group of missionaries set forth for [[Inner Mongolia]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}} In the winter of 1865, Verbist and his four companions arrived in inner Mongolia, which was entrusted to the fledgling congregation by Rome, and immediately began organizing small Christian communities. Three years later, on 23 February 1868, Verbist died of [[typhoid fever]] at the age of 44 in Lao-Hu-Kou.
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===World War II===


The Scheutveld priests and brothers would face dangers such as the [[Boxer Rebellion]] in China, the climate of the nations in which missions were conducted, and persecution of the missionaries and their local congregations.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}
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During [[World War II]], Father [[Jozef Raskin]], ordained in the congregation in 1910, and during the 1920-1930's was a missionary to [[Inner Mongolia]], was made a [[chaplain]] in the Belgium army and was a personal advisor to [[King Leopold III]]. While he was operating under the codename Leopold Vindictive 200 for the [[Dutch resistance]] in 1942, he was captured by the [[Gestapo]], tried, convicted, then sentenced to death and beheaded on October 18, 1943.


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After [[World War I]], Belgium lay devastated, leading the Missionary Fathers of Scheut to establish a center in a safe location from which they could send out their missionaries.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}} As many Belgian refugees at that time were living in London, it was thought that a church in that city would serve the spiritual needs of the Belgian community of London and also become a base for the Order's missionary activities. In 1922, the [[Church of Our Lady of Hal, Camden|Church of Our Lady of Hal]] was established in a hut on [[Arlington Road, London|Arlington Road]] in [[Camden Town]] while a permanent church was built opposite this site in 1933.<ref>[https://parish.rcdow.org.uk/camdentown/about-the-parish/ About the parish - Website of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Westminster]</ref><ref>[https://www.londonremembers.com/memorials/scheut-fathers Plaque to the Scheut Fathers - London Remembers website]</ref>
===Growth===
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[[File:Scheut portrettengalerij.jpg|thumb|right|200px|A gallery of all CICM missionaries at the Scheut House]]
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The congregation, however, grew and has a worldwide presence today. Originally a Belgian Foundation, CICM has grown into an international religious missionary congregation of men from different races, colors and nationalities who are dedicated to universal brotherhood.


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===World War II===
The Scheutveld priests and brothers have faced severe perils, e.g. the [[Boxer rebellion]] in China, involving the massacre of Bishop Hamer, Vicar Apostolic of South-Western Mongolia, seven missionaries and 3000 Christians; the even greater decimation of their numbers by the Congo climate, not to mention the persecution of the missionaries and their local congregations.
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During [[World War II]], Father [[Jozef Raskin]], who was a missionary to [[Inner Mongolia]] from 1920 to 1934, was made a [[chaplain]] in the Belgian army and was a personal advisor to [[King Leopold III]].{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}} While he was operating under the code name Leopold Vindictive 200 for the [[Dutch resistance]] in 1942, he was captured by the [[Gestapo]] and sentenced to death by [[beheading]] on 18 October 1943.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}


===Later years===
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In connection with their missions the Fathers opened a number of benevolent institutions, for example the hospital at St-Trudon, Upper Kassai, for those afflicted with sleeping sickness.
[[File:Missiehuis van Scheut - Bâtiment.jpg|thumb|Scheut House in [[Anderlecht]], Brussels]]


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The congregation would grow in the following years, eventually growing to have a worldwide presence.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}} Originally a Belgian Foundation, CICM has grown into an international religious missionary congregation of men from different races, colors and nationalities.
Today, 780 CICM priests and lay brothers are present in Asia: in Taiwan, Mongolia, Hong Kong, Singapore, Philippines, Indonesia and Japan; in the vast continent of Africa: in Congo, Cameroon, Zambia, Senegal, Central Africa, and Malawi; in the Americas: Haiti, the Dominican Republic, Guatemala, Brazil, Mexico and the United States; and in Europe: Belgium, Netherlands, and Italy.


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In connection with their missions, the Fathers opened a number of institutions, such the hospital at St-Trudon, Upper Kassai, for those afflicted with sleeping sickness.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}
== Picture gallery ==

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<gallery>
Today, 780 CICM priests and [[lay brother]]s are present in Asian countries (e.g. Mongolia, Indonesia, and Japan), Africa, the Americas, and in Europe.{{Citation needed|date=September 2023}}
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File:Relief of Fr. Jules Sepulchre in the Philippines.jpg|A Relief of Fr. Jules Sepulchre, CICM, in [[Bontoc, Mountain Province|Bontoc]], [[Mountain Province]], [[Philippines]]. He is one of the founding Missionaries in the [[Ilocandia|Northern Philippines]].
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File:Plate under the Relief of Fr. Jules Sepulchre.jpg|The plate under the relief of Fr. Jules Sepulchre, CICM in [[Bontoc, Mountain Province|Bontoc]], [[Mountain Province]], [[Philippines]].
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</gallery>


== Historical table ==
== Historical table ==
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|1899
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|Netherlands
|Nederland
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|1904
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|Rome
|Roma
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|1953
|1953
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|Haïti - Chili (+1957)
|Haïti - Chile (+1957)
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|1958
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|Dominican Republic
|Rep. Dominicana
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|1966
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|Cameroon
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|1976
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|Zambia - Sénégal
|Zambia - Senegal
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|1979
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|Mexico
|México
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|1989
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|France(+2019)
|France (+2019)
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|2016
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|Central African Republic
|Rép. Centrafricaine
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|'''XV'''
|'''XV'''
|2017
|2017
|PHUKUTA K. Charles  
|PHUKUTA K. Charles
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|797
|797
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==CICM Schools in Philippines==
==Current CICM Schools==
{{Globalize section|date=September 2023|the Philippines}}


=== Current ===
=== Philippines ===
:*[[Saint Louis University (Philippines)|Saint Louis University, Baguio City]]
:*[[Saint Louis University (Philippines)|Saint Louis University, Baguio]]
:*[[Saint Louis College La Union|Saint Louis College, San Fernando City, La Union]]
:*[[Saint Louis College La Union|Saint Louis College, San Fernando, La Union]]
:*[[University of Saint Louis Tuguegarao|University of Saint Louis Tuguegarao, Tuguegarao City, Cagayan Valley]]
:*[[University of Saint Louis Tuguegarao|University of Saint Louis Tuguegarao, Tuguegarao, Cagayan Valley]]
:*[[Saint Mary's University (Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya)|Saint Mary's University, Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya]]
:*[[Saint Mary's University (Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya)|Saint Mary's University, Bayombong, Nueva Vizcaya]]
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:*Saint Louis College – Cebu, Mandaue, Cebu
:*Saint Catherine's School (Bambang, Nueva Vizcaya)
:*Saint Catherine's School (Bambang, Nueva Vizcaya)
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:*Maryhurst Seminary, Baguio
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:*Saint Louis College- Cebu, Mandaue City, Cebu
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:*Maryhurst Seminary, Baguio City
:*Maryhill School of Theology, Quezon City
:*Maryhill School of Theology, Quezon City
:*Maryshore Seminary, Bacolod City
:*Maryshore Seminary, Bacolod
:*Saint Vincent's School, Bontoc, Mountain Province
:*Saint Vincent's School, Bontoc, Mountain Province
:*College of Immaculate Concepcion, Cabanatuan city, Nueva Ecija
:*Santo Rosario School, Pudtol, Apayao
:*Santo Rosario School, Pudtol, Apayao


=== Former ===
==Gallery==
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<gallery>
:*[[Paco Catholic School]], [[Paco, Manila]] (Turned over to the [[Archdiocese of Manila]])
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File:Scheut portrettengalerij.jpg|A gallery of all CICM missionaries at the Scheut House in [[Anderlecht]], Brussels
:*Infant Jesus Academy, Silang, Cavite
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File:Relief of Fr. Jules Sepulchre in the Philippines.jpg|A Relief of Fr. Jules Sepulchre, CICM, in [[Bontoc, Mountain Province|Bontoc]], [[Mountain Province]], Philippines. He is one of the founding Missionaries in the [[Ilocandia|Northern Philippines]].
:*Cainta Catholic College Cainta, Rizal
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File:Plate under the Relief of Fr. Jules Sepulchre.jpg|The plate under the relief of Fr. Jules Sepulchre, CICM in [[Bontoc, Mountain Province|Bontoc]], [[Mountain Province]], Philippines
:*[[Pasig Catholic College]], Pasig
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</gallery>
:*Saint Louis School, [[Solano, Nueva Vizcaya]] (Turned over to the [[Diocese of Bayombong]] in 1999)
:*Saint Joseph's Academy, [[Las Piñas]], [[Metro Manila]] (Turned over to the [[Diocese of Parañaque]])
:*Saint Andrew's School, [[Parañaque]], [[Metro Manila]] (Turned over to the [[Diocese of Parañaque]])


==References==
==References==
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* Berg, Leo van den (1994) 'The China world of the "Scheut fathers"', ''Bulletin de l 'Institut Historique de Belge de Rome'', 64, 223–263.
* Berg, Leo van den (1994) 'The China world of the "Scheut fathers"', ''Bulletin de l 'Institut Historique de Belge de Rome'', 64, 223–263.
<!-- *Eggermont, Betty (1994) 'Se marier Chretiennement au Congo Belge: les strategies appliquees par les missionaries de scheut (CICM) au Kasai, 1919-1935' [Christian marriage in the Belgian Congo: the strategies adopted by the Scheut (CICM) missionaries in Kasai, 1919-1935], ''Bulletin de l 'Institut Historique de Belge de Rome'', 64, 113–147. -->
<!-- *Eggermont, Betty (1994) 'Se marier Chretiennement au Congo Belge: les strategies appliquees par les missionaries de scheut (CICM) au Kasai, 1919-1935' [Christian marriage in the Belgian Congo: the strategies adopted by the Scheut (CICM) missionaries in Kasai, 1919-1935], ''Bulletin de l 'Institut Historique de Belge de Rome'', 64, 113–147. -->
* Verhelst, Daniël and Pycke, Nestor, eds. (1995) 'C.I.C.M. Missionaries Past and Present: History of the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Scheut/Missionhurst)', ''Verbistiana'', 4. {{ISBN|9789061866763}}
* {{cite book|last1=Verhelst|first1=Daniël|last2=Pycke|first2=Nestor|title=C.I.C.M. Missionaries Past and Present: History of the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Scheut/Missionhurst)|series=Verbistiana|volume=4|location=Leuven|publisher=Leuven University Press|year=1995|isbn=978-9-06186-676-3}}
* Vanysacker, Dries & Renson, Raymond (ed.) (1995) 'The Archives of the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (CICM-Scheut) (1862–1967)' - 2 v., ''Bibliothèque de l'Institut Historique Belge de Rome'', 36-37. {{ISBN|9789074461153}}
* {{cite book|last1=Vanysacker|first1=Dries|last2=Renson|first2=Raymond|title=The Archives of the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (CICM-Scheut) (1862–1967) - 2 v.|location=Rome|publisher=Bibliothèque de l'Institut Historique Belge de Rome|year=1995|isbn=978-9-07446-115-3}}


== External links ==
== External links ==
* [http://www.odis.be/lnk/en/OR_10258 CICM Missionaries] in [https://www.odis.eu ODIS - Online Database for Intermediary Structures]
* [http://www.odis.be/lnk/en/OR_10258 CICM Missionaries] in [https://www.odis.eu ODIS - Online Database for Intermediary Structures] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428134547/https://www.odis.eu/ |date=2016-04-28 }}
* [http://www.odis.be/lnk/en/AE_2560 Archives of the CICM Missionaries] in [https://www.odis.eu ODIS - Online Database for Intermediary Structures]
* [http://www.odis.be/lnk/en/AE_2560 Archives of the CICM Missionaries] in [https://www.odis.eu ODIS - Online Database for Intermediary Structures] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160428134547/https://www.odis.eu/ |date=2016-04-28 }}


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Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary
Congregatio Immaculati Cordis Mariae (Latin)[1]
AbbreviationC.I.C.M[2]
NicknameMissionhurst
Formation1862; 162 years ago (1862)[1]
FounderFr. Théophile Verbist, CICM[1]
Founded atScheut, Anderlecht, Brussels-Capital Region, Belgium
TypeClerical Religious Congregation of Pontifical Right for men[3]
HeadquartersGeneral Motherhouse
Via S. Giovanni Eudes 95, 00163 Rome, Italy[4]
Members780 members (585 priests) as of 2021
Motto
Latin:
Cor Unum et Anima Una
English:
One Heart and one Soul
Superior General
Fr. Charles Phukuta Khonde, CICM[1]
Ministry
Home and foreign mission work
AffiliationsRoman Catholic Church
Websitecicm-mission.org

The CICM Missionaries, officially known as the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Latin: Congregatio Immaculati Cordis Mariae) and often abbreviated as C.I.C.M, is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of Pontifical Right for men established in 1862 by the Belgian Catholic priest Theophile Verbist (1823–1868).[5] Its members add the post-nominal letters C.I.C.M. to their names to indicate membership in the congregation.[citation needed]

The order's origins lie in Scheut, a suburb of Brussels, due to which it is widely known as the Scheut Missionaries.[citation needed] The congregation is most notable for their international missionary works in China, Mongolia, the Philippines, and in the Congo Free State/Belgian Congo (modern-day Democratic Republic of the Congo).

Presently, their international name "CICM Missionaries" is preferred, although, in the United States, the congregation is mostly known as Missionhurst.[6]

History

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Foundation

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The congregation was founded by Théophile Verbist, who was a diocesan priest in the Archdiocese of Mechelen-Brussels in the mid-19th century. He served as chaplain to the military academy in Brussels and at the same time as a national director of the Pontifical Association of the Holy Childhood. He would lead a group of other Belgian diocesan priests, who became deeply concerned with the abandoned children in China and with the millions in China which, at the time, suffered from widespread poverty. The congregation is named after a religious Marian devotion to the Immaculate Heart of Mary and has sought to expand its missionary work in various countries abroad.[6]

Early activities

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The Dutch Apostolic Vicar Theodoor Rutjes among other Scheutists in Inner Mongolia, c. 1885

With the Convention of Peking occurring, the CICM would begin establishing operations in the country in the early 1860s.[citation needed] In 1862, Verbist founded the Belgian Mission in China. Upon seeking ecclesiastical permission, however, they were commissioned by Cardinal Alessandro Barnabò to begin their work by founding a seminary in Belgium to supply priests for the beginning mission, laying the foundations of the Scheutveld College, 28 April 1863, in the Field of Scheut near Brussels. As a result, the C.I.C.M. missionaries were also known as Scheutists or Scheut missionaries.[citation needed]

In September 1863, the first group of missionaries set forth for Inner Mongolia.[citation needed] In the winter of 1865, Verbist and his four companions arrived in inner Mongolia, which was entrusted to the fledgling congregation by Rome, and immediately began organizing small Christian communities. Three years later, on 23 February 1868, Verbist died of typhoid fever at the age of 44 in Lao-Hu-Kou.

The Scheutveld priests and brothers would face dangers such as the Boxer Rebellion in China, the climate of the nations in which missions were conducted, and persecution of the missionaries and their local congregations.[citation needed]

After World War I, Belgium lay devastated, leading the Missionary Fathers of Scheut to establish a center in a safe location from which they could send out their missionaries.[citation needed] As many Belgian refugees at that time were living in London, it was thought that a church in that city would serve the spiritual needs of the Belgian community of London and also become a base for the Order's missionary activities. In 1922, the Church of Our Lady of Hal was established in a hut on Arlington Road in Camden Town while a permanent church was built opposite this site in 1933.[7][8]

World War II

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During World War II, Father Jozef Raskin, who was a missionary to Inner Mongolia from 1920 to 1934, was made a chaplain in the Belgian army and was a personal advisor to King Leopold III.[citation needed] While he was operating under the code name Leopold Vindictive 200 for the Dutch resistance in 1942, he was captured by the Gestapo and sentenced to death by beheading on 18 October 1943.[citation needed]

Later years

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Scheut House in Anderlecht, Brussels

The congregation would grow in the following years, eventually growing to have a worldwide presence.[citation needed] Originally a Belgian Foundation, CICM has grown into an international religious missionary congregation of men from different races, colors and nationalities.

In connection with their missions, the Fathers opened a number of institutions, such the hospital at St-Trudon, Upper Kassai, for those afflicted with sleeping sickness.[citation needed]

Today, 780 CICM priests and lay brothers are present in Asian countries (e.g. Mongolia, Indonesia, and Japan), Africa, the Americas, and in Europe.[citation needed]

Historical table

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Chapter year Superior General country members
1862 VERBIST Théophile Belgium
1865 China
1869 VRANCKX Frans 11
Gen. Conf. 1887
1888 VAN AERTSELAER Jeroom Congo 112
I 1898 VAN HECKE Adolf 309
1899 Netherlands
1904 Rome
1907 Philippines
II 1908 BOTTY Albert 507
1909 MORTIER Florent
III 1920 RUTTEN Joseph 649
IV 1930 DAEMS Constant 928
1931 Singapore
1935 VANDEPUTTE Jozef (Vic.g.) 1202
1937 Indonesia
1946 U.S.A.
V 1947 VANDEPUTTE Jozef Japan 1479
1953 Haïti - Chile (+1957)
1954 Hong Kong - Taiwan
1954 Guatemala
VI 1957 SERCU Frans 1902
1958 Dominican Republic
1961 DEGRIJSE Omer 1943
1963 Brazil
1966 Cameroon
VII 1967 GOOSSENS Wim 1986
VIII 1974 VAN DAELEN Paul 1683
1976 Zambia - Senegal
1977 Nigeria (+2003)
1979 Mexico
IX 1981 VAN DAELEN Paul (2a) 1556
X 1987 DECRAENE Michel 1441
1989 France (+2019)
1990 Tchad (+2008)
1992 Mongolia
XI 1993 THOMAS Jacques 1380
1995 Angola (+2007) 1359
XII 1999 LAPAUW Jozef Mozambique (+2002) 1247
XIII 2005 TSIMBA Edouard 999
2006 South Africa (+2016) 990
XIV 2011 ATKIN Timothy 881
2016 Central African Republic
XV 2017 PHUKUTA K. Charles 797
2020 Malawi 780

Current CICM Schools

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Philippines

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References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (C.I.C.M.)".
  2. ^ "Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (C.I.C.M.)".
  3. ^ http://www.gcatholic[permanent dead link‍]. org/orders/025.htm
  4. ^ http://www. gcatholic.org/orders/025.htm
  5. ^ aspx "Missionhurst-CICM celebrates 150 years". Today's Catholic. November 16, 2012. {{cite web}}: Check |url= value (help)
  6. ^ a b "Who We Are". Missionhurst. Retrieved 18 November 2013.
  7. ^ About the parish - Website of the Roman Catholic Diocese of Westminster
  8. ^ Plaque to the Scheut Fathers - London Remembers website

Bibliography

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Wikimedia Commons has media related to CICM Missionaries.
  • Raskin, Albert (1977) 'The archives of the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (C.I.C.M.)', History in Africa, 4, 299–304.
  • Berg, Leo van den (1994) 'The China world of the "Scheut fathers"', Bulletin de l 'Institut Historique de Belge de Rome, 64, 223–263.
  • Verhelst, Daniël; Pycke, Nestor (1995). C.I.C.M. Missionaries Past and Present: History of the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (Scheut/Missionhurst). Verbistiana. Vol. 4. Leuven: Leuven University Press. ISBN 978-9-06186-676-3.
  • Vanysacker, Dries; Renson, Raymond (1995). The Archives of the Congregation of the Immaculate Heart of Mary (CICM-Scheut) (1862–1967) - 2 v. Rome: Bibliothèque de l'Institut Historique Belge de Rome. ISBN 978-9-07446-115-3.
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