Miracle Plays and Mysteries
These two names are used to designate the religious drama which developed among Christian nations at the end of the Middle Ages.
Miracles, Gift of
The gift of miracles is one of those mentioned by St. Paul in his First Epistle to the Corinthians (xii, 9, 10), among the extraordinary graces of the Holy Ghost.
Miraeus, Aubert
Ecclesiastical historian, born at Brussels, 30 Nov., 1573; died at Antwerp, 19 October, 1640.
Mirandola, Giovanni Francesco Pico della
Italian philosopher, nephew of Giovanni Pico della Mirandola, b. about 1469; d. 1533.
Miridite, Abbey of
The name of an abbatia nullius in Albania, where there formerly stood a Benedictine abbey, now destroyed, dedicated to St. Alexander, martyr.
Misericorde, Congregation of the Sisters of
Founded 16 January, 1848, for the purpose of procuring spiritual and corporal assistance for poor mothers and unfortunate girls.
Misocco and Galanca
This prefecture in the canton of Grisons, Switzerland, comprises the valley of the Moesa which starts at the pass of San Bernardino and flows into the Ticino, and also the valley o…
Mission Indians (of California)
A name of no real ethnic significance, but used as a convenient popular and official term to designate the modern descendants of those tribes of California, of various stocks and l…
Mission, Congregation of Priests of the
A congregation of secular priests with religious vows founded by St. Vincent de Paul.
Missionaries of St. Charles Borromeo, Congregation of
Founded by John Baptist Scalabrini, Bishop of Piacenza, Italy (d. 1 June, 1905); approved in principle by Leo XIII in a Brief dated 25 November, 1887; constitution definitively app…
Missionary Society of St. Paul the Apostle
A community of priests for giving missions and doing other Apostolic works, especially for making converts to the Catholic faith.
Missions, Catholic
A general survey of the missionary activity of the Catholic Church at the time the article was written. (1908)
Missions, Catholic Indian, of the United States
Includes the history of the missions and a list of the missionary martyrs.
Missions, Catholic Parochial
This term is used to designate certain special exertions of the Church's pastoral agencies, made, for the most part, among Catholics, to instruct them more fully in the truths of t…
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