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The head of the archconfraternity is the superior general of the
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 7: Gregory XII-Infallability 1840-1916 1913
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The head of the archconfraternity is the Bishop of Tarbes.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon 1840-1916 1913
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Besides the ordinary requirements necessary for the gaining of all plenary and partial Indulgences, the wearing of the cord and enrollment in the records of the archconfraternity are the only conditions imposed on the members.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 4: Clandestinity-Diocesan Chancery 1840-1916 1913
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Jesus, founded at Dijon in 1879, transferred to Montmartre, and made an archconfraternity by Leo XIII, 10 April, 1894.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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Affiliated confraternities may be formed wherever there is an Assumptionist church and house, with the same privileges as the archconfraternity.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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In 1884 Mgr. Buguet, curé of Montligeon chapel, founded an expiatory society for the abandoned souls in Purgatory, since erected by Leo XIII into a Prima Primaria archconfraternity, which publishes six bulletins in different languages and has members in every part of the world.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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The wearing of this picture is simply one of the pious practices of the archconfraternity, without any special indulgences.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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The confraternity increased so rapidly that Paul IV raised it to an archconfraternity, with powers to aggregate similar confraternities of St. Roch.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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In 1880 Leo XIII raised it to the rank of an archconfraternity, which was expressly called the Archconfraternity of the Scapular of St. Michael.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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Amongst the Catholic societies of Sandomir may be mentioned the Society of Charities, founded in 1905, with 155 members; the archconfraternity of St. Stanislaus Kostka, founded in 1906, with 30 young men; the Christian
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 13: Revelation-Stock 1840-1916 1913
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