St Patrick's Missionary Society Scotland

Constitutional objectives

The object(s) for which the Association is established is the advancement of religion. In furtherance of this the primary activities shall be: (a) To engage in Missionary activities in Africa or in any other country or any other continent in which the Society may be asked by the Holy See to assist. (b) To bring to the teaching of Christ the peoples of any of the countries of Africa or any other country in which the Society may be asked by the Holy See to assist. (c) To care for the spiritual welfare of its members and those Christians referred to above in Africa or in any of the countries referred to in the preceding paragraph. (d) To educate, train and maintain students preparing for the priesthood in any society or congregation engaged in promoting the foregoing objects, or any of the foregoing objects, and to educate, train and maintain persons preparing for admission as lay brothers in any such society or congregation. (e) To maintain and support the priests and lay brothers of any such society. (f) To educate, train, maintain and support postulants, novices and professed sisters of or in any religious society or congregation engaged in promoting the objects or any of the objects set out in sub-clauses (a), (b) and (c) of this Clause, and to contribute to the funds of any such society or congregation. (g) To educate, train and maintain and support, and remunerate and provide pensions or retiring allowances for teachers, catechists and any persons who assist or who intend to assist in any of the foregoing objects.