Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity  
9001 New Hampshire Avenue, Comm Dept.,
Silver Spring, MD 20903  
www.mssst.org  ◘ T: 301-434-7968  F: 301-434-7968 

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MISSION STATEMENT
“Our mission is to preserve the faith in areas and among people who are spiritually neglected and abandoned, especially the poor.”

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                                                          FACT SHEET
HISTORY
1868 - Thomas A. Judge born August 27

1890- Enters St. Vincent’s Preparatory Seminary in Germantown, Pa.

1899 – Ordained to the Vincentian Order at St. Charles Seminary, Philadelphia

1909 – Six women respond to Fr. Judge’s appeal for lay apostles to share in the mission and ministry of the Church. They were later to become known as Cenacle Lay Apostolate.

1910-1915 –Fr. Judge is an active member of the Vincentian Mission Band. He established lay apostolate groups in major cities and small towns from Maine to West Virginia.

1911 – The first Missionary Cenacle is opened in Baltimore to care for homeless and unemployed women and to work among Italian immigrants.

1915 – Fr. Judge is assigned to a Vincentian mission in Opelika, Ala. A number of lay volunteers follow Fr. Judge and give their lives completely to the Missionary Cenacle.

1918 – The Cenacle in Alabama become incorporated under the title of “Missionary Servants of the Most Blessed Trinity” consisting mainly of Catholic ladies.

1919 – Louise Margaret Keasey is appointed by Fr. Judge to be the first General Custodian of the new sister’s community and receives the name Mother Mary Boniface.

1920 – Archbishop John Bonzano gives his approval to the newly formed religious communities and to the Cenacle Lay Apostolate later to become known as the Missionary Cenacle Family.

1929 – The priests and Brothers receive official canonical status from Rome and the Missionary Servants of the Most Holy Trinity are established.

1931 – Mother Boniface dies.

1932 – The sisters receive canonical status from Rome under the original title “Missionary Servants of the Most Blessed Trinity.

1933 – Fr. Judge dies.

1958 – Both religious congregations received Pontifical Status and the Decree of Praise from Rome.

1964 – From the original Cenacle Lay Apostolate is now known as the Missionary Cenacle Apostolate, within which a pious union – the Blessed Trinity Missionary Institute.

2009 -To advocate for the prevention of abuse and the protection of children, the Missionary Servants have established the following policy for its members. Praesidium.