As Marians, we are tasked to "move for God and the salvation of men... to different places and live in any part of the world." You may not know that, today, the Marian Fathers serve in 19 countries in South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia, in addition to the United States. Let's shine a spotlight on the spiritual and, in many cases, life-saving work that our Marian Fathers are doing, every day.
United States of America
Presently there is just one Marian Province in the United States. It is called the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Mercy Province, and was created on October 19, 2006, as a result of unification of two Provinces: St. Casimir, founded in 1930, with its headquarters in Chicago, Ill., and St. Stanislaus Kostka, established in 1948, with its headquarters at The National Shrine of The Divine Mercy in Stockbridge, Massachusetts. The Marians in the United States are dedicated to promoting devotion to Our Lady’s Immaculate Conception and to The Divine Mercy. They are involved in parish ministry at several parishes in Illinois and Wisconsin. Members of the Province also operate missions in Argentina (part of the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Mercy Province), serving there in pastoral ministry, youth ministry, religious education, and schools.
Marians in the United States:
Priests: 43
Brothers: 4
Seminarians:18
Novices:5
Postulants: 4
Total: 74
Religious Houses and Residences:
Chicago, Illinois
Darien, Illinois
Plano, Illinois
Kenosha, Wisconsin
Slinger, Wisconsin
Steubenville, Ohio
Stockbridge, Massachusetts
Thompson, Connecticut
Washington, D.C.
See Where the Marians Serve Around the World
Special Report about our Worldwide Works
Join Fr. Joseph Roesch, MIC, and Fr. Chris Alar, MIC, as they take you for a journey around the world visiting a few of our Marians in other countries, including: Poland, Portugal, Rwanda, Cameroon, Kazakhstan, India, Philippines, and Brazil.
Brazil
Visit the Marian Mission in Brazil.
Cameroon
As Marians, we are tasked to "move for God and the salvation of men... to different places and live in any part of the world." You may not know that, today, the Marian Fathers serve in 18 countries in South America, Europe, Africa, and Asia, in addition to the United States. Let's shine a spotlight on the spiritual and, in many cases, life-saving work that our Marian Fathers are doing, every day.
India
The Marian’s newest mission is in one of Christianity’s oldest regions: the subcontinent of India. There, in country of 1.3 billion people, only 2.3 percent are Catholic, and our Marian priests are following in the missionary footsteps of St. Thomas the Apostle and St. Francis Xavier.
Kazakhstan
Explore the Marian Mission in Kazakhstan.
Philippines
The Divine Mercy Sunday celebration at the Marian Divine Mercy Shrine in El Salvador, Misamis Oriental, Philippines.
The devotion to Divine Mercy is strong in the Philippines, where the 3 o’clock Chaplet is broadcast on radio and television throughout the country. Our Marian Fathers participate in works of mercy and charity, especially to victims of natural disasters, and oversee a Divine Mercy shrine with a towering statue of the Merciful Jesus.