A religious congregation founded by Father Arnold Janssen at Steyl, the Netherlands in 1896 for the propagation of the Faith and sanctification of the priesthood through the apostleship of prayer. The congregation has houses in the Netherlands, Germany, the United States, and the Philippine Islands. The mother-house is at Steyl.
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