St. Vincent instinctively realized the role of laypersons in bringing about systemic change.
Thomas Augustine Judge
Fr. Thomas Judge, C.M. and the Missionary Cenacle Family
Learn about the origins of the Cenacle Family, and how systemic change was and is evident in their ministries.
This is the Layperson’s Hour – Pope Francis and Thomas Judge, C.M.
Although he was somewhat controversial in his day, today the Eastern Province of the Congregation of the Mission is proud of its son, Fr. Thomas Judge.
Every Catholic An Apostle: A new book on the Life of Thomas A. Judge, CM, 1868-1933
A new biography of Fr. Judge, "Every Catholic An Apostle" by William L. Portier, is available from mid-October, in English, and a Spanish translation is being prepared to be available in the Spring of 2018. Born in Boston of immigrant parents, Thomas A. Judge, CM...
November 23: Fr. Thomas Judge, C.M.
November 23 marks the death (in 1933) of Fr. Thomas Augustine Judge C.M. of the Eastern Province of the Congregation of the Mission. Father Judge believed in the capacity of ordinary men and women to love and serve God in the ordinary circumstances of their lives.
A Ministry that Almost Never Happened – Thomas Judge, CM
Thomas Judge, CM was a dedicated missionary, a man of faith and action. He disturbed the religiously complacent with his thoughts and plans concerning what more could be done for the Church and souls. His avowed purpose was to make every Catholic a missionary. In so...
Brooklyn beginnings of Missionary Cenacle
The website of the Trinity Missionary Family offers a history which recounts their founding by Vincentian of the Eastern Province in the chapel of St. John's Parish, Brooklyn NY. "Our Founder, Fr. Thomas A. Judge, C.M. was a Vincentian priest whose apostolic zeal led...
Nov. 23 – CM Founder of Missionary Cenacle
Fr. Thomas Augustine Judge CM of the Eastern Province of the Congregation of the Mission was a forerunner of the lay apostolate movement and the Founder of the Missionary Servants of the Blessed Trinity and the Missionary Cenacle Family. November 23 marks the...
Vincent dePaul – Pioneer of “lay ministry”
The important role that Vincent gave to the laity shows him as a precursor of the Second Vatican Council. His teaching and practice echoed through the Blessed Frederic Ozanam and his influence on the development of the social doctrine of the Church and the Encyclical...
