The General and the Provincial governments, assure that the mission of the congregation is accomplished through the members. Their logo represents well the dynamism which fills them.
Father James Alberione, in the footsteps of Saint Paul to become one for all, has, besides the Society of Saint Paul, founded four congregations:
Approval:
The Society of St Paul was officially approved by the Holy See on 27 June 1949. The mission of the Society is to "evangelize with the modern means of communications". Society of St Paul consists of religious priests and Brothers. They are present in five continents. The Society of St. Paul makes use of magazines, books, cinema, radio, television, cassettes, compact discs, internet and all technological means of communication to announce the Good News of Jesus Christ and speak of everything in a Christ like manner. The models of the mission are: Jesus the Divine Master, Saint Paul, the apostle who became all things to all people and Mary, Queen of Apostles who gave life to Christ, communicator of the Father.
Þ the Daughters of St. Paul,
Þ Disciples of the Divine Master,
Þ Sisters of Jesus Good Shepherd,
Þ Sisters of Mary Queen of Apostles;
and five associated institutes:
Þ Institute of Jesus the Priest,
Þ Institute of Saint Gabriel Archangel,
Þ Institute of Mary Most Holy Annunciation,
Þ Institute of the Holy Family;
Þ Association of Pauline Cooperators.
Together, they constitute the Pauline Family.
Spirituality and Mission:
The objective of the mission is to put the totality of Christ in contact (as expressed in the title "Christ Divine Master of Life, Truth and Way") with all human faculties (mind, heart and will) through the communication which is realized with the modern means. The methodology used includes the proposal of the Christian experience (dogma, moral and cult) and the presentation of all human realties in the Christian perspective.
The historical development of the Society of St. Paul follows the evolution of the media of communication. Initially, Fr. Alberione adopted the printed press; then he added cinema, radio, television and LPs. Presently, the Paulines are involved in the world of communication, preparing themselves to incarnate Christ Divine Master of the Way, the Truth and the Life in the "culture" created by the communications.
Following the indications of Fr. Alberione to always "put yourself forward", the Paulines wish to be in the Church of the next millennium among the pioneers of a complete evangelical spirituality that knows to inculturate itself in global communications and multimedia. In fact, for Fr. Alberione and the Paulines, communication is not a simple aid to evangelization, but an original way of preaching, that reaches the masses which are far away from the parishes.
