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PAULISTS

Monks of St. Paul the Hermit, founded in 1225 at Gran, in Hungary, by Blessed Eusebius. Latest approval of the constitutions by the Holy See was in 1930. they are active-contemplative, concentrating on the priestly ministry in their own churches. They have charge of the Shrine of Our Lady of Czestochowa in Poland.