Societas Patrum S. Edmundi (Latin)[1] | |
Abbreviation | S.S.E. (post-nominal letters)[2] |
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Nickname | Edmundites |
Formation | 1843[3] |
Founder | Fr.Jean-Baptiste Muard, SSE [4] |
Founded at | Pontigny, France |
Type | Clerical Religious Congregation of Pontifical Right for men[5] |
Headquarters | Edmundite Generalate 270 Winooski Park, Colchester, Vermont 05439, USA[6] |
Members | 22 members (18 priests) as of 2020[7] |
Motto | Latin: English: Do the best we can, with what little we have, to serve those most in need |
Rev. Fr. David Cray, S.S.E.[8] | |
Patron saint | Saint Edmund of Canterbury[9] |
Parent organization | Catholic Church |
Website | https://www.sse.org/ |
The Society of Saint Edmund (Latin: Societas Patrum S. Edmundi), also known as the Edmundites, is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of pontifical right for men founded in 1843 in Pontigny, France, by Jean Baptiste Muard. The congregation is named after Saint Edmund.[10] The members of the congregation add the postnominal letters S.S.E.
In 2022, the congregation announced it would enter completion and no longer accept new members.[11]
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