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<body topmargin=0 leftmargin=0 marginheight=0 marginwidth=0> <table cellpadding=0 cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> <td valign="top" colspan=2 height=125 BGCOLOR="#996699" TEXT="#080000" bgproperties="fixed" background="045467d1erlcll.gif"> <div> <FONT SIZE="5" COLOR="#FFFFFF" FACE="Arial" ><B>Sons of the Holy Family, Jesus, Mary and Joseph  </B></FONT><B>     </B><B>|     </B><A HREF="index.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="Sons of the Holy Family, Jesus, Mary and"><U><B>home</B></U></A></div> <div> <B>ABOUT US</B>   |   <A HREF="id18.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="LOCATIONS"><U>LOCATIONS</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id19.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="NEWS AND EVENTS"><U>NEWS AND EVENTS</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id21.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="THE HOLY FAMILY ASSOCIATION"><U>THE HOLY FAMILY ASSOCIATION</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id24.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="ONE DAY WITH US"><U>ONE DAY WITH US</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id22.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="OTHER LINKS"><U>OTHER LINKS</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id26.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="MISCELLANEA USA"><U>MISCELLANEA USA</U></A>   |   <A HREF="id20.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="CONTACT US"><U>CONTACT US</U></A></div> <div> </div> </td> </tr><tr> <td valign="top" width=190 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0546a720.jpg" border=0 width="106" height="114" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="23" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>Each Home a</B></div> <div> <B>New Nazareth!</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0bd6b8f0.jpg" border=0 width="107" height="143" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="25" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>F</B><B>r. Joseph Manyanet</B></div> <div> <B>(1833-1901)</B></div> <div> <B><IMG SRC="0e671790.gif" border=0 width="113" height="121" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <div> <B>C</B><B>ommunity's seal</B></div> </td> <td valign="top" height=355 BGCOLOR="#FFFFFF" TEXT="#080000"> <div> ABOUT US</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>SONS OF THE HOLY FAMILY</B></div> <div> <B>IN THE</B></div> <div> <B>UNITED STATES OF AMERICA</B></div> <bR> <div> <A HREF="id28.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="WE OFFER AND PROPOSE A CHARISM"><U><B>Each Home a New Nazareth!</B></U></A></div> <bR> <div> "With our sight fixed on the mystery of the Incarnation of the Son of God, the Church is preparing to cross the threshold of the third millennium...Indeed, the whole human history is situated before it, our today and the future of the world are enlightened by his presence." <FONT SIZE="2" COLOR="#000000" FACE="Arial" >                                                            </FONT></div> <div>                                                                                      </div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div>    <B>JOHN PAUL II   (11/29/98)</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> Those of us who integrate the spiritual family of Father Manyanet live this event, accomplished in Bethlehem and Nazareth, as the origin of the Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph and the foundation of our identity in the Church.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>SONS OF</B></div> <div> <B>THE HOLY FAMILY</B></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <IMG SRC="0e2d4e30.gif" border=0 width="212" height="227" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="175" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <B>SONS OF THE HOLY FAMILY</B></div> <bR> <div>          <FONT SIZE="3" COLOR="#009999" FACE="Arial" > A congregation of priests and brothers whose official title is:</FONT></div> <bR> <div>  </div> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <I>CONGREGATIO FILIORUM SACRAE FAMILIAE</I> (SF).</div> <bR> <div>           It was founded in 1864 by Father Joseph Manyanet (d.1901) in Tremp, Lerida, Spain, and was granted final approval by the Holy See in 1901.</div> <bR> <div> <B>PURPOSE OF THE CONGREGATION</B></div> <bR> <div>           The purpose of the congregation is to promote devotion to the Holy Family and to foster true Christian family life. This apostolate is accomplished through the education of youth and the organization of a family movement consisting of instruction in the faith and in the management of the ideal Catholic home.</div> <bR> <DIV ALIGN="LEFT"></DIV> <div> <IMG SRC="17be2420.jpg" border=0 width="226" height="322" ALIGN="LEFT" HSPACE="0" VSPACE="0"></div> <bR> <div> <B>BLESSED JOSEP MANYANET</B></div> <div> <B>(1833-1901)</B></div> <div> <A HREF="id27.htm" TARGET="_top" TITLE="BLESSED JOSEPH MANYANET"><U><B>founder</B></U></A></div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>DEVELOPMENT OF THE CONGREGATION</B></div> <bR> <div>           The early development of the congregation was slow and uncertain; political upheavals and persecutions, especially during the Spanish Civil War, brought the society close to extinction. Not until the reconstruction in Spain in the 1940s did the Sons of the Holy Family begin to prosper. Since then they have spread outside Spain and have founded new schools and institutions.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B>INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION OF THE HOLY FAMILY</B></div> <bR> <div>           By 1965 they were well established as a teaching society in Spain, Italy, and Argentina. They maintained the general secretariat of the International Association of the Holy Family. This task was entrusted to them by Pius XI and was endorsed by Pius XII, who entrusted to them also the building of an international shrine to the Holy Family in Rome.</div> <bR> <div> <B>THE SONS OF THE HOLY FAMILY</B></div> <div> <B>IN THE UNITED STATES</B></div> <bR> <div>           The Sons of the Holy Family came as missionaries to the U.S. in 1920 and worked in the Diocese of Santa Fe, N. Mex., among the Spanish-speaking people of the Southwest. By 1965 there were in the U.S. 35 members, including students. The congregation's headquarters and its seminary in the U.S. are located in Silver Spring, Maryland. The eight houses in the U.S. are located mainly in the Southwest.</div> <bR> <div>           Throughout the world there were 250 members in 27 foundations, including elementary and secondary schools. The general headquarters is in Barcelona, Spain.</div> <bR> <bR> <div> <B><IMG SRC="13c2ec40.gif" border=0 width="302" height="196" ALIGN="BOTTOM" HSPACE="130" VSPACE="0"></B></div> <bR> <bR> <bR> </td> </tr></table></body>