St Patrick's Missionary Society
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St Patrick's Society for the Foreign Missions (Latin Societas Sancti Patritii pro Missionibus ad Exteros) is an Irish Roman Catholic society of missionary priests, sometimes known as the Kiltegan Fathers, founded on St Patrick's Day, 17th March 1932 by Monsignor Patrick Whitney (1894 - 1942) at Kiltegan, County Wicklow, Ireland. Its original aim was the Christian evangelization of Africa but now has 307 priests on four continents including the countries of Nigeria, Cameroon, Kenya, Malawi, Sudan, Zambia, Zimbabwe, South Africa, Uganda, Grenada, Brazil, the United States, Italy, England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland.
The Latin motto of the Society is Caritas Christi Urget Nos (Corinthians 5:14) or, in English, 'Christ's love compels us'.
