ECLA - Europeans Claretians United Kingdom The community established the parish of the Immaculate Heart of Mary in Hayes in 1912 to offer services to Spanish speaking immigrants in the London area. The parish ministry continues to serve the different immigrant communities that pass through Hayes.
Buckden Towers was left by a Mrs Edelston to the diocese of Northampton. It served as the Claretians Junior Seminary until 1965. Parish work was undertaken in the area, especially in the American Air bases at Chalveston, Alconbury and Molesworth. Then in 1969 the diocese of Northampton asked the Claretians to make Buckden Towers a parish under the title of St Hugh of Lincoln. The parish has grown in numbers and the Bishop of East Anglia asked the Claretians to take over the parish of St Neots as well in 2011. In 1997 the Claretians took over the multi-ethnic and multi-lingual parish of St Josephs, Leyton, Brentwood diocese.
MICLA - Claretians Missionaries of America United States California The Claretians came to
Southern California by way of Mexico in the early 1900s, working in
Los Angeles inner city missions. Since 1908 the Claretians have operated the historic
La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora Reina de los Angeles in
Pueblo de Los Angeles near
Downtown Los Angeles, as well as
Mission San Gabriel, one of the original
Spanish missions in California. A noted priest within the Claretian community who was active in the American Southwest was Aloysius Ellacuria, CMF (21 June 1905–6 April 1981). Born in Spain and arriving in Los Angeles, California, in 1931, Father Aloysius spent nearly fifty years within the order serving in the
American Southwest, including Los Angeles, California (1930s–1970s); Phoenix, Arizona (1963–1966); and San Antonio, Texas (1966–1969). Father Aloysius is commonly described as a man of deep faith whose healing ministry impacted the lives of thousands of urban impoverished and sickly persons, and he is generally considered to have been a cleric with a
mystical style. The cause for his
canonization is under consideration by the
Dicastery for the Causes of Saints after hundreds of requests prompted the
Archdiocese of Los Angeles to refer the matter to the
Roman Curia. From 1952 to 1977 The Claretians also served from the Theological Seminary of Claretville and Immaculate Heart Claretian
novitiate, on the former King Gillette Ranch in
Calabasas, located in the
Santa Monica Mountains of rural western
Los Angeles County. The Thomas Aquinas College was also here from 1971 until moving to a permanent campus in
Santa Paula, California in 1975. The land and structures are now part of
Malibu Creek State Park. The Claretians returned to their original
Southern California location, the Dominguez Seminary near the
Dominguez Rancho Adobe of
Rancho San Pedro, in
Rancho Dominguez, California near
Long Beach.
National Shrine of St. Jude, Chicago The national shrine of
St. Jude was founded by James Tort, CMF, pastor of Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in
Chicago,
Illinois, United States. Many of Tort's parishioners were laborers in the nearby steel mills, which were drastically cutting back their work forces early in 1929. Tort was saddened to see that about 90% of his parishioners were without jobs and in difficult financial situations. In an effort to lift the spirits of his parishioners, Tort began regular devotions to Saint Jude. The first
novena honoring the saint was held on February 17, 1929.
In South America The Claretians divide their territorial presence in South America into provinces: • Province of Colombia-Venezuela. • Province of Colombia-Ecuador. • Province of Brasil (Brasil, Mozambique). • Province of Peru-Bolivia. • Province of San José del Sur (Argentina, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay).
ASCLA EAST- Asian Claretians East In the Philippines After the end of World War II, the Claretians arrived in the Philippines and took over Sta. Barbara Parish, Sta. Barbara, Pangasinan upon the invitation by the late Bishop Mariano Aspiras Madriaga, D.D. of the then Diocese of Lingayen-Dagupan. The first Claretian missionaries in the Philippines were Fr. Raymond Catalan, CMF, Fr. Arcadio Hortelano Martin, CMF and Fr. Thomas Mitchell, CMF. Through the years, the Claretians were able to establish different institutions like Claret Schools of Quezon City and Zamboanga, Claret College of Isabela, Claretian Publications Philippines (now Claretian Communications Foundation, Inc.). Likewise, they managed mission areas especially in Mindanao. == Saints, Blesseds and other holy people ==