Constitutions and Statutes - The Mill Hill Missionaries

MEMBERSHIPADMISSION INTO THE SOCIETY (23 – 25)FORMATION (26 – 28)TEMPORARY MEMBERSHIP (29 – 32)PERPETUAL MEMBERSHIP (33 – 37)PERPETUAL MEMBERS AND ASSOCIATES (38 – 43)SEPARATION FROM THE SOCIETY (44 – 50)Admission into the SocietyC23C24C25Members of the Society are those who, wishing todedicate themselves for life to the service of mission,pledge themselves by oath to the Society.We invite, and admit to membership in St. Joseph'sMissionary Society of Mill Hill, suitable candidateswho desire to work for the aims and scope of theSociety as ordained or lay Members. Admission topermanent membership is preceded by a period ofTemporary Membership, as a time of preparationand formation. Candidates become TemporaryMembers by taking the Temporary Oath.The Missionary Oath is taken in the presence of theGeneral Superior or his delegate. A copy of the Oathis signed by the Member, the General Superior or hisdelegate, and by two witnesses, and is kept in thearchives of the Society.FormationC26The Society takes on itself responsibility for theformation of all who wish to join it. The purpose6