Society of Saint Paul

The Society of Saint Paul (Latin: Societas a Sancto Paulo Apostolo) abbreviated SSP and also known as the Paulines, is a Catholic clerical religious congregation of Pontifical Right for men founded on 20 August 1914 at Alba, Piedmont in Italy by Giacomo Alberione and officially approved by the Holy See on 27 June 1949. Its members add the nominal letters S.S.P. after their names to indicate membership in the Congregation.[10]

Society of Saint Paul

Societas a Sancto Paulo Apostolo (Latin)[1]
Giacomo Alberione's idea of Pauline Apostolate for the Society of Saint Paul, apostles of the communication media
Abbreviation	S.S.P. (post-nominal letters)[2]
Nickname	Paulines[3]
Formation	August 20, 1914 (1914-08-20)[4]
Founder	Blessed Fr.Giacomo Alberione, S.S.P[5]
Founded at	Alba, Piedmont, Italy
Type	Clerical Religious Congregation of Pontifical Right for Men[6]
Headquarters	Motherhouse: Via Alessandro Severo 58, 00145 Rome, Italy[7]
Members	828 members (493 priests) as of 2020[8]
Superior General	Fr. Domenico Soliman, SSP [9]
Ministry	Social communication work
Parent organization	Roman Catholic Church
Website	stpaulsbyb.com

Its members are known as the Paulines—a name also applied to the much older Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit. Faithful to the mission assigned them by their founder, they communicate the Christian message with the use of all means that technology puts at the disposition of modern man. They are present in 30 countries around the world and are active in several fields: editorial and bookstores, journalism, cinematography, television, radio, audiovisual, multimedia, telematics; centres of studies, research, formation, animation.

The society is one of ten religious and lay institutes founded by the priest the Blessed Giacomo Alberione, who was proclaimed Blessed by Pope John Paul II on 20 December 2002.