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COWLEY FATHERS

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Originally appearing in Volume V07, Page 348 of the 1911 Encyclopedia Britannica.
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COWLEY FATHERS  , the name commonly given to the members of the Society of See also:Mission Priests of St See also:John the Evangelist, an See also:Anglican religious community, the headquarters of which are in See also:England, at See also:Cowley St John, See also:close to See also:Oxford . The society was founded in 1865 by the Rev . R . M . See also:Benson " for the cultivation of a See also:life dedicated to See also:God according to the principles of poverty, chastity and obedience." The society, which is occupied both with educational and missionary See also:work, has a See also:house in See also:London and See also:branch houses at Bombay and See also:Poona in See also:India, at Cape See also:Town and at St See also:Cuthbert's, See also:Kaffraria, in See also:South See also:Africa; and at See also:Boston in the See also:United States of See also:America . The See also:costume of the Cowley Fathers consists of a See also:black See also:frock or See also:cassock confined by a black See also:cord and a See also:long black cloak .

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I do not think that Cowley Fathers have a branch in Bombay, India. My understanding is that they left India in the 50s, handing over their Educational Institutions and Churches to the Church of North India. If you know of a Branch in Bombay or anywhere in India, I would like to get in touch with them. Thanks Rgds G.Jacob
the cowley fathers founded st.peter's school in bombay, mazagoan. you should be able to get some info from there i guess...
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