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The '''Marian Movement of Priests''' (MMP) is a private association of Catholic clergy and lay associate members founded by Italian priest Fr. [[Stefano Gobbi]] in 1972.<ref>((cite web|url=http://www.ewtn.com/expert/answers/MMP.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181203104011/http://www.ewtn.com/expert/answers/MMP.htm|archive-date=3 December 2018|title=Marian Movement of Priests|publisher=EWTN Global Catholic Network))</ref> According to the MMP, its members now include over 400 Catholic [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinals]] and [[Bishop (Catholic Church)|bishops]], more than 100,000 Catholic [[Priesthood (Catholic Church)|priests]], and several million lay Catholics worldwide.((citation needed|date=September 2014))

== Origins ==
On May 8, 1972, Father Gobbi, an Italian priest from [[Milan]], was on a pilgrimage to [[Fátima, Portugal]] and was praying in the [[Sanctuary of Our Lady of Fátima|Shrine of Our Lady of Fátima]] for some priests who had given up their vocations and were reportedly planning to rebel against the [[Roman Catholic Church]]. On that day he reported his first alleged [[interior locution]] from the [[Blessed Virgin Mary (Roman Catholic)|Virgin Mary]]. Father Gobbi reported that the inner voice urged him to have confidence in the [[Immaculate Heart of Mary]] and to gather those priests that would be willing to consecrate themselves to Immaculate Heart of Mary and be strongly united with the Pope and the Catholic Church. According to Father Gobbi he prayed to [[Blessed Virgin Mary|Saint Mary]] for a confirmation of the inner voice, which he reported as receiving later in May 1972 while praying in the [[Basilica of the Annunciation|Church of the Annunciation]] in [[Nazareth]].<ref>[http://www.msm-mmp.org/Origin.aspx MMP Worldwide] ((webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080511204640/http://www.msm-mmp.org/Origin.aspx |date=2008-05-11 ))</ref>

After consultations with his spiritual advisor, in October 1972 he and two other priests met in a church in [[Gera Lario]] in [[Como, Italy]] and published a notice of the [[New religious movement|movement]] in some Catholic and local newspapers. In September 1973, twenty-five of the eighty Catholic priests who had by then joined the movement held the first national gathering of the MMP in San Vittorino near [[Rome]]. Beginning in 1974, Father Gobbi began holding [[cenacle]]s of prayer for priests and Catholics in general.

The MMP is now based in Milan, Italy, with branches worldwide. The Marian Movement of Priests in the United States was established in 1975, and is based in [[St. Francis, Maine]].

== Handbook ==
In July 1973, Father Gobbi began to write his [[interior locution]]s as messages which he attributed to the Virgin Mary. The messages from July 1973 to December 1997 were published in the book: "To the Priests, Our Lady's Beloved Sons." These messages have now become the de facto hand book of the MMP.

There are 604 messages in the book and they span over 24 years of Father Gobbi's life.  The book shows the dates (and if relevant the locations) of the messages and is thus also a record of Father Gobbi's travels as he holds prayer [[cenacle]]s.

Most messages have a somewhat maternal tone and they often ask the faithful to follow Jesus and not deviate from His path. For instance, message number 110 of September 25, 1976, warns against diluting the words of the [[Gospel]] and creating “''your own Gospel with your own words''” rather than following the original teachings of Jesus.

== The View from the Vatican ==
In October 1994, Archbishop [[Agostino Cacciavillan]] wrote a letter in which he stated that some officials within the Sacred [[Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith]] at the Vatican had informed him that they believe Father Gobbi's locutions to be his own meditations and not messages from the [[Mary (mother of Jesus)|Virgin Mary]]. To that end, Father Gobbi was asked to refer to the locutions as his own meditations rather than messages from the Virgin Mary. But Father Gobbi said that he could not, in good conscience, do so for he believed the messages to be true [[interior locution]]s and he sought further clarification from the [[Holy See]].

To date, there is no formal record that the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has taken an official position regarding Father Gobbi's messages. The MMP therefore continues to meet regularly in [[Rome]] with the permission and participation of Catholic [[Cardinal (Catholicism)|cardinals]] and [[bishop]]s who attribute the locutions to Holy Mary.

[[Pope John Paul II]], who had a personal devotion to the Virgin Mary, met with and celebrated mass with Father Gobbi in his private papal chapel in the [[Apostolic Palace|Vatican]] on an annual basis for several years. In November 1993, John Paul II provided an official papal [[blessing]] for the American branch of the MMP in St. Francis, Maine, but did not offer an [[imprimatur]] for the book.

== Spiritual Values ==
The fundamental concept of the MMP today remains the same as the basic concept expressed in the initial interior locution that Father Gobi reported on May 8, 1972, in Fátima, Portugal. The concept is to encourage priests and laity to unite with the Pope through the [[Immaculate Heart of Mary]] to strengthen the Catholic Church.

The three fundamental spiritual values of the MMP are formally expressed in Father Gobi's circulars 21, 23, and 24 as: personal [[consecration]] to the [[Immaculate Heart of Mary]], unity and devotion to the Pope, and leading the faithful to trust the Virgin Mary.

The MMP does not have its own distinct doctrine for consecration to the Immaculate Heart of Mary but relies on the general consecration doctrine provided by the [[Holy See]]. The concept of unity and devotion to the Pope also embeds the concept of a return to the original divine teachings of Jesus which the MMP views as being diluted through modern human interpretations and multiple rationalizations. The concept of leading the faithful to the [[Blessed Virgin Mary|Virgin Mary]] is essentially expressed in message number 25 of November 1, 1973, in which priests are asked to gather the faithful around them as "''invincible cohort''" to follow the path of Jesus.
 
The MMP places special emphasis on the power of praying the [[Rosary based prayers#Holy Rosary|Holy Rosary]] and [[Eucharistic Adoration]] as effective means of strengthening the Church.

== Cenacles ==
In the tradition of the MMP, Saint Mary calls the members of the MMP to meet in "Cenacles" as the [[Apostles in the New Testament|Apostles]] met in prayer and the celebration of the [[Holy Eucharist]] in the upper room ([[cenacle]]) when the [[Holy Spirit]] descended upon them. They are called to pray to [[Jesus]] through Saint Mary. They are also called to include after each [[rosary]] decade two prayers: the Act of Love ("Jesus, Mary, and [[Saint Joseph|Joseph]]! We love you! Save souls! We offer up every heartbeat and every breath as a thousand Acts of Love") and the Prayer for the [[Holy Spirit]] ("Come Holy Spirit, by the most powerful intercession of your dearly beloved spouse, the Immaculate Heart of Mary"). Furthermore, during Cenacles they are to make personal consecrations to Mary.

Father Gobbi has held cenacles of varying sizes on every continent. The cenacle he held in [[Ōita, Ōita|Ōita]], Japan, on June 2, 1978, was for a few priests and nuns while the cenacle he held in [[Mexico City]] on November 27, 1994, was attended by 20,000 people in the city stadium.

==See also==
* [[Roman Catholic Marian Movements and Societies]]
* [[Fatima Movement of Priests]]

==References==
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==External links==
* ((cite web | title=Home page| publisher=Marian Movement of Priests in the United States| date=17 February 2023 | url=https://mmp-usa.net/))
* [http://www.movimientosacerdotalmariano.es/ MMP Spain – Marian Movement of Priests on Spain]
* [http://www.mmpcanada.ca/ MMP Canada – Marian Movement of Priests, Canada website]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20090303124557/http://www.catholic.com/thisrock/2001/0101fea3.asp Catholic Answers article about the MMP]
* [http://www.catholicculture.org/culture/library/view.cfm?recnum=4152 Kremski, Mary Beth. "The Marian Movement of Priests: Is It Safe for Faithful Catholics?", 2001]

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