Missionaries of St. Charles Borromeo

Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo
Abbreviation	Post-nominal letters: (C.S.)
Nickname	Scalabrinians
Formation	1887
Founder	St. Giovanni Battista Scalabrini
Founded at	Piacenza, Italy
Type	Clerical religious congregation of pontifical right (for men)
Headquarters	General Mother Huse; Via Calandrelli 42, 00153 Rome, Italy;
Coordinates	41°54′4.9″N 12°27′38.2″E
Region served	Worldwide
Members	706 members (560 priests) as of 2018
Superior General	Leonir Mario Chiarello
Ministry	Parochial work
Main organ	Scalabriniani Magazine
Affiliations	Catholic Church
Website	scalabriniani.org

The Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo (Latin: Congregatio Missionariorum a S. Carolo), commonly called the Scalabrinian Missionaries, is a Catholic religious institute of brothers and priests founded by Giovanni Battista Scalabrini, Bishop of Piacenza in Italy, in 1887. The members of the congregation add the nominal letters CS after their names to indicate their membership in the Congregation. Its mission is to "maintain Catholic faith and practice among Italian emigrants in the New World." Today, they and their sister organizations, the Missionary Sisters of St. Charles Borromeo (founded by Scalabrini on 25 October 1895) and the Secular Institute of the Scalabrinian Missionary Women (founded 25 July 1961) minister to migrants, refugees and displaced persons.

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