Their missioners and preachers had brought more than 250,000 new adherents into the church. In addition to clergy, religious brothers, religious sisters, and lay missioners may receive visas. This authority to appoint missioners was granted to Alfonso and his successors. He patronised Catholic missioners and had correspondence with Innocent XI. In 601 Pope Gregory sent additional missioners to assist Augustine. The partnership began when sisters assisted in building a seminary for the missioners. He and has wife have worked as interfaith medical missioners to Nigeria, Guatemala and Haiti. During his governance in Kartli, he patronised Catholic missioners in the Caucasus. He then set sail for California via Cape Horn, along with four other Paulist missioners. Theta Phi Alpha nationally adopted Glenmary Home Missioners as its philanthropy in 1959. Thus the missioners had two Native languages to learn. The team nickname, "The Missioners", was a salute to the history of the team. Missioners built two churches and one community center. He never encouraged Portuguese Missioners but offered land and other grants to Syrian Christians. Missioners were to be ordained ministers, but several who served were not.