After Poland regained independence in 1918, church and civil authorities made efforts to provide Poles living in other countries with every manner of assistance, especially spiritual care.

Church leaders in Poland could not ignore the requests for Polish priests raised by Poles in all corners of the world.

As guardian of the Polish emigrants abroad, Primate Cardinal A. Hlond consulted with the Holy See how to meet this demand.

[13] With the permission of German occupying force, the Society's priests served Catholics in transit camps.

[15] Gradually, priests of the Society began serving throughout West Pomerania, from Pyrzyce to Kamień Pomorski and Trzebiatów.

Despite this, priests of the Society continued to prepare and train candidates for the priesthood, anticipating that, one day, it would be possible to travel abroad.

[8][9][12] On October 22, 1948, the founder of the Society of Christ, Venerable August Cardinal Hlond, Primate of Poland, died.

[16][12] On April 22, 1950, the Holy See issued Decretum Laudis recognizing the presence of the Society of Christ in the Universal Church.

After the "thaw" of 1957, when it was easier to obtain passports, the Society undertook a foreign mission on a larger scale.

[12] Currently, the Society carries out its mission in parts of Poland, in 6 foreign provinces, and a select number of countries in which priests answer directly to the Superior General.

The external sign of the religious spirituality of the Society of Christ is simple piety, based on a deep life of prayer and well-prepared liturgy.

Emphasis is placed on the worship of the Eucharist, for which members of the Society show a deep personal love for the Holy Mass.

The Society prioritizes spreading knowledge about the Holy Mass and promoting love of the Eucharist among the people of God.

[7] From the understanding and love of the Eucharist, in turn, flows a deep devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus.

The worship of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, which should assume a formative character and shape the entirety of the Society's values, encourages members to undertake penance and make spiritual reparations to God for their sins, and those of the whole world.

This, in turn, constitutes basis for the existence of the Society of Christ, which is to give glory to God by caring for the sanctification of its own members and of Polish emigrants.

In 1933, the Society began issuing a bimonthly magazine devoted to the pastoral care of Poles in exile, entitled "Głos Seminarium Zagranicznego".

On May 19, 2018, Pope Francis, after an audience with the Prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints Angelo Cardinal Amato, signed a decree certifying the Hlond's heroic virtues and declaring him Venerable.

[26] The cause for the beatification of the Society's co-founder and first Superior General, Venerable Father Ignacy Posadzy SChr, commenced on January 17, 2001.

[36] On February 9, 2022, the Society of Christ's postulator, Father Bogusław Kozioł SChr, submitted a formal request, Suplex libellus, to the Archbishop of Katowice Wiktor Skworc asking to begin the diocesan phase of the beatification process for Father Paweł Kontny SChr.

[37] On August 9, 2022, the Curia of the Archdiocese of Katowice, officially approved the text of a prayer for the beatification of Father Paweł Kontny.

His writings, which were compiled, edited, and published by Anna Zahorska in 1939 under the title Ofiara Poranna, presented the Society's early life, as well as his own spiritual reflections.

[11][40] [41] Chaplain during World War II, serving in the Home Army and National Armed Forces.

As a member of the military arm of the Polish Underground State, he was arrested in December 1946 by the Ministry of Public Security.

In May 1945, Father Florian Berlik celebrated the first post-war mass in Szczecin, beginning a tradition of the Society of Christ serving in the recovered territories in West Pomerania.

He served as the Society of Christ second Superior General from 1968 to 1970, resigning early due to state of his health.

[43][44][11][14] Father Stanisław Ułaszkiewicz was a priest of the Society of Christ and an outspoken critic of the Communist regime in Poland.

In April 1984, he was one of the first members of the Society of Christ to work in Iraq where he began serving Polish workers.