Apostles of infinite love

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The Apostles of Infinite Love from the Order of the Magnificat of the Mother of God (French: Les Apôtres de l'Amour Infini de l'Ordre du Magnificat de la Mère de Dieu ) are a sect-like group in the vicinity of the Roman Catholic Church . She confessed to sedevacantism . Its founder was Jean Gaston Tremblay , who made himself Antipope Gregory XVII. felt called and called himself that.

history

Around 1960, around 160 members settled in a larger area near Montreal . They built community shelters, meetinghouses and chapels in the surrounding forests . The members were forbidden from contact with the neighboring population under threat of punishment , and the residents of the village were also forbidden from talking to strangers about the "community".

In 1999, this community was dismantled by police forces on the orders of the Quebec Prosecutor's Office . Arrests ensued, community property was provisionally confiscated, and two community leaders were charged with sexual abuse. In 2001 the case against the community and its members was closed, but they remained under close surveillance.

Todays situation

The current organization is called "The Apostles of Infinite Love from the Order of the Magnificat of the Mother of God" (French: Les Apôtres de l'Amour Infini de l'Ordre du Magnificat de la Mère de Dieu , English: The Apostles of Infinite Love of the Order of the Magnificat of the Mother of God ). The management of the group refers to its founding in 1962, which in turn can be traced back to the apparition of Mary in La Salette-Fallavaux .

According to their own information, the main community includes priests and lay people , as well as religious brothers and sisters from a wide variety of religious orders . Its general rules are based on the foundations of the apparition of Mary from 1846, which was personally prescribed by the Blessed Mother and by Pope Leo XIII. had been recognized.

The second part of the community is made up of unmarried and married members, who live in religious sub-parishes and divide up the work to be done among themselves.

In the third division, whose members live according to not so strictly binding rules, people have come together who are deeply rooted in the faith and the life of the community .

Web links

1. Self-presentations

2nd report (in French)