Congregatio Scalabriniana
The Congregatio Scalabriniana , actually the Congregation of the Missionaries of Saint Charles Borromeo , abbreviation CS , also called Scalabrinians , Missionaries of Scalabrini or Scalabrini Missionaries , is a religious order for men in the Roman Catholic Church .
Foundation and area of responsibility
The Congregation was founded in Piacenza on November 28, 1887 by Blessed Giovanni Battista Scalabrini . His task was the pastoral and charitable care of the Italians who had emigrated to America . From 1940 this concern was also directed towards the Italians who had emigrated within Europe . The Scalabrini missionaries include religious priests and brothers.
In 1969 the Holy See gave the Congregation permission to work on behalf of migrants worldwide . Since then, the brothers and priests are not only of Italian origin. New confreres come from Brazil , the Philippines , Colombia , Mexico , Haiti and Germany. The religious working in Germany work closely with the Sisters of the Divine Will , who mainly take care of the Italian migrants in Germany . Since 1998 the Scalabrini missionaries have also been taking care of refugees . In this area, evangelization or the strengthening of faith has priority. Reception centers for migrants and refugees are organized in poorer countries. The main tasks are also to sensitize the local Church and the citizens to the problems of migration and vocational questions of priests and lay people.
In 2000, the Scalabrini International Migration Institute (SIMI) was founded. The institute, based in Rome, is associated with the Pontifical Urban University and is particularly committed to the issue of migration .
At the General Chapter of the Scalabrini Missionaries in 2007, a non-Italian, Sérgio Olivo Geremia from Brazil , was elected as the new Superior General for the first time . Leonir Chiarello has been Superior General since 2018 .
General Superior
- Giovanni Battista Scalabrini (1887–1905)
- Domenico Vicentini (1905-1919)
- Pacifico Chenuil (1919-1923)
- Gaetano de Lai (1924 - October 24, 1928)
- Carlo Perosi (1928–1930)
- Raffaele Carlo Rossi , OCD (1930–1948)
- Adeodato Giovanni Piazza , OCD (1948–1951)
- Francesco Prevedello (1951–1957)
- Raffaele Larcher (1957–1963)
- Giulivo Tessarolo (1963-1969)
- Renato Bolzoni (1969 - April 22, 1974)
- Giovanni Simonetto (1974–1980)
- Sisto Caccia (1980-1992)
- Luigi Valentino Favero (1992 - August 11, 2000)
- Isaia Birollo (2001-2007)
- Sérgio Olivo Geremia (since 2007)
operation area
The order works wherever people emigrate or immigrate. Countries in which the order is active are: Argentina , Chile , Uruguay , Australia , the Philippines, Taiwan , Brazil, Paraguay , France , Belgium , Luxembourg , Portugal , Italy, Great Britain , Germany, Switzerland , USA , Canada , Venezuela , Colombia, Haiti, Mexico, Guatemala and southern Africa. The Congregation works in parishes, missions “cum cura animarum”, schools, orphanages, radio stations and study centers, in children's and youth homes as well as in hospitals, senior citizens' homes and refugee camps. It has its own seminaries and formation houses.
Web links
- Website of the Congregatio Scalabriniana (multilingual)
- Website of the Congregatio Scalabriniana (Italian)
Individual evidence
- ^ Scalabrini missionaries are committed to theological and sociological training ( Memento of August 17, 2005 in the Internet Archive ), Agenzia Fides, July 15, 2004
- ↑ Scalabrini Missionaries: New Superior General Comes from Brazil , Zenit, February 27, 2007
- ↑ Father Leonir Chiarello is the new superior general of the Scalabrinian missionaries. scalabriniani.org, October 26, 2018, accessed on July 9, 2019 .