Gérard Calvet
Gérard Calvet OSB (born November 18, 1927 in Bordeaux ; † February 28, 2008 in Le Barroux ) was the founder and first abbot of the ancient ritualistic Benedictine abbey of Sainte-Madeleine du Barroux (Vaucluse).
Beginnings
Calvet joined the order of the Benedictines ( Olivetans ) in Madiran in the French department of Hautes-Pyrénées in the then Aquitaine region in 1950 . After moving the abbey to Tournay in 1952 (not: Tournai ), he was ordained a priest there on May 13, 1956 . From 1963 to 1968 he worked in Brazil.
Tridentine rite
After the adoption of the liturgical reform of the Second Vatican Council by the Tournay Abbey, he initially retired to the Fontgombault Abbey and the Montrieux Charterhouse , lived as a hermit in the French Alps from 1969, and in Bédoin from 1970 . There he was joined by young novices to care for the Tridentine Mass . From 1972/74 he and his convent were with Archbishop Marcel Lefebvre and the Society of St. Pius X. connected. This led to a break with the Abbot of Tournay and the Benedictine Congregation of Subiaco . Calvet and his community began building a monastery in Le Barroux (Diocese of Avignon) in 1978, to which they moved in 1981. 1986 Foundation of the Santa Cruz daughter monastery in Nova Friburgo near Rio de Janeiro in Brazil.
Reconciliation of the monastery
On the basis of the Motu proprio Ecclesia Dei adflicta of Pope John Paul II , Calvet's community was reconciled with the Holy See on July 29, 1988 and accepted into the full community of the Catholic Church. A not inconsiderable number of the monks refused the union and left the convent. Calvet's founding of the Santa Cruz monastery in Nova Friburgo (Brazil) did not follow him either.
Dept
After the canonical elevation of Le Barroux to an autonomous abbey by the papal commission Ecclesia Dei on June 18, 1989, its chairman, Paul Augustin Cardinal Mayer , consecrated Gérard Calvet on July 2, 1989 as abbot . The monastery church was consecrated on October 2, 1989, and the Sainte-Marie de la Garde priory was founded in Saint-Pierre-de-Clairac on November 21, 2002. In Le Barroux, young German priests also learned the old Roman rite . In 1995 the then Cardinal Ratzinger stayed in the monastery, which five years earlier had had the old missal reprinted and provided it with a foreword by Ratzinger.
Resignation as dept
On reaching the age of 75 Calvet resigned from the office of abbot in November 2003. His successor was Abbot Louis-Marie de Geyer d'Orth (born March 25, 1967; since 1991 monk of Le Barroux). On September 25, 2008, Calvet's founding was incorporated into the Benedictine Confederation .
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Calvet, Gerard |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | French monk, founder and first abbot of the ancient ritualistic Benedictine abbey of Sainte-Madeleine in Le Barroux |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 18, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bordeaux |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 28, 2008 |
| Place of death | Le Barroux |