Guillaume-Joseph Chaminade

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GJ Chaminade (1761-1850)

Guillaume-Joseph Chaminade (born April 8, 1761 in Périgueux , † January 22, 1850 in Bordeaux ) is the founder of the Society of Mary ( Marianists ). His feast day is celebrated every January 22nd.

family

Guillaume-Joseph Chaminade (German: Wilhelm Josef) was one of 14 children of a (Catholic) cloth merchant. Three of his brothers also became priests.

The French composer and pianist Cécile Chaminade (1857–1944) is a descendant of the Chaminade family .

Life

Chaminade was ordained a priest in 1785 and set the focus of his work in the pastoral care of young people by giving poor young people an education. During the French Revolution he worked closely with Marie-Thérèse Charlotte de Lamourous (1754-1836), who was involved in the underground church and founded The Miséricorde ("House of Mercy") in Bordeaux, a home for former prostitutes. He was later forced to flee Bordeaux to Zaragoza in Spain because of his activities . In 1800 he returned to Bordeaux. He gathered young people around him who formed a community of lay people in the name of the Blessed Mother Mary ( Congregation ). From this congregation grew the Marian lay congregations (1800), the religious orders of the Marian sisters (1816) and the " Marianists " (1817).

Chaminade was beatified on September 3, 2000 in Rome by Pope John Paul II .

His tomb is on the Cimetière de la Chartreuse in Bordeaux.

literature

  • Wilhelm Josef Chaminade. An excellent apostle of Mary. Founder of the Marianists and the Marian Daughters. , Freistadt, Self-published by the Marianists, 1931
  • Ladislaus Nagy: Wilhelm Josef Chaminade. 1761 - 1850. A forerunner of the “Catholic Action”. (= Small Life Pictures No. 57), Kanisiuswerk Freiburg - Mainz - Munich, 1932
  • René Berthier; Pierre Dhombre: Wilhelm Josef Chaminade and the history of the Marianists . Paris, Univers Media; Kehl am Rhein, Sadifa-Media-Verl.-GmbH, approx. 1983, ISBN 2-85974-101-1
  • Vincent R. Vasey: Guillaume-Joseph Chaminade (1761-1850); un nouveau portrait . Paris, Téqui, 2006, ISBN 2-7403-1274-1

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ "Bienheureux Guillaume-Joseph CHAMINADE" , Saint-Benoît Abbey, accessed on December 21, 2015 (fr.)
  2. ^ Spiritual letter from the Abbey of Saint-Joseph de Clairval: Guillaume-Joseph Chaminade dated December 31, 2014, accessed on December 21, 2015 (de.)
personal data
SURNAME Chaminade, Guillaume-Joseph
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Chaminade, Wilhelm Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Founder of the Society of Mary (Marianists)
DATE OF BIRTH April 8, 1761
PLACE OF BIRTH Périgueux
DATE OF DEATH January 22, 1850
Place of death Bordeaux