Institute Christ King and High Priest
The Institute of Christ the King and High Priest (Institutum Christi Regis Summi Sacerdotis) is a society of apostolic life in the Roman Catholic Church . The institute, which consists of secular canons , was founded on September 1, 1990 by the young priests Gilles Wach and Phillip Mora and canonically established by Bishop Cyrill Obamba in the diocese of Mouila (Gabon). The institute still maintains various mission stations in Gabon. Shortly afterwards, the institute's motherhouse was relocated to Gricigliano near Florence with the permission of the then Archbishop of Florence, Silvano Cardinal Piovanelli . The Adoration Sisters of the Royal Heart of Jesus have existed as a female branch since 2001 .
The institute currently has over 100 priests and over 90 seminarians (as of 2017). Pope Benedict XVI on October 7, 2008, granted the community the status of a society of apostolic life under papal law in canonial form. The priests of the institute are called " canons ".
Society of Apostolic Life
The members live in community and celebrate the divine office together in Latin . The institute maintains the extraordinary form of the Roman rite based on the Motu proprio Summorum Pontificum of Pope Benedict XVI. and is consecrated to Christ the King and High Priest. The Immaculate Mother of God Mary, as well as the hll. Francis de Sales , Benedict of Nursia and Thomas Aquinas are patrons of the community.
General superior of the institute is the founder Gilles Wach from Troyes in France, seminar rain is Canon Philippe Mora, who co-founded the institute, the highest-ranking German member is Rudolf Michael Schmitz , who acts as vicar general in the institute, provincial in France and delegate for Germany and the United States .
The institute is based in Gricigliano near Florence . Various branches in the German-speaking area are located in Bayerisch Gmain near Bad Reichenhall, in the Archdiocese of Munich and Freising . In the Maria Engelport Monastery in the Diocese of Trier there is a branch of the Adoration Sisters of the Royal Heart of Jesus , the community of sisters belonging to the institute.
The Christ King and High Priest Institute is also active in Koblenz, Traunstein, Bad Reichenhall and Altötting. It has its own international seminary in Gricigliano. Candidates for priesthood from more than ten countries, also from the German-speaking area, are trained there.
Oblates also belong to the institute , who assist the canons of the institute in practical, administrative and artistic tasks and receive minor ordinations. The priests of the institute devote themselves to pastoral care, teaching and mission. Special emphasis is placed on the liturgy and a pastoral approach corresponding to Salesian spirituality.
Affiliated to the institute is the Sacred Heart Community, which is organized like a third order and aims to make the institute's spirituality fruitful for lay people .
26 years after its inception, the community has branches in 70 dioceses in Germany , Switzerland , Sweden , Italy , the United States , France , Belgium , Spain , Ireland , England , Gabon and the island of Mauritius .
Choir clothing for members of the institute
Choir clothing of an institute superior
Choir clothing of a priest of the institute
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Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Article: Papal confirmation for two ancient ritualistic orders of October 10, 2008 on order accessed online on October 10, 2008
- ↑ PONTIFICIA COMMISSIO ECCLESIA DEI: Rescritto del 22 February 2010, n. Varie / 2011 .
- ↑ See the institute's website. ( Memento from March 1, 2012 in the Internet Archive )