Congregation for Priestly Fraternity
The Congregation for Priestly Fraternity ( Latin Congregatio a Fraternitate Sacerdotali , abbreviation CFS ) is a religious community for men in the Roman Catholic Church .
history
The community, an institute of consecrated life , was founded on February 17, 1901 by the Canadian priest Eugène Prévost (1860-1946). The congregation consists primarily of priests, or men who aspire to the priesthood.
Eugène Prevost, who was a member of the Eucharist at the time of its founding , wanted to dedicate himself particularly to the service of priests who had to live in difficult circumstances (especially the sick, the elderly, those who have apostated from the priesthood or even apostate from the faith, lapsis or seriously wronged but also priests who have become tired in their service, retired clergy or while traveling). Around the same time, Prevost and his sister Léonie founded the Oblates of Bethanien , who from 1902 devoted themselves to the same task.
On September 8, 1901, a first convalescent home was opened in Paris, a second in Rueil-Malmaison followed in 1903. At the personal invitation of Pope Pius X , Father Eugène also built a home in Rome. On December 8, 1936, under the Archbishop of Paris, Jean Cardinal Verdier , the Congregation was founded. On May 29, 1951 by Pius XII. received the Decretum laudis .
The apostolate of the Congregation consists in supporting priests , whose ministry and way of life often lonely them, in their spiritual, moral, intellectual and other needs. Long periods of Eucharistic adoration are part of the daily routine of the community .
In 2017 there were 48 religious members in the Congregation, 19 of whom were priests and worked in six different parishes. The institute is based in Montreal .