Congregation of Jesus and Mary

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The Congregation of Jesus and Mary ( Latin : Congregatio Jesu et Mariae, abbreviation : CIM ) is a congregation of priests of the Roman Catholic Church . It is also named after its founder, St. John Eudes known as "Eudists". The religious community works in the popular mission .

history

The founder of the order, Johannes Eudes , joined the world priestly community of the Oratorians in 1622 and was ordained a priest in 1625 . In 1643 he left the Oratorians together with other priests and founded a new congregation of priests in Caen . The goal of the “Congregation of Jesus and Mary” was to improve the formation and preparation of priests for their office. For this purpose, they established a seminary on March 25, 1643 . Further seminars followed in Normandy and Brittany , his philosophy on priestly life culminating in the statement “that the priest who is connected with the life of Christ must be a bodily image of God. He must be clothed with his holiness ”. In 1641 he built a house in Caen, in which former prostitutes were taken care of, and the supervisors who worked there joined together to form the order of the later Good Shepherd Sisters .

After the founder's death (1680), the congregation spread very quickly. By the French Revolution (1789) she had founded fifteen seminaries, several colleges and several parishes in France . With the revolution, the priests had to close all houses and were evicted. Four priests were killed during the Revolution, including the Coadjutor Superior General and François-Luis Hébert, who was beatified in 1926 .

In 1826 the reconstruction of the congregation began with the establishment of schools. In 1883 they opened some seminars in Colombia and continued their traditional work. In 1890 they planted the first churches in Canada .

The statutes

The first draft of an internal order rule was presented and discussed by Eudes in 1645. This was followed in 1652 by the draft of the statutes and the structure of the "Congregation of Jesus and Mary". This work was completed in 1658. After the revolution, the rules were revised in 1841; these were reviewed by the bishops in 1851 and 1857 and finally approved at a general assembly in 1862. Pope Pius IX approved the statutes on June 10, 1864 with the “ Decretum laudis ”. The first published print version dates from 1865, the last valid copy from 1964.

organization

The general house with the general superior has its seat in Rome . Since 1984 the congregation has been divided into the following provinces:

In 2014 the religious community had 525 members, 358 of whom were priests.

General Superior

  • Johannes Eudes (March 25, 1643– August 19, 1680)
  • Jacques Blouet de Camilly (1680-1711)
  • Guy de Fontaines de Neuilly (1711-1727)
  • Pierre Cousin (1727–1751)
  • Jean Prosper Auvray de Saint André (1751–1769)
  • Michel Lefèvre (1769–1775)
  • Pierre Le Coq (1775–1777)
  • Pierre Dumont (1777–1782)
  • François Louis Hébert (1782–1792)
  • Charles-Toussaint Blanchard (January 9, 1826-1830)
  • Jérôme-Julien Louïs de la Morinière (1830–1849)
  • Louis Gaudaire (1849-1870)
  • Ange Le Doré (1870-1919)
  • Paul LeCourtois (1944? –1948)
  • François Lebesconte (1948–1953)
  • Armand-François Le Bourgeois (1953–1966)
  • Fernand Lacroix (1966-1970)
  • Clément Guillon (1971–1983)
  • Rénald Hébert (1983–1989)
  • Pierre Drouin (1989-2001)
  • Michel Gérard (2001-2011)
  • Jean Camus (2011-2012)
  • Camilo Bernal Hadad (2012-2017)
  • Jean-Michel Amouriaux (since 2017)

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d "Celibacy as an option" - Progressive priest gives up priesthood - Catholic. Retrieved on October 23, 2018 (German).
  2. ↑ Annuario Pontificio , 2016 edition (with statistical information as of December 31, 2014), p. 1468.
  3. ↑ Jean-Michel Amouriaux élu supérieur des Eudistes , January 9, 2017.