Lazarists

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The Congregation of the Mission ( Latin Congregatio Missionis ; order abbreviation : CM ), short Vincentines or Lazarists , is a Catholic male order that was founded in 1625 by the priest Vincent de Paul for the service of the poor in Paris .

Designations

There are different names for the order in different countries

  • Germany Vincentians
  • Austria Lazarists
  • France Lazaristes , after the first motherhouse Saint Lazare
  • Poland Misjonarze , missionaries
  • Spain Paules
  • United Kingdom Vincentians

Another name is Missionaries of St. Vincent de Paul .

Congregation and religious life

The Congregation of the Mission today consists of 3829 men, 2999 of whom are priests, the remaining brothers (as of 2009).

The Vincentian spirituality is determined by trust in the goodness of God, by following Jesus, solidarity with the poor and concern for the transmission of the faith. They see themselves as secular priests and brothers who live in community.
Their motto is: "Preach the Gospel to the poor ".

The tasks of the Vincentians / Lazarists include parish ministry, chaplaincy in hospitals and homes for the elderly, the disabled pastoral care, education and pastoral care for the Sisters of Mercy / Vincentians . An important task of the Lazarists is training, and so the Austrian Lazarists look after the St. Georgs College in Istanbul .

history

After its founding in 1625, the order first dealt with pastoral care for the French rural population and then expanded its activities to include training for priests, giving retreats, spiritual care for the Vinzentine Sisters and pastoral care for galley convicts and other prisoners. The order was approved in 1633 by Pope Urban VIII . The Vincentines have also been active in missions since 1645 (including in China since 1697). During the French Revolution, the 78 French branches of the order were lost and the mother house of St. Lazare in Paris was destroyed. From 1843 the Lazarists were reorganized by the Superior General Jean-Baptiste Étienne and have since expanded worldwide.

This article or paragraph presents the situation in Germany . Help us to describe the situation in other countries.

Germany

In the German-speaking area, the Lazarists first worked in Vienna .

After the abolition of the Jesuit order, which had a very meritorious effect in the Electoral Palatinate, in 1773, Elector Karl Theodor was looking for a congregation to become her legal successor, especially with regard to the monasteries and properties. Here he decided on the Lazarist order. On November 7th, 1781, the elector ordered his introduction to the Electoral Palatinate and transferred all possessions and rights of the previous Jesuits to the order. As the first Provincial of the Palatinate community, he had already appointed a son of his country, Father Johann Wilhelm Theobald (1726-1816), on October 12 of that year . As a result of the political events , the Order Province did not have a long life and was dissolved again in 1796.

Today's German Province was founded in 1851 by chaplains from the Archdiocese of Cologne . After the ban in the Kulturkampf in 1873 , the Lazarists / Vinzentines returned to Germany in 1918.

General Superior

St. Vincent de Paul
Father Dominique Salhorgne
  • Vincent de Paul (April 17, 1625 - September 27, 1660)
  • René Alméras (January 17, 1661 - September 22, 1672)
  • Edmond Jolly (1673 - March 26, 1697)
  • Nicolas Pierron (1697-1703)
  • François Watel (1703-1710)
  • Jean Bonnet (May 10, 1711 - September 3, 1735)
  • Jean Couty (1736--1746)
  • Louis de Bras (March 6, 1747 - August 21, 1761)
  • Antoine Jacquier (1762--1787)
  • Jean Félix Cayla de la Garde (1788 - February 12, 1800)
  • Pierre-Joseph Dewailly (1827 - October 25, 1828)
  • Dominique Salhorgne (1829 - May 25, 1836)
  • Jean-Baptiste-Rigobert Nozo (1835-1842)
  • Jean-Baptiste Étienne (1843-1874)
  • Eugène Boré (September 11, 1874 - May 3, 1878)
  • Antoine Fiat (1878-1914)
  • Emile Villette (1914-1916)
  • François Verdier (1919-1933)
  • Charles Souvay (1933-1939)
  • William Slattery (1947-1968)
  • James Richardson (1968-1980)
  • Richard McCullen (1980-1992)
  • Robert P. Maloney (1992-2004)
  • Gregory Gay (2004 - ...)

Known members

(in the order of the birthday)

Convents

See also

Other Vincentian Communities

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ The Vincentians in Germany
  2. ↑ Who are the Lazarists? Lazarists Austria - Congregation of Mission
  3. ^ Website on the history of the Lazarists in the Electoral Palatinate
  4. ^ Announcement regarding the implementation of the law on the Order of the Society of Jesus of May 20, 1873
  5. ^ Rev Fr Oscar Lawrence Huber , accessed August 15, 2014.

literature

  • Alban Haas : The Lazarists in the Electoral Palatinate. Pilgrim print shop, Speyer 1960.
  • Reiner Albert, Günther Saltin: Catholic life in Mannheim. Volume 1. From the beginnings to secularization. Thorbecke Verlag, Ostfildern 2009, ISBN 978-3-7995-0908-4 , pp. 444-460.

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