Paul Brothers
The German fraternity of the Paulusbrüder , complete congregation of the Brothers of Saint Paul (episcopal law), was founded by Jakob Friedrich Bussereau in Herxheim near Landau / Pfalz and is dedicated to the nursing and care of the mentally handicapped.
history
The order was recognized by the church in 1913. In 1930, the brothers acquired the St. Josefshof in Völkersweiler (Palatinate). After 1949 they converted it into a care facility and in the 1950s they moved the motherhouse of their congregation there. In 1982 the congregation withdrew from direct work with the disabled people and leased the property in Völkersweiler to the Caritas Association Speyer.
Since the new operator of the facility decided in 2006 to give up the Völkersweiler location and provide smaller, more community-based accommodation for the residents of the home, the Paulus Brothers left the “Josefshof” in summer 2008 for lack of prospects and moved to the motherhouse of the Congregation of the Sisters of Saint Paul in Herxheim at Landau.
In 1962 the order had 24 brothers, in 2015 only three.
literature
- Lexicon for Theology and Church , 2nd edition, Vol. 8, 1963, p. 229.
- Jakob Knauber : Prelate Jakob Friedrich Bussereau and his foundation . St. Paulusstift, Herxheim 1928.
Footnotes
- ↑ A new home for the Paul Brothers . In: francis. Journal of the Franciscan Minorites in Germany , 2015, issue 1, pp. 8–9, here p. 9.