Rosminians

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Statue of the order's founder Antonio Rosmini in Milan

The Rosminians are a Roman Catholic religious order of priests and lay brothers . The congregation was founded in 1828 on Monte Calvario near Domodossola ( Italy ) by Blessed Count Antonio Rosmini-Serbati (1792–1855) as the "Institutum Caritatis" ( Italian : Istituto della Carità , German : Institution of Charity ). The abbreviation of the order is derived from the Latin name "Institutum Caritatis" and reads IC.

history

In 1827 the priest Antonio Rosmini met Abbot Jean Loewenbruck in Milan , and both exchanged their first thoughts on the establishment of a religious institute. This should make a contribution to the promotion and education of clergy . During an audience with Pope Pius VIII ( pontificate : 1829–1830) in March 1829, Rosmini presented his request and received approval for the establishment of the order. In the autumn of 1830 he began to set up the religious community for the first time and religious training could begin a year later.

On February 2, 1831, Cardinal Bartolomeo Cappellari, a good friend of Rosminis and a supporter of the Institute of Charity, became Pope Gregory XVI. (Pontificate: 1831–1846) was elected. As early as March 1831, the Pope issued decretals to the community authorizing a congregation under episcopal law . In March 1837 Rosmini submitted the first rules of the order to the Pope for approval and on July 16, 1837 the Congregation received the Decretum laudis . A problem with understanding poverty arose during the subsequent approval process. Rosmini did not want an absolute renunciation of property, he pleaded for a form of property , which, however , should benefit the church . Another approval had to be applied for, on December 20, 1838, Gregory XVI. the papal approbation to an institute of consecrated life . On March 25, 1839, the first religious priests took their religious vows . In addition, as a fourth and additional vow in addition to poverty, chastity and obedience , five members of the order vowed their express obedience to the Pope on August 22, 1839 in Rome . In a letter dated September 20, 1839, the Pope approved the statutes, the rules of the order and the naming. At the same time he appointed Rosmini as the first superior general of the order. In 1838 the female branch was established as the Rosminian Sisters of Divine Providence .

Self-image

The founder of the order set “the ceaseless search for salvation and holiness ” as the primary goal of the community . Everything for the church. It is a quality that Rosmini demanded a lot and which appears extremely significant and exemplary in the life of the Blessed: precisely his unbreakable and lasting love for the Church. ”The members of the order should be open to charity on their way of life , help and serve it the works of "spiritual, intellectual and worldly love". It is not the institution as such that is important, but rather the religious family should be of benefit to the church.

Sacro Monte di Domodossola

structure

Members of the religious order can become priests who take perpetual vows, as well as lay brothers as a second category of members who only take vows according to the evangelical councils . The Congregation is headed by an elected Superior General, and the General Curia includes the priors of the Order's Provinces . The mother house has its seat on the Sacro Monte di Domodossola, here the novice house is attached. Other important educational institutions are the International Center for Rosmini Studies and the boarding school in Stresa, founded in 1839, and the Collegio (boarding school) in Domodossola, built in 1873. In 1835 the religious community took over the care and supervision of the pilgrimage church Sacra di San Michele , a medieval abbey on Monte Pirchiriano near Turin . The present General House is in Rome , in 2005 the religious community had 210 priests and 304 lay brothers who are active in 68 institutions.

The order symbol

In the order symbol of the Rosminians and Rosiminian Sisters, the words Legis (German: Commandment) - Plenitudo (German: completeness or wholeness) - Charitas (German: charity) are described in the outer circle, in the context this means symbolically: “The fulfillment of the law is charity ”. A pelican is shown in the middle of the circle, feeding three young pelican chicks. The symbolism represents the great care the pelican takes for his young, which he feeds with his own blood in an emergency (according to a legend of the Physiologus ). This symbol is intended to represent Jesus Christ as a good pelican who sacrificed himself for humanity and gave his blood to save humanity. For the Rosminians it is the sign of total surrender to great service to God.

General Superior

  • Antonio Rosmini (1828-1855)
  • Giambattista Pagani (1855-1860)
  • Bertetti (1860-1874)
  • Cappa (1874--1877)
  • Lanzoni (1877-1901)
  • Bernardino Balsari (1901-1935)
  • Giuseppe Bozzetti (1935-1956)
  • Giovanni Ferdinando Angelo Gaddo (June 23, 1956 - April 5, 1981)
  • Giambattista Zantedeschi (1981 - January 7, 1997)
  • James Flynn (since April 18, 1997)

Some personalities

See also

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Abbé Jean-Baptiste Loewe Bruck. (No longer available online.) Formerly in the original ; accessed on January 27, 2018 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.omiworld.org
  2. ↑ José Saraiva Martins: Eucharistic celebration with beatification of Antonio Rosmini in Novara: Sermon . Holy See website, November 18, 2007, accessed January 27, 2018.
  3. ↑ symbol. Rosminiane, archived from the original on September 8, 2012 ; accessed on January 27, 2018 (English, description of the medal symbol).
  4. ↑ bgaddo .html Entry on Father Giovanni Gaddo, IC † on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on January 27, 2018.
  5. ↑ Entry on Bishop Antonio Riboldi, IC † on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on January 27, 2018.
  6. ↑ Entry on Bishop Eugéne Cornelius Arthurs, IC † on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on January 27, 2018.
  7. ^ Entry on Bishop Clemente Riva, IC † on catholic-hierarchy.org ; accessed on January 27, 2018.
  8. ^ Louis Charles Casartelli:  Aloysius Gentili . In: Catholic Encyclopedia , Volume 6, Robert Appleton Company, New York 1909. In: New Advent, accessed January 27, 2018.
  9. ^ Paul Lejay:  Vincenzo de Vit . In: Catholic Encyclopedia , Volume 15, Robert Appleton Company, New York 1912. In: New Advent, accessed January 27, 2018.