Sons of the Immaculate Virgin Mary
The Sons of the Immaculate Virgin Mary ( Latin : Congregatio Filiorum Beatae Mariae Virginis Immaculate , French : Fils de Marie Immaculée , order abbreviation : FMI ) are an institute of consecrated life in the Roman Catholic Church . The clerical congregation was founded in 1828 by Father Louis-Marie Baudouin in Chavagnes-en-Paillers (France).
history
The priestly community was originally initiated in 1804 by Sister St. Benoit, who ran a small school. After her death (1828) some teachers asked Father Louis-Marie Baudouin to take over the leadership of the community. On September 21, 1841, the priestly community elected Father Baizé as their first superior general , the religious community had just nine priests and one deacon . At the same time the first five novices were admitted. Their first name was “Oblate Fathers”, later the name “Society of the Children of Mary” proposed by Father Baudouin was adopted, in 1857 it was given the name “Children of Mary” with papal approval. In 1860 the community built its first mother house in Chavanges-en-Paillers, from 1861 to 1903 it served as a novitiate . After a forced break, it was reopened in 1920. Between 1876 and 1903 several branches were set up in France, the first priests took over in England in 1897 and in Belgium in 1909 .
organization
In 2005 the religious community consisted of 103 members, 88 of whom belong to the priesthood, the General House has its seat in Saint-Fulgent . The superior general is Father Daniel Boulier , he is supported by the general council , which is composed of a general secretary, an economic director and three councilors. The order administers four order provinces :
- Province of Antilles (1872 Dominica , 1878 St. Lucia , 1997 Trinidad )
- Venezuela Province (1903 Caracas )
- Africa Province (1930 Tunisia , 1938 Morocco , 1952 Algeria , 1968 Cameroon , 1968 Togo , 1981 Burkina )
- Province of France with Canada (1902 Canada)
Personalities
- Ubaldo Ramón Santana Sequera FMI, Archbishop of Maracaibo in Venezuela since 2000 and President of the Bishops' Conference of Venezuela
- † Augustín Barrere FMI, 1930–1952 Bishop of Tucumán in Argentina
- † Charles Alphonse HJ Gachet FMI, 1957–1974 bishop and from 1974 to 1984 bishop emeritus of Castries ( Saint Lucia , Antilles)
International boarding school
In 1802 Louis-Marie Baudouin built a seminary school in Chavagnes. In 2002 it reopened as an international, English-speaking boarding school.
Individual evidence
- ^ Archbishop Ubaldo Ramón Santana Sequera . catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
- ↑ Bishop Augstin Barrere . catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
- ^ Bishop Charles Alphonse HJ Gachet . catholic-hierarchy.org. Retrieved October 3, 2015.
- ↑ About us . chavagnes.org. Retrieved October 3, 2015.