Comforter of Gethsemane
Comforter of Gethsemani ( abbreviation : CCG ) is a Roman Catholic congregation under papal law . It was founded in 1922 and is now headquartered in Vienna .
history
The Congregation of the Comforter of Gethsemani was from where Prague originated priest Josef January Litomisky established (1888-1956). It was then given to the Prince Archbishop Dr. Friedrich Gustav Cardinal Piffl was initially confirmed as a religious order under episcopal law and later approved by Pope Pius X as a congregation under papal law . The generalate and mother house was also built in 1922 in Vienna in the “ Church of the Most Holy Redeemer” with the adjoining monastery and the Rennweg parish .
Stations of the Congregation
The Congregation was supposed to care for the Czechs and Slovaks living in Vienna , who at that time made up more than 20 percent of the population, in their mother tongues. This resulted in the course of history that the religious order also established various convents in Bohemia and Moravia , which belonged to the multi-ethnic state of Austria-Hungary .
Church of the Most Holy Redeemer in Vienna
After the order was founded, the monastery and the “Church of the Most Holy Redeemer”, which soon received the addition “Church of Bohemia”, were taken over in Vienna and expanded in terms of design. In 1927 the order moved to Marianka .
Marianka pilgrimage site
From 1927 to 1950 the Congregation administered the oldest pilgrimage site in Slovakia or the Czechoslovakia. Together with other religious orders, the congregation was forcibly dissolved in 1950. In 1990 she took over the administration of Marianka again, they reconstructed the church and the former Pauline monastery (fort), which now serves as a pilgrimage and retreat house .
The work in Czechoslovakia
In the years 1966–1986 piety in Czechoslovakia was shaped by several religious orders. In addition to the Congregation of the Comforters of Gethsemani, the Salesians of Don Bosco were also of great importance .
Return to Vienna
After the collapse of the communist-ruled countries between 1989 and 1990, the "comforters" were again active in Slovakia. In 2002 they asked the Archbishop of Vienna, Christoph Cardinal Schönborn, to return to Vienna. In 2003 the order returned to the Rennweg founder's house in Vienna.