Viatorists
The Viatorists or clerics of St. Viator ( Latin : Clerici Sancti Viatoris , abbreviation : CSV, the full name is Congregatio Clericorum Parochialium seu Catechistarum Sancti Viatoris ) are a Roman Catholic community of regular clergy that was founded in 1831 by Louis Querbes and has its generalate in Vourles . From 2000, Mark R. Francis was the superior general , and since 2012 the Canadian Alain Ambeault.
history
In 1838 the papal recognition as a clerical congregation took place. The patron saint of the community is the holy Viator, lecturer in Lyon, who accompanied Bishop Justus to the Egyptian desert and died there around 391.
Initially the aim was to support rural pastors as teachers and in their church services. Today the congregation is primarily educational in this line, including in schools run by the congregation and in pastoral care . Spirituality is based on that of the Jesuits . In 1865, the first three Viatorists set foot on US soil in Bourbonnais, Illinois, forty kilometers south of Chicago. On August 2, 1882, the Viatorist Province of Chicago was established.
Lay catechists of both sexes have been accepted since 1978 .
In 2015 the congregation had 465 members, including 206 priests , in 85 branches. The congregation operates in Europe, North and South America, Africa and Asia.
literature
- Karl Suso Frank , Art. Cleric v. St. V [iator] , in: Lexikon für Theologie und Kirche , 3rd ed. Freiburg 2001, Volume 10, Sp. 759. ISBN 3-451-22010-5 .
Web links
- Congregation website
- Entry to Viatorists on Order online
Footnotes
- ↑ «À votre place, les bonnes sœurs! » , Accessed on April 17, 2019.
- ↑ Annuario Pontificio , 2017 edition, p. 1416.