Vincenzo Pallotti

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Vincenzo Pallotti (1795–1850)
painting by Bruno Zwiener

Vincenzo Pallotti (German also Vinzenz Pallotti ; * April 21, 1795 in Rome , † January 22, 1850 in Rome) was a Catholic priest and founder of the " Association of the Catholic Apostolates " ( Unione Apostolatus Catholici , UAC), which was only launched in 2003 as an international Association of believers was ecclesiastically recognized. Within this association, the Sisters of the Pallottine Sisters and the Pallottines , a society of apostolic life , arose during Pallotti's lifetime . Vinzenz Pallotti was on the centenary of his death (January 22, 1950 ) by Pope Pius XII. and beatified on January 20, 1963 during the Second Vatican Council by Pope John XXIII. canonized. His feast day and day of remembrance is January 22nd.

Life

Pallottis sarcophagus in the Church of San Salvatore in Onda in Rome
School chapel of the Vinzenz-Pallotti-Kolleg Rheinbach
Vinzenz Pallotti Hospital in Bergisch Gladbach-Bensberg

Vincenzo Pallotti was born in Rome on April 21, 1795, the third of ten children and was baptized the following day in the Church of San Lorenzo in Damaso . His father Pietro Paolo Pallotti came from the Umbrian village of San Giorgio di Cascia (near Perugia ), his mother Maria Maddalena nee. De Rossi was a Roman. His childhood and adolescence were marked by the piety of the family and the conflict between his Catholic milieu and the secular state that was emerging.

On 10 July 1801, he received the confirmation and 1805, the First Communion , together with the then unusual privilege every day instead of just on Sundays and religious holidays at the Communion participate. He attended the school of the Piarists of San Pantaleo and then the Collegium Romanum , which, because of the suppression of the Jesuits, had been run as a state lyceum by secular clergy since 1870 . He began studying classical, modern and oriental languages at the Roman University of La Sapienza in 1814 , earned a laureate in theology and philosophy in 1818 and then took on teaching assignments as a tutor .

As early as 1815 he had made the vow to his confessor to live his life in chastity, poverty and obedience, the three monastic virtues. On September 20, 1817, he became a deacon consecrated on May 16, 1818, he received in the Lateran Basilica , the ordination . He became involved in the pastoral care of the poor and young people and finally gave up his academic teaching activity to take up the post of rectorate of Spirito Santo dei Napoletani in Via Giulia in the Regola district and to devote himself to pastoral tasks and the renewal of religious life. In addition to his diverse initiatives, he was a sought-after confessor in numerous parishes and also in houses of the Roman nobility and, as a spiritual director, was entrusted with the religious supervision of students at the Collegium Romanum and several other seminars, including since 1833 at the Collegium Urbanum of Propaganda Fide Congregation.

In 1835 he called the Union of the Catholic Apostolate ( Unione Apostolatus Catholici , UAC) into being, in which people of all walks of life (priests, religious and lay people) were to devote themselves to apostolic tasks. The Pope Gregory XVI. Initially supported association, which received its full recognition only in 2003 by John Paul II , soon gained numerous members among the Roman lay people, in various monasteries and the clergy up to the top of the church hierarchy.

After the cholera outbreak of 1837, Pallotti established a home for orphaned and homeless girls in a former student residence in Borgo Sant'Agata dei Goti in Rome. It became the starting point for the Pallotti founded in 1838 and Pius XI in 1935. approved female branch of the community (Sisters of the Catholic Apostolate, Congregatio Sororum Apostolati Catholici , abbreviation CSAC).

In 1846, Vinzenz Pallotti founded the community of priests and brothers, which lead a life in community. The members consecrate themselves to God - without vows - and promise the community celibacy for the sake of the kingdom of heaven, poverty, obedience, perseverance, community of goods and selfless service in the love of Christ.

Since 1891, German women who were interested in going to the Cameroon mission entrusted to the Pallottines joined a missionary college in Rome . The new task soon made it necessary to establish a new company in Germany, which was achieved in Limburg an der Lahn in 1895 . This soon developed into a community of its own, which in 1899 elected M. Felizitas Massenkeil as the first general superior. These Missionary Sisters of the Catholic Apostolate (abbreviation SAC) were recognized as a congregation under papal law in 1964 ; today they have their generalate in Rome.

From Pius IX. , who rejected the right to a common "apostolate" of priests and lay people, the community was renamed "Pious Mission Society" ( Pia Societas Missionum , PSM). It was not until 1947 that it was able to reassume its name " Society of the Catholic Apostolate " ( Societas Apostolatus Catholici ). Her generalate stands next to the Church of San Salvatore in Onda , Rome, which was entrusted to Vincent Pallotti, where Pallotti also died.

Branches, educational institutions and hospitals

The so-called Sacred Heart Province includes Germany and Austria as well as the three delegations Spain, Croatia and South Africa. Around 400 confreres are active in these countries.

Germany

The Pallottines operate 21 branches: in Vallendar the Philosophical-Theological University Vallendar with a philosophical-theological and nursing science faculty and a youth education center Haus Wasserburg . The Forum Vinzenz Pallotti meeting and educational center and the Pallotti Institute of the German-speaking Pallottine communities (as the Pallottine Research Working Group), which focuses on researching the figure, charism and the history of Vinzenz Pallotti's impact , are also located at the university in Vallendar .

The youth education center Jugendhof is located in Olpe . Pallottines also maintain various guest, retreat and education houses, such as the Pallotti House in Freising as a Christian house for education and therapy. The Vinzenz-Pallotti-Kolleg in Rheinbach near Bonn, a private Catholic high school for boys and privately run by the Pallottines , was closed in summer 2016. In Bruchsal , the Pallottines founded the St. Paulusheim , originally also a boarding school for boys, later with its own grammar school. This is now part of the school foundation of the Archdiocese of Freiburg .

The Pallottine Sisters founded the Vinzenz Pallotti Hospital in Bergisch Gladbach- Bensberg . It was later handed over to the St. Vinzenz Pallotti Foundation and then to the Society of Franciscan Sisters in Olpe (GFO). The St. Vinzenz Pallotti Foundation, donated by the Pallottine Sisters, also took on responsibility for the other institutions of the sisters: the Limburg retreat and education center , which was closed in 2015 , the St. Josefshaus nursing home in Bergisch Gladbach- Refrath , the Haus Felizitas nursing home in Limburg and the St. Josef daycare center in Bergisch Gladbach-Refrath.

Switzerland

3 branches: Provincial management in Gossau SG , with Friedberg grammar school ; St. Klemens high school, Ebikon , Morschach retreat house and Pallottine community in Niederuzwil .

Austria

2 branches: Education and guest houses Pallottihaus in Vienna and Apostolate and guest house Johannesschlössl in Salzburg .

Quotes

  • "We are all obliged to help one another get to heaven."
  • «Look for God and you will find him. Look for God in all things and you will find him in everything. Always look for him and you will always find him. "
  • "We have to breathe in God and breathe out God, radiate God's presence."
  • "Reason and experience prove that the good that is done sporadically is sparse, insecure and of short duration and that even the most generous efforts of individuals do not lead to anything great if they are not united and aligned with a common goal."

Works (selection)

Editions of works, compilations
  • Francesco Moccia (Ed.): Opere Complete . Rome 1962–1997 (13 vol.)
  • Bruno Bayer (Ed.): Opere Complete Lettere . Rome 1995–2010 (8 vol.)
  • Bruno Bayer, Josef Zweifel (Ed.): Selected writings . 3rd edition Pallotti-Verlag, Friedberg 1999, ISBN 3-87614-050-1 .
Individual works
  • Ansgar Faller (ed.): God, the infinite love ("Iddio, l'amore infinito"). Pallotti-Verlag, Friedberg 1981, ISBN 3-87614-041-2 .
  • Hunger and thirst for God. Thoughts for each day from the scriptures of the saint . Pallotti-Verlag, Friedberg 1988, ISBN 3-87614-054-4 (former title Paths to God ).
  • The basic rules of the Society of the Catholic Apostolate . Pallotti-Verlag, Friedberg 1987, ISBN 3-87614-051-X .

literature

  • Brigitte M. Proksch: Participation - Diversity - Dialog. Vinzenz Pallotti's inspirations on ecclesiology , Pallotti-Verlag, Friedberg 2013.
  • Josef Frank: Vincent Pallotti. Founder of the Work of the Catholic Apostolate . Pallotti-Verlag, Friedberg 1952-1965 (3 vols.).
  1. Vincent Pallotti 1 . 1952.
  2. Vincent Pallotti 2 . 1963.
  3. List of names and subject index . 1965.
  • Heinrich Schulte: The work of the Catholic apostolate . Lahn-Verlag, Limburg
  1. The beginning. A relief campaign for the Christian Orient . 1966.
  2. Priest builder and herald of the lay apostolate . 1967.
  3. Shape and history of the "Catholic apostolate" Vincent Pallottis. The period from 1835-1850 . 1971.
  4. Shape and history of the "Catholic apostolate" Vincent Pallottis. The period from 1850-1890 . 1986.

App

  • Father Andy Givel / Stephan Sigg: Pallotti-App , 2013.

Web links

Commons : Vincenzo Pallotti  - Album with pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Website of the German and Austrian Pallottines
  2. ^ Gregor Ritter: Vinzenz-Pallotti-Kolleg in Rheinbach: What happens after the closure? Bonner Rundschau, July 29, 2016, accessed on July 29, 2016 .
  3. ^ Website of the Pallottine Sisters in Germany
  4. ↑ https://www.pallottiner.ch/pallottiner/niederlassung/
  5. ^ Website of the Swiss Pallottine Sisters ( Memento of March 11, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
personal data
SURNAME Pallotti, Vincenzo
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Pallotti, Vincent
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Catholic priest and founder of the order
DATE OF BIRTH April 21, 1795
PLACE OF BIRTH Rome
DATE OF DEATH January 22, 1850
Place of death Rome