Servant Friars

Aug 012009
 

Discalced Carmelites

Jul 112009
 

Also known as the Discalced Carmelite Order, Ordo Carmelitarum Excalceatorum, and Order of Discalced Carmelites. Its mother-house is in Rome, Italy, and is established throughout Europe, North and South America, and India. Although the principal end of the Order is the contemplative life, it has an active side as well and undertakes missionary work with great success. Its houses, especially in many parts of America, are centers of apostolic life. See also

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      Carmelites

      Jul 112009
       

      [Our Lady of Mount Carmel]
      Formally the Order of Our Lady of Mount Carmel. An ancient order which venerates as its founder Elijah the Prophet, who lived nine centuries before Our Lord Jesus Christ. Its Elian traditions, though contested by several modern critics, have nevertheless been approved by the Church, who in the Office for his a feast has allowed the Order to call him its founder, and has placed his statue in the Basilica of Saint Peter in Rome, Italy, among those of the founders of Religious Orders, with the following inscription

      Universus Ordo Carmelitarum Fundatori Suo San Elire
      ( = The Entire Order of Carmel to its Founder, Saint Elias)

      This religious family, thus founded under the Old Law, continued to exist under the New, and eventually spread from Asia into Europe. Established historical records of the Order date back to the 12th century; the Rule it now observes is that given by Saint Albert, Patriarch of Jerusalem, 1206, to the Hermits of Mount Carmel in Palestine. In 1432 this same Rule was mitigated by Pope Eugenius IV. The 16th century is memorable for the great reformation introduced into this Order by the Saint Teresa of Avila, and Saint John of the Cross. Since that time the Order has been divided into two branches

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        Picpus Fathers

        Jul 072009
         

        Formally the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary, and also known as the Congregation of Picpus or Fathers of the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary. Initially founded at Poitiers, France in 1800 by Father Pierrre Coudrin, it was formally established at Paris, France at a location on Rue Picpus in 1805. Formally approved in 1817 by Pope Pius VII, in 1825 by Pope Leo XII, and in 1840 by Pope Gregory XVI. The Congregation has been frequently entrusted by the Holy See with missionary work, especially in island groups of the Pacific. They are also engaged in the instruction of children, the exercise of perpetual adoration, and practices of mortification. The members take simple vows for life and are governed by a superior-general residing at Braine-le-Comte, Belgium. Members of the Congregation profiled on this site include

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