Barnabites
Congregatio Clericorum Regularium Sancti Pauli | |
poverty, chastity and obedience. | |
Abbreviation | B or CRSP |
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Nickname | Barnabites |
Formation | 1530 |
Founder |
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Founded at | Milan, Italy |
Type | Order of Clerics Regular of Pontifical Right for Men |
Headquarters | Via Giacomo Medici 15, Rome, Italy |
Membership | 335 members (including 279 priests) as of 2020[1] |
Superior General | Chagas Maria Santos da Silva, B |
Parent organization | Catholic Church |
Website | barnabites |
The Barnabites (
Establishment of the Order
Second in seniority of the orders of regular clerics (the
It was approved by
The order was given the name of "Regular Clerics of St. Paul" (Clerici Regulares Sancti Pauli).
These assemblies of the
The Society started pastoral activity among the working classes and in monasteries. In the early 17th century, the Barnabites gradually entered the field of education – work which was to remain a mark of their apostolate. They entered France under Henry IV in 1608, and Austria under Ferdinand II in 1626.[4]
The present Constitution is an updated version dated 1983, which takes into account the changes from the
As of July 24, 2012, the new Superior General is a
Character of the Order
As indicated by the official name of the order, the work of the Barnabites is inspired by St. Paul the Apostle. In an address in 2000, to the institute's General Chapter, Pope John Paul II noted, "[I]n pointing out the ideal of religious and apostolic life to his spiritual sons, St Anthony Mary Zaccaria emphasized charity."[6]
The members of the Order make, in addition to the three standard
The focus of the goals of the Barnabite Order, besides preaching in general, catechizing, hearing
The first missions undertaken by the Order were in Italy, France, the former Duchy of Savoy, Austria and Bohemia. In the 18th century, they started missions in China and Brazil. Today, they serve in 15 countries. Until 2021 they were active in Afghanistan, where they had run the Afghan Catholic Mission since 1933, interrupted only while the Taliban regime was in power.[7]
Prominent Barnabites
Three Barnabites are counted among the canonized
Several members of the Order became
References
- ^ "Clerics Regular of Saint Paul (B./C.R.S.P.)".
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j Tondini di Quarenghi, Cesario (1907). Catholic Encyclopedia. Vol. 2. New York: Robert Appleton Company. . In Herbermann, Charles (ed.).
- ^ ""Barnabite Fathers", Barnabite Fathers USA". Archived from the original on 2014-10-09. Retrieved 2014-01-13.
- ^ a b Schaff, Philip. "Barnabites", The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge, Vol. I: Aachen - Basilians, p.488, Baker Book House, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1951
- ^ Barnabiti.It Archived February 5, 2013, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Pope John Paul II. "Address of the Holy Father John Paul II to the Barnabites", Vatican website Archived August 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Glatz, Carol (13 October 2021). "Forced to flee Afghanistan, Catholic mission waits to start a 'new page'". National Catholic Reporter. Catholic News Service. Retrieved 8 July 2022.
- ^ Giacinto Sigismondo Gerdil, Vie du bienheureux Alexandre Sauli, barnabite, évèque d'Alérie et de Pavie, (in French), Paris: C. Douniol, 1861.
- ^ "The Burmese Empire a Hundred Years Ago, as Described by Father Sangermano, with an Introduction and Notes by John Jardine". World Digital Library. Retrieved 28 May 2013.
- ^ Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1952). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi V (1667-1730). Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. pp. 21, 203 with note 4.
- ^ Ritzler, Remigius; Sefrin, Pirminus (1958). Hierarchia catholica medii et recentis aevi VI (1730-1799). Patavii: Messagero di S. Antonio. p. 32.
- ^ Remigius Ritzler; Pirminus Sefrin (1978). Hierarchia catholica Medii et recentioris aevi... A Pontificatu PII PP. IX (1846) usque ad Pontificatum Leonis PP. XIII (1903) (in Latin). Vol. VIII. Il Messaggero di S. Antonio. pp. 45, 49. Giacomo Martina, Pio IX: 1851–1866, Rome: Pontifical Gregorian University: Gregorian Biblical BookShop, 1986, pp. 321-330. Martin Bräuer, Handbuch der Kardinäle: 1846–2012, Berlin: Walter de Gruyter 2014, p. 78.
- ^ Giuseppe Baraldi, Notizia biografica sul cardinale Francesco Fontana, Modena: Soliani 1824.
- ^ Luigi Lambruschini, La mia nunziatura di Francia, ed. Pietro Pirri (Bologna: Zanichelli 1934). Luigi Manzini, Il Cardinale Luigi Lambruschini, (in Italian), Città del Vaticano: Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana 1960.
- ^ Joannes Bellarinus, Doctrina sacri concilii tridentini et catechismi romani de sacramentis, (in Latin), Mediolani: ex typographia Pacifici Pontii 1600.
- ^ Luigi Maria Ungarelli, Bibliotheca scriptorum e congregatione clerr. regg. s. paulli, (in Latin), Volumen I (Roma: J. Salviucci, 1836), pp. 140-151. Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). . Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton Company.