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The Canons Regular of the Immaculate Conception are a Roman Catholic congregation which follows the Augustinian Rule, and is therefore part of the wider Order of Canons Regular of St. Augustine. Detail of St. ...
Canons regular are members to certain bodies of Canons (priests) living under a rule. ...
History
This Catholic Religious order was founded at Saint-Antoine, in the Department of Isère, France, by the Abbé Dom Adrien Gréa, and approved by Pope Pius IX and Pope Leo XIII, in three rescripts (1870, 1876, and 1887). Isère is a département in the east of France named after the Isère River. ...
Pope Pius IX (May 13, 1792 – February 7, 1878), born Giovanni Maria Mastai-Ferretti, reigned as Pope of the Roman Catholic Church from his election in June 16, 1846, until his death more than 31 years later in 1878, making him the longest-reigning Pope since the Apostle St. ...
Pope Leo XIII (March 2, 1810 – July 20, 1903), born Vincenzo Gioacchino Raffaele Luigi Pecci, was Pope of the Roman Catholic Church, having succeeded Pope Pius IX (1846–78) on February 20, 1878 and reigning until his death in 1903. ...
A rescript is a document that is issued not on the initiative of the author, but in response (it literally means written back) to a specific demand made by its addressee. ...
Its members originally undertook the restoration of the full canonical life with its primitive observances, the recitation of the whole of the Divine Office day and night, perpetual abstinence and the fasts of earlier times. Their object is to unite the practices of ordinary religious life to clerical functions, principally in the administration of clerical duties and the education of young clerics. Canonical hours are ancient divisions of time (also called offices), developed by the Christian Church, serving as increments between prayers. ...
The mother-house was maintained at Saint-Antoine, but following the French laws of 1901 and the persecution which was the consequence thereof, the community was transferred to Andora Stazione, in the province of Genoa, Italy, and then to Rome where the Mother house of the congregation remains until today. Genoa (Genova [] in Italian - Zena [] in Genoese) is a city and a seaport in northern Italy, the capital of the Province of Genoa and of the region of Liguria. ...
Nickname: Motto: SPQR: Senatus Populusque Romanus Location of the city of Rome (yellow) within the Province of Rome (red) and region of Lazio (grey) Coordinates: Region Lazio Province Province of Rome Founded 21 April 753 BC Government - Mayor Walter Veltroni Area - City 1,285 km² (580 sq mi) - Urban 5...
In the early 20th century the congregation had houses in France, Italy, Peru and Canada, where it was established in 1891, at Nomingue in Ottawa and at St. Boniface, Manitoba. There were four establishments in the Diocese of Ottawa, six in that of St. Boniface, two in Saskatchewan and one in Prince Albert. The community was composed of eight priests and major clerics, and of about as many scholastics, postulants and lay brothers. The priests have been successfully employed in colonization and the education of youth. Saint Boniface is an area of the city of Winnipeg, home to the Franco-Manitoban community. ...
In 2007 the congregation has houses in Italy, France, Canada, Peru, Brasil, and England. The main work of the members of the congregation is pastoral work within a variety of parishes.
External links The Catholic Encyclopedia, also referred to today as the Old Catholic Encyclopedia, is an English-language encyclopedia published in 1913 by The Encyclopedia Press. ...
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