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Archconfraternity
An archconfraternity () is a Catholic confraternity, empowered to aggregate or affiliate other confraternities of the same nature, and to impart to them its benefits and privileges. History In 1569, Charles Borromeo started archconfraternities in Milan as a way to standardize the practice of the various penitent confraternities. Status and operation ''Canonical erection'' is the approval of the proper ecclesiastical authority which gives the organization a legal existence. Archconfraternities do not erect confraternities; they merely aggregate them. It ordinarily belongs to the bishop of the diocese to erect confraternities. In the case, however, of many confraternities and archconfraternities, the power of erection is vested in the heads of certain religious orders. Sometimes the privileges of these heads of orders are imparted to bishops. The vicar-general may not erect confraternities unless he has been expressly delegated for the purpose by his bishop. Aggregation, or affil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archconfraternity Of The Holy Family
The Archconfraternity of the Holy Family is a Roman Catholic archconfraternity, founded in 1844 in Belgium. Foundation This archconfraternity owes its origin to Henri Belletable, an officer in the Engineers' Corps, Liege, Belgium. He resolved to establish a society, which he would divide into companies of twelve in military fashion. The first reunion was held on the evening of Whit-Monday, 1844, in the room of a carpenter. When their numbers outgrew the room, the Redemptorists placed an oratory at their disposal, and Father Victor-Auguste-Isidor Deschamps, rector at Liège, took up the work. He brought it to the notice of Bishop von Bommel, who gave it his formal approval on 13 February 1845, erected it into a confraternity with the title of Holy Family, 7 April following, and remained its lifelong promoter. Its purpose was to honor the Holy Family of Nazareth, and to encourage each other in the practice of Christian virtues. The statutes then drawn up were later presented to Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Our Lady Of Consolation
Our Lady of Consolation or Mary, Consolatress of the Afflicted (Latin: ) is a Roman Catholic Titles of Mary, title of the Blessed Virgin Mary venerated in the Catholic Church. History The origin of this invocation is derived from the Augustinians, Augustinian friars who propagated this particular devotion. Along with Saints Augustine, and Monica, Our Lady of Consolation is one of the three patrons of the Augustinian orders. The title (English: Comforter of the Afflicted) is part of the Litany of Loreto, and is Augustinian in origin. This devotion was propagated by the Augustinian monks. By the early 18th century the custom of asking for the final blessing before death in the name of Our Lady of Consolation was very popular. In congregations of the Augustinian Order, the "Augustinian Rosary" is sometimes called the "Crown of Our Mother of Consolation". The traditional depiction in Augustinian houses show Mary holding the Child Jesus on her lap. They both hold the Augustini ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archconfraternity Of The Holy Face
The Archconfraternity of the Holy Face was established in Tours, France in 1876, by Archbishop Charles Colet; and raised to an Archconfraternity by Pope Leo XIII in 1885. History In June 1876, Charles Théodore Colet, Archbishop of Tours, erected the Confraternity of the Holy Face at the Oratory of the Holy Face. Based in part on the spirituality of the Discalced Carmelite Mary of Saint Peter, its chief objective is reparation for blasphemy and not keeping the Lord's day. This devotion to the Holy Face of Jesus was based on images of the Veil of Veronica, as promoted by Leo Dupont, rather than the Shroud of Turin, which image first appeared on a photographic negative in 1898. Thérèse of Lisieux enrolled in the confraternity in April, 1885; as did her parents, Louis and Marie-Azélie Martin. The following October, Pope Leo XIII approved the Scapular of the Holy Face and elevated the confraternity to an archconfraternity. Present day The home of the Archconfraternity is the Cen ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archconfraternity Of The Gonfalone
Santa Lucia del Gonfalone is a church in the diocese of Rome, Italy. It is located on Via dei Banchi Vecchi just one block south of Corso Vittorio Emanuele. The former site of the Archconfraternity of the Gonfalone, the Claretian Missionaries have their provincial headquarters here. The church was made a cardinalate deaconry by Pope John Paul II on 21 October 2003. Architecture The original church dates back to the end of the 13th century or the beginning of the 14th century under the name Santa Lucia ai Banchi Vecchi. It later became known as Santa Lucia Nuovo to distinguish it from Santa Lucia Vecchia, near the Tiber. The Archconfraternity undertook restoration of the church in 1511. The old church was demolished and rebuilt by architect Marco David in 1764. Interior In 1866, Francesco Azzurri designed a barrel vault and expanded the number of surrounding chapels. Cesare Mariani painted three frescoes: ''The Vision of St Bonaventure'', ''Pope Sixtus V blesses the Redeemed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archconfraternity Of Holy Agony
The Archconfraternity of Holy Agony is a lay association for giving special honour to the mental sufferings of Christ during His Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane. It was founded as a confraternity in 1862, at Valfleury, France, by Antoine Nicolle (1817–90), a Vincentian priest. Joseph A. Komonchak described it as a type of "counterrevolutionary mysticism". History The devotion incorporated the wearing of the Red Scapular of the Passion promoted by the Daughters of Charity of Saint Vincent de Paul. In 1847, Pope Pius IX had granted the Vincentians the faculty of blessing the scapular and investing the faithful with it. The Confraternity of the Holy Agony became an Archconfraternity in 1873. After the death of Nicolle in 1890, the directorship was transferred to the Superior-General of the Vincentians. In 1894, Pope Leo XIII authorized its extension beyond France and re-organized the various confraternities under the center in Paris. The person in charge under the Superior-Ge ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christ Child
The Christ Child—also known as Baby Jesus, Infant Jesus, Child Jesus, Divine Child, Divine Infant and the Holy Child—refers to Jesus in Christianity, Jesus Christ during his early years. The term refers to a period of life of Jesus, Jesus' life, described in the canonical Gospels, encompassing his nativity of Jesus, nativity in Bethlehem, the visit of the Magi, and his Presentation of Jesus, presentation at the Temple in Jerusalem. It also includes his childhood, culminating in the event where his parents Finding in the Temple, find him in the Temple at age 12, after which the Gospels Unknown years of Jesus, remain silent about his life until the start of his ministry of Jesus, ministry. Liturgical feasts Liturgical feasts relating to Christ's infancy and childhood include: * Christmas, The Feast of the Nativity of Jesus Christ (25 December) * The Feast of the Circumcision of Christ#Byzantine Catholic and Eastern Orthodox Churches, Feast of the Circumcision of Christ (1 Janu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Archconfraternity Of The Most Precious Blood
The Archconfraternity of the Most Precious Blood was founded by Francesco Albertini, canon of the Basilica di San Nicola in Carcere, Rome, in 1808. Background Confraternities in honor of the Blood of Christ first arose in Spain. In the life of the Carmelite lay brother Francis of the Infant Jesus (d. 1601), mention is made of such a confraternity as existing in Valencia. It was said of the Carmelite Anna of St. Augustine (d. 1624), that "she received with hospitality those who went about collecting alms for the confraternities of the Precious Blood erected in many places". Ravenna, Italy, possessed one at an early date. Another was erected in Rome under Pope Gregory XIII and confirmed by Pope Sixtus V, but merged later on with the Archconfraternity of the Gonfalone. History The association was founded by Francesco Albertini, canon of the Basilica di San Nicola in Carcere, Rome, where since 1708 devotions in honour of the Precious Blood had been held. Albertini conceived of a sod ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Confraternity Of The Rosary
The Confraternity of the Holy Rosary is a Catholic Church, Roman Catholic Archconfraternity or spiritual association, under the care and guidance of the Dominican Order. The members of the confraternity strive to pray the entire Rosary, Holy Rosary weekly. History There is insufficient evidence to establish the existence of any Rosary Confraternity before the last quarter of the fifteenth century. There were Dominican Order, Dominican guilds or fraternities, but it is not known if they were connected with the Rosary. Through the preaching of Alanus de Rupe (Alan de la Roche) such associations began to be erected shortly before 1475. One of the first was erected at Cologne in 1474 by Fr. James Sprenger. The Perpetual Rosary is an organization for securing the continuous recitation of the Rosary by day and night among a number of associates who perform their allotted share at stated times. This is a development of the Rosary Confraternity, and dates from the seventeenth century. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
San Rocco, Rome
La Chiesa di San Rocco ( English: The Church of Saint Roch) is a Roman Catholic building that is part of the ''Parish of Saint Giacomo''. The original conjoined building dates from 1499 and is located at 1 Largo San Rocco, Rome. The shrine is dedicated to Saint Roch with his preserved relics and was built next to the Mausoleum of Augustus. Known for its ornate interior, the shrine has merited various patronages by several Popes. The current shrine is maintained and administered by the ''Confraternity of Saint Roch''. History Pope Alexander VI issued a Pontifical decree ''Cogitantes Humanæ Conditionis'' on 11 June 1499 which gave to the Confraternity of the Osti and Barcaroli (innkeepers and boatmen), based at Ripetta, the small old church of San Martino de Pila and permission to build a hospital on a plot of land close to the Mausoleum of Augustus. The church was called San Rocco e Martino. The Church of San Martino was destroyed in the sixteenth century and some of its furni ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Confraternity Of Christian Doctrine
The Confraternity of Christian Doctrine (CCD) is an association established in Rome in 1562 for the purpose of providing religious education. In modern usage, it refers to the Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Inc., which owns the copyright on the New American Bible Revised Edition, and is a term colloquially used for the catechesis or religious education program of the Catholic Church, normally designed for children. In some Catholic parishes, CCD is called PSR, meaning Parish School of Religion, or SRE, meaning Special Religious Education. Background In the thirteenth century, the Apostles' Creed and the Lord's Prayer formed the general basis of religious instruction. All the faithful within the Catholic Church were required to know them by heart, and parish priests were commanded to explain them on Sundays and festivals. Eventually, the range of instruction was widened to include the Commandments, the sacraments, and the virtues and vices. In 1281 the Synod of Lambeth, Engl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
