Missionaries of St. Charles Borromeo

The Congregation Scalabrinian, religious symbol: CS, actually Congregation of the Missionaries of St. Charles Borromeo, also to be found as missionaries of Scalabriniani or Scalabrini Missionaries, is a Catholic male order.

Establishment and terms of reference

The Order was founded by Blessed Giovanni Battista Scalabrini on November 28, 1887 in Piacenza. His job was taking care of the Italians who emigrated to America in pastoral and charitable ways. From 1940, this concern was also directed to the emigrant Italians in Europe.

1969 issued by the Holy See to the Order approval, also to take care of all migrants in the world. Since then, the brothers and priests of the Order not only of Italian origin. New confreres come from Brazil, the Philippines, Colombia, Mexico, Haiti, and also from Germany. Fathers working in Germany work closely with the Sisters of the Divine Will, which mainly take care of Italian migrants in Germany. 1998 also included the care of refugees in his area of ​​the Order.

In collaboration with the local Church, the Order attempts to perform a religious, moral and pastoral care of migrants. In this area, evangelization and a strengthening of faith has its priority. In the poorer countries of reception centers for migrants and refugees are organized. Main tasks are also the awareness of the local church and the citizens on the issues of migration and the pastoral vocations of priests and lay people.

For orders include Fathers and Brothers, which afford the three vows and try to witness to their vocation by living both in the community and among the migrants.

2000 orden own university " Scalabrini International Migration Institute " ( SIMI ) was founded in Rome. The Institute is based in Rome is associated with the Pontifical Urban University and focuses on migration.

At the General Chapter of the Scalabrini Missionaries a non-Italian, a native of Brazil, Sérgio Olivo Geremia was established in 2007 for the first time elected as the new Superior General.

General Superiore

  • Giovanni Battista Scalabrini (1887 - 1905)
  • Domenico Vicentini (1905 - 1919)
  • Pacifico Chenuil (1919 - 1923)
  • Gaetano de Lai (1924 - 24 October 1928)
  • Carlo Perosi (1928 - 1930)
  • Raffaele Carlo Rossi, OCD (1930 - 1948)
  • Adeodato Giovanni Piazza, OCD (1948 - 1951)
  • Francesco Prevedello (1951 - 1957)
  • Raffaele Larcher (1957 - 1963)
  • Giulivo Tessarolo (1963 - 1969)
  • Renato Bolzoni (1969 - April 22, 1974)
  • Giovanni Simonetto (1974 - 1980)
  • Sisto Caccia (1980 - 1992)
  • Luigi Valentino Favero (1992 - 11th August 2000)
  • Isaia Birollo (2001 - 2007)
  • Sérgio Olivo Geremia (2007 - ...)

Area of ​​application

The Order acts wherever the emigration or immigration of people takes place. Countries in which the Order is active are: Argentina, Chile, Uruguay, Australia, the Philippines, Taiwan, Brazil, Paraguay, France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Portugal, Italy, UK, Germany, Switzerland, USA, Canada, Venezuela, Colombia, Haiti, Mexico, Guatemala and south Africa. The Congregation works in parishes, missions "cum cura animarum ", schools, orphanages, broadcasters and study centers, in child and youth centers as well as in hospitals, nursing homes and in refugee camps. It has its own seminaries and formation houses.

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