Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit

The Pauline Fathers ( Ordo Sancti Pauli Primi Eremitae; Hungarian pálosok; Kroat pavlini, religious symbol OSPPE. ) And the Order of St. Paul the First Hermit is a Catholic order.

The motto of the Order reads: " SOLUS CUM SOLO DEO ( alone with the one God ) "

  • 3.1 German province
  • 3.2 Austrian province

History

The Pauline goes back to a hermit movement in the 13th century. He is in Hungary by Blessed Eusebius (Hungarian Boldog Özséb ), a canon of Gran (Hungarian Esztergom ), was founded (1250 ). Eusebius collected living in Hungary and Croatia hermits and chose for her monastic life, the Rule of St. Augustine. For patron and model determined the monks St. Paul of Thebes, which is referred to in the tradition of the Church as " the first hermit " ( feast day: January 15). Already in 1270 the Order of Rome was officially recognized.

In Croatia, there was once in Kapela Mountains an important monastery of the Pauline Fathers, which was donated by the Prince of Francopan. A prominent role is played by the pilgrimage to Jasna Gora in Czestochowa, the largest Marian shrine Central and Eastern Europe to attend the Pauline for over six centuries. Every year, the image of the "Black Madonna" about three to four million pilgrims.

In Hungary and the Habsburg lands, the Order was abolished in 1786 by Joseph II. After a brief return in the 1930s, 1951, he was again banned in Hungary, where it can work again only in 1989 that officially.

Peculiarity

The origin and development gave the Order its own trains: the first Pauline studied as a recluse prayer, contemplation in solitude and strict way of life. In the historical development of the Order shows his lifelong quest to bring the contemplative life with the pastoral work in harmony.

Over the centuries, the Order remained flexible and open to the challenges of the time. He took over missionary tasks, developed his spirituality, his apostolic work and devoted himself to scientific and educational work.

The essence of the Pauline Fathers include:

  • Contemplation of God in solitude,
  • Attention to liturgical prayer,
  • A poor and industrious life,
  • Apostolic activity, especially the preaching of the Word of God and the donations of Penance.

Thanks to the numerous Marian shrines entrusted to him the Order soon received another special trait: In the general belief of the faithful, but also of the Pauline himself, he is regarded as a Marian Order. The spread of Marian devotion draws the Pavlán clearly.

Recording

The first stage of religious life is the postulate that lasts up to six months. The candidate lives in the monastery and has the opportunity to consider his appeal. The second stage begins with the novitiate. A novice must have at least reached the age of 17. The novitiate is the school of religious life and at the same time the test. For the candidates for the priesthood, it takes a year for the candidates of the brother prior two years. The German-speaking candidates can complete the novitiate in one of the German monasteries. The candidates for the priesthood still expects a 6 -year study of theology.

Offices

Currently, about 500 Pauline live in about 65 monasteries, which are distributed to 16 countries and four continents.

German Province

The beginnings of the Pauline Fathers in Germany date back to the year 1351. It was not until the secularization in 1803 has let the Order in Germany disappear for almost one and a half centuries. 1981 returned to the Pauline and founded in the Lower Bavarian monastery Main castle their first modern establishment in Germany. With now six branches and about 30 members of the Order it has referred to the original tradition of the Order in this country. In 2002, the German province of the Pauline Fathers was used. Every three years, the provincial chapter, the new Father Provincial will be chosen. For the first Provincial Fr Mirko Legawiec OSPPE was chosen. 2005 was elected to the Provincial Fr Maximilian Melonek OSPPE. April 14, 2008 was chosen P. Mirko Legawiec OSPPE Provincial. March 29, 2011 during the election chapter of the German Province of the Pauline P. was Mirko Legawiec OSPPE again elected Provincial. His term of office lasts for 3 years.

Austrian Province

The first branch is considered Ebnit (Vorarlberg) in 1351 by the Lords of Ems, they still belonged to the Swabian province of the order, and was abandoned in 1377. This was followed in 1414 Unterranna (Lower Austria ), and then in quick succession in 1460 Schlaining 1473 Kulm Eberau, 1475 Baumgarten (all today's Burgenland, the time Ccb Hungary ) and 1480 Wiener Neustadt ( Lower Austria). The Burgenland convents were but gradually abandoned again in the 15th and 16th centuries. As part of the Counter-Reformation in Bohemia active, followed in 1708, the monastery Maria Trost to Graz ( the current basilica Maria Trost). Turn 17-18. Century there was in his early region of the Habsburg Monarchy 10 convents, which initially stood directly under the Prior General, and from 1700 belonged to the Provincia Croato - Austriaca, from 1710 to Provincia Germano - Austriaca (6 convents ). Later followed the monastery Hernals. As of March 20, 1786, in the secularization of Josephinism, the order was dissolved by imperial decree and the monasteries nationalized ( including two monasteries in Swabia, which lay on Austrian territory ).

General Priore

  • Ludwik Nowak (1957 - 1963)
  • Jerzy January Tomziński (1963 - 1975)
  • Izydor Matuszewski ( since 9 March 2002)
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