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On May 4, 1959 Blessed Pope John XXIII (on right) founded the Confederation
of the Canons Regular of St. Augustine with his apostolic letter Caritas
Unitas on the 900th anniversary of the First Lateran Synod. Like
his predecessor, Pope St. Gregory VII,
he wished to promote the common life
for priests. He choose similar means as the First Lateran Synod:
exhortation, not legislation. the Confederation is a union of charity
that binds nine congregations of canons regular together for mutual aid and
support. |
The Confederation began in 1959 with four congregations:
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Lateran
Congregation of the Redeemer (Rome, Italy),
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Austrian Congregation
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Congregation of St. Nicholas and St. Bernard
of Mont Joux (Great St. Bernard, Switzerland)
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Congregation of St. Maurice of Agaunum (Canton Valais,
Switzerland).
Subsequently other canons regular have joined the Confederation:
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Windesheim Congregation
(Paring, Germany)
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Congregation of the Immaculate Conception (Rome, Italy)
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Congregation of Mary, Mother of the Redeemer (La Cotellerie, France)
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Congregation of the Brothers of the Common Life (Maria Brunnen, Germany)
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Congregation of St. Victor (Champagne, France).
The
Abbot Primate, who is elected by all the congregations and serves for a six year
term, works to foster contact and mutual cooperation among the diverse
communities of canons regular in the Catholic Church. Examples of these
collaborative works include the production of a calendar of
proper liturgical feasts, promotion of vocations and scholarship on the
canonical life.
The current Abbot Primate, the Right Reverend
Maurice Bitz, the Abbot of the Abbey of St. Pierre and the Abbot General
of the Congregation of St. Victor, was elected
in July 2004 to govern the confederation for the next six years.
The
former Abbot Primate, the Right Reverend Anthony Maggs, a canon regular of
the Lateran Congregation,
pictured on the occasion of his
visit to Klosterneuburg in April, 2003.
To read an excellent introduction to the canon by the
Confederation,
<click here>.
Links to Confederation Websites:
CONGREGATIO
SS. SALVATORIS LATERANENSIS
Congregation of
the Lateran
(Italy, France,
Belgium, the Netherlands, England, Spain, Poland, Argentina, Brazil, Uruguay)
CONGREGATIO AUSTRIACA
Austrian
Congregation
(Austria, Italy)
CONGREGATIO SS. NICOLAI ET BERNARDI
MONTIS JOVIS
Congregation of
Great St. Bernard
(Switzerland, Italy,
Taiwan)
CONGREGATIO CANONICORUM REGULARIUM
S. MAURITII AGAUNENSIS
Congregation of
St. Maurice of Agaunum
(Switzerland)
CONGREGATIO
VINDESEMENSIS
Congregation of
Windesheim
(Italy, Germany, Czech
Republic)
CONGREGATIO IMMACULATAE CONCEPTIONIS
Congregation of
the Immaculate Conception
(Italy, France,
England, Canada, United States of America, Peru, Brazil)
CONGREGATIO
MATRIS REDEMPTORIS
Congregation of
the Mother of the Redeemer
(France)
Congregation of the
Brothers of the Common Life
(Germany)
CONGREGATIO
VICTORINA
Congregation of
St. Victor
(France, Tanzania)
