- Source: Monastic Fraternities of Jerusalem
The Monastic Fraternities of Jerusalem were founded in 1975 by Brother Pierre-Marie Delfieux (died March 2013), until then prior general, with the aim of promoting the spirit of the monastic desert (cf. Charles de Foucauld) in the heart of cities.
In the communities' Rule of Life, Delfieux answers the question: Why Jerusalem? "Because Jerusalem is the city given by God to men and built by men for God, thereby becoming the foremost of the cities of the world, and because your vocation is to be a city-dweller, you are a monk, a nun of Jerusalem. (§161) Be vigilant to keep in your heart a true concern for communion with all the sons of Abraham, Jews and Muslims, who are like you worshippers of the one God and for whom Jerusalem is equally a holy City." (§174)
These Catholic communities are present in
Belgium: Saint-Gilles (2001- closed Juin 2017)
Canada: Montréal (2004)
France: Paris (1975), Vézelay (1993), Strasbourg (1995), Mont-Saint-Michel (2001), La Ferté-Imbault/Indre (département) (Magdala retreat house), Lourdes-Ossun
Germany: Cologne, Groß St. Martin (2009)
Italy: Florence, Pistoia, Gamogna (1998), Trinità dei Monti (2006) and then in San Sebastiano in Palatino (2016) in Rome
Poland: Warsaw (2010)
See also
Bose Monastic Community
Catholic religious order
Monastic Family of Bethlehem, of the Assumption of the Virgin and of Saint Bruno
New Monasticism related communities
Order of Watchers (Ordre des Veilleurs), a French Protestant fraternity of hermits
Book of the First Monks
Desert Fathers
Hermit
Mary of Egypt
Poustinia
Sources
The Jerusalem Community Rule of Life (foreword by Carlo Carretto). Paulist Press, 1985. ISBN 0-8091-2712-1.
External links
Media related to Monastic Fraternities of Jerusalem at Wikimedia Commons
Official website
KTO, the French Catholic television service, presents video of daily services from the Jerusalem community in Paris (Monday to Friday, except in August).
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Monastic Fraternities of Jerusalem
- Pierre-Marie Delfieux
- Mont-Saint-Michel
- Monasticism
- Mont-Saint-Michel Abbey
- Saint-Gervais-Saint-Protais
- Trinità dei Monti
- Great St. Martin Church, Cologne
- Iona Community
- Order of Saint Lazarus
