Also known as:
Brothers of the Holy Spirit, Brothers of Christian Instruction of St. Gabriel;
French: Frères de l'Instruction Chrétienne de Saint-Gabriel
BROTHERS OF CHRISTIAN INSTRUCTION OF SAINT GABRIEL. - Religious institute founded in 1816 at Aursy by Gabriel Deshayes (v.) for rural schools, in the spirit of St. John Baptist de La Salle. When Deshayes was elected superior general of the Company of Mary, he transferred a large number of the Brothers to St. Laurent-sur-Sèvres, placing them, at first, in the same mother house of the Company, called the Holy Spirit, whence the Brothers were called those of Christian Instruction of the Holy Spirit. In 1835 they had their own house, called that of St. Gabriel. Subsequently the whole Institute took this name.
Deshayes also gave them the Rules. The Institute soon passed beyond the borders of France and spread through Europe and the overseas countries (Canada, 1888; from 1900: Siam, Madagascar, India, Gabon, etc.). It was definitively approved by the Holy See in 1923 and today numbers 5 provinces with 155 houses and more than 1300 members. They are skilled educators of the deaf and mute.
Mary Grignion de Montfort, founder of the Company of Mary, the Brothers of St. Gabriel also claim to have been founded by him. The question was resolved in the negative by decree of the Sacred Congregation of Rites dated 25 Apr. 1947 (AAS, 39 [1947], pp. 240-41). The biographies of Deshayes are affected by the author's point of view.
Bibliography9 worksF. Laveau, G. Deshayes, abâtre de la Bretagne, 2nd ed., Vannes 1866; A. Blain, Institut des Frères de l'Instruction chrétienne de St Gabriel
BIBL.: F. Laveau, G. Deshayes, abâtre de la Bretagne, 2nd ed., Vannes 1866; A. Blain, Institut des Frères de l'Instruction chrétienne de St Gabriel, origines-organisation-souvers, Poitiers 1897; H.-M. Jouet, Quel est le fondateur des Frères de l'Instruction chrétienne de St Gabriel, Rome 1908; A.-P. Laveille, Le b. L. M. Grignion de Montfort et ses familles religieuses, Tours 1916; A. Crosnier, L'homme de la Divine Providence, G. Deshayes, Paris 1917; A.-P. Laveille-L. Collin, G. Deshayes et ses familles religieuses, d'après des documents inédits, Brussels 1924; anon., Institut des Frères de St Gabriel, autrefois dit du St Esprit, Paris 1926; F. Chupin, G. Deshayes, fondateur des Frères de l'Instruction chrétienne de St Gabriel, Pontchâteau 1929; Nova inquisition super dubio: an b. Ludovicus M. Grignion de Montfort historico haberi poeti uti fondator... Fratrum Instructionis chrétienne a S. Gabriele (S. Ritnum Congr., Saccio historico, 68), Vatican City 1947. Giuseppe Lise
Lów, Giuseppe. “Fratelli della Istruzione Cristiana di San Gabriele.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, coll. 1706–1707. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/fratelli-della-istruzione-cristiana-di-san-gabriele.
MLA
Lów, Giuseppe. “Fratelli della Istruzione Cristiana di San Gabriele.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, coll. 1706–1707. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/fratelli-della-istruzione-cristiana-di-san-gabriele.
BibTeX
@incollection{ec5_fratelli_della_istruzione_cris,
author = {Lów, Giuseppe},
title = {Fratelli della Istruzione Cristiana di San Gabriele},
booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
volume = {V},
pages = {1706--1707},
note = {Cited by column},
publisher = {Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico},
address = {Città del Vaticano},
year = {1950},
url = {https://azioneromana.com/article/fratelli-della-istruzione-cristiana-di-san-gabriele}
}
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