Enciclopedia Cattolica Vol. V, 1950 Religious orders Religious institutes

Brothers of Our Lady of Lourdes

FRATELLI DI NOSTRA SIGNORA DI LOURDES

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BROTHERS OF OUR LADY OF LOURDES. - Istituto religioso fondato nel 1830 da Modeste-Etienne Glorieux, vicario di St-Hermes a Renoix (Gand), per l'educazione cristiana dei giovani e per l'assistenza dei malati. Furono in principio chiamati « Frères de bonnes oeuvres »,and they recovered their current name in 1888, when the mother house moved to Oostacker near Ghent. The decree of praise is dated 18 July 1892 and the definitive approval 3 January 1939.

Widespread in Belgium, Holland, the Dutch Indies and the Belgian Congo, the Institute is currently divided into two provinces and numbers 880 religious in 46 houses with primary, secondary, normal, vocational and agricultural schools; orphanages, sanatoria, nursing homes for the mentally ill and homes for the aged.

Bibliography

BIBL.: Arch. della S. Congr. dei Relig.

Silverio Mattei

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By Silverio Mattei

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Translated from the Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V (1950), coll. 1715–1716.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Fratelli di Nostra Signora di Lourdes.” In Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, coll. 1715–1716. Città del Vaticano: Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950. https://azioneromana.com/article/fratelli-di-nostra-signora-di-lourdes.

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Mattei, Silverio. “Fratelli di Nostra Signora di Lourdes.” Enciclopedia Cattolica, vol. V, Ente per l’Enciclopedia Cattolica e per il Libro Cattolico, 1950, coll. 1715–1716. Azione Romana, https://azioneromana.com/article/fratelli-di-nostra-signora-di-lourdes.

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  author    = {Mattei, Silverio},
  title     = {Fratelli di Nostra Signora di Lourdes},
  booktitle = {Enciclopedia Cattolica},
  volume    = {V},
  pages     = {1715--1716},
  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-di-nostra-signora-di-lourdes}
}

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