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Augustinians

Augustinians are members of Christian religious orders that follow the Rule of Saint Augustine, written in about 400 AD by Augustine of Hippo. There are two distinct types of Augustinians in Catholic religious orders dating back to the 12th–13th centuries:[1][2]

  • Various congregations of Canons Regular also follow the Rule of Saint Augustine, embrace the evangelical counsels and lead a semi-monastic life, while remaining committed to pastoral care appropriate to their primary vocation as priests. They generally form one large community which might serve parishes in the vicinity, and are organized into autonomous congregations.
  • Several orders of friars who live a mixed religious life of contemplation and apostolic ministry. The largest and most familiar is the Order of Saint Augustine (OSA), founded in 1244 and originally known as the Hermits of Saint Augustine (OESA). They are commonly known as the Austin Friars in England. Two other orders, the Order of Augustinian Recollects and the Discalced Augustinians, were once part of the OSA under a single prior general. The Recollects, founded in 1588 as a reform movement in Spain, became autonomous in 1612. The Discalceds became an independent congregation in 1592, and were raised to the status of a separate mendicant order in 1610.[3]

There are also some Anglican religious orders created in the 19th century that follow Augustine's rule. These are composed only of women in several different communities of Augustinian nuns.

Ruins of Jasienice Abbey, a former Augustinian priory in Jasienica, Police, Poland (14th century).

Charism

In a religious community, "charism" is the particular contribution that each religious order, congregation or family and its individual members embody.[4] The teaching and writing of Augustine, the Augustinian Rule, and the lives and experiences of Augustinians over sixteen centuries help define the ethos and special charism of the order.

The pursuit of truth through learning is key to the Augustinian ethos, balanced by the injunction to behave with love towards one another. These same imperatives of affection and fairness have driven the order in its international missionary outreach.[5] This balanced pursuit of love and learning has energised the various branches of the order into building communities founded on mutual affection and intellectual advancement.

Augustine spoke passionately of God's "beauty so ancient and so new",[6] and his fascination with beauty extended to music. He taught that "whoever sings prays twice" (Qui cantat, bis orat)[7] and music is also a key part of the Augustinian ethos. Contemporary Augustinian musical foundations include the Augustinerkirche in Vienna, where orchestral masses by Mozart and Schubert are performed every week, as well as the boys' choir[8] at Sankt Florian in Austria, a school conducted by Augustinian canons, a choir now over 1,000 years old.

Augustinians have also produced a formidable body of scholarly works.[9]

Background

Augustine of Hippo, first with some friends and afterward as bishop with his clergy, led a monastic community life. Regarding the use of property or possessions, Augustine did not make a virtue of poverty, but of sharing. Their manner of life led others to imitate them. Instructions for their guidance were found in several writings of Augustine, especially in De opere monachorum, mentioned in ancient codices of the eighth or ninth century as the "Rule of St. Augustine".[10] Between 430 and 570 this life-style was carried to Europe by monks and clergy fleeing the persecution of the Vandals.[11]

While in early Medieval times the rule was overshadowed by other Rules, particularly that of St. Benedict, this system of life for cathedral clergy continued in various locations throughout Europe for centuries, and they became known as Canons regular (i.e. cathedral clergy living in community according to a rule). Augustine's Rule appears again in practice in the eleventh century as a basis for the reform of monasteries and cathedral chapters.[11]

Several groups of canons were established under various disciplines, all with the Augustinian Rule as their basis. It was adopted by the Canons Regular of the Abbey of St. Victor in Paris,[11] as well as the Norbertines. The instructions contained in Augustine's Rule formed the basis of the Rule that, in accordance with the decree of the Lateran Synod of 1059, was adopted by canons who desired to practice a common apostolic life, hence the title of Canons Regular of Saint Augustine.

Orders, groups, and societies

Canons Regular

The Canons Regular follow the more ancient form of religious life which developed toward the end of the first millennium and thus predates the founding of the friars.[12] They represent a clerical adaptation of monastic life, as it grew out of an attempt to organize communities of clerics to a more dedicated way of life, as St. Augustine himself had done. Historically it paralleled the lay movement of monasticism or the eremitical life from which the friars were later to develop. In their tradition, the canons added the commitment of religious vows to their primary vocation of pastoral care. As the canons became independent of the diocesan structures, they came to form their own monastic communities. The official name of the Order is the Canons Regular of St. Augustine (CRSA).[13]

Augustinian Friars

 
Martin Luther (1483–1546), in the habit of the Augustinian Order. Luther was an Augustinian friar from 1505 until his excommunication in 1520. Luther would later renounce his religious vows and marry Katharina von Bora in 1525.
 
Abbot Gregor Mendel (1822–1884)

The 2008 Constitutions of the Order of St. Augustine[14] states that the Order of Saint Augustine is composed of the following:

a) friars, whether professed or novices, who are members of the various Circumscriptions of the Order (meaning a Province, Vicariate, or Delegation).
b) the contemplative nuns belonging to the monasteries of the order.
c) the members of the Augustinian Secular Fraternities, legitimately established by the Prior General.

In addition to these three branches, the Augustinian family also includes other groups: a) religious institutes, both male and female, formally aggregated to the order by a decree of the Prior General (this would include the Augustinians of the Assumption, the Sisters of St. Rita, etc.); b) other groups of lay Augustinians; c) lay faithful affiliated to the Order.[15]

The Augustinian, or Austin, friars (OSA), are a mendicant order.[16] As consecrated religious, they pray the Liturgy of the Hours throughout the day. This Latin Church order, while a contemplative Order, differs from traditional monastic orders in three ways. 1) They do not take vows of stability, meaning that they can live in one house (called a friary or sometimes a monastery) typically for several years before being moved into a different community of the order. 2) They are engaged in apostolic activity, such as mission work, education, prison ministries, etc. The order is under the supervision of a Prior General in Rome, and as an international order they are divided into various Provinces throughout the world, with each Province being led by a Prior Provincial. (3) As an order, they have a special commitment to corporate poverty as opposed to simply the poverty professed by the individual friar. While this is not currently legislated as it was in the origins of the order, this is to be a distinguishing mark of their lives as a community.

As consecrated religious, Augustinians profess the evangelical counsels of chastity, poverty, and obedience. They follow the Rule of St. Augustine, written sometime between 397 and 403 for a monastic community Augustine founded in Hippo (in modern day Algeria), and which takes as its inspiration the early Christian community described in the Acts of the Apostles, particularly Acts 4:32: "The community of believers was of one heart and mind, and no one claimed that any of his possessions was his own, but they had everything in common." (NAB).

By decree of the Holy See, the Augustinian Order was historically granted what was known as exempt status, which placed made it directly dependent on the Pope, meaning that bishops had no jurisdiction with regards to the internal affairs of the order. This is now expressed by saying that the order is an institute of pontifical right.[17]

History of the Friars

The Augustinian friars originated after the older Canons Regular. The friars represented part of the mendicant movement of the 13th century, a new form of religious life which sought to bring the religious ideals of monastic life into an urban setting which allowed the religious to serve the needs of the people in an apostolic capacity. At this time a number of eremitical groups lived in such diverse places as Tuscany, Latium, Umbria, Liguria, England, Switzerland, Germany, and France. The Fourth Council of the Lateran of 1215 issued the decree Ne nimium to organise these small groups of religious people by requiring them to live in community, to hold elective chapters, to be under obedience to a major superior and to adopt one of the Rules of community life that were approved by the Church.

Little Union

In 1243 the Tuscan hermits petitioned Pope Innocent IV to unite them all as one group. On 16 December 1243 Innocent IV issued the bull Incumbit Nobis, an essentially pastoral letter which, despite its brevity, basically served as the magna carta initiating the foundation of the Order as it is known today. This papal bull exhorted these hermits to adopt the Rule and way of life of Augustine of Hippo, to profess this Augustinian manner of life in a way that they themselves would decide with regards to their specific charism and apostolate, and to elect a Prior General. The bull also appointed Cardinal Riccardo Annibaldi [it] as their Cardinal protector. The importance of this man in the foundation of the Order cannot be overstated.[18]

As decreed by the bull Praesentium Vobis, the Tuscan hermits came together for a general chapter in March 1244, a chapter presided over by Cardinal Annibaldi. At this chapter the Order formally adopted the Rule of St. Augustine and determined to follow the Roman office with the Cistercian psalter, and to hold triennial elections of the Prior General. The first Prior General was Friar Matthew, followed by Adjutus and Philip. In the papal bull Pia desideria, issued on 31 March 1244, Pope Innocent IV formally approved the foundation of the Order.

Grand Union of 1256

In 1255 Innocent's successor, Pope Alexander IV, issued the papal bull Cum Quaedam Salubria summoning all the various groups of Augustinian hermits and the Hermits of Saint William to send two representatives to Rome for a General Chapter, again to be held under the supervision of his nephew, Cardinal Annibaldi. During this chapter the following groups of hermits, inter alia, were amalgamated to the Order, which up to then had only consisted of the groups of the Tuscan hermits (including the Hermits of the Holy Trinity):

  • the Hermits of Saint William
  • the Brittin (named after St. Blasius de Brittinis)
  • the Bonites (named after St. John the Good) The Fratres Saccati in Italy, and some of the houses of the Poor Catholics united with the Bonites. By 1256 the Bonites possessed eleven monasteries.

At this Chapter Lanfranc Settala, the leader of the Bonites, was elected Prior General.[10] The belted, black tunic of the Tuscan hermits was adopted as the common religious habit, and the walking sticks carried by the Bonites in keeping with eremitical tradition—and to distinguish themselves from those hermits who went around begging—ceased to be used.[19] The 12-year-old religious Order of friars now consisted of 100 or more houses.

On 9 April 1256 Pope Alexander IV issued the bull Licet Ecclesiae catholicae (Bullarium Taurinense, 3rd ed., 635 sq.) which confirmed the integration of the Hermits of John the Good (Rule of St. Augustine, 1225), the Hermits of St. William (Rule of St. Benedict), the Hermits of Brettino (Rule of St. Augustine, 1228), the Hermits of Monte Favale (Rule of St. Benedict), other smaller congregations, and the Tuscan Hermits into what was officially called the Order of Hermits of Saint Augustine.[10] Almost from the beginning the term "hermits" became a misnomer for they ranked among the friars, and became the fourth of the mendicant orders. The observance and manner of life was mild relative to those times, meat being allowed four days in the week.[20]

In August 1256, a number of Williamite houses withdrew from the newly formed mendicant order and were allowed to continue as a separate congregation under the Benedictine rule.[21][10]

The early years in the order's history featured a great devotion to learning, to study, to prayer, to service of the poor, and to defense of the Pope and the Church – a particular charism of the Order rooted in the fact that it is the only Order in the history of the Church to be founded directly by a Pope. In his work The Life of the Brothers, the 14th-century Augustinian historian and friar Jordan of Saxony writes:"It is certain that in its modern state the Order is principally founded on spiritual works, those that pertain to the contemplative life. These are as follows: the singing of the divine office; the service of the altar; prayer; psalm singing; devotion to reading or study of sacred scripture; teaching and preaching the word of God; hearing confessions of the faithful; bringing about the salvation of souls by word and example."[22]

The Augustinians count among their number over a dozen saints and numerous members declared blessed by the Church.[23] The Prior General Sebastiano Martinelli was the latest member of the order to be elevated to the cardinalate from 1901 to 2012.[24]

Privileges of the order

Ecclesiastical privileges were granted to the order almost from its beginning. Alexander IV freed the order from the jurisdiction of the bishops; Innocent VIII, in 1490, granted to the churches of the order indulgences such as can only be gained by making the Stations at Rome; Pope Pius V placed the Augustinians among the mendicant orders and ranked them next to the Carmelites. Since the end of the 13th century the sacristan of the Papal Palace was always to be an Augustinian friar, who would be ordained as a bishop. This privilege was ratified by Pope Alexander VI and granted to the Order forever by a Bull issued in 1497. The holder of the office was Rector of the Vatican parish (of which the chapel of St. Paul is the parish church). To his office also belonged the duty of preserving in his oratory a consecrated Host, which had to be renewed weekly and kept in readiness in case of the pope's illness, when it was the privilege of the papal sacristan to administer the last sacraments to the pope. The sacristan had always to accompany the pope when he traveled, and during a conclave it was he who celebrated Mass and administered the sacraments. He lived at the Vatican with a sub-sacristan and three lay brothers of the order (cf. Rocca, "Chronhistoria de Apostolico Sacrario", Rome, 1605). Augustinian friars, as of 2009, still perform the duties of papal sacristans, but the appointment of an Augustinian bishop-sacristan lapsed under Pope John Paul II with the retirement of Petrus Canisius Van Lierde in 1991. In papal Rome the Augustinian friars always filled one of the Chairs of the Sapienza University, and one of the consultorships in the Congregation of Rites.[citation needed]

Discalced and Recollect friars

 

The Discalced Augustinians were formed in 1588 in Italy as a reform movement of the Order and have their own constitutions, differing from those of the other Augustinians. The Augustinian Recollects developed in Spain in 1592 with the same goal. Currently, though, they are primarily found serving in pastoral care.

Organization of the order

The Augustinian Hermits, while following the rule known as that of St. Augustine, are also subject to the Constitutions, first drawn up by Augustinus Novellus (d. 1309), Prior General of the order from 1298 to 1300, and by Clement of Osimo. A revision was made at Rome in 1895. The Constitutions were revised again and published at Rome in 1895, with additions in 1901 and 1907.[10] Today, the Order follows the Constitutions approved in the Ordinary General Chapter of 2007.

The government of the order is as follows: At the head is the Prior General, elected every six years by the General Chapter. The Prior General is aided by six assistants and a secretary, also elected by the General Chapter. These form the Curia Generalitia. Each province is governed by a Prior Provincial, each commissariat by a Commissary General, each of the two congregations by a Vicar General, and every monastery by a Prior (only the Czech monastery of Alt-Brunn in Moravia is under an abbot) and every college by a Rector. The members of the Order number both priests and lay brothers. The Augustinians, like most religious orders, have a Cardinal Protector.

The Augustinians follow the rule of St. Augustine which is divided into 8 chapters (purpose and basis of common life, prayer, moderation and self-denial, safeguarding chastity and fraternal correction, the care of community goods and treatment of sick, asking for pardon and forgiving others, governance and obedience, and observance of the rule).[25] The Augustinians also use the charism or "gift from the Holy Spirit" to guide the communal life.

The choir and outdoor dress of the friars is a tunic of black woolen material, with long, wide sleeves, a black leather girdle, and a large shoulder cape to which is attached a long, pointed hood reaching to the girdle. The indoor dress consists of a black tunic and scapular, over which the shoulder cape is worn. In many monasteries, white was formerly the color worn in areas where there were no Dominicans. In hot climates Augustinians tend to wear white habits as they are easily distinguishable with the Dominicans (i.e. without long scapular, rosary, etc.).

Charism of the Order of St. Augustine

"The foundation of Augustinian life is life in common,"[26] with a contemplative dimension.

Provinces of Augustinians throughout the world

Aggregated communities

Other orders and groups belong within the Augustinian family either because they follow the Rule of Augustine,[27] exist as independent societies,[28] or have been formally aggregated through their constitutions into the worldwide Augustinian Order.[29] These are not counted comprehensively in this article only because the Catholic Church's system of governance and accounting makes just the numbers of ordained clerics relatively accessible and verifiable. Some of these include:

Augustinian lay societies

The lay societies are voluntary groups, generally made up of people who are either married or single and have sympathy with, and interest in, the Augustinian approach to life. These lay people do not take monastic vows, but offer support to the work of the Augustinian Order in voluntary work, gifts of money and goods, and of study and promotion of St. Augustine and Augustinian teaching.

The primary among these are the Third Orders associated with the various branches of the mendicant Orders. These are the Augustinian Lay Community[32] and the Secular Augustinian Recollects. They make a formal and public commitment as laity to follow as best as possible the life and charism of the Order.

Other associations which support the spirit and work of the friars and Sisters include: the Brotherhood of the Virgin Mary of the Belt[33] in Italy, the Friends of Augustine in the Philippines, and the Augustinian Friends[34] in Australia.

Devotional practices

 
Our Lady of Good Counsel by Pasquale Sarullo

The particular devotional practices connected with the Augustinian Order, and which it has striven to propagate, include the veneration of the Blessed Virgin under the title of "Mother of Good Counsel" (Mater Boni Consilii), whose miraculous picture is to be seen in the Augustinian church at Genazzano in the Roman province. This devotion has spread to other churches and countries, and confraternities have been formed to encourage it.[35] Several periodicals dedicated to the honour of Our Lady of Good Counsel are published in Italy, Spain and Germany by the Augustinians. The Augustinians, with the approbation of Pope Leo XIII, also encourage the devotion of the Scapular of Our Lady of Good Counsel.

Besides this devotion, the order traditionally fostered the Archconfraternity of Our Lady of Consolation. Members customarily wear a blessed sash or belt leather in honour of Saints Augustine, Monica and Nicholas of Tolentino, recite daily thirteen Our Fathers and Hail Marys and the Salve Regina, fast strictly on the eve of the feast of St. Augustine, and received Holy Communion on the feasts of the three above-named saints. This confraternity was founded by Pope Eugene IV at San Giacomo, Bologna, in 1439, made an archconfraternity by Gregory XIII, in 1575, aggregated to the Augustinian Order.

There are also a number of facilities dedicated to Mary under the title Our Lady of Grace. The Canadian Augustinians operate the Marylake Shrine of Our Lady of Grace at King City, Ontario; Our Lady of Grace Monastery is located in Nova Scotia.[36]

Saints and Blesseds

See also

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Augustines redirects here For the American rock band see Augustines band Augustinians are members of Christian religious orders that follow the Rule of Saint Augustine written in about 400 AD by Augustine of Hippo There are two distinct types of Augustinians in Catholic religious orders dating back to the 12th 13th centuries 1 2 Various congregations of Canons Regular also follow the Rule of Saint Augustine embrace the evangelical counsels and lead a semi monastic life while remaining committed to pastoral care appropriate to their primary vocation as priests They generally form one large community which might serve parishes in the vicinity and are organized into autonomous congregations Several orders of friars who live a mixed religious life of contemplation and apostolic ministry The largest and most familiar is the Order of Saint Augustine OSA founded in 1244 and originally known as the Hermits of Saint Augustine OESA They are commonly known as the Austin Friars in England Two other orders the Order of Augustinian Recollects and the Discalced Augustinians were once part of the OSA under a single prior general The Recollects founded in 1588 as a reform movement in Spain became autonomous in 1612 The Discalceds became an independent congregation in 1592 and were raised to the status of a separate mendicant order in 1610 3 There are also some Anglican religious orders created in the 19th century that follow Augustine s rule These are composed only of women in several different communities of Augustinian nuns Ruins of Jasienice Abbey a former Augustinian priory in Jasienica Police Poland 14th century Contents 1 Charism 2 Background 3 Orders groups and societies 3 1 Canons Regular 3 2 Augustinian Friars 3 2 1 History of the Friars 3 2 1 1 Little Union 3 2 1 2 Grand Union of 1256 3 2 2 Privileges of the order 3 2 3 Discalced and Recollect friars 3 2 4 Organization of the order 3 2 5 Charism of the Order of St Augustine 3 3 Provinces of Augustinians throughout the world 3 4 Aggregated communities 3 5 Augustinian lay societies 4 Devotional practices 5 Saints and Blesseds 6 See also 7 References 8 Bibliography 9 External linksCharism EditIn a religious community charism is the particular contribution that each religious order congregation or family and its individual members embody 4 The teaching and writing of Augustine the Augustinian Rule and the lives and experiences of Augustinians over sixteen centuries help define the ethos and special charism of the order The pursuit of truth through learning is key to the Augustinian ethos balanced by the injunction to behave with love towards one another These same imperatives of affection and fairness have driven the order in its international missionary outreach 5 This balanced pursuit of love and learning has energised the various branches of the order into building communities founded on mutual affection and intellectual advancement Augustine spoke passionately of God s beauty so ancient and so new 6 and his fascination with beauty extended to music He taught that whoever sings prays twice Qui cantat bis orat 7 and music is also a key part of the Augustinian ethos Contemporary Augustinian musical foundations include the Augustinerkirche in Vienna where orchestral masses by Mozart and Schubert are performed every week as well as the boys choir 8 at Sankt Florian in Austria a school conducted by Augustinian canons a choir now over 1 000 years old Augustinians have also produced a formidable body of scholarly works 9 Background EditAugustine of Hippo first with some friends and afterward as bishop with his clergy led a monastic community life Regarding the use of property or possessions Augustine did not make a virtue of poverty but of sharing Their manner of life led others to imitate them Instructions for their guidance were found in several writings of Augustine especially in De opere monachorum mentioned in ancient codices of the eighth or ninth century as the Rule of St Augustine 10 Between 430 and 570 this life style was carried to Europe by monks and clergy fleeing the persecution of the Vandals 11 While in early Medieval times the rule was overshadowed by other Rules particularly that of St Benedict this system of life for cathedral clergy continued in various locations throughout Europe for centuries and they became known as Canons regular i e cathedral clergy living in community according to a rule Augustine s Rule appears again in practice in the eleventh century as a basis for the reform of monasteries and cathedral chapters 11 Several groups of canons were established under various disciplines all with the Augustinian Rule as their basis It was adopted by the Canons Regular of the Abbey of St Victor in Paris 11 as well as the Norbertines The instructions contained in Augustine s Rule formed the basis of the Rule that in accordance with the decree of the Lateran Synod of 1059 was adopted by canons who desired to practice a common apostolic life hence the title of Canons Regular of Saint Augustine Orders groups and societies EditCanons Regular Edit Main article Canons Regular The Canons Regular follow the more ancient form of religious life which developed toward the end of the first millennium and thus predates the founding of the friars 12 They represent a clerical adaptation of monastic life as it grew out of an attempt to organize communities of clerics to a more dedicated way of life as St Augustine himself had done Historically it paralleled the lay movement of monasticism or the eremitical life from which the friars were later to develop In their tradition the canons added the commitment of religious vows to their primary vocation of pastoral care As the canons became independent of the diocesan structures they came to form their own monastic communities The official name of the Order is the Canons Regular of St Augustine CRSA 13 Augustinian Friars Edit Main article Order of Saint Augustine Martin Luther 1483 1546 in the habit of the Augustinian Order Luther was an Augustinian friar from 1505 until his excommunication in 1520 Luther would later renounce his religious vows and marry Katharina von Bora in 1525 Abbot Gregor Mendel 1822 1884 The 2008 Constitutions of the Order of St Augustine 14 states that the Order of Saint Augustine is composed of the following a friars whether professed or novices who are members of the various Circumscriptions of the Order meaning a Province Vicariate or Delegation b the contemplative nuns belonging to the monasteries of the order c the members of the Augustinian Secular Fraternities legitimately established by the Prior General In addition to these three branches the Augustinian family also includes other groups a religious institutes both male and female formally aggregated to the order by a decree of the Prior General this would include the Augustinians of the Assumption the Sisters of St Rita etc b other groups of lay Augustinians c lay faithful affiliated to the Order 15 The Augustinian or Austin friars OSA are a mendicant order 16 As consecrated religious they pray the Liturgy of the Hours throughout the day This Latin Church order while a contemplative Order differs from traditional monastic orders in three ways 1 They do not take vows of stability meaning that they can live in one house called a friary or sometimes a monastery typically for several years before being moved into a different community of the order 2 They are engaged in apostolic activity such as mission work education prison ministries etc The order is under the supervision of a Prior General in Rome and as an international order they are divided into various Provinces throughout the world with each Province being led by a Prior Provincial 3 As an order they have a special commitment to corporate poverty as opposed to simply the poverty professed by the individual friar While this is not currently legislated as it was in the origins of the order this is to be a distinguishing mark of their lives as a community As consecrated religious Augustinians profess the evangelical counsels of chastity poverty and obedience They follow the Rule of St Augustine written sometime between 397 and 403 for a monastic community Augustine founded in Hippo in modern day Algeria and which takes as its inspiration the early Christian community described in the Acts of the Apostles particularly Acts 4 32 The community of believers was of one heart and mind and no one claimed that any of his possessions was his own but they had everything in common NAB By decree of the Holy See the Augustinian Order was historically granted what was known as exempt status which placed made it directly dependent on the Pope meaning that bishops had no jurisdiction with regards to the internal affairs of the order This is now expressed by saying that the order is an institute of pontifical right 17 History of the Friars Edit The Augustinian friars originated after the older Canons Regular The friars represented part of the mendicant movement of the 13th century a new form of religious life which sought to bring the religious ideals of monastic life into an urban setting which allowed the religious to serve the needs of the people in an apostolic capacity At this time a number of eremitical groups lived in such diverse places as Tuscany Latium Umbria Liguria England Switzerland Germany and France The Fourth Council of the Lateran of 1215 issued the decree Ne nimium to organise these small groups of religious people by requiring them to live in community to hold elective chapters to be under obedience to a major superior and to adopt one of the Rules of community life that were approved by the Church Little Union Edit In 1243 the Tuscan hermits petitioned Pope Innocent IV to unite them all as one group On 16 December 1243 Innocent IV issued the bull Incumbit Nobis an essentially pastoral letter which despite its brevity basically served as the magna carta initiating the foundation of the Order as it is known today This papal bull exhorted these hermits to adopt the Rule and way of life of Augustine of Hippo to profess this Augustinian manner of life in a way that they themselves would decide with regards to their specific charism and apostolate and to elect a Prior General The bull also appointed Cardinal Riccardo Annibaldi it as their Cardinal protector The importance of this man in the foundation of the Order cannot be overstated 18 As decreed by the bull Praesentium Vobis the Tuscan hermits came together for a general chapter in March 1244 a chapter presided over by Cardinal Annibaldi At this chapter the Order formally adopted the Rule of St Augustine and determined to follow the Roman office with the Cistercian psalter and to hold triennial elections of the Prior General The first Prior General was Friar Matthew followed by Adjutus and Philip In the papal bull Pia desideria issued on 31 March 1244 Pope Innocent IV formally approved the foundation of the Order Grand Union of 1256 Edit In 1255 Innocent s successor Pope Alexander IV issued the papal bull Cum Quaedam Salubria summoning all the various groups of Augustinian hermits and the Hermits of Saint William to send two representatives to Rome for a General Chapter again to be held under the supervision of his nephew Cardinal Annibaldi During this chapter the following groups of hermits inter alia were amalgamated to the Order which up to then had only consisted of the groups of the Tuscan hermits including the Hermits of the Holy Trinity the Hermits of Saint William the Brittin named after St Blasius de Brittinis the Bonites named after St John the Good The Fratres Saccati in Italy and some of the houses of the Poor Catholics united with the Bonites By 1256 the Bonites possessed eleven monasteries At this Chapter Lanfranc Settala the leader of the Bonites was elected Prior General 10 The belted black tunic of the Tuscan hermits was adopted as the common religious habit and the walking sticks carried by the Bonites in keeping with eremitical tradition and to distinguish themselves from those hermits who went around begging ceased to be used 19 The 12 year old religious Order of friars now consisted of 100 or more houses On 9 April 1256 Pope Alexander IV issued the bull Licet Ecclesiae catholicae Bullarium Taurinense 3rd ed 635 sq which confirmed the integration of the Hermits of John the Good Rule of St Augustine 1225 the Hermits of St William Rule of St Benedict the Hermits of Brettino Rule of St Augustine 1228 the Hermits of Monte Favale Rule of St Benedict other smaller congregations and the Tuscan Hermits into what was officially called the Order of Hermits of Saint Augustine 10 Almost from the beginning the term hermits became a misnomer for they ranked among the friars and became the fourth of the mendicant orders The observance and manner of life was mild relative to those times meat being allowed four days in the week 20 In August 1256 a number of Williamite houses withdrew from the newly formed mendicant order and were allowed to continue as a separate congregation under the Benedictine rule 21 10 The early years in the order s history featured a great devotion to learning to study to prayer to service of the poor and to defense of the Pope and the Church a particular charism of the Order rooted in the fact that it is the only Order in the history of the Church to be founded directly by a Pope In his work The Life of the Brothers the 14th century Augustinian historian and friar Jordan of Saxony writes It is certain that in its modern state the Order is principally founded on spiritual works those that pertain to the contemplative life These are as follows the singing of the divine office the service of the altar prayer psalm singing devotion to reading or study of sacred scripture teaching and preaching the word of God hearing confessions of the faithful bringing about the salvation of souls by word and example 22 The Augustinians count among their number over a dozen saints and numerous members declared blessed by the Church 23 The Prior General Sebastiano Martinelli was the latest member of the order to be elevated to the cardinalate from 1901 to 2012 24 Privileges of the order Edit Ecclesiastical privileges were granted to the order almost from its beginning Alexander IV freed the order from the jurisdiction of the bishops Innocent VIII in 1490 granted to the churches of the order indulgences such as can only be gained by making the Stations at Rome Pope Pius V placed the Augustinians among the mendicant orders and ranked them next to the Carmelites Since the end of the 13th century the sacristan of the Papal Palace was always to be an Augustinian friar who would be ordained as a bishop This privilege was ratified by Pope Alexander VI and granted to the Order forever by a Bull issued in 1497 The holder of the office was Rector of the Vatican parish of which the chapel of St Paul is the parish church To his office also belonged the duty of preserving in his oratory a consecrated Host which had to be renewed weekly and kept in readiness in case of the pope s illness when it was the privilege of the papal sacristan to administer the last sacraments to the pope The sacristan had always to accompany the pope when he traveled and during a conclave it was he who celebrated Mass and administered the sacraments He lived at the Vatican with a sub sacristan and three lay brothers of the order cf Rocca Chronhistoria de Apostolico Sacrario Rome 1605 Augustinian friars as of 2009 still perform the duties of papal sacristans but the appointment of an Augustinian bishop sacristan lapsed under Pope John Paul II with the retirement of Petrus Canisius Van Lierde in 1991 In papal Rome the Augustinian friars always filled one of the Chairs of the Sapienza University and one of the consultorships in the Congregation of Rites citation needed Discalced and Recollect friars Edit Abraham a Sancta Clara 1644 1709 The Discalced Augustinians were formed in 1588 in Italy as a reform movement of the Order and have their own constitutions differing from those of the other Augustinians The Augustinian Recollects developed in Spain in 1592 with the same goal Currently though they are primarily found serving in pastoral care Organization of the order Edit The Augustinian Hermits while following the rule known as that of St Augustine are also subject to the Constitutions first drawn up by Augustinus Novellus d 1309 Prior General of the order from 1298 to 1300 and by Clement of Osimo A revision was made at Rome in 1895 The Constitutions were revised again and published at Rome in 1895 with additions in 1901 and 1907 10 Today the Order follows the Constitutions approved in the Ordinary General Chapter of 2007 The government of the order is as follows At the head is the Prior General elected every six years by the General Chapter The Prior General is aided by six assistants and a secretary also elected by the General Chapter These form the Curia Generalitia Each province is governed by a Prior Provincial each commissariat by a Commissary General each of the two congregations by a Vicar General and every monastery by a Prior only the Czech monastery of Alt Brunn in Moravia is under an abbot and every college by a Rector The members of the Order number both priests and lay brothers The Augustinians like most religious orders have a Cardinal Protector The Augustinians follow the rule of St Augustine which is divided into 8 chapters purpose and basis of common life prayer moderation and self denial safeguarding chastity and fraternal correction the care of community goods and treatment of sick asking for pardon and forgiving others governance and obedience and observance of the rule 25 The Augustinians also use the charism or gift from the Holy Spirit to guide the communal life The choir and outdoor dress of the friars is a tunic of black woolen material with long wide sleeves a black leather girdle and a large shoulder cape to which is attached a long pointed hood reaching to the girdle The indoor dress consists of a black tunic and scapular over which the shoulder cape is worn In many monasteries white was formerly the color worn in areas where there were no Dominicans In hot climates Augustinians tend to wear white habits as they are easily distinguishable with the Dominicans i e without long scapular rosary etc Charism of the Order of St Augustine Edit The foundation of Augustinian life is life in common 26 with a contemplative dimension Provinces of Augustinians throughout the world Edit Abbey of BrnoDelegations of Central America Costa Rica Province of England and ScotlandVicariate of Antilles Puerto Rico Vicariate of Apurimac Peru Vicariate of ArgentinaProvince of BelgiumProvince of BoliviaDelegation of Brazil Castille Vicariate of Brazil Holy Name Vicariate of Brazil Mother of Consolation Province of Cebu Philippines Province of CaliforniaProvince of CanadaProvince of Castille Spain Province of ChicagoProvince of ChileVicariate of Chulucanas Peru Province of ColombiaVicariate of the CongoDelegation of CubaProvince of GermanyProvince of IrelandProvince of SpainProvince of HollandVicariate of IndiaVicariate of Iquitos Peru Province of ItalyVicariate of JapanDelegation of KenyaDelegation of Korea Province of MadridProvince of Mechoacan Mexico Province of MaltaProvince of MexicoProvince of NigeriaVicariate of the Orient Pacific Ocean islands Vicariate of PanamaDelegation of IndonesiaProvince of PeruProvince of the Most Holy Name of Jesus of the PhilippinesProvince of Santo Nino de Cebu PhilippinesProvince of PolandProvince of Quito Ecuador Delegation of TanzaniaVicariate of VenezuelaVicariate of ViennaProvince of Villanova United States Aggregated communities Edit Other orders and groups belong within the Augustinian family either because they follow the Rule of Augustine 27 exist as independent societies 28 or have been formally aggregated through their constitutions into the worldwide Augustinian Order 29 These are not counted comprehensively in this article only because the Catholic Church s system of governance and accounting makes just the numbers of ordained clerics relatively accessible and verifiable Some of these include The Hieronymites the Ursulines the Canonesses of St Augustine of the Mercy of Jesus 30 Augustinians of the Assumption which includes a Byzantine Rite province the Alexian Brothers the Brothers of the Assumption in the Congo the Sisters of Our Lady of Consolation and San Guillermo Parish Church which was buried half its 12 m height on September 3 1994 due to the lahar slopes of Mount Pinatubo Philippines the Congregation of Our Lady of the Missions the Sisters of Charity of the Incarnate Word 31 who established the University of the Incarnate Word in Texas the Brothers Hospitallers of Saint John of God and the Augustinians of the Assumption Augustinian lay societies Edit The lay societies are voluntary groups generally made up of people who are either married or single and have sympathy with and interest in the Augustinian approach to life These lay people do not take monastic vows but offer support to the work of the Augustinian Order in voluntary work gifts of money and goods and of study and promotion of St Augustine and Augustinian teaching The primary among these are the Third Orders associated with the various branches of the mendicant Orders These are the Augustinian Lay Community 32 and the Secular Augustinian Recollects They make a formal and public commitment as laity to follow as best as possible the life and charism of the Order Other associations which support the spirit and work of the friars and Sisters include the Brotherhood of the Virgin Mary of the Belt 33 in Italy the Friends of Augustine in the Philippines and the Augustinian Friends 34 in Australia Devotional practices Edit Our Lady of Good Counsel by Pasquale Sarullo The particular devotional practices connected with the Augustinian Order and which it has striven to propagate include the veneration of the Blessed Virgin under the title of Mother of Good Counsel Mater Boni Consilii whose miraculous picture is to be seen in the Augustinian church at Genazzano in the Roman province This devotion has spread to other churches and countries and confraternities have been formed to encourage it 35 Several periodicals dedicated to the honour of Our Lady of Good Counsel are published in Italy Spain and Germany by the Augustinians The Augustinians with the approbation of Pope Leo XIII also encourage the devotion of the Scapular of Our Lady of Good Counsel Besides this devotion the order traditionally fostered the Archconfraternity of Our Lady of Consolation Members customarily wear a blessed sash or belt leather in honour of Saints Augustine Monica and Nicholas of Tolentino recite daily thirteen Our Fathers and Hail Marys and the Salve Regina fast strictly on the eve of the feast of St Augustine and received Holy Communion on the feasts of the three above named saints This confraternity was founded by Pope Eugene IV at San Giacomo Bologna in 1439 made an archconfraternity by Gregory XIII in 1575 aggregated to the Augustinian Order There are also a number of facilities dedicated to Mary under the title Our Lady of Grace The Canadian Augustinians operate the Marylake Shrine of Our Lady of Grace at King City Ontario Our Lady of Grace Monastery is located in Nova Scotia 36 Saints and Blesseds EditSaint Fulgentius of Ruspe Bishop d 527 Saint Clare of Montefalco d 1308 Saint John of Sahagun a Sancto Facundo d 1479 Saint John Stone d 1539 a martyr of the English Reformation Saint Alonso de Orozco Mena d 1591 Saint Bartholomew Gutierrez d 1632 Saint Thomas Kintsuba Jihyoe of Saint Augustine d 1637 Saint Nicholas of Tolentino d 1305 Saint Rita of Cascia Saint Thomas of Villanova d 1555 Saint Peter Zuniga d 1622 Blessed Clemente da Osimo d 1291 Blessed James of Viterbo d 1307 Blessed Agostino Novello d 1309 Blessed Antonio Patrizi d 1311 Blessed Angelo da Foligno d 1312 Blessed Simon Rinalducci d 1322 Blessed Angelo da Furci d 1327 Blessed Gregorio Celli d 1343 Blessed Simon of Cascia d 1348 Blessed Gundisalvus of Lagos d 1422 Blessed William Tirry hanged at Clonmel 1654 Blessed Stefano Bellesini d 1840 Blessed Mariano de la Mata d 1983 Venerable Alphonse Gallegos d 1991 See also EditAugustinian nuns Augustinian nuns in the Anglican Communion Holy Jesus Hospital Independent Augustinian Communities Mercedarians the Order of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Mercy Order of Aubrac Order of Augustinian Recollects Order of the Canons Regular of Premontre Our Lady of Good Counsel Society of Saint AugustineReferences Edit Besse Jean Rule of St Augustine The Catholic Encyclopedia Vol 2 New York Robert Appleton Company 1907 This article incorporates text from this source which is in the public domain McBrien Richard Rule of St Augustine The Harper 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