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- Title
Transformations and Consequences: The Basilians in France and North America.
- Authors
GRIFFIN, Ron; HAYDEN, Michael
- Abstract
The Basilians originated in southern France in the early nineteenth century to counteract the effects of the French Revolution. In effect, they were founded by a committee and were led by men who too often did not lead. They remained under episcopal control for a long time and were pulled between parish work and minor seminary and high school teaching. The Basilians were invited to Canada in 1852 by Armand de Charbonnel, an alumnus of their school in Annonay, France, now bishop of Toronto. Over time the North American Basilians transformed themselves from a group of conservative, narrowly educated, French, anti-modern seminary teachers into a body of English-speaking, broadly educated high school and university teachers, parish priests, and workers for social justice. Francis Forster and Henry Carr played important roles in this evolution, which led to unprecedented growth from the 1920s into the mid-1960s. Fr. Carr was responsible for the Basilians becoming a major voice in social justice in Canada. Unfortunately, just as Basilian expansion was most often a response to episcopal invitations, not the result of systematic planning, so too contraction and the surrender of apostolates took place in an ad hoc fashion. In 2014 there were only 204 Basilians left, 26% of their 1965 membership.
- Subjects
CANADA; FRANCE; BASILIANS; CATHOLIC Church; FORSTER, Francis; CARR, Henry; CHARBONNEL, Armand-Francois-Marie de, 1802-1891; MONASTICISM &; religious orders; HISTORY
- Publication
Études d'Histoire Religieuse, 2016, Vol 82, Issue 1/2, p7
- ISSN
1193-199X
- Publication type
Article