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Augustinian Recollect novices at the Monasterio de Marcilla [] in Navarra, Spain. As of 2023, the Recollects numbered about 1,240 in eight provinces across nineteen countries; they are strongest in Spain, the Philippines and Colombia.
37 Order of Augustinian Recollects – Ordo Augustinianorum Recollectorum (OAR) 38 Order of Saint Augustine (Augustinians) – Ordo Fratrum Sancti Augustini (OSA) 39 Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans) – Ordo Fratrum Minorum (O.F.M.)
In Latin Ordo fratrum minorum recollectorum, this last word is the genitive form of recollecti (sg.: recollectus, a participle of recolligere, ‘to gather’).The word is related to the French words recueilli (‘contemplative, meditative’) and recueillement ("gathering one's thought in contemplation, meditation").
The Order of Saint Augustine (Latin: Ordo Fratrum Sancti Augustini), abbreviated OSA, is a mendicant religious order of the Catholic Church.It was founded in 1244 by bringing together several eremitical groups in the Tuscany region who were following the Rule of Saint Augustine, written by Saint Augustine of Hippo in the fifth century.
Augustinians are members of several 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]
Towards the end of the 16th century communities of female Discalced Augustinians appeared in Spain. The first convent, that of the Visitation, was founded at Madrid, in 1589, by Prudencia Grillo, a lady of noble birth, and received its Constitution from Father Alfonso of Orozco.
In Latin, terms such as Canonici Regulares Ordinis S. Augustini (Canons Regular of the Order of St. Augustine) were used, whereby the term order (Latin ordo) referred more to a form of life or a stratum of society, reminiscent of the usage of the equestrian order or senatorial order of Roman society, rather than to a religious order in the ...
The Bridgettines, or Birgittines, formally known as the Order of the Most Holy Saviour (Latin: Ordo Sanctissimi Salvatoris; abbreviated OSsS), is a monastic religious order of the Catholic Church founded by Saint Birgitta (Bridget of Sweden) in 1344 and approved by Pope Urban V in 1370. [1] [2] They follow the Rule of Saint Augustine. There are ...