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The Monastic Communities of Jerusalem were founded in 1975 by
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the French Catholic television service, presents video of daily services from the Jerusalem community in Paris (Monday to Friday, except in August). Christian organizations established in 1975 Catholic religious orders established in the 20th century {{RC-stub
The Monastic Communities of Jerusalem were founded in 1975 by Brother
A brother is a man or boy who shares one or more parents with another; a male sibling. The female counterpart is a sister. Although the term typically refers to a familial relationship, it is sometimes used endearingly to refer to non-familia ...
Pierre-Marie Delfieux (died March 2013), until then prior general, with the aim of promoting the spirit of the monastic desert (cf. Charles de Foucauld
Charles Eugène de Foucauld de Pontbriand, Viscount of Foucauld (15 September 1858 – 1 December 1916) was a French soldier, explorer, geographer, ethnographer, Catholic priest and hermit who lived among the Tuareg people in the Sahara in Alg ...
) in the heart of cities.
In the communities' ''Rule of Life'', Delfieux answers the question: why Jerusalem
Jerusalem (; he, יְרוּשָׁלַיִם ; ar, القُدس ) (combining the Biblical and common usage Arabic names); grc, Ἱερουσαλήμ/Ἰεροσόλυμα, Hierousalḗm/Hierosóluma; hy, Երուսաղեմ, Erusałēm. i ...
? "Because Jerusalem is the city given by God to men and built by men for God, thereby becoming the foremost of the cities of the world, and because your vocation is to be a city-dweller, you are a monk, a nun of Jerusalem. (§161) Be vigilant to keep in your heart a true concern for communion with all the sons of Abraham, Jews and Muslims, who are like you worshippers of the one God and for whom Jerusalem is equally a holy City." (§174)
These Catholic
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communities are present in
* Belgium
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: Saint-Gilles (2001- closed Juin 2017)
* Canada
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: Montréal
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(2004)
* France
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: Paris
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(1975), Vézelay
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(1993), Strasbourg (1995), Mont-Saint-Michel
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The island lies approximately off the country's north-western coast, at the mouth of the Couesnon River near Avranches and i ...
(2001), La Ferté-Imbault/ Indre (département) (Magdala retreat house), Lourdes
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-Ossun
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Population
See also
*Communes of the Hautes-Pyrénées department
...
* Germany
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: Cologne
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, Groß St. Martin (2009)
* Italy
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: Florence
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, Pistoia, Gamogna (1998), Trinità dei Monti
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(2006) and then in San Sebastiano in Palatino (2016) in Rome
* Poland
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: Warsaw
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(2010)
See also
*Bose Monastic Community
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Histo ...
* Catholic religious order
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* New Monasticism New Monasticism is a diverse movement, not limited to a specific religious denomination or church and including varying expressions of contemplative life. These include evangelical Christian communities such as " Simple Way Community" and Jonathan ...
related communities.
* Order of Watchers
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(Ordre des Veilleurs), a French Protestant fraternity of hermit
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Description
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s.
*Book of the First Monks
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*Desert Fathers
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*Hermit
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In Christianity, the term was originally applied to a Ch ...
*Mary of Egypt
Mary of Egypt ( cop, Ϯⲁⲅⲓⲁ Ⲙⲁⲣⲓⲁ Ⲛⲣⲉⲙⲛ̀ⲭⲏⲙⲓ; ; c. 344 – c. 421) is an Egyptian saint, highly venerated as a Desert Mother in the Eastern Orthodox and Coptic Churches. The Catholic Church commemorates her ...
*Poustinia
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Sources
* ''The Jerusalem Community Rule of Life'' (foreword by Carlo Carretto). Paulist Press, 1985. .External links
Official website
KTO
the French Catholic television service, presents video of daily services from the Jerusalem community in Paris (Monday to Friday, except in August). Christian organizations established in 1975 Catholic religious orders established in the 20th century {{RC-stub