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The Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit ( lat, Ordo Fratrum Sancti Pauli Primi Eremitæ; abbreviated OSPPE), commonly called the Pauline Fathers, is a
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of the
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founded in Hungary during the 13th century. This name is derived from the
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Saint
Paul of Thebes Paul of Thebes (; , ''Paûlos ho Thēbaîos''; ; c. 227 – c. 341), commonly known as Paul the First Hermit or Paul the Anchorite, was an Egyptian saint regarded as the first Christian hermit, who was claimed to have lived alone in the deser ...
(died 345),
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in 491 by
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. After his death, the
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was founded and still exists today, taking him as its model.


History

The Order was formed in 1250 by the
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( hu, Boldog Özséb) of two communities: one founded at around 1225 by Bishop Bartholomew of Pécs, who had united the scattered hermits of his diocese, and the other consisting of his own followers. In 1246, Blessed Eusebius,
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of the Cathedral of Esztergom, resigned his dignities, distributed his goods among the poor and withdrew to the solitude of the Pilis mountains, near Zante (probably related to present day ) to lead a life of penance with a few companions (see the ruins of the Holy Cross Monastery at present-day ). Four years later, he is said to have been admonished in a vision to gather into community the other hermits living in the vicinity, for whom he built a monastery and church the ruins of which are near the village of (today a part of ). In the same year, Eusebius proposed and obtained affiliation with the community under the rule prescribed by its founder and was chosen superior. He received the approbation of Ladislaus,
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, for the new Order, but the publication of the decrees of the
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at this time necessitated a journey to Rome to secure final authorization by the
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. In 1263, a new Rule was given the congregation by the Bishop of , which was superseded by still another drawn up by Andrew, Bishop of Eger, after the death of Eusebius (), and this was followed until 1308 when the permission of the Holy See was obtained to adopt the Rule of St. Augustine. The Order was accorded many privileges by succeeding pontiffs, among others that of exemption from episcopal jurisdiction, and provisions were made for the pursuit of higher studies in many of the monasteries, one papal regulation ordaining that no member could be raised to any dignity in the Order without the degree of
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, for which a rigid examination was prescribed. In the saddle between and
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is , 'Beautiful shepherdess', the site of the first Pauline monastery, known as the
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( hu, Budaszentlőrinci pálos kolostor), where the Pauline Order founded their first friary.
László Báthory László Báthory de Császár ( hu, Császári Bátori László) ( – 27 February 1456) was a Pauline monk and the first translator of the Bible into Hungarian. Background Báthory (also Báthori or Bátori) was born around 1420 in Nyírcs ...
translated the Bible into Hungarian circa 1456, but no contemporary copies have survived. However, the 16th century is most likely a copy of Báthory's work in the 15th century. The Pauline Order spread rapidly through Hungary, where alone it soon numbered 170 houses, and it attained an equal degree of prosperity in other countries, being divided into five flourishing provinces: Hungary (including
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, especially
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), Germany, Poland, Sweden. In 1381, the body of St. Paul, the patron saint of the order, was transferred from Venice to the Monastery of St. Lawrence at Buda, which thereby gained greatly in prestige. Among the other famous houses of the congregation are the historical Polish Monastery of Our Lady of Jasna Góra (Our Lady of Bright Mountain) in
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,
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, with its Miraculous Icon of the
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(according to legend the work of St. Luke and discovered by St. Helena with the
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), and the monasteries at
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(now
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) and
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near Vienna. The church of San Stefano Rotondo at Rome was attached to the
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by
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. In 1783, a number of houses in Bohemia, Austria proper, Styria, etc., were suppressed, and political disturbances in Hungary brought the same fate to most of the Hungarian monasteries which had rendered incalculable services to religion and education. The destruction of the annals of these houses left the historical sources very meager. There remained a handful of houses of the order in
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. At the beginning of the 20th century, only two Pauline monasteries remained. One of them was the Church of Saint Michael the Archangel and Saint
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Bishop and Martyr connected to a monastery (On the Rock) in
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,
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, founded by , and regarded as a national sanctuary. The other was recalled earlier: the Monastery of Our Lady of . Among the members of the order to attain prominence were
George Martinuzzi George Martinuzzi, O.S.P. (born Juraj Utješenović, also known as György Martinuzzi, Brother György, Georg Utiessenovicz-Martinuzzi or György Fráter, hu, Fráter György; 1482 – 16 December 1551), was a Croatian nobleman, Pauline m ...
, bishop of (Oradea) and cardinal (murdered ), an important figure in the history of Hungary; Matthias Fuhrmann of Hernals (died 1773), historian of Austria and editor of the Acts of St. Paul of Thebes; Fortunatus Dürich (1802) and Franz Faustin Prochaska (died 1809), editors of a Czech translation of the Scriptures. The
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was originally brown but, in about 1341, white was adopted with a white belt or
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and, over the white
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, a white
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with a hood. In choir or more commonly in liturgical events, a white mantle is worn by monks in perpetual profession. The Order is also known for its privilege of wearing a white
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, although many monks choose not to wear them. Monks also may make use of a black cloak either to protect their habit from the elements or to keep warm in winter. Like all religious who wear white habits, white socks ought to be worn with the habit of the order.


Blessed Eusebius of Esztergom

Eusebius was born in Esztergom in the Kingdom of Hungary around 1200. He came from a wealthy, well to do family. He received his
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in the cathedral in Esztergom as a Canon Regular of Saint Augustine. In 1216, he received permission from the bishop to leave the cathedral and he began a hermitage in Pilis. In 1246, more of his brother canons and other hermits along the river
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lived with him near Pilisszántó. Around 1250, he founded the first real Pauline community at the monastery of the Holy Cross where they adopted the hermits rule from the monastery of St. James in Patach (founded in 1225 by Bishop Bartholomew of Pécs). In 1256, he was elected the first Provincial of the Order. In 1262, he asked Pope
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for approval of the religious community and they were given temporary approval. On , Cardinal
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, as a legate of Pope
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, traveled from
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to
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to grant the approval and, on this day, he also bestowed the rule of
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on behalf of the
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. A year later, the first monastic constitutions were approved. Eusebius died on , in the Monastery of the Holy Cross. He was interred in the Monastery crypt. During the 150 years of Turkish occupation in Hungary, the Church and Monastery of the Holy Cross, including his tomb, was destroyed. On , the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, in approving the new liturgical calendar of the Pauline Order, authorized the inclusion of the 20 January as the feast of Bl. Eusebius of Esztergom. It is noteworthy to mention that due to the close relation between the Hungarian people and the Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit, Blessed Eusebius was always referred to by the people as Blessed, from soon after his death to this very day.


Coat of arms

The Pauline
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contains within it the symbols listed by St. Jerome, according to pious tradition, which are associated with the last moments of St. Paul of Thebes' life.


The Order today


Charism of the order today

The essence of the Pauline Fathers are: * Contemplation of God in solitude * The love of liturgical prayer * A poor and industrious life * To spread devotion to Our Lady and the imitation of her virtues, by running shrines in her honor * Apostolic activity, especially preaching the Word of God and the administration of the sacraments.


Pauline formation

To become a religious, it is necessary to undergo an initial period of testing as a religious brother; hence, the
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. This time is used to isolate a candidate for the seminary or religious life from personal and telephone contact with family and existing friends. The novice can write letters that are subjected to censorship. During the novitiate, the novices meet with their family only twice: for the clothing in the habit and on making first profession. During the novitiate, every Friday is a day during which novices are not allowed to speak with each other. The day ends with a joint ceremony, the (Way of the Cross). During their stay in the novitiate, brothers work in the monastery farm; they work in the field at digging potatoes and with the breeding and maintenance of the pigs. They also do work in the monastery flower-vegetable garden. The entire period spent in the novitiate is to knead the novice, to show their convictions and stability to make the decision to become a monk. It is also the period during which the older monks will need to assess the novice's suitability for life in a group such as the Order. The Order generally accepts any men who have completed
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onwards. Those who are called to Holy Orders will undergo the following type of formation: * The
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: (if possible) in a Parish or Monastery belonging to the order. * The Pre-Novitiate: at the Monastery of in Cracow which will last on average from 15 July to 31 August followed by * The
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: in , lasting a year (commencing and finishing on 8 September) that consists of the receiving and investiture of the habit and the profession of first religious vows. * The
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: returning to after the novitiate, the seminarian will undergo two years of philosophy and four years of study of theology in Kraków. After the studies are completed, the seminarians profess solemn vows and are ordained first to the diaconate and then to the priesthood. Men with no secondary education or who feel the call to the religious life but not to the priesthood and who wish to live in community can be religious brothers for life. To do this, they must go through the following stages of training: * Postulancy at , which lasts six months. * A two-year novitiate in , where they will receive their habit in the first year and pronounce first religious vows the second year. * Two years juniorate close to or in , * Two years juniorate at a facility designated by superiors, followed by perpetual vows. It is noteworthy to mention that this is the general scheme for all wishing to enter the Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit in
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where the majority of the Order is today. Other countries offering formation are
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and
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. Some candidates are sent to
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to either complete or commence their studies; this being said, Poland is where most of the formation is carried out. The Australian province of the Order has a different vocational program. Normally a potential member is in regular communication with the Order and visits the monasteries of the Order frequently. At this informal stage, the potential member is called a candidate to the Order. After some discernment and maturation of the vocation, the candidate petitions to be admitted to the Order. * The
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: At Penrose Park monastery. This may last until the postulant is ready to be sent to Poland for Novitiate. Postulants seeking to be lay brothers may remain in Australia for their novitiate as well. * The Pre-Novitiate: at the Monastery of in Cracow which will last on average from 15 July to 31 August followed by * The
Novitiate The novitiate, also called the noviciate, is the period of training and preparation that a Christian ''novice'' (or ''prospective'') monastic, apostolic, or member of a religious order undergoes prior to taking vows in order to discern whether ...
: in , lasting a year (commencing and finishing on 8 September) which consists of the receiving and investiture in the habit and the profession of first religious vows. At the investiture of the habit, the novice may petition to receive a new religious name, which he himself may propose. The novice is strongly encouraged to learn some Polish during the novitiate. * The Seminary formation: All Australian seminarians are sent to Rome, where they live at the Monastery and Parish at Prima Porta (). During this time they study two years of philosophy and three years of theology at the Angelicum. These studies may be done in English or in Italian which they are strongly encouraged to learn. * Pastoral experience: Every second summer the seminarian returns to Australia, both to spend time with his family and to undertake pastoral experience in the various monasteries and houses of the Australian Province. After he has finished his studies in Rome and obtained a
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degree (STB), the seminarian returns to Australia and professes
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s. After solemn profession he is ordained a deacon and then finally a priest.


General administration of the Order


The rule

The Order has its own constitution and directory. They adhere to the Rule of St. Augustine. which was given to them in the year 1308. The Order is classified as a monastic order but is organised like a mendicant one. Paulines are monks not friars. Through the passage of time the Order has had to take on more and more pastoral work, even the running of parishes, but it is still a monastic order at heart.


''Definitorium''

During the Chapter General Elections held on 4–5 March 2020, the following Fathers were elected to positions within the Order: * Father General of the OrderFr. Arnold Chrapkowski, OSPPE * Vicar General of the Order (I Definitor)Fr. Michał Lukoszek, OSPPE * II DefinitorFr. Ryszard Dec, OSPPE * III DefinitorFr. Piotr Łoza, OSPPE * IV DefinitorFr. Bernard Kluczkowski, OSPPE * General
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of the Order to the Holy SeeFr. Bazyli Degórski, OSPPE * Administrator General of the OrderFr. Marek Moga, OSPPE * Secretary General of the OrderFr. Paweł Przygodzki, OSPPE The term of office in the ''Definitorium'' lasts six years.


Distribution of the Order

As of , the Order of Saint Paul the First Hermit had 71 Homes/Monasteries/Parishes in 16 countries. There were 493 monks including 50 at various levels of formation and 3 bishops. The
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of Germany was founded in 2002. As of 2020, the Provincial there is Fr. Benjamin Bąkowski. The American Province was founded in 2008. As of April 2022, it is led by provincial Fr. Tadeusz Lizinczyk. The Province of Australia was founded in 2008. The current provincial is Fr. Albert Wasniowski. The province consists of two monasteries and four parishes with 1 bishop, 11 priests, three lay brothers, and four seminarians. There are also the Quasi-Province of Hungary and the Quasi-Province of Croatia.


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