Congregation of Windesheim
The Congregation of Windesheim (Latin: Congregatio Vindesemensis) is a congregation of Augustinian canons regular (i.e., ecclesiastics living in community and bound by vows). It takes its name from its most important monastery, which was located at Windesheim, about four miles south of Zwolle on the IJssel, in the Netherlands.
| Congregatio Vindesemensis (Latin) | |
Modern photo of the former beguinage in Windesheim | |
| Abbreviation | C.R.V. (post-nominal letters) |
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| Formation | 1386 |
| Founded at | Windesheim, Netherlands |
| Type | Order of Canons Regular of Pontifical Right (for Men) |
| Headquarters | Propstei St. Michael, Paring 1, D-84085 Langquaid, Germany |
Members | 22 members (12 priests) as of 2017 |
Motto | Latin: English: |
Prior General | Abbot Olivier Deysine, CRV |
Ministry | Apostolate of hospitality |
Parent organization | Roman Catholic Church |
Formerly called | Brethren of the Common Life |
This congregation of canons regular, of which this was the chief house, was an offshoot of the Brethren of the Common Life and played a considerable part in the reform movement within the Dutch and German Catholic Church in the century before the Protestant Reformation.
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