Wednesday, November 30, 2005

A Timeline of the Lay Apostolate

Amy Welborn has posted a reminder about the 2006 Pentecost gathering of "New Movements."

Many of these groups have roots that go back before Vatican II. See this timeline of "new" groups in the Church that I pieced together. If your favorite group is missing, add it in the comments and I'll amend the list.

1868 Catholic Action founded;
1914 Schoenstatt Movement, founded by Fr. Joseph Kentenich;
1928 Opus Dei founded by Josemaría Escrivá;
1933 The Catholic Worker Movement founded by Dorothy Day and Peter Maurin;
early 1940s Christian Family Movement founded by Pat & Patty Crowley and others;
1943 Focolare founded by Chiara Lubich;
1947 Provida Mater Ecclesia, the constitution for secular institutes;
1948-1955 Cursillo movement begun in Majorca;
1954 Communion and Liberation founded by Luigi Giussani;
1962 Marriage Encounter begun by Fr. Gabriel Calvo (an outgrowth of CFM);
1962 Community of Sant'Egidio founded by high school students;
1964 l'Arche founded by Jean Vanier;
1964 Neocatechumenate founded;
1965 APOSTOLICAM ACTUOSITATEM
(Vatican II document on the apostolate of the laity);
1993 Movimento Ecclesiale Carmelitano (Ecclesial Carmelite Movement) founded by Father Antonio Maria Sicari, OCD.

4 comments:

Fr. D.L. Jones said...

1993 Movimento Ecclesiale Carmelitano (Ecclesial Carmelite Movement) founded by Father Antonio Maria Sicari, OCD

Fr. D.L. Jones said...

From Wally Boever

The Ecclesial Carmelite Movement can be added as another spin off of Communion and Liberation. The Carmelites of the Province of Venice, through their friendship with von Balthasar, came to know CL. And through their involvement in CL, the Carmelites became acquainted with the idea of an ecclesial movement as a way to realize the spirit of Vatican II and the universal call to holiness. The need to be faithful to their Carmelite spirituality led them to a consensual separation from CL in 1993 and the founding of the Ecclesial Carmelite Movement. The founder of the Ecclesial Carmelite Movement, Father Antonio Maria Sicari, OCD, directed the Italian edition of Communio for ten years and remains a regular contributor. See for example, his article in the Summer 2002 edition of Communio (can be accessed in the back issues of the Communio website) entitled: Ecclesial Movements: A New Framework for Ancient Charisms.

Fred said...

Wow! Thanks David for relating the history of the ECM. The article by Fr. Sicari is a daring and splendid new look at the role of charisms in the Christian life.

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