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Carthusian Order


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St. Bruno

(1028-1101)


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Outline of Presentation

1. Context of Foundation

2. Founder : St. Bruno

3. Foundational Idea & Inspiration4. Lifestyle

5. Formation process & Organization

6. Todays Carthusian


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1. Context

1. Context

A. Civil Context: 11th Century

* 11th c : China - ( Song ) Dynasty: India - Invasion of Islam

Holy Roman Empire(German empire)

France

Byzantin


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1054 : Great Schism of Oriental Church

1050~1080 : 2nd Eucharist Controversy

1073~1085 : Gregory reformation

1077 : The emperor Henryapologized to Gregory in Canossa

( 1080, 1084~1100 : Antipope Clement by emperor, Henry)

1084 : Bruno founded the Carthusian Order. 1088~1099 : Pope Urban(Brunos former student) 1095 : Council of Clermont (Bruno attended this Council)

1096~1099 : 1st Crusade

1099 ~1118 : Pope Pachal

1. Context

B. Ecclesiastical Context


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1. Context

Reformation by Pope Gregory, and the Emperorsresistance against the reformation produced big tension

between Emperor & Pope e.g. Walk to Canossa(1077)

B-1. Characteristic of Church in late 11th Century

In Canossa, the Emperor

Henry is apologizing to

Pope for his resistance

Later, when the

emperor got the

power again, he

appointed anti-

pope Clement

This tension continued on theGregorys successors- Victor, Urban, Paschal .

This situation affects to the Carthusian Order


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1. Context

Criticizing and Re-examination on the Cluniac

Monasticism, which is so rich and splendid, the old

monastic value emerged with longing for the value

of solitude and poverty.revival of Eremiticmovement

B-2. Religious life on late 11th Century


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2. Founder

St. Bruno (1028-1101 )

2. Founder


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2. Founder

1028 : born in Cologne,

Germany1043 : Studying in Rheims

,France

1056: becomes famous teacher

and principal of university.

1080: renounced everything

1084: Founded his order with

six companions at the mountain

of Chartreuse in French Alps

birth

Studying

Foundation of

Carthusian

Carthusian Order

& Teaching


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2. Founder

1090 : Pope Urban calls

Bruno to Rome as a counselor

in the difficulty of relationship

with emperor.

Bruno obeyed, but his

companions break up

..later they regroup

Birth(1028)

Studying & Teaching

Foundation of

Carthusian(1084)

Calling by Pope Urban (1090)


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2. Founder1091 : Bruno got the

permission of establishing

the second Charterhouse in

La Torre of Calabria, Italy.

1101 : October 6. Died inLa Torre without chance to

go to La Chartreuse (mother

house) again.

1147: Forty-six years after

his death, Carthusian Nuns

monastery was established in

Provence in France

Birth(1028)

Studying & Teaching

Foundation of

Carthusian(1084)

Calling by Pope Urban (1090)

2nd Foundation at La Torre

in Calabria(1091)Death(1101)

Nuns (1147)


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3. Idea & Inspiration

Source of Foundation

3. Foundational idea & Inspiration

Context of time Brunos Context His Companions

Eremitic

Movement

& Benedictine

Monastery

Studying the Desert

Fathers, especially

St.Cassian (Bridge of

Eastern & Western)

They are from

the St.Ruf Order

which was influenced

By St. Cassian

Synthesized


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3. Idea & Inspiration

3. Foundational idea & Inspiration

Eremitic

Lifestyle

Rule

of

Benedict

Desert Fathers

& St.Cassians

Spirituality

Living in Hermit With regular prayer

& Ora et LaboraValuing

Radical Self-emptiness

and

Contemplative silence

Synthesized


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4. Lifestyle4. Lifestyle


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4. LifestyleA. Structure of Charterhouse

Cell

: They spend most of their

time in the cell except three

times of meeting (2 Office +Mass)

In the cell, they eat, pray,

work, study, sleep, etc.

Church

Gate

Watching tower

Garden

Great Cloister


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4. LifestyleB. Life in Charterhousecell : praying alone


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4. Lifestyle

cell :spiritualexercise alone..


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4. Lifestyle

cell : eating alone


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4. Lifestyle

serving meal by Brother


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4. Lifestyle

cell : Studying alone


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4. Lifestyle

cell : working alone


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4. Lifestyle

cell : sleeping alone


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4. LifestyleB. Life in Charterhouse

Together in the church : they meet threetimes (Mass, Vesper, Matin/Laud)


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They have a music lesson from expert


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Sometimes, they have assembly

if l


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Corridor

4 Lif l


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4. LifestyleCorridor

4 Lif t l


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Common place

4 Lif t l


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Library

4 Lif t l


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4. Lifestyle

Common place

4 Lifestyle


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4. LifestyleC. Different lifestyle

Two Groups of Monks

Choir Monks (Fathers) Lay Brothers

- Ordained Priests ( Nun is lay)

- They spend time mostly

in their own cell

- Focusing on contemplative life,yet they do manual work like

copying manuscripts.

- They spend much of their time

out of their cells.

- Providing service:

( cooking, vegetable cultivating,

gardening, plumbing job,

paintwork, making wine,

carpentry, etc.)

4 Lifestyle


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Time place11:30 am Dinner cell

12:30 pm Cleaning mending cell

1:15 pm Little Office.( Nones) cell

1:30 pm Spiritual exercises cell

; also gardening, cutting,firewood

3:30 pm Little Office cell

3:45 pm Vespers * chapel

4:15 pm Spiritual exercises cell

6:45 pm Angelus cell7:15 pm Compline cell

8:00 pm Sleep cell

11:45 pm Rise cell

Time place

11:45 pm Rise cell

12:00 Little Office cell

12:15 am Matin/Lauds * chapel

2:45 am Little Office cell

3:00 am Sleep cell

6:45 am Rise cell

7:00 am Little Office (Prime) cell

7:30 am Spiritual exercises cell

8:00 am Little Office. (Terce) cell8:15 am Mass * chapel

10:00 am Spiritual exercises cell

11:15 am Little Office. (Sexte) cell

4. LifestyleTimetable of Choir Monks (Fathers)

4 Lifestyle


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4. Lifestyle

Once a week, the community members take a long walk

in the countryside during which they may speak;

On Sundays and feast days, a community meal is taken

togetherin silence.

Twice a yearthere is a day-long community recreation.

Once a year, the monk may receive an visit from their

family members.

Special Schedule

4 Lifestyle


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4. Lifestyle

Sunday common meal

4 Lifestyle


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4. LifestyleTaking a long walk

4 Lifestyle


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4. LifestyleReading Newspaper

l i h bi i h i ill d i h f f


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Blessing the Babies in their village during the feast of St. Bruno


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They are called Little Carthusian

4 Lifestyle


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4. LifestyleWork of Lay Brothers

cooking

4. Lifestyle


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sewing

4. Lifestyle


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making a book

4. Lifestyle


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making Liqueur

4. Lifestyle


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Famous Carthusian Liqueur

4. Lifestyle


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Nuns

4. Lifestyle


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y

Nuns

4. Lifestyle


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Nuns


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4. Formation & Organization


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A. Formation Process

3. Formation Process & Organization

Postulancy : 3~12 months

Novitiate : 2 years

Simple Vows : 3 years

Renewal of Simple Vows : 2 years

Solemn Profession



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Monks & Brothers

B. Organization

Prior

Vicar Procurator

Prior: elected by the monks -both

Fathers and Brothers.

Vicar

: Deputy for Prior, appointed

by Prior. Normally senior or

former prior

Procurator: management for all material

matter and maintenace linking

with outside, under the Priors

direction. Supervisor of Brothers.



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Monks & Brothers

B. Organization

Prior

Vicar

Council members (5): Helpers in administration.

: Consisted by

- Prior,

- Vicar,- Procurator,

- one Father or Brother

chosen by Prior,

- one Father or Brother

elected by community.


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6.

Todays Carthusian

6. Today


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Argentina(1)

Brazil(1)

France(6)

Germany(1)

Italy(4)

Portugal(1)

Slovenia(1)

Spain(5)Switzerland(1)

UK(1)

US(1)S-Korea(2)

12 countries= 25 monasteries

= male 370 + female 75


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Recently, one movie director, Philip Groning knocked

the door of Carthusian house in France

I want to make a film about your life. May I enter?

Of courseNot!

But, ..give us time to think about it.


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After sixteen years,

Ok, but only one person can enter.


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Through this experience, this film was born.

He stayed for six months with monks in silence and

followed their daily schedule


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There is a famous statement on Carthusian.

Religio Cartusianorum nunquam reformata

quia nunquam deformata(Carthusian Order has never been reformed

because it has never been deformed)


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http://youtube.com (Visiting a Carthusian monastery)

http://youtube com (Visiting a Carthusian monastery)


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http://youtube.com (Visiting a Carthusian monastery)

(In the last part of Video Clip)


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(In the last part of Video Clip)

One monk said...

Yes. Our life is like the woman whoseemingly waste oil in front of Jesus

But with this waste, breaking the vase

as the Scriptures say

Our life looks like wasting time.


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The perfume is spread in all the house!


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I think

the perfume of our life

spreads in all the Church,in all the world.

Maraming Salamat po!

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