Fraternité Notre-Dame

The Fraternité Notre-Dame is a sect composed by Traditional Catholic order of two dissidents priests who led behind them some priests, friars and nuns.

Origins

The origins of Fraternité Notre-Dame lay in the pseudo-apparitions of the Virgin Mary that were reported in Frechou, France. They are led by Jean Marie Kozik, a Frenchman of Polish origin who was consecrated by the dissident and excommunicated Vietnamese Archbishop Ngo Dinh Thuc.[1]

Rite

The general religious practices of followers of Fraternité Notre-Dame are in line with other Traditionalist Catholics. "Traditionalist Catholics" as identified are not in line with post Vatican II's decrees on inclusions of the Tridentine Mass or Pope Francis.

The independent church today

Fraternité Notre-Dame operates religious and humanitarian missions on four continents. The church operates soup kitchens and weekly food pantries in Paris, New York City, Ulan Bator, Chicago and San Francisco.[2] Additionally a hospital for the poor has been opened in Mongolia and they have also operated humanitarian convoys to benefit those victimized by war in Croatia, Bosnia, Kosovo, and Rwanda.[1]

Chicago

In 2000, The movement opened its Mother House for North America in Chicago's Austin neighborhood in the former Gammon United Methodist Church, a structure built by noted Cleveland architect Sidney Badgley and featured in a number of books on Chicago architecture, notably "The AIA Guide to Chicago" by Alice Sinkevitch (Harvest Books 2004). Fraternité Notre-Dame uses the complex as a Novitiate/Seminary for religious friars and future priests, as well as a Novitiate for religious nuns out of the complex.

Since then Fraternité Notre-Dame nuns have become a fixture at numerous Chicago area farmer's markets selling traditional French pastries to raise funds for the group.[3]

Controversies

The church has faced controversies since entering the Chicago area with the opening of its mother house in a former Methodist church in the Austin neighborhood of Chicago in 2000.

References

  1. 1 2 "History of Fraternite Notre Dame". Fraternitenotredame.com. Retrieved 2010-05-19.
  2. ↑ http://aleteia.org/2016/03/01/self-help-guru-tony-robbins-saves-small-soup-kitchen-run-by-three-nuns/?utm_medium=Social&utm_source=Twitter&utm_campaign=Echobox&utm_term=Autofeed#link_time=1456826519
  3. ↑ Pierri, Vince. "Sales of French pastries aid nuns' mission work". Daily Herald. Retrieved 2010-05-19.

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