Early Years
The Institute, founded in 1990, is based in Gricigliano, Italy, where the international seminary is located. The Institute's foundation was originally canonically erected in Gabon, Africa, where the Institute still maintains several missions, notably in the capital Libreville. Its canonical status was of diocesan right until October 7, 2008. On that date it was granted the status of pontifical right by decree of the Commission Ecclesia Dei. Deacons and priests are incardinated into the Institute, whose Superior General has the right to call to orders.
The Institute was co-founded by the Prior General Father Gilles Wach, STD, and Canon Philippe Mora, STD, who serves as rector of the seminary. Both received their priestly formation under the late Cardinal Siri (d. 1989) of Genoa. The Institute has more than seventy seminarians in formation and numbers over fifty priests.
The charism of the Institute is based on the example of its three patron saints: Saint Benedict, with his love for the solemn celebration of the liturgy, his emphasis on work and prayer, and his role in laying the groundwork for an integral Christian civilization in medieval Europe; Saint Thomas Aquinas, with his emphasis on the harmony between faith and reason; and Saint Francis de Sales, who emphasized teaching the Catholic faith with patience and charity, and encouraging all Catholics to seek a life of holiness through the ordinary means of the Church, such as devout attendance at Mass (Eucharist) and frequent confession.
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