Carthusian Order

St. Bruno (1028-1101)

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Context of Foundation Founder : St. Bruno Foundational Idea & Inspiration Lifestyle Formation process & Organization Todays Carthusian

1. Context

1. Context
A. Civil Context : 11th Century
Holy Roman Empire (German empire) France

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

1. Context

B. Ecclesiastical Context
1054 : Great Schism of Oriental Church 1050~1080 : 2nd Eucharist Controversy 1073~1085 : Gregory reformation 1077 : The emperor Henry apologized 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-1. Characteristic of Church in late 11th Century Reformation by Pope Gregory , and the Emperors
resistance against the reformation produced big tension between Emperor & Pope e.g. Walk to Canossa(1077)

This tension continued on the

Gregory s successors - Victor, Urban, Paschal .
This situation affects to the Carthusian Order Later, when the emperor got the In Canossa, the Emperor power again, he Henry is apologizing to appointed antiPope for his resistance pope Clement

1. Context

B-2. Religious life on late 11th Century 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 Eremitic movement

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2. Founder

2. Founder
St. Bruno (1028-1101 )

2. Founder

1028 : born in Cologne, Germany 1043 : 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 & Teaching

Foundation of Carthusian

Carthusian Order

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)

2. Founder

1091 : Bruno got the permission of establishing the second Charterhouse in La Torre of Calabria, Italy.

Birth(1028)

Studying & Teaching

1101 : October 6. Died in La Torre without chance to go to La Chartreuse (mother Nuns (1147) house) again. 1147: Forty-six years after his death, Carthusian Nuns monastery was established in Provence in France

Foundation of Carthusian(1084)

Calling by Pope Urban (1090) 2nd Foundation at La Torre Death(1101) in Calabria(1091)

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3. Idea & Inspiration

3. Foundational idea & Inspiration

Source of Foundation 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

3. Idea & Inspiration

3. Foundational idea & Inspiration

Synthesized

Eremitic Lifestyle

Rule of Benedict
With regular prayer & Ora et Labora

Desert Fathers & St.Cassians Spirituality

Valuing Radical Self-emptiness and Contemplative silence

Living in Hermit

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4. Lifestyle

4. Lifestyle

4. Lifestyle

A. Structure of Charterhouse

Cell
Great Cloister
Garden

: 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

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B. Life in Charterhouse cell : praying alone

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cell :spiritual exercise alone..

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cell : eating alone

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serving meal by Brother

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cell : Studying alone

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cell : working alone

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cell : sleeping alone

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B. Life in Charterhouse Together in the church : they meet three times (Mass, Vesper, Matin/Laud)

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B. Life in Charterhouse They have a music lesson from expert

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B. Life in Charterhouse Sometimes, they have assembly

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B. Life in Charterhouse Corridor

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Corridor

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B. Life in Charterhouse
Common place

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B. Life in Charterhouse
Library

4. Lifestyle

Common place

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C. Different lifestyle
Two Groups of Monks Choir Monks (Fathers) Lay Brothers

- They spend much of their time - Ordained Priests ( Nun is lay) out of their cells. - They spend time mostly - Providing service: in their own cell ( cooking, vegetable cultivating, - Focusing on contemplative life, gardening, plumbing job, yet they do manual work like paintwork, making wine, copying manuscripts. carpentry, etc.)

4. Lifestyle

Timetable of Choir Monks (Fathers)

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) cell 8:15 am Mass * chapel 10:00 am Spiritual exercises cell 11:15 am Little Office. (Sexte) cell

Time place 11:30 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 cell 7:15 pm Compline cell 8:00 pm Sleep cell 11:45 pm Rise cell

4. Lifestyle

Special Schedule 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 together in silence. Twice a year there is a day-long community recreation. Once a year, the monk may receive an visit from their family members.

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Sunday common meal

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Taking a long walk

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Reading Newspaper

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

They are called Little Carthusian

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Work of Lay Brothers

cooking

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Work of Lay Brothers

sewing

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Work of Lay Brothers

making a book

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Work of Lay Brothers

making Liqueur

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Work of Lay Brothers

Famous Carthusian Liqueur

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Nuns

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Nuns

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Nuns

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4. Formation & Organization

3. Formation Process & Organization

A. Formation Process
Postulancy : 3~12 months Novitiate : 2 years

Simple Vows : 3 years Renewal of Simple Vows : 2 years

Solemn Profession

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B. Organization
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.

Prior

Vicar

Procurator

Monks & Brothers

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B. Organization
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.

Vicar

Prior

Monks & Brothers

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6. Today
Slovenia(1)

Germany(1)
UK(1) France(6) Portugal(1) Spain(5) Switzerland(1) US(1) Italy(4)

S-Korea(2)

Brazil(1)

Argentina(1)

12 countries = 25 monasteries = male 370 + female 75

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.

After sixteen years,

Ok, but only one person can enter.

He stayed for six months with monks in silence and followed their daily schedule Through this experience, this film was born.

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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(Visiting a Carthusian monastery)

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(Visiting a Carthusian monastery)

(In the last part of Video Clip)

One monk said...

Our life looks like wasting time.

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

But with this waste, breaking the vase as the Scriptures say

The perfume is spread in all the house!

I think the perfume of our life spreads in all the Church, in all the world.

Maraming Salamat po!