Congregatio a Sancto Basilio | |
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Abbreviation | CSB |
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Nickname | Basilians |
Formation | November 21, 1822 |
Founders | List
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Founded at | Annonay, France |
Type | Clerical religious congregation of pontifical right for men |
Headquarters | 360 Davenport Rd, Toronto, Canada |
Region served | North America |
Membership | 139 members (includes 119 priests) as of 2020 |
Motto | Latin: Bonitatem et disciplinam et scientiam doce me English: Teach me goodness, discipline, and knowledge |
Fr. Kevin J. Storey, C.S.B. | |
Patron saints | |
Ministry | Educational and parochial works |
Website | basilian |
Formerly called | Teaching Priests of the Ardèche |
The Congregation of St. Basil (Latin: Congregatio a Sancto Basilio), also called the Basilians, is a Roman Catholic clerical religious congregation of Pontifical Right for men (priests, seminarians and lay associates). It is an apostolic community whose members profess simple vows.[1] The Basilians seek the glory of God, especially in the works of education and evangelization. The congregation was founded in 1822 in the aftermath of the French Revolution. In the early 19th century the Basilian Fathers' educational and pastoral work brought them to a variety of locations in Canada and the United States. In the 1960s, the priests began to minister in Mexico, and in Colombia in the 1980s.[2]