Congregation of Windesheim

Congregation of Windesheim
Congregatio Vindesemensis (Latin)[1]
AbbreviationC.R.V. (post-nominal letters) [2]
Formation1386; 638 years ago (1386)[3]
Founded atWindesheim, Netherlands
TypeOrder of Canons Regular of Pontifical Right (for Men)[4]
HeadquartersPropstei St. Michael, Paring 1, D-84085 Langquaid, Germany
Members
22 members (12 priests) as of 2017[5]
Abbot Olivier Deysine, CRV[6]
Ministry
Apostolate of hospitality
Parent organization
Roman Catholic Church
Formerly called
Brethren of the Common Life

The Congregation of Windesheim (Latin: Congregatio Vindesemensis) is a congregation of Augustinian canons regular (i.e., ecclesiastics living in community and bound by vows). It takes its name from its most important monastery, which was located at Windesheim, about four miles south of Zwolle on the IJssel, in the Netherlands.

This congregation of canons regular, of which this was the chief house, was an offshoot of the Brethren of the Common Life and played a considerable part in the reform movement within the Dutch and German Catholic Church in the century before the Protestant Reformation.

  1. ^ "Canons Regular of Saint Augustine of the Congregation of Windesheim (C.R.V.)".
  2. ^ "Canons Regular of Saint Augustine of the Congregation of Windesheim (C.R.V.)".
  3. ^ "Canons Regular of Saint Augustine of the Congregation of Windesheim (C.R.V.)".
  4. ^ "Canons Regular of Saint Augustine of the Congregation of Windesheim (C.R.V.)".
  5. ^ "Canons Regular of Saint Augustine of the Congregation of Windesheim (C.R.V.)".
  6. ^ "Canons Regular of Saint Augustine of the Congregation of Windesheim (C.R.V.)".