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30-812: San Pascual may refer to: Paschal Baylón , a Spanish friar and saint in the Roman Catholic Church San Pascual, Batangas in the Philippines San Pascual, Masbate in the Philippines San Pascual, Ávila in Castile and León, Spain San Pascual (Madrid) , a ward of Ciudad Lineal district, Madrid, Spain San Pascualito , a folk saint venerated in Guatemala and southern Mexico San Pascual Pueblo ,

60-663: A basis for reunion, and they were actually accepted by a general chapter at Assisi in 1430; but the majority of the Conventual houses refused to agree to them, and they remained without effect. Equally unsuccessful were the attempts of the Franciscan Pope Sixtus IV , who bestowed a vast number of privileges on both original mendicant orders, but by this very fact lost the favor of the Observants and failed in his plans for reunion. Julius II succeeded in doing away with some of

90-868: A body of regulations known as the Rule of St Francis. These are: The Order of Friars Minor, known as the "Observants", most commonly simply called Franciscan friars , official name: "Friars Minor" (OFM). According to the 2013 Annuario Pontificio , the OFM has 2,212 communities; 14,123 members; 9,735 priests The Order of Friars Minor Capuchin or simply Capuchins , official name: "Friars Minor Capuchin" (OFM Cap). it has 1,633 communities; 10,786 members; 7,057 priests The Conventual Franciscans or Minorites , official name: "Friars Minor Conventual" (OFM Conv). It has 667 communities; 4,289 members; 2,921 priests A sermon on Mt 10:9 which Francis heard in 1209 made such an impression on him that he decided to fully devote himself to

120-555: A child be called after the saint or feast day on which it was born. He had a brother and two sisters. From his seventh to his twenty-fourth year, he led the life of a shepherd, and during the whole of that period exercised a salutary influence upon his companions. His mother gave him the Little Office of the Blessed Virgin Mary . He learned to read by asking people for help with the words. Not having any other means to relieve

150-654: A former Piro pueblo in New Mexico, United States See also [ edit ] San Pasqual (disambiguation) Topics referred to by the same term [REDACTED] This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title San Pascual . If an internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=San_Pascual&oldid=1256785357 " Categories : Disambiguation pages Place name disambiguation pages Hidden categories: Short description

180-507: A life of apostolic poverty. Clad in a rough garment, barefoot, and, after the Evangelical precept, without staff or scrip, he began to preach repentance. The mendicant orders had long been exempt from the jurisdiction of the bishop, and enjoyed (as distinguished from the secular clergy) unrestricted freedom to preach and hear confessions in the churches connected with their monasteries. This had led to endless friction and open quarrels between

210-596: A major source of conflict within the order, resulting in numerous secessions. The Order of Friars Minor, previously known as the Observant branch (postnominal abbreviation OFM Obs.), is one of the three Franciscan First Orders within the Catholic Church , the others being the Capuchins (postnominal abbreviation OFM Cap.) and Conventuals (postnominal abbreviation OFM Conv). The Order of Friars Minor, in its current form,

240-524: A saint on 16 October 1690. On 28 November 1897, Pope Leo XIII proclaimed St Paschal Baylón patron of Eucharistic Congresses and Confraternities. Paschal Baylón was born on 16 May 1540 at Torrehermosa , in the Kingdom of Aragon, on the feast of the Pentecost to the poor but pious peasants Martin and Elizabeth Jubera Baylón. He was named Paschal in honour of Pascua de Pentecosta , for local custom required that

270-470: Is different from Wikidata All article disambiguation pages All disambiguation pages Paschal Bayl%C3%B3n Paschal Baylón (24 May 1540 – 15 May 1592) was a Spanish Roman Catholic lay professed religious of the Order of Friars Minor . He served as a shepherd alongside his father in his childhood and adolescence, but desired to enter the religious life. He was refused once but later

300-621: Is the result of an amalgamation of several smaller Franciscan orders (e.g. Alcantarines , Recollects , Reformanti , etc.), completed in 1897 by Pope Leo XIII . The Capuchin and Conventual remain distinct religious institutes within the Catholic Church, observing the Rule of Saint Francis with different emphases. Franciscans are sometimes referred to as minorites or greyfriars because of their habit . In Poland and Lithuania they are known as Bernardines , after Bernardino of Siena , although

330-572: The Bull of Canonization, Rationi Congruit , on 15 July 1691. In 1730, an indigenous Guatemalan claimed to have had a vision of a sainted Paschal appearing as a robed skeleton. This event became the basis of the heterodox tradition of San Pascualito . Art often depicts him wearing the Franciscan habit and bearing a monstrance to signify his devotion to the Holy Eucharist. Pope John XXIII named

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360-592: The authority of the Minister General of the Order, a member of the Observant branch, but were allowed their distinct practices. They included: A difference of opinion developed in the community concerning the interpretation of the rule regarding property. The Observants held to a strict interpretation that the friars may not hold any property either individually nor communally. The literal and unconditional observance of this

390-636: The course of a journey through France, he defended the dogma of the Real Presence against a Calvinist preacher, and in consequence, narrowly escaped death at the hands of a Huguenot mob. He died on 17 May 1592 after falling ill. His feast day is 17 May. His tomb in Villarreal became an immediate place of pilgrimage and there were soon miracles that were reported at his tomb . Pope Paul V beatified him on 29 October 1618, and Pope Alexander VIII canonized him on 16 October 1690. Pope Innocent XII published

420-432: The friars' door. Paschal gained a reputation for his remarkable humility, unfailing courtesy, and generosity. He lived this life in contemplation and silent meditation, often as he worked. He was contemplative and had frequent ecstatic visions. He would spend the night before the altar in silence some nights. But he also shrugged off those notions of him gaining a reputation coming from that pious nature. On one occasion, in

450-558: The groups that followed the Franciscan Rule literally were united to the Observants, and the right to elect the Minister General of the Order , together with the seal of the order, was given to the group united under the Observants. This grouping, since it adhered more closely to the rule of the founder, was allowed to claim a certain superiority over the Conventuals. The Observant general (elected now for six years, not for life) inherited

480-615: The poor, he always gave them a part of his own dinner which was sent him into the fields. To help support the family, Paschal was hired out by his father to tend the flocks of others. Some of his companions were much inclined to cursing, quarrelling, and fighting; but learnt to hold their tongue in his presence since they respected his pious nature and his virtue. He was extremely honest, even offering to compensate owners of crops for any damage that his sheep caused. Those to whom he first mentioned his inclination to religious life, recommended several richly endowed monasteries, but he answered, "I

510-421: The pope disallowed ownership of property, requiring members of the order to beg for food while preaching. The austerity was meant to emulate the life and ministry of Jesus Christ . Franciscans traveled and preached in the streets, while boarding in church properties. The extreme poverty required of members was relaxed in the final revision of the Rule in 1223. The degree of observance required of members remained

540-452: The reformed congregations and annexed them to the Observants; it then declared the Observants an independent order, and separated them completely from the Conventuals. The less strict principles of the Conventuals, permitting the possession of real estate and the enjoyment of fixed revenues, were recognized as tolerable, while the Observants, in contrast to this usus moderatus , were held strictly to their own usus arctus or pauper . All of

570-897: The saint as the patron for the Segorbe diocese on 12 May 1961. On 13 August 1936, during the Red Terror of the Spanish Civil War , anticlerical leftists disinterred and burned his body. The relics that remained were later transferred in the presence of King Juan Carlos I on 12 May 1992. [REDACTED]  This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain :  Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). " St. Pascal Baylon ". Catholic Encyclopedia . New York: Robert Appleton Company. Order of Friars Minor Francis began preaching around 1207 and traveled to Rome to seek approval of his order from Pope Innocent III in 1209. The original Rule of Saint Francis approved by

600-539: The smaller branches, but left the division of the two great parties untouched. This division was finally legalized by Leo X , after a general chapter held in Rome in 1517, in connection with the reform movement of the Fifth Lateran Council , had once more declared the impossibility of reunion. Leo X summoned on 11 July 1516 a general chapter to meet at Rome on the feast of Pentecost 31 May 1517. This chapter suppressed all

630-574: The social ladder to the maiorum (nobles, first class citizens). After a life of conversion, the name of his brotherhood (Order of Second-Class Brothers) indicates his coming to an appreciation of his social condition on behalf of those who have no class or citizenship in society. The modern organization of the Friars Minor comprises several separate families or groups, each considered a religious order in its own right under its own Minister General and particular type of governance. They all live according to

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660-524: The strict observance of the rule. Pope Martin V , in the Brief Ad statum of 23 August 1430, allowed the Conventuals to hold property like all other orders. Projects for a union between the two main branches of the order were put forth not only by the Council of Constance but by several popes, without any positive result. By direction of Pope Martin V , John of Capistrano drew up statutes which were to serve as

690-515: The term elsewhere refers rather to Cistercians . The "Order of Friars Minor" are commonly called simply the " Franciscans ". This Order is a mendicant religious order of men that traces its origin to Francis of Assisi. Their official Latin name is the Ordo Fratrum Minorum Which is the name Francis gave his brotherhood. Having been born among the minorum (serfs, second class citizens), before his conversion, he aspired to move up

720-778: The title of "Minister-General of the Whole Order of St. Francis" and was granted the right to confirm the choice of a head for the Conventuals, who was known as "Master-General of the Friars Minor Conventual"—although this privilege never became practically operative. In 1875, the Kulturkampf expelled the majority of the German Franciscans, most of whom settled in North America. The habit has been gradually changed in colour and certain other details. Its colour, which

750-503: The two divisions of the clergy. This question was definitively settled by the Council of Trent . Amid numerous dissensions in the 14th century, a number of separate observances sprang up, almost like sects (to say nothing of the heretical parties of the Beghards and Fraticelli ), some of which developed within the order on both hermit and cenobitic principles. They all operated generally under

780-475: Was admitted as a Franciscan lay brother and became noted for his strict austerities, as well as his love for and compassion towards the sick. He was sent to Paris, France; on the way he encountered Calvinists and was nearly killed by a mob. He was best known for his strong and deep devotion to the Eucharist . The process for his canonization opened and in 1618 he was beatified; Pope Alexander VIII canonized him

810-575: Was at first grey or a medium brown, is now a dark brown. The dress, which consists of a loose-sleeved gown, is confined by a white cord, from which is hung, since the fifteenth century, the Seraphic Rosary with its seven decades. Sandals are substituted for shoes. Around the neck and over the shoulders hangs the cowl. The habit of referring to the Francisans as Cordeliers in France is said to date back to

840-632: Was born poor and am resolved to die in poverty and penance". He was at first denied the chance to join the Franciscans on account of his age, prompting him to return to his duties as a shepherd. In 1564 he joined the Reformed Franciscans as a religious brother and commenced his period of novitiate on 2 February before making his profession on 2 February 1565 in Orito at the Saint Joseph convent . He

870-523: Was rendered impracticable by the great expansion of the order, its pursuit of learning, and the accumulated property of the large cloisters in the towns. Regulations were drafted by which all alms donated were held by custodians appointed by the Holy See, who would make distributions upon request. It was John XXII who had introduced Conventualism in the sense of community of goods, income, and property as in other religious orders, in contradiction to Observantism or

900-416: Was urged to become an ordained priest but he felt that was not the path for him. He had never more than one habit, and that always threadbare; he walked without sandals in the snow. He accommodated himself to all places and seasons. His jobs included serving as a cook and gardener as well as the official beggar who went around asking for alms. As porter his duties entailed tending to the poor who came to

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