Christian Life Movement
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The Christian Life Movement
(CLM; Spanish
Movimiento de Vida Cristiana MVC) is a lay ecclesial movement
, founded in 1985, in Peru
. At that time a number of initiatives from members of the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae
, now a Society of Apostolic Life, had already begun to bloom. Luis Fernando Figari
, the Founder of the Sodalitium, conceived the idea of gathering those people and initiatives together in an ecclesiastic movement.
Communities of the Christian Life Movement have been spreading throughout Peru and neighboring countries in America ever since. As time went by, with the maturity and the growth of the movement, it received the Holy See's recognition as International Association of Christian Faithful of Pontifical Right. This took place on March 23, 1994, the feast day of Saint Turibius of Mongrovejo, who was Archbishop of Lima and Primate of much of Latin America between 1580 and 1606. The pastoral responsibility of Archbishop Saint Turibius extended throughout Latin America from Leon in Nicaragua to Chile and Argentina. Due partly to this, he has been proclaimed Patron of the Bishops of Latin America by the Holy Father.
The Christian Life Movement obtained recognition of the Apostolic See through a Decree of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
, presided over by His Excellency Cardinal Eduardo Pironio.
Since then the expansion of the Christian Life Movement has continued. There are now many communities and individual members in different countries of America and Europe.
(CLM; Spanish
Spanish language
Spanish , also known as Castilian , is a Romance language in the Ibero-Romance group that evolved from several languages and dialects in central-northern Iberia around the 9th century and gradually spread with the expansion of the Kingdom of Castile into central and southern Iberia during the...
Movimiento de Vida Cristiana MVC) is a lay ecclesial movement
Roman Catholic lay ecclesial movement
Lay ecclesial movements are one form of associations of the faithful of the Catholic Church.Associations of the faithful are groups of baptized Catholics, clerics or laity or both together, who jointly foster a more perfect life or promote public worship or Christian teaching, or who devote...
, founded in 1985, in Peru
Peru
Peru , officially the Republic of Peru , is a country in western South America. It is bordered on the north by Ecuador and Colombia, on the east by Brazil, on the southeast by Bolivia, on the south by Chile, and on the west by the Pacific Ocean....
. At that time a number of initiatives from members of the Sodalitium Christianae Vitae
Sodalitium Christianae Vitae
Sodalitium Christianae Vitae, better known in Spanish as the "Sodalicio de Vida Cristiana" , is a Society of Apostolic Life founded by Luis Fernando Figari in Lima, Perú, in 1971 and approved by Pope John Paul II in 1997.The Sodalitium Christianae Vitae is composed mainly of consecrated laymen but...
, now a Society of Apostolic Life, had already begun to bloom. Luis Fernando Figari
Luis Fernando Figari
Luis Fernando Figari Rodrigo is a Peruvian Catholic layman and the founder and former superior general of Sodalitium Christianae Vitae...
, the Founder of the Sodalitium, conceived the idea of gathering those people and initiatives together in an ecclesiastic movement.
Communities of the Christian Life Movement have been spreading throughout Peru and neighboring countries in America ever since. As time went by, with the maturity and the growth of the movement, it received the Holy See's recognition as International Association of Christian Faithful of Pontifical Right. This took place on March 23, 1994, the feast day of Saint Turibius of Mongrovejo, who was Archbishop of Lima and Primate of much of Latin America between 1580 and 1606. The pastoral responsibility of Archbishop Saint Turibius extended throughout Latin America from Leon in Nicaragua to Chile and Argentina. Due partly to this, he has been proclaimed Patron of the Bishops of Latin America by the Holy Father.
The Christian Life Movement obtained recognition of the Apostolic See through a Decree of the Pontifical Council for the Laity
Pontifical Council for the Laity
The Pontifical Council for the Laity has the responsibility of assisting the Pope in his dealings with the laity in lay ecclesial movements or individually, and their contributions to the Church. The Cardinal President of the Council is Cardinal Stanisław Ryłko. The Secretary is Bishop Josef...
, presided over by His Excellency Cardinal Eduardo Pironio.
Since then the expansion of the Christian Life Movement has continued. There are now many communities and individual members in different countries of America and Europe.