"The days will come when the Bridegroom will be taken away from them; then they will fast".
At that time the Pharisees and the scribes said to Jesus, "The disciples of John the Baptist fast often and pray, and so do the disciples of the Pharisees.
It is a secular institute whose members are diocesan priests and consecrated lay people.
A diocesan priest from Lyon (1826-1879), he was proclaimed Blessed by Saint John Paul II on 4 October 1986.
There are around 1,100 of us in some forty countries around the world.
It is made up of several branches: priests, consecrated lay people, sisters, consecrated lay people (IFP), permanent deacons and lay people.
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