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The Venerable Brother Gabriel Taborin, born in Belleydoux
(France), in 1799, is the Founder of the Institute of the
Brothers of the Holy Family.
A deep faith, received as a gift of God
through a strong faith family, lit the way of his life in a
moment of contrasts and moral ruins that follow the French
Revolution. Precisely this unfavourable situation was for
him an opportunity to go to God, taking him in generously in
his heart.
And the Spirit, to whom Gabriel asked every day how to be
witness of the Gospel in that time, in that place, in those
circumstances, with trust and simplicity, led him, -a
layman- , to enrich the Church with a new religious family.
The characteristics, assumed and passed on
by the new Congregation, show the gifts (and also the
limitations) that the Spirit has given us through our
Founder: He was much closed to his family, he liked
catechizing to adults and children, teaching at rural
schools, taking care of the religious ceremonies, the
Gregorian chant, and decorating the places of worship.
"Simply Brother" will be the core of
the Brothers’ charisma and identity; this expression invites
to be all brothers, following the spirit of family common of
the Holy Family of Nazareth.
"To educate the youth through the
catechesis and the teaching at school" will be the more
important service than the Brothers offer to the Church and
to the society.
"To help the parish priest" in the
works and pastoral activities addressed to the young people,
families, elder people… will be one of the Br. Gabriel’s
brilliant intuitions.
As
every work which comes from God, the “creature” of Gabriel
also found lots of difficulties, but “if it is from God, he
will know how to hold up”, he declared. Nowadays, the
Congregation is spread around the world. The Brother Gabriel
Taborin died in Belley (France), in 1864.
Brother Pierino Dotti.
Provincial of the Province Madonna di Loreto
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