Spirituality of the Order of Saint Eulalia

VICAR OF CHRIST | THEIR ROYAL HIGHNESSES THE DUKES OF BRAGANZA |
DIOCESE OF BRAGANZA - MIRANDA | THE PARISH OF SAINT EULALIA OF FORNOS |
DAILY PRACTICES | NOVENA | MANUEL DE JESUS DIEGUES |

The Order of Saint Eulalia is a dynastic fellowship of lay Catholic devotees united in the love of Christ. It was founded in 1643 by Dame Leonor Mateus, in the parish of Saint Eulalia of Fornos (Northeast of Portugal), where it has its spiritual headquarters (Sede Spiritualis). Its purpose is to foster a more perfect Christian life and help forming the temporal order with the Christian spirit, in the specific areas of Family, Culture and Education, and seeks to give moral, social, economic and spiritual support; to promote and disseminate Christian culture in all its aspects, including public worship and doctrine; to practice and encourage Apostolic activities, Evangelization and works of Piety and Charity; and to promote and strengthen the ties of communion, participation and fellowship among its members. It also seeks to expand to all the other human beings the experience of a lifestyle actively founded on the values it defends, through conferences, seminars, meetings and similar actions; through occasional or periodic publishing, and interventions in the media; through the granting of scholarships; through social and economic support, and religious assistance; through social events, recreational or spiritual, for raising funds or collecting alms; through the awarding of medals and prizes as an incentive and recognition for relevant services rendered to the Holy Catholic Church, to the defense and diffusion of Christian and Human Values, to the Order of Saint Eulalia or to the works instituted or supported by it.

In the spirit of Christianity and its founding fathers the Order has made continuous efforts to establish an ecumenical and interreligious dialogue, proposing to better understand the other in the extent that the other is willing to better understand and respect the Christian spirit and the Catholic Church.