Day 9: Allowing ourselves to be guided by the Spirit
Poullart des Places novena: day 9 (1st of october)
Theme: Mediation and communal discernment
Day 8: Overcoming resistance and fears
Poullart des Places novena: day 8 (30th of September)
Theme: The journey and conversion
Day 7: Looking beyond appearances
Poullart des Places novena: day 7 (29th of September)
Theme: The primacy of the heart
Day 6: Honouring the diversity of paths
Poullart des Places novena: day 6 (28th of September)
Theme: All states open to salvation
Day 5: Embracing the complexity of each person
Poullart des Places novena: day 5 (27th of September)
Theme: Anthropological lucidity
Day 4: Daring to speak the truth to build communion
Poullart des Places novena: day 4 (26th of September)
Theme: Sincerity before God and before our brothers and sisters
Day 3: Re-examining our cultures in the light of the Gospel
Poullart des Places novena: day 3 (25th of September)
Theme: Detachment from human perspectives
Day 2: A shared vocation beyond our differences
Poullart des Places novena: day 2 (24th of September)
Theme: A universal purpose
Day 1: Radical self-emptying
Poullart des Places novena: day 1 (23rd of September)
Poullart des Places Novena 2026
This novena invites us to revisit selected passages from Claude François Poullart des Places’ Choix d’un État de Vie as a spiritual pathway for life in an intercultural community. At first glance, the text appears to be a personal narrative—deeply introspective, centred on vocational discernment, and without explicit reference to the encounter between cultures. The very term interculturality did not yet exist in Poullart des Places’ time. And yet, the spiritual experience he describes touches the very core of what makes authentic intercultural community life possible: knowing oneself in order to open oneself more fully to others.