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Memorandum of Tisserant. N.D. 1, p....
Towards the end of 1831, the Directors of St. Sulpice sent François Libermann to Issy. For 15-18 months, he had nothing else to do apart from sweeping up the leaves…
4 Apr 1900
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Cf. Spiritual Letters, I, 74, 1835.
It would be good to moderate your external actions slightly so as to be able to keep your soul in a perfect stillness, and always to be in this quiet…
4 Apr 1900
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Redemptoris Missio no. 11
Why mission? Because to us, as to St. Paul, 'has been confided the privilege of announcing the unfathomable riches of Christ to the pagans' (Eph. 3:8). New life in him…
3 Apr 1900
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Cf. Notes and Documents, VII, 5,...
Now, I am chained up, I ought to walk. I will walk until this body falls into dissolution, and then God will find a stronger and more pleasing instrument to…
3 Apr 1900
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Poullart des Places: Fragments of a...
O God, who leads people towards the heavenly Jerusalem when they put all their trust in you, I want to abandon myself entirely to your divine providence; I put aside…
2 Apr 1900
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Cf. Notes and Documents, XIII, 144,...
The missionary who does not have the virtues of humility and gentleness is a monster in the apostolate of Jesus Christ, even if he has the zeal of Saint-Paul and…
2 Apr 1900
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Henry Koren: Essays on the Spiritan...
The second aspect of the Spiritan charism of availability is evangelical poverty in its twofold dimension: material poverty and spiritual poverty. The first can be summarised thus: while respecting the…
1 Apr 1900
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Cf. Notes and Documents, XIII, 144,...
A missionary who would have these virtues of humility and gentleness deeply engraved in his soul and who would make them enter into all his dispositions and ways of acting,…
1 Apr 1900
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Jacques Laval to Ignace Schwindenhammer, Superior...
I don't have the talents that a superior needs. He has to be at the very least at the level of his confreres but I am far below them- and…
31 Mar 1900
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Cf. Notes and Documents, XIII, 144,...
May the Spirit of Jesus dominate all your perceptions, direct and lead all the movements of your soul. May it communicate gentleness and humility to your heart.
31 Mar 1900
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J. Michel: Memoire Spiritaine no. 4,...
In the house of Poullart des Places, poverty is less of a necessity than a mystique. His spiritual poverty led him not just to accept but to love and seek…
30 Mar 1900
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Cf. Notes and Documents, XIII, 144,...
Oh! How important is this gentleness and humility of heart and how few men possess them! These two virtues, which are the immediate fruit of a genuine and perfect love,…
30 Mar 1900
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Libermann to the community at Palmas,...
Have courage, brothers and dedicate yourselves totally to the glory of God and the salvation of so many poor people. You have suffered much and you will suffer more; but…
29 Mar 1900
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Cf. Spiritual Letters, I, 231, 1839.
Until now, you have been in the habit of working on your own and of considering your work and application of some value. This is why, seeing your weakness, you…
29 Mar 1900
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General Chapter, Itaici: reaction of the...
Like Simeon, I want to give thanks to God. The Holy Spirit pushed us forward, he swept away the doubts and hesitations we had about these new experiences. Spiritan vocations…
28 Mar 1900
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Germany
The Provincial of Germany, Père Acker, acquires the house at Saverne in which François Libermann was born.
28 Mar 1900
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East Africa
The first adult Kikuyu baptism in Kenya.
28 Mar 1900
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Cf. Notes and Documents, XIII, 144,...
Be holy as Jesus was holy. This is the one and only way to redeem and sanctify souls.
28 Mar 1900
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Libermann: Memorandum to Mgr. Cadolini, 27.03.1840
Our project consists in giving ourselves entirely to Our Lord for the salvation of the Black Peoples, being those who are the most unfortunate, the furthest removed from the means…
27 Mar 1900
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Cf. Notes and Documents, XIII, 144,...
May Jesus’ Spirit animate all your actions, may he form all the sentiments of your soul, may he mortify and moderate all the turbulent vivaciousness of your mind, all the…
27 Mar 1900
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Paul VI: Populorum Progressio nos 6...
To be liberated from misery; to be able to enjoy support, good health, a stable job; to have more responsibility, free from oppression, protected from situations offensive to human dignity;…
26 Mar 1900
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Cf. Notes and Documents, XIII, 144,...
The African People will not be converted by the efforts of clever and capable missionaries, they have no need of them. It is the holiness and sacrifices of their Priests…
26 Mar 1900
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Spiritan Rule of Life
To carry out its mission and build up communion within, the Congregation gives itself various structures. Central to all these, however, is community living. It is practised differently in response…
25 Mar 1900
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Cf. Notes and Documents, IV, 461,...
A soul who wants to be for God does not do what it wants.
25 Mar 1900
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Bernard Kelly: Life began at Forty,...
Libermann was physically strong and nervously fragile. Vulnerable to stress, his body possessed a wiry endurance. He was sensitive, affectionate and shy. He had a penetrating mind that went straight…
24 Mar 1900
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Spiritual Writings, 494. 1851
I have come to cast fire on the earth”, says Jesus. Why then are there so few of these burning torches? It is because there are few saints, few souls…
24 Mar 1900
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Memorandum of 1846, The Way we...
The second principle on which our missionary method rests is our conviction that civilisation is impossible without the Faith. Hence the task of the missionary is not just to work…
23 Mar 1900
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Cf. Spiritual Letters, IV, 621, 1850.
Never embrace an idea with ardour and never take a resolution except when you feel that the ardour and excitement of your mind has died down. You must be certain…
23 Mar 1900
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Libermann, Memorandum of 1846: The Way...
The proposed missionary method rests on two co-related principles: the first is that we are convinced that the Faith will not have a firm foundation amongst these people, nor will…
22 Mar 1900
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Cf. Notes and Documents, VII, 8,...
Live by faith, be present to God always through sincere charity. Always aim to keep your soul in peace and trust in God. Acknowledge your poverty, stay and repose in…
22 Mar 1900
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Memorandum of Le Vavasseur, to Galais
The missionaries must be determined to love and cherish the Blacks like their own brothers; their friendship for them should be deeper than for the Whites. They must be so…
21 Mar 1900
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Cf. Notes and Documents, IX, 248,...
In general you must cultivate a liking for everyone, whatever their sentiments on religious principles or their opinion of yourself. You must moreover, leave them full freedom to think and…
21 Mar 1900
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Mgr. Vogt: Spiritan Papers 19, p.42-43
Mgr. Vogt opened a junior seminary at Mvolyé (Yaounde) in September, 1923. As there were no other teachers, the Vicar Apostolic himself became the director and teacher of the children.…
20 Mar 1900
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Cf. Commentary of Saint John, 89,...
O most holy and adorable Spirit of my Jesus, let me hear your gentle voice. Refresh me with your precious inspiration. O divine Spirit, I want to be before you…
20 Mar 1900
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Libermann: Meditation on St. Joseph. E.S....
The marriage of Joseph and Mary was entirely spiritual and brought about to implement the plans of God for mankind, so Mary's dowry was also spiritual. Hence the greatness of…
19 Mar 1900
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Cf. Spiritual Letters, III, 229, 1843.
Saint Joseph was “the first devotee of Mary, he who had greatest devotion to her because he knew most intimately the treasures contained in the heart of his blessed wife.…
19 Mar 1900
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Charles Besnard: Life of L-M Grignon...
The father of Claude Poullart des Places decided that his son should be a member of the parliament of Brittany and Mme. des Places bought the necessary clothes for that…
18 Mar 1900
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Cf. Notes and Documents, VIII, 126,...
Act like a “man”, with simplicity before God and the only desire to please him.
18 Mar 1900
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Cf. Spiritual Letters, IV, 622, 1850.
Be convinced of this, that to fail in the line of God’s work you have only to decide on the following way of acting: “I will go straight to my…
17 Mar 1900
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The last writings of Sr. Eugénie...
In all my struggles and temptations, I turn to prayer rather than reflection. At the most difficult moment, I stand and wait! Here I am, Jesus!. The future doesn't matter,…
16 Mar 1900
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Cf. Spiritual Letters, I, 115, 1835.
Pay attention to a maxim which I will give you, I believe it to be of greatest importance in the spiritual life. We must seek less to know what we…
16 Mar 1900
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Pierre Haas, Superior General, in his...
The Church, by beatifying Jacques Laval and Daniel Brottier, recognises that the way pioneered by Claude Poullart des Places and Francis Libermann, and subsequently followed by generations of Spiritans, is…
15 Mar 1900
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Cf. Notes and Documents, II, 133,...
Christian perfection does not consist in a certain more or less elevated state of prayer but in a perfect union of love with Our Lord, founded on a complete renunciation…
15 Mar 1900
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Joseph Shanahan, to the Holy Rosary...
In Africa, where light and shadow, joy and sorrow, hope and despondency, good health and bad will follow each other in such disconcerting and rapid succession, one needs an extra…
14 Mar 1900
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Cf. Notes and Documents, XII, 199,...
We have kept along the way of Providence up to now, it alone leads me. I have never been able to realize a plan that I dreamt of. I have…
14 Mar 1900
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Libermann to his brother Samson, 08.07.1830....
I have not advanced to the sub-diaconate because my sickness has not altogether left me- in fact, I will probably have it for a long time to come. So it…
13 Mar 1900
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Cf. Notes and Documents, II, 443,...
Our Lord wants our business to drag on. Every step take must have its hitches and delays, so that I learn to abandon everything into his hands and repose in…
13 Mar 1900
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Kongolo, 01.01.1962: testimony of Père Jules...
Once we had all been beaten, we were marched out of the cells in a line. We filed in front of the guard and at the door we were made…
12 Mar 1900
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