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Cf. Notes and Documents, IV, 303,...

We are all a bunch of poor people brought together by the Master’s will who alone is our hope. If we have powerful means at hand, we would not accomplish…

Henry Koren: "To the Ends of...

The number of priests formed at the Holy Ghost Seminary until 1792 may be estimated conservatively to have been at least 1,300. Only about 130-140 (i.e. 10-11 percent of the…

Cf. Spiritual Letters. IV, 455, 1847.

You can be certain that by persevering and advancing constantly in this happy fidelity with which you are corresponding to divine grace, you will acquire a powerful influence on those…

Adrian Van Kamm: Spiritan Papers no....

At present, Christianity is in search of a basic spirituality that is meaningful not only for members of a specific religious community in a specific culture but for all cultures.…

Cf. Notes and Documents, XIII, 709,...

This community life has been adopted in the Congregation as something essential with the express intention of forewarning the missionaries against exterior dangers and to maintain them in the religious…

Cf. Notes and Documents, XIII, 709,...

During the novitiate, it is something like rowing a boat, then on becoming an apostle, one sets out to the sea and the sails have to be unfurled, because it…

E.G.C. Dakar, 1995

At Dakar, we realised once more our personal weaknesses, the fragility of our communities and the difficulties of our mission- but we were in no way discouraged. We left strengthened…

Cf. Notes and Documents, VI, 3,...

Each pain suffered for the salvation of souls may save many. Remember that the Sovereign Master suffered all the time, and with unheard of tortures, for the salvation of the…

Daniel Brottier, 01.09.1935. Foyers à la...

To become men: this must be your aim. You see, it is so necessary and yet so difficult. A man is somebody who knows what he wants to do and…

Cf. Notes and Documents, IV, 269,...

Do not be surprise if men judge you, condemn you and annoy you incessantly, by venting their bad temper on you, they will be more peaceful with others. Look at…

Cf. Spiritual Letters, IV, 458, 1847.

A strong and truly apostolic soul is always calm, gentle and unshakeable in the midst of pains and contradictions. If you knew my very dear confrere, what the value of…

Libermann to Salier, 09.07.1840. N.D.II, p....

Since I came to Rome concerning our project (the work for the Black People), my policy was never to do anything that was not straightforward. I kept quiet and stayed…

Cf. Spiritual Letters, IV, 458, 1847.

The climates in which you live act strongly on the sensitivity and imagination. You will be more inclined to be agitated, to become embittered, to be irritated than before. Yet…

J. Michel in Spiritus, October 1959

The basic work of Claude Poullart des Places was that of the \"Poor Scholars\". He certainly showed a great concern for the material and spiritual poverty of these young clerics…

Cf. Spiritual Letters, IV, 463, 1847.

Do not listen easily to the words of people who walk along the coast, when they tell you about the people they have. Hear everything and be peaceful within yourself,…

Joseph Shanahan to Holy Rosary Sisters....

Be both sympathetic and understanding to African people, especially the women: meet the people of Africa with courtesy and respect; never do for them the things they can do for…

Cf. Notes and Documents, VIII, 92,...

It has always been in the order of Providence to manifest its maternal care in the midst of obstacles, and the happiest results have usually been produced after the greatest…

Cf. Spiritual Letters, IV, 458, 1847.

Be full of affection, gentleness and openness to the superiors in order to make their charge easy to bear. Live together in unity and the most perfect peace of charity,…

J. Gay: Libermann, p. 288

The Christian life of Père Libermann can be summed up as follows: a serene abandonment to the Holy Spirit and unfailing openness to his influence. He was perfectly sincere when…

Cf. Notes and Documents, VIII, 126,...

Ayez une piété calme, simple, humble, une piété de « bonhomme » qui ne cherche ni les grandes, ni les petites choses, mais qui sert Dieu en tout et à…

Schwindenhammer

At half past three in the afternoon, as I told you yesterday, our dear Father was almost unconscious, apparently seeing and hearing nothing. This lasted until two this afternoon. Suddenly,…

Cf. The last words of Father...

Be fervent, fervent, always fervent, and above all, charity, charity, charity above all. Charity in Jesus Christ, charity through Jesus Christ, charity in the name of Jesus Christ. Fervour, charity,…

Provisional Rule, nos. 229-231

The Missionaries of the Holy Heart of Mary will consider zeal to be at the heart of the apostolic spirit which will animate them. They will make it their main…

Cf. Notes and Documents, XIII, 354,...

God’s will is that we take our place in the midst of these Peoples while leading a completely holy life giving quite particular attention to the practice of the priestly…

Henry Koren: "Essay in the Spiritan...

One can see with the examples of Fr. Caris, Allenou, Le Loutre, Bishop Kerhervé, Fr Maillard, Bishop Pottier, Frs Lano‘, John Mo-ranvillé and Matthew Hérard, how the Spiritans or yesteryear…

Cf. Notes and Documents, II, 290,...

Apostolic life is nothing other than the life of holiness which the Son of God led on earth to save and sanctify souls, and by which he sanctify himself to…

Libermann: Commentary on St. John: 3.8

The wind blows wherever it wants: you hear its sound but you do not know where it comes from. Blessed is the one who listens to this divine voice and…

Cf. Notes and Documents, II, 160,...

When obstacles arise, you have to go, go always, remain at the foot of the wall, wait for it to fall, then pass over it.

Daniel Brottier, in his letter requesting...

Forgive my presumption, but if are looking for someone for a dangerous and risky place, you can count on me. The blood of the missionary is the seed of Christians;…

Cf. Spiritual Letters, I, 484, 1838.

A priest should have nothing of a human way of life about him; he ought to act and behave no more as a human being, but the spirit of Jesus…

Le Vavasseur, talking of Libermann. N.D....

The more we get to know him, the more we appreciate and admire him. He has an extraordinary prudence in what he does, a clarity of view, an aura of…

Spiritual Writings, 374, 1838.

In order that Jesus to lives in those he sends and to do all things in them and through them, it is necessary that they live in him, be united…

Nicolas Warnet, Sermons. 1840 c.

To be consecrated to the Holy Spirit means to do what is pleasing to him; there can be no devotion to one's master unless his wishes are what motivates us.…

Spirituals Writings, 374, 1838.

Jesus Christ sends us as he was sent. Our mission is his. It is Jesus who lives in those he sends, who suffers in those he sends, who attracts souls…

Libermann to Fr. Boulanger, 13.11.1850. N.D....

The missionaries in Guinée must be, above all, men of God and of the Church, and after that, they are members of the Congregation to which God has called them…

Cf. Notes and Documents, X, 24,...

Since I love black people so tenderly, I want that all my life be occupied with bringing happiness to the people of Africa, not only their happiness on earth, but…

Jacques Laval writing to Libermann, 25.01.1848

As for Père Laval, he is all in, he needs a retreat, he is flying on one wing, he is all but ruined and does no more than spoil the…

Cf. Notes and Documents, XIII, 405,...

As Jesus Christ was sent by his Father and lived for his Father, likewise you, who have been sent by him, must live for him and in the spirit of…

From the Homilies of Père Warnet,...

Our consecration goes to the very spirit of our Constitutions: the promises we make are the inheritance we have received from our predecessors. They had none of the riches of…

Cf. Spirituals Letters, I, 414, 1838.

When we enter this way of pure faith disengaged from the senses, we see ourselves as a heap of misery. We must therefore not trouble ourselves, or get agitated over…

Libermann writing to Grillard, 23.01.1838. L.S....

This desire to be in a constant state of prayer is a great blessing from God and you should pursue it seriously. But be careful that it is not simply…

Cf. Spiritual Letters, I, 484, 1838.

A priest is something great! He is a man who possesses all the perfections of our Lord, for the greatest quality Jesus was clothed with was his divine priesthood.

Henry Koren: "To the Ends of...

In 1733, the Spiritans obtained access to the Far East when Fr. Guillaume Rivoal was sent to Cochin China by the Foreign Missions Society. Others followed. How many is difficult…

Cf. Notes and Documents, II, 497,...

I want to tell you of the great mercy and goodness of Our Lord Jesus Christ towards an unworthy servant who does not deserve so much as to pronounce his…

Libermann: Spiritual Letters 1 pp246-247. 1836

The importance of a good director is very great; but the firmness and perseverance of our will in the service of God, and the constant desire to live for him…

Cf. Notes and Documents, XIII, 405,...

The holiness of Jesus Christ must reside in the missionary, and this holiness must, at the same time be founded in his heart and be produced in his conduct by…

Poullart des Places: "Reflections on the...

God is full of a tender love for me and is anxious that I should not get lost; he arranged for me to do this retreat when nothing was further…

Cf. Notes and Documents, II, 160,...

Are you going to give in to anxiety and discouragement because a man leaves us, a man who brought nothing but talents, a name and a fortune? What is all…

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