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Less than two years after the "fusion", the Propaganda grants to the Congregation, at the request of Père Libermann, the practice of religious poverty which had been exercised in the…

Frédéric Le Vavasseur is recalled from Bourbon by Père Libermann to assist him in his task as superior of the Congregation. Le Vavasseur is appointed General Councillor of the Congregation.

Arrival of the Sisters of the immaculate Conception (alias the Blue Sisters of Castres) at Our Lady of Gambia.

Jacques Laval, the superior of the Spiritans in Mauritius, sends Père Thévaux to the island of Rodrigues. He starts evangelisation and builds the chapels of Saint-Coeur de Marie and Saint…

Libermann writes to Bessieux that he is not against the creation of a new congregation to provide personnel for Gabon but he feels the time is not yet opportune.

January 21, 1850

The foundation of St. Joseph de Ngasobil, destined to become the bishop's house, the centre for workshops for the development of the area and, subsequently, a seminary. Mgr. Kobes welcomes…

January 7, 1850

Libermann: Notice on the Congregation of the Holy Spirit and the Immaculate...

At the beginning of January, 1847, Rome gave the Congregation Mgr. Truffet as its first Vicar Apostolic; before the end of the year, the society had lost this holy bishop.…

January 1, 1850

Père Libermann sends a memorandum to Cardinal Fransoni, Prefect of the Propaganda, on the state of religion in the French colonies. He is critical of the clergy, denounces the abuse…

November 3, 1849

The frigate "Pénélope" seizes the slave-ship "Eliza" with 46 slaves on board from Congo and Loango. They are put ashore in Gabon, close to the French Fort d'Aumale: as a…

One year after the abolition of slavery, Aimée Pignolet de Fresnes (Mother Marie Madeleine de la Croix) and Frédéric Le Vavasseur found the Congregation of the Filles de Marie of…

M. Monnet, the 10th Superior General of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, leaves Paris for his Apostolic Vicariat in Madagascar, having resigned on November 22, 1848, in favour of…

Arrival at Gorée of Mgr. Bessieux (Vicar Apostolic of the Deux-Guinées) and his coadjutor, Mgr. Kobès. After a few weeks, Mgr. Bessieux moves on to Gabon.

First meeting in the chapel of the Seminaire du Saint-Esprit (rue Lhomond) of the project for Poor Workers.

February 11, 1849

The mission of Our Lady of Gambia is started.

January 18, 1849

From January 4 until April 30, 1850, Francis Libermann presides at 47 meetings of about 15 clerics and gives them spiritual conferences under the patronage of St. John the Evangelist.

January 4, 1849

Libermann: Conferences to the St. John Group of Priests, 1849. NDXI, p....

We have to keep our minds and hearts united to God when we are trying to help penitents. It sometimes happens, especially with young priests, that they are so preoccupied…

January 1, 1849

Libermann: Réglements, 1849, nos.548-549

We will honour Saints Peter, Paul and John as our patrons and protectors. We will have a special devotion to John who received so much grace from the Holy Spirit…

January 1, 1849

Five years after the disastrous death of the first missionaries, Père Kobès is ordained bishop by Mgr. Raess at Strasbourg; he will be coadjutor to Mgr Bessieux of the Two…

November 30, 1848

Propaganda Fide confirms the election of Père Libermann as the 11th Superior General of the Congregation; the canonical title of the combined Congregations will be The Congregation of the Holy…

November 3, 1848

An agreement for unification is reached by those in charge of the two Congregations. The following signatures appear on the document: For the Congregation of the Holy Spirit: Frs. Monnet,…

August 24, 1848

Holy Heart of Mary

François Libermann, the superior of the Missionaries of the Holy Heart of Mary, writes to Cardinal Fransoni at the Propaganda proposing a union of his Congregation with that of the…

M. Monnet, the Superior General of the Spiritans, proposes a union between his Congregation and that of the Holy Heart of Mary to Cardinal Fransoni, the Prefect of the Propaganda…

Père Jean Rémi Bessieux is appointed Vicar Apostolic of the Deux Guinées. Libermann insists that Père Kobès should be named as his coadjutor.

M. Monnet, the Superior General of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, is proposed to Rome as Vicar Apostolic of Madagascar.

Père Bessieux is appointed Vicar Apostolic of the Deux Guinées. Mgr. Kobès, aged 28, is named as his auxiliary on 22.09.1848 and is ordained at Strasbourg on 30.11.1848.

Blessing of the foundation stone of the church of Sainte Croix. Bishop Collier is met at the chapel by all the missionaries and the men of the locality, carrying their…

On the eve of Pentecost, 1848, after a few days of discussion, the representatives of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit and the Society of the Holy Heart of Mary…

Death of Mr John Hand, the founder of All Hallow's College for Foreign Missions, Dublin. John Hand visits Libermann at La Neuville in May,1842 and they keep in touch subsequently.

Père Bessieux is appointed Vicar Apostolic of the Deux Guinées. He is ordained bishop in Paris on January 14, 1849.

On behalf of M. Monnet, Superior General of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, M. Loevenbruck visits Père Libermann at Notre-Dame-du-Garde regarding a possible union with his Congregation.

Abolition of slavery in the French colonies and overseas territories. It had been originally abolished at the Revolution but was reintroduced on 20.05.1802.

Holy Heart of Mary

After the students of the young congregation have left La Neuville for l'Abbaye Notre Dame-du-Garde (November 1846), the noviciate, directed by François Libermann, also moves to Notre Dame in order…

Libermann to M. Gamon, 20.03.1848 - ND X pp 145-151

You ask me if the clergy should take part in the elections. I believe they should, they owe it to God, to the Church and to France, and tomorrow morning,…

St-Coeur de Marie

Date of a letter from Libermann to Eliman, the King of Dakar, after the death of Mgr. Truffet. In it he says, "I have given my heart entirely to the…

January 26, 1848

Arrival of the first two permanent priests in Bathurst: Frs. Ronarc (French) and Warlop (Belgian). They were sent from the Dakar mission by Bishop Aloysius Kobès.

January 18, 1848

The Propaganda Fide authorises the sending of Spiritan missionaries to the U.S.A.

December 24, 1847

Libermann to the Community of Dakar, 19.11.1847. NDIX, p.325

God has built his work on his all-powerful will and his divine mercy. He gives it life through his grace and love, a foundation that I have no doubt will…

November 19, 1847

Libermann to the Sisters of the Immaculate Conception of Castres, 19.11.1847

Making people feel there is a great distance between them and us, in conduct, dress, ways of acting and speaking, is a very bad system and contrary to the spirit…

November 19, 1847

Libermann, to the Communities of Dakar & Gabon, 19.11.1847. NDIX, 324-332

Being on the spot you see the dangers and difficulties; with your good will and your sincere desire to be God's servants and true apostles, you cannot fail to advance.…

November 19, 1847

Libermann to the community of Dakar, November 1847. NDIX, p.330-331

Don't jump to conclusions and don't judge according to what you are used to in Europe. Forget about Europe, its customs, its ways of thinking; you have to make yourselves…

November 1, 1847

Libermann to Le Vavasseur, 14.10.1847. NDIX, p.288-289

Our works in Europe will concentrate on the poorest classes in France who are in need of help, such as sailors, soldiers, workers in general (still the most neglected), prisoners,…

October 14, 1847

Libermann to Le Berre, 09.08.1847. NDIX, p.248-249

The uncomfortable feeling we can have when we are with people who think and judge differently to ourselves, who despise us and have no time for us, can easily make…

The missionaries of the Holy Heart of Mary leave Perth and Australia on the Eudora, but are driven back three times by storms. Fr Thiercé is too sick to embark…

Père Alexandre Monnet, of the 2nd order of Spiritans, returns to Bourbon. He is met by violent demonstrations because of his stand against slavery. He is expelled by the governor…

Mgr. Truffet, the first Vicar Apostolic of the Deux Guinées, arrives at Goré (Senegal). He dies the same year at Dakar on November 23rd.

Libermann to Thévaux, 02.05.1847, ND 11, p.138-140, quoted by Thomas O'Malley C.S.Sp....

As soon as you receive this letter, go to Bishop Brady and make arrangements to leave Australia as soon as possible. Go directly to Bourbon or Mauritius. If the Bishop…

A letter from Libermann telling Fathers Thevaux and Thierse to leave Australia. Both subsequently served in Mauritius until their deaths in 1877 and 1888 respectively.

Returning from Perth, where it has been decided with the Bishop that the Holy Heart of Mary missionaries will withdraw from an impossible mission in Mollyalup, they wait until June…

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