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St-Coeur de Marie
Episcopal ordination of Père Truffet as Vicar Apostolic of the Two Guinees by Mgr. Mioland, bishop of Amiens.
25 Jan 1842
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Deux Guinées
Rome appoints Bishop Barron as Prefect Apostolic of Guinée.
22 Jan 1842
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Deux Guinées
Edward Barron, John Kelly and Denis Pindar set out from the U.S. for Liberia.
15 Dec 1841
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Holy Heart of Mary
Opening of the noviciate at La Neuville, Amiens (France) with MM. Libermann, Le Vavasseur and Collin.
27 Sep 1841
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Holy Heart of Mary
Père Libermann, assisted by Frédéric Le Vavasseur, Eugène Tisserant and l'Abbé Desgenettes, celebrates the first Mass of the new Society at Notre Dame des Victoires in Paris.
25 Sep 1841
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Libermann
Three days after his ordination, François Libermann celebrates Mass for the first time at the convent of the sisters of Louvencourt (near La Neuville).
21 Sep 1841
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Libermann
François Libermann is ordained priest by Mgr. Miolland in his private chapel at Amiens. On the same day, Frédéric Le Vavasseur is ordained in Paris.
18 Sep 1841
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Mauritius
Arrival of Jacques Laval at Port-Louis. From the start, he worked totally for the black people.
13 Sep 1841
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Mauritius
Jacques Laval leaves London for Mauritius on board the "Tangora", in the company of Bishop Collier, Père Gilles O.S.B., Fr. Larkan (Irish) and L'Abbé Rovery (French).
4 Jun 1841
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United Kingdom
Père Jacques Laval arrives in England on his way to Mauritius. After a short stay waiting for a ship in the East End of London, he finally sets sail on…
13 May 1841
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Libermann
Libermann considers setting up a community in Strasbourg to gain access to Germany and Alsace.
5 Mar 1841
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Libermann
François Libermann enters the Seminary of Strasbourg to prepare for his ordination.
23 Feb 1841
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France
Eugène Tisserant, co-founder of the Congregation of the Holy Heart of Mary, is ordained priest.
21 Dec 1840
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Libermann
Libermann finishes his pilgrimage to Loretto and Assisi. It is a real pilgrimage, made between mid-November and mid-December, almost entirely on foot. It is also a retreat of abandonment to…
15 Dec 1840
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Senegal
The first Senegalese priests are ordained in Paris by Mgr. Cuely, the Bishop of Carcassone: les Abbés Moussa, Fridoil and Boilat. Their early formation is directed by Mère Javouhey in…
19 Sep 1840
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Libermann to Luquet, 04.08.1840. NDII, p.124
In spiritual direction, it is a basic principle to avoid leading people to one's own ideas and ways of acting. Any attachment to this sort of thing can have disastrous…
4 Aug 1840
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Libermann to M. Gaudaire, 05.07.1840. NDI, p. 571
All decisions must be made according to principles but, at the same time, the principles have to be modified, explained and adapted to the actual situation in so far as…
5 Jul 1840
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Libermann
François Libermann, who has been in Rome since the beginning of January and is now abandoned by Maxime de la Brunière, submits his seven-page Memorandum on Foreign Missions to Mgr.…
27 Mar 1840
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Libermann
Francis Libermann arrives in Rome, with Maxime de la Brunière, to submit his project for the Black People to Propaganda Fide.
6 Jan 1840
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France
Jacques Laval is ordained priest by Mgr. de Quélen, Archbishop of Paris. He will be parish priest of Pinterville in the diocese of Evreux for two and a half years…
22 Dec 1838
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Senegal
L'Abbé Lambert of the Seminaire du Saint-Esprit is sent to the island of Gorée as parish priest. He writes the first catechism in the Wolof language; it will be used…
26 Apr 1838
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Libermann
A violent epileptic fit in public. The last took place at Strasbourg on May 19, 1846.
7 Feb 1838
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Libermann, to Carron, Rennes, 03.02.1838, L.S.I p.409-412
May the divine Child preserve in your soul his life of love and self-giving. He alone is our all; let us be lost and absorbed in him. He is hidden…
3 Feb 1838
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Libermann
Libermann arrives at Rennes as assistant director of the Eudiste noviciate; he takes part in the opening retreat.
20 Sep 1837
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Deux Guinées
Ordination to the priesthood of Père Jean-Benoît Truffet. In 1846 he is ordained bishop at Our Lady of Victories in Paris, the first Vicar Apostolic of the new Congregation of…
19 Jul 1835
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France
Jacques Laval, a medical doctor, enters the seminary of Saint-Sulpice to study theology; a few miles away, François Libermann is studying philosophy at Issy.
15 Jun 1835
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Libermann to Leray, 24.07.1834. LS I, p. 51-52
I am convinced, my dear friend, that the ultimate consummation of our love that will take place in heaven is foreshadowed in this life in the Eucharist, this masterpiece of…
24 Jul 1834
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C.S.Sp.
M. Amable Fourdinier is elected the 7th Superior of the Spiritans and the Seminaire du Saint-Esprit. On November 22nd, 1839, he is asked by the government to train priests with…
25 Dec 1832
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C.S.Sp.
The seminary of rue des Postes (later rue Lhomond) is turned into a hospital during the cholera epidemic in Paris. The army return it to the Congregation three years later,…
5 Apr 1832
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Libermann
François Libermann has a vision of Jesus at St. Sulpice on the Feast of the Priesthood of Christ; he interprets it as meaning that he himself is excluded from the…
16 Jul 1831
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France
The death of Lazarus Libermann, the father of François.
10 Feb 1831
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Senegal
The island of Gorée becomes a centre for the struggle against slavery.
11 Jan 1831
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Libermann
On this day, the day before he is due to receive the sub-diaconate, François Libermann has a serious epileptic attack in the room of his spiritual director, Père Cabon. Ordination…
13 Mar 1829
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Libermann
François Libermann, 10 months after his conversion, is admitted to the seminary of Saint-Sulpice. He had received the tonsure at the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris on June 9th.
6 Sep 1827
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Libermann
Less than six months after his baptism, François Libermann receives the tonsure in the cathedral of Notre-Dame in Paris as a cleric for the diocese of Strasbourg.
9 Jun 1827
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Libermann
François Libermann is confirmed in the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris.
15 Apr 1827
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Libermann
On this Sunday, Jacob Libermann is baptised in the chapel of the Seminary of the Missions (an annex of St. Stanislas) by l'Abbé Augé, the director of Stanislas. He takes…
24 Dec 1826
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Libermann
Jacob Libermann arrives in Paris and meets M. Drach and his brothers who have become Christians. M. Drach finds him a little room at the top of Collège Stanislas; it…
6 Nov 1826
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C.S.Sp.
Canonical election of Jacques Bertout as the 6th Superior General. It is he who restores the Congregation and the Seminary of the Holy Spirit after the French Revolution. He is…
16 Jul 1826
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Libermann
Baptism in secret of Samson Liber-mann (brother of Jacob) and his wife Babette. Their conversion has a profound effect on Jacob and on his own religious development.
15 Mar 1825
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Reunion
Nicolas Warnet, the future 8th Superior General of the Spiritans, is sent to work in Saint-Denis; amongst the children in the catechism class, he notices young Frédéric Le Vavasseur whom…
21 Aug 1824
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Guyane
Departure of the first Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny for Guyane.
5 Mar 1822
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Senegal
Arrival of Mère Anne-Marie Javouhey in Senegal. She immediately begins working for vocations and in 1827, three future priests set out for studies in Paris: Frs. Moussa, Fridoil and Boilat.
22 Jan 1822
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Senegal
Arrival of 7 Sisters of Saint Joseph of Cluny for the hospital of Saint-Louis as well as 2 Senegalese priests sent by the Seminaire du Saint-Esprit.
19 Mar 1819
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Mauritania
L'abbé Baradère, a Spiritan and parish priest of Saint-Louis, makes a journey to visit the Fulani and Moors.
29 Jan 1819
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Guyane
Death of L'Abbé Legrand, the Prefect Apostolic.
17 Jan 1818
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Reunion
L'Abbé Guilloteau, the new Apostolic Administrator of the island, arrives at St. Denis. He is the first Spiritan priest for Reunion, sent by M. Ber-tout, the superior of the Missionaries…
28 Jun 1817
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C.S.Sp.
M. Bertout, the 6th Superior General (not yet canonically elected) rebuys the property in rue Lhomond that had been confiscated at the revolution 23 years previously.
13 Sep 1816
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