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Spiritan Newsflash No. 94
15 October 2026 No. 94/2026 Pope Leo XIV’s Missionary Appeals: A Call to Renewed Evangelization
October 15, 2026
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The Departure of the Congregation of the Holy Spirit from Langonnet Abbey
It is with deep emotion and a profound spirit of thanksgiving that the Spiritans (Missionaries of the Holy Spirit) announce their departure today from the Cistercian Abbey of Notre-Dame de…
September 30, 2026
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Grand témoin avec Mgr Jean-Marc Aveline :«Entrer en dialogue pour accomplir sa...
Archevêque de Marseille depuis 2019, et prochainement créé cardinal, Mgr Jean-Marc Aveline est marqué par la Méditerranée. Venant d'Afrique du Nord avec sa famille, il a vécu près de la…
August 14, 2022
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Spiritan Education Forum November 2021
WORKING WITH SPIRITANS AND IN SPIRITAN SCHOOLS IN TANZANIA EDUCATIONAL SERVICES LOUIS AND ZÉLIE MARTIN OF COLMAR-ALSACE FRANCE
November 1, 2021
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Spiritan News 203
203 / October / November / December 2017 | 40 Years of Spiritan Presence in Asia: Pakistan / Philippines / Taiwan / Vietnam / India | Rome : Meeting of…
December 1, 2017
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JPIC Newsletter nº 2, March 2016
Spiritan Justice, Peace, Integrity of Creation and InterReligious Dialogue - REFLECTIONS ON THE “JUNGLE” - BRIEF OVERVIEW OF ESPACE JARROT - SPIRITAN DIARY FROM NYARUGUSU CAMP - KEEP IT IN…
March 1, 2016
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The first edition appears of "Mémoire Spiritaine".
April 3, 1995
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Opening of the first meeting of Spiritan formators at Saverne in France.
July 18, 1982
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Opening of the Foyer Jacques Laval at Valence to receive Spiritan vocations coming from St. Joseph’s College, Allex. Later, the house will be a centre for vocations to the diocese.
October 7, 1979
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The District of Auteuil, created by Mgr. Le Hunsec on 11.11.1943, is suppressed; Auteuil once again becomes part of the Province of France.
March 21, 1979
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The Prefecture of Val-de-Marne buys half of the grounds of our house at Chevilly to create a recreation park for the public. A new cemetery is created at the edge…
July 21, 1976
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The Superior General moves to 393, rue des Pyrénées in Paris, while the Provincial of France returns to rue Lhomond.
March 2, 1963
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The death of Père Adolphe Cabon, the archivist of the Congregation. Between 1929 and 1956, he published the collection of "Notes et Documents relatifs à la Vie et à l'Oeuvre…
August 21, 1961
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Opening of the university house of studies at Strasbourg.
October 27, 1959
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First edition of the review "Spiritus".
May 4, 1959
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The Bulletin of the province gives the number of confreres who died during the Second World War: 9 priests, 5 brothers and 9 scholastics.
March 7, 1946
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The death of Père Emile Muller, Superior of the Mother House, in the concentration camp of Bergen-Belsen.
December 11, 1944
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First edition of the "Bulletin de la Province de France."
March 20, 1939
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The death of Mgr. Alexandre Le Roy, Superior General from 1896 to 1926. A great missionary and ethnologist, he guided the Congregation through the crises of the French anti-clericalism and…
April 21, 1938
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The death of Daniel Brottier, worn out by his total dedication to the young people of Auteuil.
February 28, 1936
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Blessing of the new chapel at Chevilly on June 1st. by Mgr. Louis Le Hunsec, Superior General.
June 5, 1930
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Cardinal Verdier of Paris consecrates the Chapel dedicated to St. Thérèse at Auteuil, begun by Daniel Brottier shortly after taking over the work. It is the first church to be…
October 5, 1929
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Père Henri Nique (1883-1939) is appointed Provincial of France. During his 11 years in office, he strives to increase the number of missionaries in the Province.
August 2, 1927
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Opening of the house of philosophy at the Abbaye Blanche, Mortain.
September 21, 1923
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The Foundation of the Missionary Sisters of the Holy Spirit.
January 6, 1921
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The Superior General, Mgr. Le Roy, meets Eugénie Caps at rue Lhomond with a view to founding the Congregation of the Missionary Sisters of the Holy Spirit.
October 20, 1920
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The Congregation buys the property of Allex and transfers there the junior seminary of St. Joseph; it had been started at Beauvais and subsequently moved to Seyssinet and Susa (in…
April 24, 1920
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Eugénie Caps decides to found the Missionary Sisters of the Holy Spirit (Spiritaines).
April 25, 1915
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Père Daniel Brottier volunteers as a military chaplain at the outbreak of the First World War and is appointed to the 26th Infantry Division. His courage and devotion during the…
August 26, 1914
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Founding of the Province of France, following the directives of the General Chapter of 1906. [Frédéric Le Vavasseur had been named Provincial of France in 1856, but there was no…
October 2, 1906
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A letter from Emile Combes, the Minister of the Interior and of Religion, informs Mgr. Le Roy, the Superior General, that the authorisation of 12 Spiritan houses in France has…
November 4, 1903
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The Council of State of the French Republic takes cognisance of a memorandum, dated March 30th, 1901, presented on behalf of the Association of the Holy Spirit (recently suppressed) which…
August 1, 1901
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Opening of the junior seminary at Saverne.
September 13, 1900
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Daniel Brottier is ordained for the diocese of Blois. Three years later, with the permission of his bishop, he leaves his work as teacher at Pontlevoy and enters the Spiritan…
October 22, 1899
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Funeral of Le Vavasseur in the chapel of the Séminaire du Saint-Esprit.
January 19, 1882
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Frédéric Le Vavasseur dies in Paris.
January 16, 1882
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Abbé Roussel starts the Work for First Communion which is the origin of the Work for the Orphans of Auteuil.
March 19, 1866
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The first edition of The Messenger of St. Joseph, the bulletin of the Archconfraternity of St. Joseph. It continues to this day.
March 28, 1860
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A property is bought at Cellule, Puy-de-Dôme, France; an imperial decree authorises the opening of a junior seminary for the colonies. It would serve as the scholasticate of the province…
December 26, 1857
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The Congregation acquires the Abbey of Langonnet. For many years, it will serve as a formation house for French, Irish and German students before becoming a retirement home for Spiritans.
December 31, 1856
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A decree from Rome raises the Congregation from a "Society of the Apostolic Life" to the rank of a "religious Congregation".
May 6, 1855
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First meeting in the chapel of the Seminaire du Saint-Esprit (rue Lhomond) of the project for Poor Workers.
February 11, 1849
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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.
April 27, 1848
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Eugène Tisserant, co-founder of the Congregation of the Holy Heart of Mary, is ordained priest.
December 21, 1840
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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…
December 22, 1838
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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.
June 15, 1835
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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,…
April 5, 1832
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The death of Lazarus Libermann, the father of François.
February 10, 1831
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