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Ignace Schwindenhammer
Jacques Laval to Ignace Schwindenhammer, Superior General. 17.12.1854
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…
March 31, 1900
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Jacques Laval to Ignace Schwindenhammer, 06.09.1859
I have had the joy of making my perpetual vows in the church of Sainte-Croix in the presence of the Reverend Father Visitor. I believe that I made them with…
March 9, 1900
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Libermann to J. Schwindenhammer, 03.08.1846. L.S. IV, p.327
Our Lord gave me the strength to stand up to my father who wanted me to abandon the Christian faith. He then unexpectedly came to tear me away from myself.…
February 20, 1900
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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,…
February 2, 1900
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Letter to Ignace Schwindenhammer, 13.01.1842, N.D.III, p.102
The Holy Spirit wants to be the soul of your soul. Our task is to make him absolute ruler of our spirit so that he will share his life and…
January 13, 1900
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Congo
The Superior General, Père Ignace Schwindenhammer, is appointed Prefect Apostolic of Congo with permission to delegate his authority to a Vice-Prefect of his choice: he chooses Père Joseph-Marie Poussot.
January 14, 1866
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East Africa
As a result of negotiations between Rome and the Congregation, including the intervention of Mgr. Maupoint C.S.Sp., Apostolic Delegate for East Africa, the Superior General (Schwindenhammer) agrees to take on…
April 24, 1862
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C.S.Sp.
A decree of Père Schwindenhammer, the Superior General, separates the missions of Gabon and Senegambia. Gabon becomes a Vice-Province, depending directly on the Mother House.
October 28, 1859
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C.S.Sp.
Père Ignace Schwindenhammer (aged 35) is elected Superior General. He will lead the Congregation until his death in 1881. The assembly which elects him is the first General Chapter of…
February 10, 1853
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C.S.Sp.
Death of François Libermann at about 15.45, while the community is singing the Magnificat of the Vespers of the Feast of the Purification. Père Ignace Schwindenhammer takes over as interim…
February 2, 1852
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C.S.Sp.
On his death bed after two days of reflection regarding his successor, Libermann says to Père Schwindenhammer, "I think you are the one who must sacrifice himself".
January 28, 1852
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Libermann to I. Schwindenhammer, 04.08.1842. NDIII, p.247
It is part of the spirit of priesthood to sacrifice oneself with the victim. Jesus has to be the victim offered by all, and the same Jesus must also be…
August 4, 1842
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