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Reunion
Group of Réunion: Chapter
The Spiritan Group of Réunion have their Group Chapter from the 21st to the 26th of June. The chapter of a group works out the goals and objectives of the…
June 28, 2026
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Spiritan News 202
202 / July / August / September 2017 | 200 years Spiritan presence in Reunion | P. Dominic Nnoshiri: The Protection of Minors | Decisions of the General Council |…
September 1, 2017
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Indian Ocean Foundation
The noviciate is transferred from Saint-Giles-les-Hauts in Reunion to Rose Hill and La Salette in Mauritius. It finally returns to Reunion in 2001.
July 18, 1991
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Indian Ocean Foundation
A meeting of young Mauritians and Malagaches in Reunion island.
August 7, 1980
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Indian Ocean Foundation
3 Malagaches and 2 Mauritians ask to become Spiritans. As a result, the superiors of the three Districts (Madagascar, Mauritius and Reunion) meet several times with a view to starting…
October 23, 1978
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Reunion
Père Georges Marie de Beaumont C.S.Sp. is appointed Coadjutor Bishop to Mgr. Fabre, Bishop of Saint-Denis. He will succeed him on 26.12.1919.
March 22, 1917
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Martinique
Propaganda asks the Congregation to assume responsibility for the old colonial dioceses of Martinique, Guadeloupe and Reunion, as well as the Apostolic Prefectures of St. Pierre & Miquelon and French…
March 4, 1912
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Reunion
A cyclone devastates Reunion. 25 are killed and thousands made homeless.
March 21, 1904
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Reunion
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…
May 19, 1849
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Reunion
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…
June 19, 1847
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Reunion
Pères Collin and Blanpin arrive at Saint-Denis, sent by François Libermann at the re-quest of Mgr. Poncelet. They are both appointed to work with the black people.
July 2, 1843
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Reunion
MM. Blanpin and Collin, missionaries of the Holy Heart of Mary, go to the island of Bourbon to join M. Le Vavasseur who has already been there for one year.…
April 13, 1843
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Reunion
Frédéric Le Vavasseur, co-founder of the Holy Heart of Mary, starts the second mission of the young congregation in the island of Bourbon and leads it for the next eight…
June 10, 1842
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Holy Heart of Mary
Libermann accepts the mission of Bourbon.
May 3, 1842
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Reunion
Frédéric Le Vavasseur, co-founder of the Congregation of the Holy Heart of Mary, leaves France to rejoin his mission on the island of Bourbon.
February 16, 1842
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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…
August 21, 1824
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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…
June 28, 1817
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