C.S.Sp. 1868 - Opening of the diocesan process towards the beatification of François Libermann. The tribunal is set up by Mgr. Darboy, Archbishop of Paris.

Congo Kinshasa 1873 - Propaganda approves the setting up of a new mission in the Prefecture of the Congo. The chosen centre is Landana in Cabinda. It was from this base that the evangelisation of Congo Kinshasa was started. | Democratic Republic of the Congo

Angola 1987 - Fr. Nicolaas Ligthart of the Dutch province is killed in an ambush between Huambo and Chinguar. He was aged 46. | Angola | Netherlands

Bagamoyo 1993 - The number of confreres continues to decrease and so the circumscription can no longer operate as an independent district. Henceforth it be-comes a Group under the jurisdiction of the General Administration. | Tanzania

"Total abandonment to God as a part of his spiritual teaching grew from his own complete refusal to put any trust in himself or any other created thing. The situation that God allowed him to experi-ence right up to the time of the foundation of our Congregation gave him an unbroken opportunity to practice it to an heroic degree. His sickness and unmitigated poverty forced him to count no longer on human help but to look habitually towards God. His relationship to God was that of a child who sleeps peacefully in the arms of its mother. No worries could weaken this trust: in giving his whole self to the Lord in total and unending confidence, he became incapable of doing the slightest thing for personal reasons." (Le Vavasseur: his witness regarding Libermann)