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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. fr pt

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.… fr pt

Holy Heart of Mary

The first visit of the Vicar Apostolic of the Deux Guinées, Bishop Barron, to La Neuville. Libermann promises him 7 missionaries. fr pt

Holy Heart of Mary

L'Abbé Desgenettes, the parish priest of Notre Dames des Victoires in Paris, informs Bishop Barron about François Libermann and the newly-formed Society of the Missionaries of the Holy Heart of… fr pt

Fr. Edward Barron is ordained bishop in Rome by Cardinal Fransoni. The new bishop, looking for missionaries for his immense Vicariate, will be put in touch with Père Libermann and… fr pt

Erection of the Vicariat Apostolic of the Deux Guinées. It consists of all the territory between Senegal and the Orange river, apart from the area under the jurisdiction of the… fr pt

Holy Heart of Mary

Père Eugène Tisserant, co-founder of the Congregation of the Holy Heart of Mary, goes to La Neuville for a brief noviciate under Père Libermann before setting out for Martinique, en… fr pt

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… fr pt

Holy Heart of Mary

Libermann accepts the mission of Bourbon. fr pt

Holy Heart of Mary

Bishop Edward Barron, recently arrived at Cap des Palmes with John Kelly and Denis Pindar, sets out for Europe to look for more missionaries. fr pt

Rome names Mgr. Barron as Prefect Apostolic of Guinée. fr pt

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. fr pt

Edward Barron, John Kelly and Denis Pindar land at Cap des Palmes. fr pt

Mgr. Barron arrives in Monrovia with his two American companions, John Kelly and Denis Pindar. They reach Cap des Palmes on January 31, 1842. fr pt

St-Coeur de Marie

Episcopal ordination of Père Truffet as Vicar Apostolic of the Two Guinees by Mgr. Mioland, bishop of Amiens. fr pt

Rome appoints Bishop Barron as Prefect Apostolic of Guinée. fr pt

Edward Barron, John Kelly and Denis Pindar set out from the U.S. for Liberia. fr pt

Holy Heart of Mary

Opening of the noviciate at La Neuville, Amiens (France) with MM. Libermann, Le Vavasseur and Collin. fr pt

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. fr pt

Three days after his ordination, François Libermann celebrates Mass for the first time at the convent of the sisters of Louvencourt (near La Neuville). fr pt

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. fr pt

Arrival of Jacques Laval at Port-Louis. From the start, he worked totally for the black people. fr pt

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). fr pt

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… fr pt

Libermann considers setting up a community in Strasbourg to gain access to Germany and Alsace. fr pt

François Libermann enters the Seminary of Strasbourg to prepare for his ordination. fr pt

Eugène Tisserant, co-founder of the Congregation of the Holy Heart of Mary, is ordained priest. fr pt

Libermann finishes his pilgrimage to Loretto and Assisi. It is a real pilgrimage, made be-tween mid-November and mid-December, almost entirely on foot. It is also a retreat of abandonment to… fr pt

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… fr pt

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.… fr pt

Francis Libermann arrives in Rome, with Maxime de la Brunière, to submit his project for the Black People to Propaganda Fide. fr pt

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… fr pt

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… fr pt

A violent epileptic fit in public. The last took place at Strasbourg on May 19, 1846. fr pt

Libermann arrives at Rennes as assistant director of the Eudiste noviciate; he takes part in the opening retreat. fr pt

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… fr pt

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. fr pt

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… fr pt

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,… fr pt

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… fr pt

The death of Lazarus Libermann, the father of François. fr pt

The island of Gorée becomes a centre for the struggle against slavery. fr pt

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… fr pt

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. fr pt

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. fr pt

François Libermann is confirmed in the cathedral of Notre Dame in Paris. fr pt

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… fr pt

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… fr pt

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