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C.S.Sp.
Canonical election of Jacques Bertout as the 6th Superior General. It is he who restores the Congregation and the Seminary of the Holy Spirit after the French Revolution. He is…
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Libermann
Baptism in secret of Samson Liber-mann (brother of Jacob) and his wife Babette. Their conversion has a profound effect on Jacob and on his own religious development.
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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…
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Guyane
Departure of the first Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny for Guyane.
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Senegal
Arrival of M"re Anne-Marie Javouhey in Senegal. She immediately begins working for vocations and in 1827, three future priests set out for studies in Paris: Frs. Moussa, Fridoil and Boilat.
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Senegal
Arrival of 7 Sisters of Saint Joseph of Cluny for the hospital of Saint-Louis as well as 2 Senegalese priests sent by the Seminaire du Saint-Esprit.
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Mauritania
L'abbé Baradère, a Spiritan and parish priest of Saint-Louis, makes a journey to visit the Fulani and Moors.
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Guyane
Death of L'Abbé Legrand, the Prefect Apostolic.
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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…
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C.S.Sp.
M. Bertout, the 6th Superior General (not yet canonically elected) rebuys the property in rue Lhomond that had been confiscated at the revolution 23 years previously.
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By command of King Louis XVIII, the Congregation is re-established, having been suppressed at the French Revolution. This ruling is the basis of the legal status of the Congregation in…
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Libermann
Young Jacob Libermann celebrates his Bar-Mitzva.
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St. Pierre & Miquelon
The Treaty of Paris. Spiritans return to the archipelago.
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Napoleon signs the decree re-establishing the Congregation of the Holy Spirit, along with the Foreign Missions of Paris and the Priests of the Mission (Vincentians). But four years later, he…
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The death of Jean-Marie Duflos, the 5th Superior General. His nephew, Jacques Bertout, re-turns from his exile in England and finds he is the only remaining Spiritan. His uncle tells…
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U.S.A.
Fr. Jean Moranville becomes the first Spiritan holding American citizenship.
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Haiti
Independence of Haiti.
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Libermann
"22nd of Germinal, Year X: The birth at Saverne in Alsace of Jägel (Jacob), the fifth son of Samson Libermann, Rabbi, (but who declares he was a trader during the…
Martinique
Arrival (by accident!) of the first Spiritan in Martinique: M. François Legrand is deported from Guyane and becomes parish priest of Gros-Morne in Martinique from 1794 to 1807. He then…
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U.S.A.
From 1793-1794, several Spiritans settle in the USA after being expelled from Guyane.
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St. Pierre & Miquelon
The two priests in charge of the islands of Miquelon and St. Pierre refuse to take the oath of the Civil Constitution of the Clergy, introduced at the French Revolution…
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United Kingdom
Père Jacques Bertout becomes the first known Spiritan to work in mainland Britain. He flees to England at the French Revolution and works somewhere in Yorkshire for the next 10…
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Canada
Up to this date, French Spiritans have worked in St. Pierre and Miquelon and Acadia (Canada) as misionar-ies to the Indians or as seminary professors in Quebec City. But henceforth,…
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Senegal
The creation of the Prefecture Apostolic of Saint-Louis after the town had been re-taken by the French. Fr. Deglicourt was appointed as the first Pre-fect. He was joined by Frs.…
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Mauritania
L'Abbé Glicourt (Spiritan) is made Prefect Apostolic of Saint-Louis in Senegal.
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Departure from Le Havre for Cayenne (Guyane) of MM. Bertout (the future restorer of the Congregation) and de Clicourt, but they are ship-wrecked off the coast of Senegal (near St.…
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Guyane
Letters patent issued, giving the Semi-naire du Saint-Esprit pastoral responsibility for Guyane.
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C.S.Sp.
The Congregation of the Holy Spirit, having been put in pastoral charge of Guyane, sends 4 priests from its seminary.
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Canada
The Ordination of Joseph-Mathurin Bourg, a product of the Seminaire du Saint-Esprit in Paris, by Mgr. Briand at Montreal. He is sent to Arca-dia as Vicar for the whole territory.
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St. Pierre & Miquelon
Mgr Julien Becquet, is made Prefect Apostolic of St. Pierre et Miquelon, Préfet apostolique de St Pierre & Miquelon. He is succeeded by 13 other Prefects up until 1970.
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Père François Becquet succeeds Père Bouïc after his long period as Superior General (1710-1763). He will lead the Congregation right up to the eve of the French Revolution (1788) and…
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St. Pierre & Miquelon
Père Manach, the first Prefect Apostolic, failed to arrive at the islands because of unfavourable winds. He ended up in the West Indies.
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Senegal
Arrival of the first Spiritan at Gorée, Jean-Baptiste Demanet.
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St. Pierre & Miquelon
The Treaty of Versailles. The only remaining French possession in North America is St. Pierre et Miquelon. In the same year, a Prefecture Apostolic is created and confided to the…
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Nigeria
Fr. Paulinus Ezike is killed during the civil war. Ordained in 1966, he was killed during an air raid.
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C.S.Sp.
The death of the third successor of Poullart des Places, M. Louis Bouic, after directing the Congregation for 53 years.
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Père Louis Bouic buys a property in the rue des Postes, (30, rue Lhomond) Paris, for the Seminaire du Saint-Esprit. They move in on January 1st, 1732.
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Death of Père Pierre Caris. He was the bursar of the Seminaire du Saint-Esprit for 45 years: "This poor priest of outstanding virtue and regarded by all as a saint"…
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The death of Jean-Baptiste Faulconnier, the first student of Poullart des Places.
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U.S.A.
First recorded presence of a Spiritan in what is now the USA: Père Pierre Maillard at Boston.
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Canada
Père Le Loutre, formed in the spirituality of Poullart des Places, devotes himself totally to the cause of the Acadians in present-day Nova Scotia, both before and after their forced…
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C.S.Sp.
The Major Seminary of Meaux (France) is confided to the Congregation of the Holy Spirit; they direct it until its suppression at the French revolution.
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The Séminaire du Saint-Esprit is approved by Mgr Gaspard de Vintimille, the Archbishop of Paris. Despite his efforts from May, 1726, M. Bouic had failed to get recognition for the…
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C.S.Sp
The Seminaire du Saint-Esprit moves into the rue des Postes (now rue Lhomond).
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Canada
The first Spiritan missionary arrives in the Western hemisphere, Père François Frison de la Mothe and is stationed as a teacher at the Quebec seminary. He is followed in 1735…
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Canada
L'Abbé de l'Isle-Dieu becomes the Vicar General of Mgr. Dosquet; thanks to him, the seminary at Quebec receives staff from the Seminaire du Saint-Esprit in Paris. To show his gratitude,…
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Guyane
Arrival of the first Sisters of St Paul de Chartres to run the hospital.
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C.S.Sp.
First letters patent from King Louis XV of France, authorising the establishment of s community of students under the title of the Holy and the Immaculate Conception.
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