SPIRITAN PROFILES -- CONTENTS -- Preface - Spiritan Profiles: Research and Animation Centre (Pg. 5) -- Bishop Shanahan (1871-1943) protector of the oppressed and Liberator of Slaves: by Myles Fay, cssp (Pg. 6) -- Bishop Francis Xavier Vogt, (1870-1943). A true disciple of Father Libermann: by Joseph Balthazar, cssp and Michel Kieffer, cssp (Pg. 31) -- Father Jose Maria Felgueiras, (1911-1956). An authentic Spiritan hero: by F. Nogueira de Rocha, cssp (Pg. 48) -- Unedited letter of Father Libermann to M. Antoine Daveluy (Pg. 68) -- Bibliography (Pg. 72)

Joseph BOUCHAUD: LAVAL AND LIBERMANN. -- The approaching Beautification of Father Laval draws our attention not only to him but to his relations with Fr. Libermann, whose first missionary he was -- (pg 3) -- Mgr Jean GAY: HAS LIBERMANN ANY RELEVANCE TODAY? -- What should be remembered to-day of Father Libermann, his life and teaching -- (pg 22) -- Joseph LECUYER: FATHER LIBERMANN AND THE CURSE OF HAM -- The "Curse of Ham" spoken of in Genesis has often been applied to the Africans. On what is this view based and what did Fr. Libermann think of it? -- (pg 33) -- Frank COMERFORD: LOOKING BACK -- A brief synopsis of C.S.Sp. history in East Africa -- (pg 47) -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- (pg 56)

Sean FARRAGHER: DISCOVERING POULLART DES PLACES -- Two Irish Spiritans, travelling in France, walk in the footsteps of POULLART DES PLACES -- (pg 3) -- Amadeu MARTINS: LIBERMANN, "MAN OF SUFFERINGS" -- LIBERMANN'S whole life was one of suffering. He suffered because of his epilepsy from which he was never fully cured. And, after the foundation of his Congregation, he suffered from the overwhelming burden of work and preoccupation to which it gave rise. -- (pg 30) -- ANNUAL MEETING OF THE SPIRITAN STUDIES GROUP -- (pg 57) -- A LETTER OF M. LE VAVASSEUR -- (pg 68) -- BIBLIOGRAPHY -- (pg 70) -- Brian Grogan, C.S.Sp. -- Sean Farragher, C.S.Sp.

<p> For more than fifty years, the <i>Meditationes Vitae Christi (MVC) </i> and the most famous of its illustrated manuscripts (Paris, Biblioth&egrave;que nationale, Ms. ital. 115) have been employed by scholars to exemplify late medieval female spirituality. The mid-fourteenth century ilhuminated manuscript of the <i>Meditationes</i> in the Snite Museum of Art at the University of Notre Dame that is the subject of this dissertation provides valuable evidence of the popularity of the famous text originally written for a woman religious and its appropriation by urban laity. As an example of the shorter text, in Italian, with 43 chapters plus prologue, its 48 large colored miniatures and the decorated initials that begin each chapter, point to a wealthy patron quite unlike the Poor Clare to whom the <i>MVC</i> text was initially directed. The style of the miniatures indicates that the manuscript was illuminated ca. 1350 in Bologna, site of the pre-eminent European university for the study of law.</p><p> The dissertation explores how the <i>Meditationes Vitae Christi </i> was adapted for an educated and prosperous husband and wife. While written in the vernacular, the Snite <i>MVC</i> illuminations bear a strong resemblance to the illustrations in fourteenth-century Bolognese legal manuscripts. Despite the vivid and often unconventional imagery of the text that is designed to stimulate the reader's affective response to its re-telling of the story of the life of Christ, the miniatures tend to preserve traditional iconographies. The superficially conventional Snite miniatures, which often seem indifferent to the visual specifics of the text, serve to align it with orthodox doctrine and underscore the veracity of its contents. </p><p> An analysis of the illuminations of the Snite <i>MVC</i> reveals a particular attentiveness by the illuminator to the representation of male exemplars that would appeal to an elite educated patron, who might have been a judge or lawyer, or law professor. The Infancy miniatures in particular depict St. Joseph in a prominent role and dressed as a late medieval professional man The dignified representation of St. Joseph is consistent with his scriptural appellation as a "just man " By attending to the themes of justice and wisdom in both the <i>MVC</i> text and in its scriptural sources, the Snite miniatures prove to be much richer in meaning than first glance would suggest, and their affinity with legal manuscript illumination hardly accidental.</p><p> The iconographic analysis of the Snite miniatures is complemented by the study of the social and intellectual context in which the manuscript was produced. Despite the seeming simplicity of the miniatures, the illuminator and his advisor prove to be theologically sophisticated and scripturally literate. By means of the illuminations, the <i>MVC</i> is made compatible with the religious and professional concerns of the elite laity, providing access for men wielding worldly authority into the life of Christ in which powerful and learned men play largely negative roles. The Snite manuscript responds to the lay patron's desire to see in the example of Christ and the events of his life confirmation of late medieval social, juridical, and political structures. In its miniatures, it provides saintly models for the educated laity desirous of reconciling their Christian commitments with the demands of an active, urban, professional life.</p>

Spiritan Life No. 02 -- 1990 December -- Mission Sources Justice and Peace Number 2 -- CONTENTS -- Foreword -- (pg 5) -- Letter to the Readers, by David Regan, Bill Headley and Maurice Gobeil, C.S.Sp. -- (pg 7) -- Cor Unum et Anima Una, by Maurice Gobeil, C.S.Sp -- (pg 13) -- The Role of the Holy Spirit in the Theology of Inculturation, by David Regan, C.S.Sp. -- (pg 23) -- Mission at Auteuil, by Alphonse Gilbert, C.S.Sp -- (pg 27) -- A New Era of Mission and a New Missiology, by JohnO'Brien, C.S.Sp -- (pg 35) -- Mission: Clergy and Laity, by Donal V. O'Sullivan, C.S.Sp -- (pg 47) -- Towards a Spirituality of Justice and Peace, by JohnKitchen, C.S.Sp -- (pg 53) -- Challenges to Formation, by Antonio Gmyters, C.S.Sp -- (pg 67) -- What image do we project? by Maurice Gobeil, C.S.Sp -- (pg 83) -- Missionary Animation in France, by Noel Perrot, C.S.Sp. -- (pg 85)

Spiritan Life No. 01 -- 1989 December -- Mission Sources Justice and Peace Number 1 -- CONTENTS -- Foreword -- (pg 5) -- Introduction -- (pg 7) -- The Seminary of The Holy Spirit During The French Revolution (1789 - 1799), by Jean Godard, C.S.Sp. -- (pg 9) -- True Spirituality... Really Authentic and Genuine, by Eugene Hillman, C.S.Sp. -- (pg 45) -- The Holy Spirit and The Congregation, by Michael O'Carroll, C.S.Sp. -- (pg 57) -- Towards A Spiritan Identity, by Maurice Gobeil, C.S.Sp. -- (pg 67) -- Dialogue Between Christians and Muslims, by Robert P. Ellison, C.S.Sp. -- (pg 69) -- The Land War in Brazil, by Michael Drohan, C.S.Sp. -- (pg 79) -- Spiritan Witness at The Frontiers, by Brian O'Rourke, C.S.Sp. -- (pg 85) -- Spiritan Life Review -- (pg 91) -- Other Works by Spiritans -- (pg 95)

Spiritan Life No. 03 -- 1991 August -- Mission Sources Justice and Peace Number 3 -- CONTENTS -- Foreword -- (pg 5) -- This is Where We Came From, by Maurice Gobeil -- (pg 9) -- From Carrick-on-Suirto Rome, by Desmond Arigho -- (pg 19) -- Refugees in Southern Africa, by Frans Timmermans -- (pg 25) -- Algeria A Missionary Spirituality in an Islamic Context, by Rene You -- (pg 37) -- Mission "ad gentes" and Traditional Religions, by David Regan -- (pg 55) -- The Terminology and Significance of Evangelization, by Chukwuwa Okoye -- (pg 65) -- Education for a Global Justice, by Eugene Hillman -- (pg 81) -- Pentecostal Expansion in Brazil: A Question for Formation, by Antonio Gruyters -- (pg 93) -- The 500th Anniversary of The Evangelization of the Americas and the Spiritan Chapter 1992, by Bill Headley, David Regan and Maurice Gobeil -- (pg 103) -- Spiritan Life Reviews -- (pg 109) -- Other Spiritan Publications -- (pg 113)

The work deals with the dissemination, duration, transformations and reception of the cult of an important Jesuit Saint, St. Francis Xavier, in the early modern Czech lands. Its goal is to contribute to the better understanding of the reality of the re-catholicization after the Battle of White Montain and the forms of Czech spirituality of the 17th and 18th century. This particular cult was selected because of the fact that St. Francis Xavier was closely related to the main (or most prominent) participant of the re-catholicization, i. e. the Jesuit order, where he in the informal hierarchy of Saints occupied the second place immediately after the founder of the Society St. Ignacius of Loyola. Moreover, St. Francis Xavier belonged among the five new Catholic Saints canonized in 1622 (St. Ignacius of Loyola, St. Francis Xavier, St. Teresa of Avila, St. Philipp Neri, and St. Isidore of Madrid), who represented an important constituent of the revived post-Tridentine Catholic spirituality. However, although the existing secondary literature presupposes that the reverence to St. Francis Xavier was widespread in the Czech Baroque, no systematic study of this theme was realized untill now. First chapter deals with the specification of the theme of the work, maps existing knowledge and sources available and...