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Knaves or Knights? A History of the Spiritan Missionaries in Acadia and North America 1732-1839

Duquesne Studies, Spiritan Series 4 -- TABLE OF CONTENT -- Preface VIII -- Bibliographical Abbreviations XI -- Chapter One -- Introduction -- 1. The Seminary and the Congregation of the Holy Ghost -- (pg. 1) -- Foundation and Purpose -- (pg. 1) -- Organizational Development -- (pg. 3) -- 2. The Origin of the Spiritan Missions in North America -- (pg. 7) -- 3. Areas of Labor in North America -- (pg. 8) -- 4. The Plans of the Abbot of Isle Dieu -- (pg. 10) -- Personnel Problems of the Foreign Missions Society -- (pg. 11) -- The Seminary of Quebec -- (pg. 12) -- The Removal of the Recollects -- (pg. 14) -- The Suppression of the Jesuits -- (pg. 18) -- Chapter Two — Acadian and Indian Missions, 1735-1772 -- 1. Introduction -- (pg. 21) -- 2. Father Maillard, the Apostle of the Micmacs -- (pg. 26) -- Linguistic Achievements -- (pg. 26) -- Conflict with the Recollects -- (pg. 31) -- Chaplain of Braves on the Warpath -- (pg. 32) -- 3. John Le Loutre, the Father of the Acadians -- (pg. 35) -- First Labors -- (pg. 35) -- Warfare and Capture -- (pg. 37) -- The Murder of "Captain" How -- (pg. 44) -- New Hopes -- (pg. 49) -- The Judas of Acadia -- (pg. 52) -- The Fall of Beauséjour. Last Imprisonment of Le Loutre -- (pg. 55) -- 4. The "Grand Derangement" -- (pg. 57) -- The Capture and Deportation of Priests from Nova Scotia -- (pg. 57) -- The Chaplain of Hunted Men: Father Le Guerne -- (pg. 61) -- The Fall of Louisbourg. Surrender of Father Maillard -- (pg. 68) -- Father Manach Falls into a Trap -- (pg. 74) -- The Treacherous Capture and Deportation of Father Cocquart -- (pg. 76) -- 5. After the Deportation -- (pg. 78) -- The "Apostasy" and Death of Father Maillard -- (pg. 78) -- The Disappearance of Father Cocquart -- (pg. 83) -- Le Loutre and the Acadian Deportees -- (pg. 85) -- Knave or Knight? -- (pg. 89) -- Chapter Three — The Miquelon Islands, 1765-1793 -- 1. First Settlement -- (pg. 100) -- 2. Deportation and Return -- (pg. 103) -- 3. The French Revolution -- (pg. 104) -- Chapter Four — The Maritime Provinces and Magdalen Islands, 1772—1819 -- 1. Father Joseph Bourg -- (pg. 108) -- Indian Threats and Their Results -- (pg. 108) -- Two Little Deportees -- (pg. 110) -- "In Journeyings Often" -- (pg. 112) -- Father Bourg Averts Indian Revolt -- (pg. 113) -- Emancipation of the Catholics in Halifax -- (pg. 116) -- Conflicts in Chaleurs Bay. Death of Father Bourg -- (pg. 118) -- 2. Father Le Jamtel at Cape Breton and Father Allain at the Magdalen Islands -- (pg. 122) -- Chapter Five — The Quebec Region, 1732—1835 -- 1. The Seminary of Quebec -- (pg. 127) -- 2. Father Rene Allenou de la Ville-Angevin -- (pg. 130) -- A Contemporary of Father Poullart des Places, Founder of the Congregation of the Holy Ghost -- (pg. 130) -- Conflict Between Bishop de Pontbriand and Father Allenou -- (pg. 133) -- 3. Other Spiritans in the Quebec Region -- (pg. 138 -- Chapter Six ~ The United States, 1794—1839 -- 1. Introduction: First Spiritans in the States -- (pg. 142) -- 2. Their Early Labors in Guiana -- (pg. 144) -- 3. The French Revolution in Guiana -- (pg. 147) -- Father Moranville Becomes President of the Revolutionary Assembly -- (pg. 147, Deportation of Herard, Duhamel and Other Spiritans -- (pg. 149) -- Moranville's Escape from Cayenne -- (pg. 150) -- 4. "The Good Moranville" in Baltimore -- (pg. 151) -- First Years 1795—1805 -- (pg. 151) -- The Pastor of St. Patrick's Church -- (pg. 153) -- Last Illness and Death -- (pg. 160) -- 5. Father Herard in the Virgin Islands -- (pg. 160) -- Sad Conditions of the Church -- (pg. 160) -- The Schism of Father Desbonchamps -- (pg. 163) -- The Schism of the Fugitive Trappist, Father Jeremiah Flynn -- (pg. 165) -- 6. Last Years of Fathers Duhamel and Herard -- (pg. 177) -- Epilogue -- (pg. 180) -- Appendix: List of Spiritan Priests in North America, 1732-1839 -- (pg. 182) -- Bibliography -- (pg. 184) -- Index of Names -- (pg. 205) -- Index of Subject Matter -- (pg. 209)

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:DUQUESNE/oai:digital.library.duq.edu:cdm-duqsps/232
Date January 1962
CreatorsKoren, Henry J., C.S.Sp.
ContributorsGumberg Library, Duquesne University
PublisherDuquesne University Press
Source SetsDuquesne University
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeText
FormatPDF

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