The Life of Dom Gréa

 The Founder of the Canons Regular of the Immaculate Conception

 

by Msgr. Félix Vernet

from the French edition: La Vie de Dom Gréa, Paris, Labergerie 1938.

 

Translated and edited by Msgr. Michael Sheahan

Los Angeles, Unpublished edition 1980

 

 

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

PART I

DOM ADRIEN GRÉA: THE EARLY YEARS

The Early Years

Back in France

Chaplain at Baudin (1856-1862)

St. Claude (1863-1890): Vicar General of St. Claude (1863-1880)

 

PART II

THE CANONS REGULAR OF THE IMMACULATE CONCEPTION

The Beginnings of the Canons Regular of the Immaculate Conception (1865-1880)

The Life of the Community at St. Claude

The Liturgy

The Studies

The First Priory - Lescheres  (1880-1888)

Saint-Antoine  (1890-1903)

Dom Gréa, Abbot of St. Antoine

The Foundations

Life in the Priories

Andora (1903-1913)

The Priories and New Foundations

 

PART III

DOM ADRIEN GRÉA: THE LATER YEARS

The Great Trial (1906-1912)

Dom Gréa during the Great Trial

A Friend in the Hour of Trial

The Last Years: The Installation at Rotalier (1913)

The Final Acts

Death (February 23, 1917)

The Funeral

 

PART IV

THE SPIRITUALITY OF DOM GRÉA

The Spirituality of Dom Gréa

The Priesthood and the Church’s Hierarchy

The Canons Regular

Liturgical Prayer

Penance and the Spirit of Sacrifice

The Service of Souls and the Interior Life

The Devotion to Christ

Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and the Saints

 

PART V

DOM ADRIEN GRÉA: THE MAN AND THE RELIGIOUS

The Man and the Religious

The Failings

The Spell

The Mind

The Heart

Liturgical Prayer

Penance

The Apostolate

The Fame of his Sanctity

 

 

 

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