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Los Angeles, Unpublished edition 1980

 

Edited and re-ordered according to the original in French

by Rev. Thomas Dome, C.R.I.C.

Unpublished edition, Santa Paula 2005

 

 

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 

 

CHAPTER I

THE FIRST YEARS (1828-1856)

FROM BIRTH TO THE PRIESTHOOD

    I. Lons-le-Saunier et Besançon (1828-1845)

   II. Paris (1845-1855)

  III. Rome (1856)

 

CHAPTER II

BAUDIN (1856-1863)

    I. Before the chaplaincy at Baudin

   II. Chaplain at Baudin (1856-1862)

  III. After the nomination to the General Vicariat (1863)

 

CHAPTER III 

ST. CLAUDE (1863-1890)

    I. Vicar General of St. Claude (1863-1880)

   II. The beginnings of the Canons Regular of the Immaculate Conception

                       (1865-1880)

  III. The life of the community at St. Claude

  IV. The annual retreats. Msgr. De Ségur and Msgr. D’hulst

   V. The work “The Church and her Divine Constitution

  VI. The first priory: Lescheres (1880-1888)

 

CHAPTER IV

SAINT-ANTOINE (1890-1903)

    I. The installation at Saint-Antoine (1890)

   II. The life of the community At Saint-Antoine

  III. Dom Gréa, Abbot of Saint-Antoine

  IV. The new foundations

   V. Life in the priories

 

CHAPTER V

ANDORA (1903—1913)

    I. The installation at Andora (1903)

   II. Golden anniversary of ordination (1906)

  III. The work on “The Sacred Liturgy

  IV. The priories and new foundations

   V. The great trial (1906-1912)

  VI. Dom Gréa during the great trial

 VII. A friend in the hour of trial

VIII. The end of his stay at Andora (1913)

 

CHAPTER VI 

THE SPIRITUALITY OF DOM GRÉA

    I. The devotion to the Church

   II. The priesthood and the hierarchy of the Church

  III. The Canons Regular

  IV. Liturgical prayer

   V. Penance and the spirit of sacrifice

  VI. The service of souls and the interior life

 VII. The devotion to Christ

VIII. Devotion to the Blessed Virgin Mary and the saints

 

CHAPTER VII

THE MAN AND THE RELIGIOUS

    I. Physical portrait

   II. The failings

  III. The charm

  IV. The mind

   V. The heart

  VI. Liturgical prayer

 VII. The penance

VIII. The apostolate

  IX. The devotion to Christ (This section not translated)

   X. The devotion to the Blessed Mother and the saints (This section not

                       translated)

  XI. The fame of his sanctity

 

CHAPTER VIII

THE LAST YEARS (1913-1917)

    I. The installation at Rotalier (1913)

   II. Diamond anniversary of ordination (1916)

  III. The final acts

  IV. Death (23 February 1917)

   V. The funeral

 

CHAPTER IX

THE SUCCESS OF DOM GRÉA

 

(This chapter not translated)

    I. The Congregation of the Canons Regular of the Immaculate Conception

   II. The community life in the clergy

 

 

 

 

 

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