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Holy Cross Brothers: Lives Given to God, Love Given to All
| January |
6 |
Anniversary of death of Brother Andre (1937) |
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7 |
Feast of St. Andre Bessette |
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20 |
Anniversary of the death of Bl. Basil Moreau (1873) |
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| February |
2 |
World Day for Consecrated Life
Anniversary of St. Andre’s final vows (1874) |
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11 |
Anniversary of the birth of Bl. Basil Moreau (1799) |
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17 |
Anniversary of death of Father Dujarié (1838)) |
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19 |
Pope Benedict XVI approves sainthood of Brother Andre (2010) |
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21 |
Anniversary of the baptism of Bl. Basil Moreau (1799) |
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| March |
1 |
Signing of the Fundamental Act which joined the Brothers of St. Joseph
to the Auxiliary Priests of Holy Cross (1837) |
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19 |
Feast of St. Joseph |
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30 |
Laying of the cornerstone of the Church at Notre-Dame de Sainte-Croix
(1842) |
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| April |
12 |
Father Basil Moreau declared “Venerable” by Pope John Paul II (2003) |
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29 |
World Day of Prayer for Vocations |
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| May |
13 |
Approval of the Rules and Constitutions of the Congregation of Holy
Cross (1857) |
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19 |
Brief of Praise from the Sacred Congregation of Propaganda Fide for the
Congregation of Holy Cross (1856) |
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23 |
Anniversary of the beatification of Brother Andre (1982) |
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| June |
12 |
Brother Andre declared “Venerable” by Pope Paul VI (1978) |
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17 |
Consecration of the Conventual Church at Sainte-Croix (1857) |
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| July |
13 |
Introduction of the cause of beatification of Father Moreau (1945) |
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15 |
Arrival of the first postulant for the Brothers of St. Joseph in Ruillé-sur-Loire (1820) |
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25 |
Feast of St. James (patronal feast of Father Dujarié) |
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| August |
9 |
Anniversary of the birth of Brother Andre (1845) |
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12 |
Basil Moreau is ordained a priest (1821) |
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15 |
Father Moreau professes vows with four other priests (1840)
Brother Andre symbolically lays the first stone of St. Joseph’s Oratory (1930) |
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31 |
Father Moreau accepts the government of the Brothers of St. Joseph from
Father Dujarié; Moreau and 4 priests adopt the name “Auxiliary Priests”
and lay the foundations of the new Congregation (1835) |
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| September |
1 |
Pact of Fidelity signed by the Brothers of St. Joseph (1831) |
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15 |
Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows
Anniversary of the beatification of Bl. Basil Moreau (2007) |
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| October |
17 |
Anniversary of the canonization of St. Andre Bessette (2010) |
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19 |
The first “oratory” or place of prayer is blessed in Montreal (1904) |
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22 |
Arrival of Brother Andre Mottais at Ruillé-sur-Loire (1820) |
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| November |
7 |
Beatification cause of Bro. Andre is opened on the diocesan level (1940) |
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9 |
Decree introducing the cause for beatification of Brother Andre is
Introduced by Pope John XXIII (1960) |
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| December |
9 |
Anniversary of the birth of Father Dujarié (1767) |
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26 |
James Dujarié is ordained a priest (1795) |
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