The Celebration of the Ordinary: The Spiritans 1703-2003

144 Pages·2003·4.1 MB·English

by  David L. Smith, C.S.Sp.

THE
CELEBRATION OF
THE ORDINARY
THE SPIRITANS
1703-2003
Spiritans
One Heart. One Spirit
PRESS DAVID L. SMITH, C.S.Sp., Ph.D.
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THE CELEBRATION OF
THE ORDINARY
WITH THE POWER OF THE SPIRIT
300th spiritan anniversary
PRAYER FOR THE SPIRITAN YEAR
HOLYSPIRIT, YOU ARE CALLING USTO SEIZE
THIS FAVORABLETIMETO RENEW OURSELVES IN OUR
SPIRITAN LIFE AS WE CELEBRATETHE MEMORYOF 300
YEARS SINCE OUR FOUNDATION ANDTHE CHARISM
PASSED ON TO US BYOUR PREDECESSORS:
MAYYOUR GIFTS OFSTRENGTH ANDWISDOM
HELP USTO DEEPEN OUR SERVICETOTHE POOR;
MAYYOUR GIFTS OF HUMILITYAND DEVOTION
HELP US TO LIVE OUR RELIGIOUS LIFETO THE FULL;
MAYYOUR GIFTS OF INTELLIGENCE AND
DISCERNMENT HELP USTO RECOGNIZE WHATYOU
ARE CALLING USTO DO ATTHIS TIME;
AND BYTHE FIRE OFYOUR LOVE, ENKINDLE IN
USTHAT MISSIONARY ENTHUSIASM WHICH FILLED
YOUR APOSTLES FROM THE DAYOF PENTECOST.
AMEN

THE CELEBRATION OF
THE ORDINARY
THE SPIRITANS
1703-2003
Edited with an Introduction by
David L. Smith, C.S.Sp., Ph.D.
Spiritus Press
Bethel Park, PA
Copyright © 2003 by Congregation oftheHoly Spirit
All rights reserved. No part ofthis bookmay beused orreproduced in any
mannerwhatsoeverwithout written permission except in the case ofbrief
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
Dedication and Appreciation vii
By David L. Smith, C.S.Sp.
Preface xi
By David L. Smith, C.S.Sp.
Contributors xv
1. The Life and Work ofPoullart des Places* 1
Henry J. Koren, S.T.D., C.S.Sp.
2. Francis Libermann: To the Ends ofthe Earth* 23
Boniface Hanley, O.F.M.
3. The Role ofthe Holy Spirit in Spiritual Direction 45
. .
Marie L. Baird, Ph.D.
4. Why do we call the Spirit "The Comforter"?
Thoughts on the Holy Spirit and Suffering 57
William M. Thompson-Uberuaga, Ph.D.
5. The Embodied Spirit ofLibermann's Spirituality
and Some Psychological Themes 73
David L. Smith, C.S.Sp., Ph.D.
6. The Holy Spirit and the Creative Imagination ... 101
George S. Worgul, Jr., S.T.D., Ph.D.
* Reprinted from Koren: H. (1958) The Spiritans: A History of
the Congregation ofthe Holy Ghost Chapter I, The Founder
and His Work. Duquesne U. Press, Pittsburgh, PA.
* Reprinted from Hanley, B. (n.d.) Francis Libermann: To the
Ends ofthe Earth in the "Anthonian"
,