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THE AND WORK OF LIFE CLAUDE POULLARTDES PLACES founder of THE CONGREGATION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT BX4705 .P6592 F37 SEAN FARRAGHER P. 1992x Spiritan Coll. Spiritan Collection Duquesne University The Gumberg Library Congregation ofthe Holy Spirit USA Eastern Province LED BY THE SPIRIT PARACLETE PRESS PUBLICATIONS General Editor Brian Gogan, CSSp. Spiritan Roots Series Life Began at Forty. The Second Conversion ofFrancis Libermann CSSp. by Bernard Kelly CSSp. Man ofAction, Man ofGod The Life and Spirit ofBlessed Daniel Brottier CSSp Edited by Alphonse Gilbert CSSp and Myles Fay CSSp Fr. Libermann's Commentary on the Gospel ofSt.John by Fr. Michael Cahill, CSSp. Spiritan Wellsprings The Original Rules, with commentaries, ofthe Holy Ghost Congregation edited byJohn Daly CSSp A Gentle Way to God The Spiritual Teaching ofFrancis Libermann CSSp by Alphonse Gilbert CSSp translated by Myles Fay CSSp Pere Leman, Educator and Missionary 1826-1880 Founder ofBlackrock College by Sean P. Farragher CSSp Other Paraclete Press Publications Dev and his Alma Mater Eamon de Valera's Lifelong association with Blackrock College 1898-1975 by Sean P. Farragher CSSp Something Else - Poems ofPrayer by Cothrai Gogan, CSSp. LED BY THE SPIRIT THE LIFEAND WORK OF CLAUDE POULLARTDES PLACES founderof THE CONGREGATION OF THE HOLY SPIRIT SEAN FARRAGHER P. Paraclete Press ^^9 ni ^ o1>l^ ' First PublishedbvParaclete Press Blackrock, Dublin, Ireland, 1992. © Copyright Sean P. Farragher, 1992 ISBN 946639 08 6 Media conversion from disk and outputtingin Linotronic Ehrhardt Matter 10.5pt on 1lptbodywith headings in Cloister Open Face Diskon Technical Services Ltd., Dublin 8. Designed and printed atthe Elo Press Ltd., Dublin 8. Coverandphoto layoutby StevenJ. Hope All rights reserved. No partofthis publication maybe reproduced, transmitted orstored in a retrieval system, in anyform orbyanymeans, withoutpermission inwritingfrom the publishers PURIFY, O LORD, OUR HEARTS AND OUR BODIES SO THAT WITH OUR WHOLE BEING RENEWED OUR HEARTS MAY BE EVER INTENT ON DOING YOUR WILL AND WE BE FOUND PLEASING TO YOU. (Rule No. 40) WOULD BE ONLY TOO HAPPY HAV- I IF, ING SETTHEWORLD ONFIREWITHTHE LOVE OF GOD, COULD HAVE SHED THE I LAST DROP OF MY BLOOD FOR HIM WHOSE BLESSINGS WERE EVER BEFORE MY EYES. (Reflections on the Past). Acknowledgements During the years this work has been in hand, many people have helped - more indeed than I can now recall. There were those in France who put me in contact with the sources - the written word and the relevant sites. I wish to thank Fr. Joseph Carrard and Fr. Henri Littner, the archivists at the General Archives at Chevilly,Paris,aswellasFr.MauriceGobeilatthe GeneralateinRome. Severalof my confreres at Blackrock have helped generouslywith proof-reading and valued suggestions. FrJoe Fullenwas everreadyto help with his expertise in French. To one and all I gratefully record my indebtedness. Two people deserve a special mention. This work leans heavily on the original research done byPereJosephMichel, and his continued generous assistance over a long period has been invaluable to one not quite anfait with the language and the history ofFrance in the age ofLouis XIV. Finally I gladly put on record my deep indebtedness to my confrere, Br. Paul, who not merely typed the complete manuscript but patiently included all the interminable additions and corrections. This work then is no mere solo effort but a communal tribute to a worthy but often forgotten Founder. Contents Preface ix Chapter One Early Years, 1679-1688 1 (Illustrations p. 3, 8, 13) Chapter Two Secondary Education, 1688-1695 15 (Illustrations p. 18) Chapter Three Third Level student, 1695-1698 27 (Illustrations p.30, 39) Chapter Four A Hectic Summer-An Appointment atVersailles 41 (Illustrations p. 47) Chapter Five Nantes, Law Student, 1698-1701 51 (Illustrations p.61) Chapter Six A Crucial Retreat 62 (Illustration p. 84) Chapter Seven Paris - College Louis Le Grand 85 (Illustrations p. 86) Chapter Eight Founder- 1703 109 (Illustrations p. 124, 129) Chapter Nine Progress and Crisis, 1703-1704 130 (Illustrations p. 150) Chapter Ten Caught in Crossfire 151 (Illustrations p. 156) Chapter Eleven A Caring Community 165 (Illustrations p. 168,176, 182) Chapter Twelve A Model Seminary 183 (Illustrations p. 193,215) Chapter Thirteen The End ofthe Beginning- 1709 216 (Illustrations p. 227, 233, 237) Chapter Fourteen From Des Places to Libermann, 1709-1848 238 (Illustrations p. 239, 255, 262, 265, 269, 274) References 275 Main sources 281 Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2012 with funding from LYRASIS Members and Sloan Foundation http://archive.org/details/ledbyspiritOOsenp