Illustrated Life of Bl. Fr. Frederic of Ghyvelde
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Illustrated Life of Bl. Fr. Frederic of Ghyvelde

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This album with its lively, colorful illustrations relates the outstanding features of the life of Good Father Frederic (1838-1916), who edified an entire generation with his sweet prayer, profound humility and rigorous austerities. His life was strewn with extraordinary events, some of which we recall here. He was an Apostle of the Holy Land, and when he spoke of it, he filled peoples hearts with his enthusiastic faith and fervent love. At Cap-de-la-Madeleine he was regarded as an envoy of God. The faithful admired his simple preaching, his modest gaze, his poor habit, his charitable words, his selfless dedication, his fruitful works, his tireless zeal and they said, "He is a Saint."

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By Rev. Fr. Mathieu-M. Daunais, o.f.m.  This album with its lively, colorful illustrations relates the outstanding features of the life of Good Father Frederic (1838-1916), who edified an entire generation with his sweet prayer, profound humility and rigorous austerities. His life was strewn with extraordinary events, some of which we recall here. He was an Apostle of the Holy Land, and when he spoke of it, he filled peoples hearts with his enthusiastic faith and fervent love. At Cap-de-la-Madeleine he was regarded as an envoy of God. The faithful admired his simple preaching, his modest gaze, his poor habit, his charitable words, his selfless dedication, his fruitful works, his tireless zeal and they said, "He is a Saint."  128 pages, 60 colored illustrations.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Introduction .....Page 7
His Pious Mother .....9
Family Reading ....11
The Little Hermit .....13
The Evening Blessing .....15
The Morning Prayer .....17
His First Sermon .....19
His Schoolteacher .....21
His Mother Falls Sick .....23
The Traveling Salesman .....25
His Franciscan Vocation .....27
The Novitiate Cell .....29
His Master of Novices .....31
His Profession of Religious Vows .....33
The Assistant Master of Novices .....35
Departure for the Holy Land .....37
The Blessing of Pius IX .....39
Arrival in Jaffa .....41
The Tomb of Our Lord .....43
Prayer at Gethsemani .....45
Reception of the Pilgrims .....47
The Garden of Gethsemani .....49
The Tomb of the Blessed Virgin .....51
The Jordan River .....53
The Wailing Wall .....55
The Meeting of the Two Brothers .....57
Father Godfrey Schilling .....59
Father Leon Provancher .....61
Father Leon Provancher .....63
Msgr. Louis-François Laflèche .....65
Oratory of the Commissariat .....69
Life of Christ .....71
The Apostle of the Third Order .....71
The Merit of Suffering  .....73
The Comforter .....75
A Maple Sugar Party .....77
Family Visits .....79
Visits in the Countryside .....81
Arrival of September 29, 1881 .....83
First Mass .....85
Man of Prayer .....87
Providential Illness .....89
"The Rosary Bridge" .....91
The Transport of the Stone .....93
"God Wills It" .....95
The Future of the Shrine .....97
The Wonder of the Eyes .....99
"What Shall We Do?" .....101
The People's Confidence .....103
"God Bless You" .....105
Extraordinary Assistance .....107
"Love the Blessed Virgin well" .....109
Arrival of a Pilgrimage .....111
The Way of the Cross .....113
The Cure of Charles Lamy .....115
The Crowds at Our Lady of the Cape .....117
The Coronation of the Virgin .....119
Mount Saint-Élie .....121
The Sorrowful Way .....123
Farewell .....125
His Tomb .....127
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978-2-7623-1412-0