François de Laval: His Life and Times

2015

Preface
Acknowledgements
Foreword

CHAPTER 1: CHILDHOOD (1623-1631)
Montigny-sur-Avre
His name is François de Laval
Daily life as a child
A noble family

CHAPTER 2: SCHOOL YEARS (1631-1645)
The La Flèche College (1631-1641)
The “Ratio Studiorum”
Languages and philosophy
The religious concerns
The Marian Congregation
Daily life at the College
François de Laval at La Flèche
The Clermont College (1641-1645)

CHAPTER 3: THE RELIGIOUS SITUATION IN FRANCE IN THE 17TH CENTURY
The Assembly of Friends
The Council of Trent
The Catholic Reformation
The slow pace of religious reform in France
The Company of the Blessed Sacrament

CHAPTER 4: HIS EARLY YEARS AS A PRIEST (1647-1658)
Archdeacon of the diocese of Évreux
The political context in France
The civil war of La Fronde (1648-1653)
The spiritual context
A homage to Vincent de Paul by François de Laval Missionaries in New France
Alexandre de Rhodes proposes François de Laval as a missionary in Tonkin
Preparation of François de Laval for life as a bishop
The Hermitage of Caen

CHAPTER 5: THE CHOICE OF A BISHOP FOR NEW FRANCE
The role played by the Archbishop of Rouen in New France
The choice of François de Laval
Assistance for bishops and apostolic vicars
The Paris Foreign Missions Seminary

CHAPTER 6: HIS FIRST ATLANTIC CROSSING
The port of La Rochelle
The first meeting between François de Laval and the Amerindians
Traveling companions

CHAPTER 7: QUEBEC BEFORE FRANÇOIS DE LAVAL
The fur trade
The first religious communities

CHAPTER 8: HIS FIRST YEARS IN QUEBEC
Bishops following the Council of Trent
The authority of the bishop in New France
Gabriel Thubière de Queylus
The squabbles over precedence

CHAPTER 9: HIS FIRST PASTORAL VISIT OF 1660
Missionary work
His first pastoral visit
The Jesuits
The Hospitaller nuns
The Ursulines
In Montreal

CHAPTER 10: TRADE IN FUR AND SPIRITS
Bartered goods
His fight against the sale of spirits
The ultimate deterrent
His first voyage to France
His role on the Sovereign Council

CHAPTER 11: KEY INSTITUTIONS
The Quebec Seminary, a community of priests
Tithes, an insufficient resource
Other sources of income

CHAPTER 12: HIS RETURN TO QUEBEC IN 1663
The government of New France
Governor Augustin Saffray de Mézy

CHAPTER 13: THE QUEBEC SEMINARY
Creating a patrimony
Renunciation
Extending the patrimony
The seigneuries of Beaupré and Orleans Island
The exchange of Orleans Island for Jesus Island

CHAPTER 14: CONSTRUCTION OF MAJOR INSTITUTIONS
The Minor Seminary
The construction of the Minor Seminary building
The construction of the Major Seminary building

CHAPTER 15: AT LAST BISHOP OF QUEBEC (1674)
His Papal bulls
The Abbey of Lestrée
A homage to François de Laval by Father Dablon
Chapter 16: His contribution to missionary work
The approval by Msgr de Laval of a book by Father Le Tellier

CHAPTER 17: CHURCH AND STATE
Intendant Jean Talon
The return of the Recollects
Abbé Jean Dudouyt
The Recollects and the steeple disagreement

CHAPTER 18: THE CANADIAN CLERGY
The role of the community of priests at the Quebec Seminary
Cures
His third voyage to France
“General plan” of parishes and missions

CHAPTER 19: ASSOCIATIONS AND DEVOTIONS
Father Chaumonot and the Confraternity of the Holy Family

CHAPTER 20: THE DEDICATION OF THE CATHEDRAL
The consecration of the church of Quebec
Written testimony
The example set by his piety

CHAPTER 21: HIS PASTORAL VISITS
His pastoral visit of 1676
Marguerite Bourgeoys
The Amerindians in Prairie-de-la-Madeleine
His pastoral visit of 1681

CHAPTER 22: THE MISSION IN ACADIA

CHAPTER 23: THE CHAPTER OF QUEBEC
The establishment of the first Chapter
A permanent solution to the question of the Chapter

CHAPTER 24: HIS RESIGNATION
The search for a successor
His fourth and final voyage to France
Pastoral visit by Abbé de Saint-Vallier

CHAPTER 25: HIS RETURN TO CANADA
Death of two close friends
Msgr de Saint-Vallier reads letters addressed to Msgr de Laval
Msgr de Saint-Vallier and the Quebec Seminary
In defense of Msgr de Saint-Vallier

CHAPTER 26: IN THE ABSENCE OF HIS SUCCESSOR
Armed conflict in Europe and the Americas
Chapter 27: His Seminary
The inner chapel of the Seminary
The bishop-builder
Louis Soumande in Cap Tourmente
The first fire at the Seminary in 1701
The second fire at the Seminary in 1705

CHAPTER 28: THE LATER FOUNDATIONS
The mission to the Tamaroas
Elementary schools in Quebec

CHAPTER 29: HIS LAST YEARS
Brother Hubert Houssart
1705 to 1708

CHAPTER 30: A SAINT AMONG US!
Canonization of the Apostles of the Americas
A homage to the historians and archivists of the Quebec Seminary

CHAPTER 31: ICONOGRAPHY
Three portraits completed in his lifetime
An etching
Portraits
Statues
Statuettes
Bas-reliefs
Stained-glass
Icons

Annexe A – Chronology
Annexe B – Bibliography
Annexe C – Index
Annexe D – Parishes
Opening of registers
Canonical erections

TABLE OF MAPS AND PLANS
Map of the estate of Montigny with its feudal lands
Missionary routes in the 17th century
The diocese of Évreux following the creation of the Department of Eure in 1790
Plan by Jean Bourdon showing the Sault-au-Matelot site in 1661
Area under the jurisdiction of Msgr François de Laval, 1659-1688
Places visited by François de Laval in France
Places visited by François de Laval in Paris and its vicinity
Sketch showing the first presbytery and the Major and Minor Seminary in 1670
Amerindian nations in eastern North America in the 17th century
The Abenaki mission in Acadia, 1619-1763
Plan of the ruins and ancient artifacts of the Grande Ferme

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