By Cardinal Gérald Cyprien Lacroix, Archbishop of Quebec

COLLECTED SAYINGS OF FRANÇOIS DE LAVAL
Excerpts from letters and documents written by François de Laval

INTRODUCTION
François de Laval – A Pastor imbued with the missionary spirit of the apostles
Preamble
Pastoral charity at the center of his life
An evangelical ideal: sharing and “disappropriation”
Discovering and remaining faithful to the “hand of Our Lord” in all events
A mystical pastor
Devotion to Mary
Missionary zeal
Conclusion

CHRONOLOGY
BIBLIOGRAPHY

THE SPIRITUAL WRITINGS OF FRANÇOIS DE LAVAL
Introductory note

SECTION A : Five letters to his friend Henri-Marie Boudon, Archdeacon of Évreux
1 Consolation for his friend for calumny endured
2 Happy to see his friend’s reputation re-established
3 Letter written one year after resigning as Bishop of Quebec
4 François de Laval recalls the siege of Quebec by Phipps in 1690
5 François de Laval alludes to attempts by Msgr de Saint-Vallier to suppress the Quebec Seminary

SECTION B : Texts on missions and knowledge of the local population
6 François de Laval writes to two missionaries having decided to spend the winter with the Amerindians on the shores of Lake Ontario
7 The well-known instruction to missionaries
8 Missions to the Amerindians
9 Excerpts from a letter to the directors of the Quebec Seminary, 1685
10 Excerpts from a letter to Abbé Tremblay, procurator for the Quebec Seminary in France, concerning the founding of a mission to the Arkansas tribe, 1699

SECTION C : Pastoral texts
11 Decree establishing the Confraternity of the Holy Family, March 14, 1665
12 Excerpt from the rules of the Confraternity of women established in the church of Notre-Dame de Québec under the title of Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph and the Holy Angels, 1665
13 Decree instituting the Feast of the Holy Family in the diocese of Quebec, November 4, 1684
14 Model vow made in 1665, together with the priests of the Quebec Seminary, in honor of the Immaculate Conception
15 Letters patent establishing the Quebec Seminary, March 26, 1663
16 Decree establishing the Congregation of Secular Women of Our Lady in Montreal, 1676

SECTION D : Texts on the mystical spirituality of abandonment to God
17 Letter to the directors of the Quebec Seminary, March 18, 1687
18 Letter to Father de La Chaise, May 1687
19 Excerpts from a letter to the directors of the Quebec Seminary, June 9, 1687
20 Letter to Abbé Milon of the Paris Foreign Missions Seminary, fall 1689
21 Excerpt from a letter to the Marquis de Denonville, Governor of New France from 1685 to 1689, dated November 20, 1690
22 Excerpts from a letter to the Marquis de Denonville, April 16, 1691
23 Excerpts from a letter to Abbé de Brisacier, April 17, 1691

SECTION E : Texts on sharing, fraternity and mutual support in the pastoral ministry
24 Reasons for establishing the Quebec Seminary
25 Letter of congratulations for the establishment of the Paris Foreign Missions Seminary, August 20, 1664
26 Letter permitting the priests of the Paris Foreign Missions Seminary to found an establishment in Quebec, August 22, 1664
27 Donation by François de Laval of all his property to the Quebec Seminary, April 12, 1680
28 Excerpts from a letter to the directors of the Quebec Seminary, 1685
29 Excerpts from a letter to Abbé de Saint-Vallier, Vicar General of the diocese of Quebec, February 15 to March 15, 1686
30 Letter to Msgr de Saint-Vallier, 1696

SECTION F : Texts on spiritual friendship
31 Recommendation of the book Le Coeur admirable de la Très Sainte Mère de Dieu by Jean Eudes, December 23, 1662
32 Excerpts from a letter to Abbé Poitevin, November 8, 1668
33 Letter to Msgr François Nerli, Apostolic Nuncio to the King of France, 1673
34 New commendation of the book Le Coeur admirable de la Très Sainte Mère de Dieu following the death of Jean Eudes, November 12, 1682
35 Letter of appreciation of the book Défense des nouveaux chrétiens et des missionnaires de la Chine et du Japon by the Jesuit Father Le Tellier, October 25, 1687
36 Excerpts from a letter to Abbé Dudouyt, procurator of the Quebec Seminary at Court, concerning the proposed merger of the Saint-Sulpice Seminary in Montreal and the Quebec Seminary
37 Letter to the Duke de Beauvilliers, president of the Council of Finances, fall 1689
38 Letter to Msgr de Nouailles, Archbishop of Paris, signed by Msgr de Laval and Msgr de Saint-Vallier, September 25, 1698
39 Written testimony given by Msgr de Laval at the request of the priests of the Mission in support of the beatification of Vincent de Paul, their founder, November 8, 1702

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