Saint Sulpice and the Saints of the 17th Century

Outline:

A. Early educational initiatives.  Olier and diocesan seminarians. Eudes and parish missions.  De Rancé and Trappists.  St. Paul of the Cross and the Passionists.  St. Alphonsus Ligouri and the Redemptorists

B.  The development of seminaries.  Alumni of St. Sulpice:  Francois Fénelon (Archbishop of Cambrai), Godet de Marais (Bishop of Chartres),  Jean-Claude Vertrieu (Bishop of Poitier), Louis de Montfort, Prince Talleyrand, Jean-Baptiste de la Salle.

C.  Typical Day at Saint Sulpice Seminary

            4:30     Rise (winter 5 AM)

            5:00     Mental Prayer in Chapel

                        Mass

                        Classes at Sorbonne

            11 -12  Chapel for Spiritual Reading

            Noon   Lunch

                        Recreation of Rule

            1:00     Choir practice

                        afternoons free to study

            5:00     Rosary

            6:00     Spiritual Reading; Dinner

            8:00     Grand Silence

D.  Olier:  In the pulpit, the priest must speak for the learned as well as for the ignorant, and uphold the truths of the Gospel, combat vise, resist the torrent of prevailing opinion, confound heresy, unmasking its subterfuges and falsities.

E.  Charles Demia and Jean-Baptiste de la Salle consider Catholic parish schools