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Duquesne University Duquesne Scholarship Collection Duquesne Studies Spiritan Series Spiritan Collection 1959 Les Écrits Spirituels de M. Claude-François Poullart des Places/The pirS itual Writings of Father Claude Francis Poullart des Places Founder of the Congregation of the Holy Ghost Henry J. Koren C.S.Sp. Follow this and additional works at: https://dsc.duq.edu/spiritan-dsss Recommended Citation Koren, H. J. (1959). Les Écrits Spirituels de M. Claude-François Poullart des Places/The pS iritual Writings of Father Claude Francis Poullart des Places Founder of the Congregation of the Holy Ghost. Retrieved from https://dsc.duq.edu/spiritan-dsss/2 This Book is brought to you for free and open access by the Spiritan Collection at Duquesne Scholarship Collection. It has been accepted for inclusion in Duquesne Studies Spiritan Series by an authorized administrator of Duquesne Scholarship Collection. 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CLAUDE -FRANgOIS POULLART DES PLACES FONDATEUR DE LA CONGREGATION DU SAINT-ESPRIT INTRODUCTION ET TEXTE ANNOTE par Henry J. Koren, C. S.Sp., et Maurice Carignan, C. S. Sp. Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pa. Editions E. Nauwelaerts, Editions Spiritus, Rhenen U. Louvain, Belgique Hollande 1959 DUQUESNE STUDIES Spiritan Series 3 THE SPIRITUAL WRITINGS OF FATHER CLAUDE FRANCIS POULLART DES PLACES FOUNDER OF THE CONGREGATION OF THE HOLY GHOST EDITED by Henry J. Koren, C.S.Sp., S.T.D. Duquesne University, Pittsburgh, Pa. Editions E. Nauwelaerts Editions Spititus, Rhenen, U. Louvain, Belgium Netherlands 1959 DUQUESNE STUDIES Henry J. Koren, C.S.Sp., S.T.D. General Editor The Spiritan Series of Duquesne Studies is dedicated to the publication of documents and studies about the Congregation of the Holy Ghost and its works. Volume One—Henry J. Koren, G.S.Sp., The Spiritans. A History of the Congregation ofthe Holy Ghost. Published in 1958. XXIX and 641 pages. Price: paper $5.75, cloth $6.50. 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Geerdink Johannink, a.h.d., Megchelen, June 12, 1959. p. 61, 1st par., line 5: for he would... his heart read / would... my heart... 3rd par., line 6: for In peccatis vestris...iead In peccato vestro... 2nd last line: for to such an extent... read till my [death]... p. 67, 3rd par., line 5: for will follow ...read would follow... p. 69, line 3: for subsequently .. .read in vain... p. 75, line 9: for speak about... read find... p. 79, line 4: for merely [one of] weakness, a sin... read merely a slight sin... p» 93, 2nd par*, line 5: for ra/ce care ro...read take care not to... p. 105, 2nd par., line 7: omit henceforth... p. 135, 4th par., line 5: for formerly .. .read rivo or rftree months earlier... p* 137 last line of first par,: for mortification, read mortification, when I thought of the cross of Him whom I loved. p. 139, 2nd par., line 3: for knew how... read appeared... p* 141, 5th par., line 1: for correction... read conversion... p* 143, line 2: for /a/cetvarm...read bitter... p. 143, 2nd par*, line 7: for and yet I always... read but I do not put an end to this irregularity and... p. 147, 5th par., 2nd last line: ^or happened... read happened to me... p, 165, rule 2, line 3: after and the latter fo...add obtain an angelic purity from the Blessed Virgin. These two virtues must... p. 169, rule 21, line 3: for Virgin Mary, read Virginia 6a Another hand has added here: Ave Maria. p. 171, rule 30, last line: omit etc. after praesidium. rule 31: for recited read recitedfib 6b A marginal note to rule 30 replaces the Veni Sancte by an hour of the Office of the Holy Ghost. At the end of rule 30 the words and in this way are added, thus making rule 31 part of rule 30. p. 173, insert before rule 37: 36a. Night prayer, as well as morning prayer, will be in common. After night prayer Father Superior will read the meditation of the next day. p. 173 transfer the second paragraph of footnote 9 to p. 175 as part of footnote 12. p. 181, rule 77, line 2: for should be... read should even be... p. 187, rule 114, line 2: for take /r...read powder himself... p. 205 Add to the title of Article Eleven: and His Assistant p. 207, rule 197, add: He will not allow any dirt to accumulate in the rooms. p. 219, rule 254, line 1: after crucifix add book of hours. TABLE DES MATURES Preface XIV Introduction Generale 1. Esquisse biographique de M. Claude-Francois Poullart des Places 16 2. Les ecrits de M. Poullart des Places 34 Reflexions sur les Verites de la Religion Introduction 42 Texte 1 Dispositions du retraitant 44 2. Le peche mortel 52 3. Le peche habituel 56 4. Digression: zele apostolique 62 5. La mort et le jugement 66 6. L'enfer 72 7. Le peche veniel et le purgatoire 76 8.