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  • AA

    The Aa (Assembly of Associates or Association of Friends) was founded en 1632 at the Jesuit College […]

  • Abric, Auguste

    Born at Lapaillette (?) (Drome), December 29, 1826. Taking of the habit at Notre-Dame de l’Osier, July […]

  • Adam, Jean-Baptiste Julien

    First vows: September 8, 1925. Priestly ordination: July 13, 1930, in Liege. Death: January 7, 1979, in Erps-Kwerps. Born in […]

  • Adinolfi, Archpriest

    Monsignor Adinolfi was the vice-secretary of the Congregation of Bishops and Religious when Father de Mazenod arrived […]

  • Advanced Courses – Advanced Studies

    In the writings of the Founder and of Oblates who were his contemporaries, there is often enough […]

  • Agualeguas, Mexico

    See: Brownsville.

  • Ailhaud, Marius Jean-Baptiste

    Born in Marseilles, March 15, 1807. Taking of the habit, Saint-Just, April 25, 1829. Oblation in Marseilles, June 7, […]

  • Aix, Boisgelin Mansion

    The Boisgelin mansion is situated on Saint-Sauveur or Quatre-Dauphins square. This grand mansion borders on Mazarin Square […]

  • Aix, Church of La Madeleine

    The site of the old church of St. Mary Magdelene is but a short distance both from […]

  • Aix, Church of the Mission

    See: Aix, Oblate House.

  • Aix, Cours Mirabeau

    Mirabeau avenue is the main artery of the city of Aix-en-Provence. It was Archbishop Michel Mazarin, the […]

  • AIX, el Enclos (El cerco)

  • Aix, Joannis Home

    Upon her return from exile in 1797, Mrs. de Mazenod came to live with her mother at […]

  • Aix, l’Enclos

    At one time, it was a rural property on the road to Avignon. Now, it is has […]

  • Aix, Major Seminary

    The seminary of Aix was founded about 1583 by Archbishop Canigiani, a few years after the decree […]

  • Aix, Mazenod Mansion

    The Mazenod mansion on Mirabeau avenue in Aix was built towards the end of the 17th century […]

  • Aix, Oblate House (from 1815 on)

    The house where the Congregation was founded has remained a pilgrimage centre for the Oblates of the […]

  • Aix, Prison

    After his return to France in 1802, Eugene joined a charitable organization that aimed to help prisoners. […]

  • Aix, Rural Holdings of the de Mazenods

    A rural holding of a little more than sixteen hectares: Two farms made up of farm buildings […]

  • Aix, Saint-Sauveur Cathedral

    The cathedral of Saint-Sauveur in Aix is a gothic structure built in the middle ages (13th and […]

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