Jean-Jacques Olier
Jean -Jacques Olier ( born September 20, 1608 Paris, France, † April 2, 1657 in Paris) was a French Catholic priest and founder of the Congregation of the Sulpician Seminary of St. Sulpice and in Paris. He is regarded as a great innovator of religious life in 17th century France.
Life
Before he became a priest, Jean -Jacques Olier took part in the popular missions of the Vincentians, whose founder, Saint Vincent de Paul, was his confessor. On March 21, 1633 he was ordained priest. He then continued his missionary work continued among others in Paris. By Charles de Condren, successor of Cardinal Pierre de Bérulle as Superior General of the French Oratory, he learned the École française de spiritualité ( dt: "French School of Spirituality ( asceticism ) " ) know. On June 25, 1642, he received the parish of Saint Sulpice in Paris and moved there in one of its founding exploiting Knitting seminary. This seminar, which he headed for ten years, became one of the religious centers of France, in the spirit of the École française. Olier founded more seminars and finally the Congregation of the Sulpician, which was confirmed on August 10, 1664 by Pope Alexander VII. In 1657 Olier Sulpician sent to Montreal ( Canada ) for a local foundation.
Since 1901 a process of beatification is pending in Rome.
Works
- Vie de la Très Sainte Vierge intérieure Marie ( also available online)
- La Journée chrétienne. Paris 1655
- Le Catéchisme chrétien pour la vie intérieure. Paris 1650 and 1656
- Introduction à la vie et aux vertus chrétiennes. Paris 1657
- Le Traité des saints ordres. Paris 1676
- Lettres. Paris 1672
- Le Catéchisme des enfants de la paroisse Saint -Sulpice (In other Sulpizianern )
- Pietas Seminarii S. Sulpitii
- Fair L' Esprit des cérémonies de la
- L' Ame cristal. The attribute divins en nous
- De la création du monde à la vie divine