Marianists of East Africa at PO Box 50504 , 00200 Nairobi - City Square , Nairobi Province 00200 KE - Blessed Chaminade a Man for his Times and Ours
Blessed Chaminade a Man for his Times and Ours
Critical Dates in the life of
Blessed William Joseph CHAMINADE
1761 - Born: Périguex, France
1785 - Ordained priest - Refuses to swear the oath for the Civil Constitution of the Clergy.
1792 - 1797 Underground ministry in Bordeaux during the Region of Terror
1797 - 1800 Exile in Zaragossa, Spain ... Plans for the re-Christianizing France.
1801 - Sodality of the Immaculate Conception erected: Birth of the Marianist Family
1801 - Receives the title “Missionary Apostolic”
1816 - Co-founds the Institute of the Daughters of Mary (Marianists Sisters) with Venerable Adèle de Batz de Trenquelléon.
1817 - Founds the Society of Mary - Marianist Brothers and Priests. Continues ministry which expands through the Marianist Family
1850 - Dies, Bordeaux, France
1973 - Declared Venerable by Pope Paul VI
2000 - Declared Blessed as the Founder of the Marianist Family by Pope John Paul II