The Life of the Venerable Father Claver, S.J., Apostle of the West Indies: And memoirs of the Religious Life of Cardinal Odescalchi, S.J.
by Bertrand Gabriel Fleuriau


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This vintage book from 1849 has been digitally converted to downloadable format with original illustrations. A great classic for the home or classroom, an interesting old-fashioned reference book, and an outstanding find.<br /><br />CONTENTS:<br />LIFE OF FATHER CLAVER.<br />BOOK I.<br />Birth and parentage. &#x2014; Studies and progress. &#x2014; Admitted to the Society. &#x2014; His fervour in the noviciate. &#x2014; Maxims of perfection. &#x2014; Makes his first vows. &#x2014; Sent to Majorca. &#x2014; Friendship with Brother Alph. Rodriguez. &#x2014; His instructions. &#x2014; Prophecy, &c. &#x2014; Goes to Barcelona. &#x2014; Asks to be sent to the Indies. &#x2014; Embarks at Seville. &#x2014; Voyage. &#x2014; Arrival. &#x2014; Third year of noviciate. &#x2014; Is ordained page 1<br />BOOK II.<br />Account of the negroes. &#x2014; The Jesuits at Carthagena. &#x2014; Abridgment of the Life of Father de Sandoval. &#x2014; Procures interpreters. &#x2014; His method with the negroes. &#x2014; His labours and zeal. &#x2014; His last vows. &#x2014; His conduct during Lent. &#x2014; Miracles. &#x2014; Heroic charity 38<br />BOOK III.<br />His labours in the hospitals. &#x2014; Made minister of the college, &#x2014; What he does for others. &#x2014; Is appointed master of the novice lay-brothers. &#x2014; Prediction to a young Jesuit. &#x2014; Resigns the office of novice-master. &#x2014; Takes charge of the leper's hospital. &#x2014; His charity there. &#x2014; Conversions. &#x2014; Of an English prelate. &#x2014; Insults he receives. &#x2014; His patience and meekness. &#x2014; His care of the prisons and criminals. 98<br />BOOK IV.<br />He purchases interpreters.- Singular incident. &#x2014; His missions. &#x2014; His austerities during them. &#x2014; Success and miracles. &#x2014; Reforms libertines. &#x2014; Reconciliations. &#x2014; Gift of miracles and prophecy. &#x2014; Raises a dead man. &#x2014; Expels the devil. &#x2014; Penetrates the secrets of hearts. 144<br />BOOK V.<br />His virtues. &#x2014; Love of God. &#x2014; Prayer. &#x2014; Favours he received. &#x2014;Devotion to the Passion. &#x2014; The Blessed Sacrament. &#x2014; Mass. &#x2014; Our Blessed Lady. &#x2014; His love for his neighbour. &#x2014; For the poor souls. &#x2014; Zeal. &#x2014; Mortification. &#x2014; Austerities. &#x2014; Patience. &#x2014; His persecutions. &#x2014; Meekness. &#x2014; His religious virtues. &#x2014; His angelical purity. &#x2014; Poverty. &#x2014; Obedience &#x2014; His regularity. &#x2014; Humility. &#x2014; His maxim on humility. &#x2014; Opinion of his sanctity. &#x2014; Testimony of his superiors. 195<br />BOOK VI.<br />He succours the pestiferous. &#x2014; Is attacked himself. &#x2014; Recovers. &#x2014; His infirmities &#x2014; Occupations. &#x2014; His farewell to the lepers. &#x2014; Incident. &#x2014; A prediction. &#x2014; Neglect of him. &#x2014; Life of Brother Alphonso. &#x2014; Miraculous preservation of light in his room. &#x2014; Arrival of his successor. &#x2014; Visits of distinguished persons. &#x2014; Foretells his death. &#x2014; Attacked by fever. &#x2014; Receives Extreme Unction. &#x2014; Respect for his sanctity. &#x2014; His death. &#x2014; Revelation of his glory. &#x2014; Funeral obsequies. &#x2014; His portrait. &#x2014; Juridical informations. &#x2014; Miracles. &#x2014; Miraculous conversion of a Mahomedan 253<br />MEMOIRS OF FATHER ODESCALCHI. <br />I, Cardinal Odescalchi enters the Society 303 <br />II. His exemplary life in the noviciate 315 <br />III. His religious profession 325 <br />IV. He is employed with great success in giving the spiritual exercises within and without the house 334 <br />V. He is named spiritual father to those scholastics who are passing through their rhetoric 346 <br />VI. Beginning of the complaint which led to his death 350 <br />VII. He receives the last Sacraments, his death, and funeral obsequies 362 <br />VIII. Esteem and veneration in which he was held 375 <br />IX. His humility and self-contempt 384 <br />X. His mortification 393 <br />XI. The perfection with which he observed his religious vows 398 <br />XII. His love of God 409 <br />XIII. His devotion to our Blessed Lady 417