A Sign of Contradiction
As the Master, So the Disciple
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A Sign of Contradiction
As the Master, So the Disciple
by Fr. John Hugo
Fr. Onesimus Lacouture was a Jesuit who had the great gift of being a masterful director of souls. Being a Jesuit formed in the old mold of true Ignatian spirituality and deeply affected by the so-called “French School” of Cardinal Berulle, St. John Eudes, and St. Louis Marie de Montfort, his retreats, given to over 6000 American and Canadian priests, produced extraordinary results. His most well known disciple and good friend, Fr. Hugo, has produced for posterity, the Notes from those Ignatian retreats as given by Fr. Lacouture and subsequently by himself and many other priests.
A Sign of Contradiction is Fr. Hugo’s apologia for the work of Fr. Lacouture and the “spiritual movement” that grew spontaneously from the ardent, enlightened, and effective preaching of the retreats. He describes the movement, its opponents and its supporters as well as the revelatory doctrines so convincingly presented by Fr. Lacouture.
This book is spiritually motivating, historically informative, and powerfully illuminating in regard to the condition of the Church and the faithful in North America during the mid-twentieth century. His other works include Applied Christianity and The Gospel of Peace.
Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 412 pages
Table of Contents
As the Master, So the Disciple
by Fr. John Hugo
Fr. Onesimus Lacouture was a Jesuit who had the great gift of being a masterful director of souls. Being a Jesuit formed in the old mold of true Ignatian spirituality and deeply affected by the so-called “French School” of Cardinal Berulle, St. John Eudes, and St. Louis Marie de Montfort, his retreats, given to over 6000 American and Canadian priests, produced extraordinary results. His most well known disciple and good friend, Fr. Hugo, has produced for posterity, the Notes from those Ignatian retreats as given by Fr. Lacouture and subsequently by himself and many other priests.
A Sign of Contradiction is Fr. Hugo’s apologia for the work of Fr. Lacouture and the “spiritual movement” that grew spontaneously from the ardent, enlightened, and effective preaching of the retreats. He describes the movement, its opponents and its supporters as well as the revelatory doctrines so convincingly presented by Fr. Lacouture.
This book is spiritually motivating, historically informative, and powerfully illuminating in regard to the condition of the Church and the faithful in North America during the mid-twentieth century. His other works include Applied Christianity and The Gospel of Peace.
Paperback, size 8.5" x 5.5", 412 pages
Table of Contents
Loreto Publications Foreword
Foreword
Part One
A Christward Movement
I. A Retreat on the Supernatural Life
II. The Effect of the Retreat
III. Practicing the Retreat
IV. The Doctrine of the Retreat
Part Two
History of the Movement
V. Father Onesimus Lacouture, S.J.
VI. Opposition in the Society
VII. The Spirit of the Society
VIII. The Law of Contradiction
IX. The Particular Spirit
X. Difficulties of the Movement
XI. Spirituality of the Movement
Part Three
Backgrounds of the Movement
XII. Religious and the Movement
XIII. Laity and the Movement
XIV. Clergy and the Movement
XV. The Movement and Authority
XVI. Giving the Devil his Due
Postscript
Loreto Appendix:
Death of Fr. Lacouture by Dorothy Day
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