Celebrating the Founders

January 10 - Blessed Marie of the Conception (Adèle de Batz de Trenquelléon)

Adèle de Batz de Trenquelléon (Blessed Marie of the Conception) was born on June 10, 1789, and was 39 when she died on January 10, 1828. She was beatified on her birthday in 2018. To celebrate her feast day (January 10) and dive deeper into Adèle’s heart and spirit, we suggest using Walking with Adèle (available in our bookstore) by Sr. Marie-Joëlle Bec, FMI.

“O God, source of all holiness, we thank you for filling the heart of your servant Adèle with an ardent missionary spirit and a deep love for the Blessed Virgin Mary. We thank you for the enthusiasm with which she spread the Gospel of love for Christ and his mother, Mary. Lord, help us to follow her in being a sign of your love for all our brothers and sisters.”

January 22 - Blessed William Joseph Chaminade

William Joseph Chaminade was born on April 8, 1761, and died at the age of 88 on January 22, 1850. He was beatified on September 3, 2000, and his feast day is January 22. In Chaminade, Another Portrait (available in our bookstore), Fr. Vincent Vasey, SM, a gifted historian and an unabashed champion of Blessed Chaminade, organizes his text around roles that Chaminade had to play in the drama of his life and times. Chaminade, Another Portrait is a helpful resource for those with a working knowledge of the Founder.

“O Lord, you gave Blessed William Joseph the grace to dedicate himself totally to the Virgin Mother of God, in order to transmit faith in the world; grant that, following his example, we may bear witness to Christ by the holiness of our lives. He lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. - Amen."

[Material taken from Donald Boccardi, SM, The Marianist Family Prayer Book, second ed. (Dayton, Ohio: NACMS, 2019), 25.]