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Abbey of Saint-Joseph de Clairval

21150 Flavigny-sur-Ozerain

France  


The Letter of Saint Joseph Abbey seeks to help Christians and all those who areinterested in receiving it, to know and love the Saviour Jesus Christ Our Lord,to listen to His Word and follow Him, amidst the difficulties of this world, tothe gate of a blessed eternity. To this effect, it succintly recounts the livesand examples of saints and converts, adding here and there the teachings whichthe Church has received from her Divine Founder. Many are those who find thereincomfort and incentive for their daily lives.Below we present the letters of previous years.

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21150 FLAVIGNY-SUR-OZERAIN
France

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Index

Year 2012

DateLife ofSubject
December 18 2012 Lourdes Miracles Pierre de Rudder - Alexis Carrel - Lourdes medical bodies - Physical and spiritual healing
November 15 2012 Blessed Maria Anna Sala Education - Work - Simple life
October 15 2012 Blessed Chiara Luce Badano Cancer - Focolari
September 8 2012 Saint Philip Neri Oratorians - Oratory - Priestly charity
August 6 2012 Saint Margaret Clitherow Anglicanism - Conversion - Martyrdom
June 29 2012 Blessed Pedro Tarre Medical doctor - Virginity - Priesthood
May 27 2012 Rolando Rivi Seminarian - Martyr
April 21 2012 Blessed Abouna Yaacoub (Father Jacques) Lebanon - Care centers - Religious instruction
March 17 2012 Father René Giraudet Priesthood - Clandestine chaplaincy for French workers in Germany during World War II
February 10 2012 Venerable Jean-Joseph Lataste op Apostolate in women’s prisons - Rehabilitation - Dominican Sisters of Bethany
January 6 2012 Venerable Mary Potter Assisting the dying and patient - Death

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Year 2011

DateLife ofSubject
December 3 2011 Blessed Kateri Tekakwitha Iroquois - Baptism - Sunday - Virginity
October 28 2011 Takashi Nagaï Conversion - Atomic bomb
September 23 2011 Venerable Leon Papin-Dupont Adoration - Holy Face of Jesus
August 20 2011 Blessed Restituta Kafka Martyrdom - Crucifix
July 16 2011 Saint Giovanni Battista de Rossi Priesthood - Spirituality and priestly apostolate
June 12 2011 Antoine Gaudí Art - Beauty - Architecture - Basilica of the Holy Family in Barcelona, Spain
May 6 2011 Saint Antoine-Marie Claret Priestly apostolate
April 3 2011 Blessed Marcel Callo Scouts - J.O.C. - STO - Death camps
February 22 2011 Elisabeth and Felix Leseur Interior life - Suffering - Conversion
January 21 2011 Venerable Benedetta Bianchi Porro Rare illness - Suffering

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Year 2010

DateLife ofSubject
December 17 2010 Blessed Mary MacKillop Education - Australia - Sisters of Saint Joseph, «Josephites»
November 11 2010 Blessed Antoine Chevrier Prado - Poverty - Catechism
October 7 2010 Saint Charbel Maklouf Primacy of God - Hermit - Hermitic life
September 1 2010 Bishop Alain de Boismenu Mission - New Guinea
July 31 2010 Saint Damien of Veuster Congregation of the Sacred Hearts - Picpus - Lepers of Molokaï
June 24 2010 Blessed Jeanne-Émilie de Villeneuve («Blue Sisters of Castres») Congregation of the Immaculate Conception - Missions
May 23 2010 Blessed Giacomo Alberione Medias
April 17 2010 Venerable Alfred Pampalon Ordinary life - Drugs
March 10 2010 Saint Bernard Tolomei Olivetans - Monastic life
February 5 2010 Blessed Vilmos Apor Hungary - Defense of the dignity of woman
January 1 2010 Saint Leonard of Port-Maurice Popular Missions - Salvation - Hell - Sin - Mercy - The three Ave Marias - Way of the cross

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Year 2009

DateLife ofSubject
November 27 2009 Solange Bazin de Jessey Mission - Religious life - Papua New Guinea
October 25 2009 Blessed Urban V Reform of the Church - Universities - Unity of Christians - Europe - Culture
September 17 2009 Blessed Ulrica Nisch Gifts of the Holy Spirit
August 15 2009 Saint Josephine Bakhita Slavery - Conscience - Hope
July 11 2009 Pierre-Adrien Toulorge French Revolution - Truth and lies - Martyrdom
June 7 2009 Bishop Pallu Salvation of souls - Foreign Missions
May 1 2009 Blessed Francisco Palau Love for the Church - Social teaching of the Church - Third Order Carmelites - Missionaries
March 25 2009 Cardinal Nguyên Van Thuan Vietnam - Persecution for faith - Hope - Prison
February 18 2009 Blessed Peter To Rot Catechesis - Faith - Marriage - Polygamy - Martyrdom
January 15 2009 Louis and Zélie Martin Family - Marriage - «beautiful love» - Vocation

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Year 2008

DateLife ofSubject
December 8 2008 Venerable Georges Bellanger Mary - Sunday Mass - Military chaplancy
November 2 2008 Saint Alphonsus de Liguori Salvation - Prayer - Mary - Jesus
September 29 2008 Saint Thérèse Couderc Humility - Exercises of Saint Ignatius
August 24 2008 Blessed Franz Jägerstätter Objection of conscience
July 22 2008 Sr. Maria-Gabriella of Unity Unity of Christians
June 17 2008 Father Marie-Antoine de Lavaur Popular Missions - Onanism - Mary - Lourdes
May 13 2008 Henri Ghéon Conversion - Art - Theatre
April 8 2008 Blessed Luigi and Maria Beltrame Quattrocchi Family - Marriage
March 3 2008 Fr. Mateo Crawley-Boevey Secularism - Sacred Heart - Enthronement in families
January 31 2008 Saint Marcellin Champagnat Marist Brothers - Education - Devotion to Mary

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Year 2007

DateLife ofSubject
December 25 2007 Blessed Father Tansi Priestly life - Monastic life - Chastity before marriage - Obscurity of faith
November 21 2007 Franz Stock Prison chaplain - Assistance to death row prisoners - Barbed - Wire seminary
October 15 2007 Cardinal Raphael Merry del Val Modernism - Humility
September 12 2007 Jerome Lejeune Down's Syndrome - Life - Abortion
August 6 2007 Blessed Marie of Jesus Deluil-Martiny Reparation - Satisfaction - Victim - Spiritual help to priests
June 29 2007 Sister Marie of the Trinity The little way of Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus - Lupus
May 27 2007 Bishop Boleslas Sloskans Providence - Eucharist - Prayer
April 25 2007 Saint Francis Xavier Mission - Salvation of souls
March 21 2007 Blessed Mary of the Passion (Helene de Chappotin) Franciscan Missionaries of Mary - Mission
February 11 2007 Bishop Clemens August Von Galen Euthanasia - Nazism - Courage of faith
January 6 2007 Uganda Martyrs Father Lourdel. Uganda - Martyrdom - Homosexuality - AIDS

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Year 2006

DateLife ofSubject
December 8 2006 Miracle of Calanda - Miguel Juan Pellicer Miracle - Our Lady of the Pillar - «del Pilar» - Surnatural order
November 1 2006 Alfred Allen Curtis Conversion - Church of Christ - Eucharistic adoration - Union with Christ - Humility
September 23 2006 Saint Albert Hurtado Love - Social action - Eternity
August 20 2006 Our Lady of Fatima. Lucia- Jacinta- Francisco Conversion - Heaven - Sacrifices - Hell - Rosary - Immaculate Heart of Mary
July 16 2006 Blessed Sister Zdenka (Cecilia Schelling) Martyrdom - Communist prison - Truth
June 11 2006 Blessed Charles I of Austria Freemasonry - War and peace - Austro - Hungarian Empire
May 13 2006 Blessed Anne-Marie Javouhey Slavery - Dignity of human person - Evangelizatio
April 9 2006 Blessed Bronislaw Markiewicz Catechesis - Exercises of Saint Ignatius - Humiliations - Michaëlites
March 1 2006 Blessed Ignatius Maloyan Armenians - Turkey - Faith - Martyrdom - Eucharist
January 25 2006 Blessed Charles de Foucauld Conversion - Eucharist - Christian life in Muslim country

Index

Year 2005

DateLife ofSubject
December 25 2005 Baudouin I Spiritual life - Abortion - Conscience
November 18 2005 Alessandra di Rudini Mother Mary of Jesus. Skepticism - Faith and reason - Carmel du Reposoir
October 15 2005 Saint Françoise de Sales Aviat Secularism - Prayer - Education
September 8 2005 Blessed Marie-Joseph Cassant Prayer - Mental prayer - Frequent Confession - Eucharist - Trappist
July 31 2005 Blessed Maurice Tornay Sin - Mission - Tibet
June 29 2005 Blessed Mary-Theresa Scherer Secularism - Works of charity - Eucharist
May 24 2005 Saint Albert Chmielowski Spiritism - Art - The poor
April 21 2005 Father Marie-Eugene Mental prayer - Notre - Dame de Vie (Our Lady of Life) - Secular Institutes - Atheism - Evangelization
March 17 2005 La Salette - Darreberg Our Lady of La Salette - Sin - Second and Third Commandments - Rosary
February 9 2005 Blessed Michel Rua Don Bosco - Salesiens - Education
January 4 2005 Blessed Leonid Feodorov Russian Greek Catholics - Ecumenism - Bolshevik persecution

Index

Year 2004

DateLife ofSubject
December 1 2004 Blessed Francisco Castelló Aleu Exercises of Saint Ignatius - Social reign of Christ
October 24 2004 Blessed Hermine of Jesus Unicity of Christ and His Church - Martyrdom - Mission in China
September 21 2004 Blessed Sister Rosalie Rendu Charity - Service to the poor
August 15 2004 Venerable Matt Talbot Alcoholism - Sin - Hell - Conversion
July 11 2004 Saint Daniel Comboni Mission - Africa - Soudan - Slavery
June 6 2004 Saint Peter Julian Eymard Eucharist
May 5 2004 Saint Francis Xavier Cabrini Education - Emigrants - Penance - Peace in families
April 4 2004 Saint Rita Forgiveness - Passion - Stigmata
February 24 2004 Blessed Virginia Centurione Rosary - Mariology - Service to neighbor
January 17 2004 Marcel Van Thérèse of the Child Jesus - Intimacy with God - Love - Suffering

Index

Year 2003

DateLife ofSubject
December 12 2003 Our Lady of Guadalupe-Saint Juan Diego Aztecs - Miraculous Image
November 8 2003 Blessed Jan Beyzym Lepers - Serving one's neighbor
October 7 2003 Claire de Castelbajac Life of faith
September 1 2003 Eugenio Zolli Conversion - Jews - Pius XII
July 31 2003 Benoîte Rencurel Our Lady of Laus: Sin - Sacrament of Penance
June 27 2003 Saint Pedro de San José de Betancur Christmas - Poverty - Works of mercy
May 24 2003 Saint Louis-Marie Grignion de Montfort Rosary
April 13 2003 John Henry Newman Anglicanism - Conversion - Catholic Church
March 9 2003 Saint Theophane Venard Mission - Martyr
February 2 2003 Blessed Anna Schäffer Suffering

Index

Year 2002

DateLife ofSubject
December 28 2002 Saint Michel Garicoïts Hell - Zeal for the salvation of souls - Mercy - Apologetics
November 25 2002 Bl. Enrico Rebuschini Nervous depression - Suffering - Spiritual combat
October 23 2002 Dom Lou Filial piety - Politics - Christianity : strength of Europe - China
September 15 2002 Bl. Br. André Bessette Josephology - Ordinary life - Miracles
August 15 2002 Saint Maria Goretti Chastity - Modesty - Martyrdom - Forgiveness
July 11 2002 Saint Katharine Mary Drexel Riches - Poverty - Apostolate among Indians and Blacks - Judgment of God - Education
June 7 2002 Bl. Gianna Beretta-Molla Apostolate - Prayer - Education - Abortion
May 1 2002 St Francisco-Antonio Fasani Immaculate Conception - Sin - Mental prayer - Social justice - Poverty
March 21 2002 Bl. Dom Marmion Monastic life - Obedience - Spiritual life
January 13 2002 St Pius X Pope - Faith - Modernism - Eucharist - Separation of Church and State

Index

Year 2001

DateLife ofSubject
December 12 2001 Blessed Karl Leisner Mariology - Priesthood - Dachau - Europe
November 3 2001 Mgr Ghika Conversion - Charity - Communist prison - Romania
September 30 2001 Saint Marguerite d'Youville Canada - Confidence - Providence - Evil
August 28 2001 Hermann Cohen Conversion - Eucharist - Carmel
July 23 2001 Blessed Mary Elisabeth Hesselblad Ecumenism - Mariology
June 22 2001 Venerable Pauline Jaricot Propagation of the faith - Social works
May 13 2001 Blessed Edward Poppe Priesthood - Eucharist - Mariology
April 8 2001 Saint Just de Bretenières Martyrdom - Joy - Zeal - Korea
March 3 2001 Blessed Teresa Bracco Martyrdom - Modesty
January 31 2001 Saint Faustina Kowalska Mercy

Index

Year 2000

DateLife ofSubject
December 25 2000 Blessed Francisco et Jacinta Marto Last ends - Pope - Penance - Reparation
November 21 2000 Adolphe Retté Conversion - Discernment of spirits
October 18 2000 Blessed Mother Maravillas of Jésus Contemplative life - Prayer - Purity of heart
September 14 2000 Saint Thomas More Martyrdom - Objection of conscience
August 15 2000 Blessed Maria Repetto (and Saint Joseph) Humility - Will of God - Prayer
July 6 2000 Blessed Jeanne Jugan Elderly persons - Euthanasia - Humility
May 31 2000 Saint Catherine Labouré Miraculous Medal - Immaculate Conception - Humility
April 24 2000 Blessed Padre Pio Stigmata - Sacraments of Penance and Eucharist - Suffering
March 19 2000 Louis et Zélie Martin Family - Marriage - Abortion - Spiritual retreats - Vocation
February 18 2000 Blessed Cyriac-Elias of the Holy Family Chavara Syro–Malabar liturgy - Monastic life - Schism - Unity - Forty - Hours devotion
January 21 2000 Saint Maria Goretti Chastity - Modesty - Martyrdom - Forgiveness - Commandments of God - Mortification

Index

Year 1999

DateLife ofSubject
December 13 1999 Takashi Paul Nagaï atomic bomb – will of God – courage.
November 4 1999 Saint Margaret Mary Sacred Heart – Mercy – reparation – suffering – humility.
September 29 1999 Blessed Aloïs Stepinac forgiveness – unity – conscience – hope.
August 29 1999 Holy Year of Jubilee 2000 eschatology – sin – fear of God – contrition – sacrament of Penance – indulgences – communion of saints.
June 1 1999 Mgr Buguet purgatory - immortality of the soul - expiation.
May 13 1999 Blessed Josemaría Escrivá de Balaguer Sanctification of work and of duties of state.
April 7 1999 Saint Claudine Thévenet forgiveness - evil.
March 1 1999 Blessed José Maria Rubio miracle - rosary - eucharist - Sacred Heart - eschatology.
January 31 1999 Saint Bernadette Lourdes - humility.

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Year 1998

DateLife ofSubject
December 25 1998 Emmanuel Delaunet abortion - trisomy 21 - handicaps.
November 18 1998 Blessed Marie-Catherine Troiani presence of God - baptism.
October 15 1998 Saint Jean-Louis Bonnard truth - martyrdom - hope.
September 8 1998 Mother Teresa contraception - abortion - charity.
August 6 1998 Saint Teresa of the Andes poverty, chastity, obedience, monastic enclosure - happiness - suffering.
July 1 1998 Saint Léopold Mandic sacrament Penance - ecumenism - obedience.
June 5 1998 Blessed Frédéric Ozanam apologetics - drugs - abortion - charity.
May 6 1998 Léonie Martin miracle - Delizia Cirolli - difficult character.
April 8 1998 Saint Maximilian Kolbe will of God – freemasonry – mariology.
March 1 1998 Blessed Bartolo Longo Rosary – eschatology – demonology – satanism – spiritism – occult.
February 11 1998 Saint Siméon Berneux, martyr apologetics – mission.
January 15 1998 Blessed Pierre Giorgio Frassati loyalty – faith – joy – purity – social action.

Index

Year 1997

DateLife ofSubject
December 18 1997 Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus faith.
October 23 1997 Blessed Anwarite, martyr prayer – chastity – eternal salvation.
September 24 1997 Blessed Clement Marchisio Eucharist – Josephology – mariology.
August 28 1997 Blessed Anne-Marie Rivier mariology.
July 31 1997 Blessed Peter Donders love of God.
July 1 1997 Blessed Elisabetta Canori Mora marriage – family – adultery.
April 7 1997 Saint Anthony the Great Angels – demons – discernment.
March 10 1997 Blessed Mary of Providence (Eugénie Smet) Purgatory – reincarnation – immortality of the soul.
February 12 1997 Saint John Vianney sin – confession – Eucharist.
January 15 1997 Blessed Eugénie Joubert spiritual childhood – humility.

Index

Year 1996

DateLife ofSubject
December 18 1996 Mari Carmen modesty – TV.
November 21 1996 Jacques Lebreton the meaning of suffering.
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