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Paris XIX°-XX°: Pierre Borie’s remains and souvenirs
Pierre Borie’s remains and souvenirs were exhibited in a room on the first floor, which was « appropriately decorated ». The aspiring missionnaries started spending some time there every day, praying and worshipping: this is how everything began.
Paris XIX°-XX°: Ceremonies and Worship
While the fame of the Martyrs spread, during the XIXth century, mediatized by the Annals of the Propagation of Faith, Candidates to the Foreign Missions grew in numbers, becoming younger and younger as time went on.
Paris XIX°-XX°: Daily Life – Leisure
From the 1840’s on, the tension and enthusiasm caused by the rapidly increasing numbers of Martyrs began to pervade the Rue du Bac Seminary with a specific atmosphere. A « Foreign Missions’ » spirit started to appear, made up of solidarity and autonomy, of a sense of duty and a sense of humor, demandingness and freedom.
France XIX°-XX°: Native Lands
In the XVIIth and XVIIIth centuries, the recruitment of the Foreign Missions, which was rather elitist, remained low, and concerned mainly the aristocracy and bourgeoisie. During the XIXth century, after a heavy drop during the revolutionary period, recruitment became more democratic.
France XIX°-XX°: Leavers I
As soon as the highlight of the missionary preparation, consisting in the Farewell Ceremony was over, leavers quickly reached their harbors of departure: Bordeaux, Marseille or Le Havre.
France XIX°-XX°: Leavers II
Photography first appeared in the Foreign Missions in 1850. From then on, leavers were systematically photographed before leaving the Seminary, either individually or in groups, or « shiploads ».
Vietnam 1615-1840: From the Origins to Minh Mang
The first Christian core group formed in Tourane, around a group of Japanese refugees fleeing persecution in their homeland. The Macao Jesuits started preaching in Cochin China and later in Tonkin.
China XII°-XVIII°: Progressive Settling
The first attempts to evangelize China go quite far back in time. In the VIIth century, a Nestorian monk from Syria arrived in Chang-An (Shanxi), the Empire’s Capital City.
China XIX°: Interference and Religious Affairs
Throughout the XVIIIth century and during the early XIXth century, there were very few foreign Missionaries in China. Christianity expanded thanks to Chinese Catechists and priests trained at the Ayutthaya General College, founded in 1665 in Siam by His Lordship Lambert de la Motte, or at the Holy Family College in Naples.
China XIX°: Mutual Resistance
A woman, the Catechist Agnès Cao, accompanied Auguste Chapdeleine into martyrdom. She died on March 1st, 1856, in a cage hanging next to his. Another woman, the virgin Lucie Yi Zhenmein, died next to the third Foreign Missions Martyr in China, Jean-Pierre Néel.
