“Ad majorem Dei gloriam” and the spirituality of St. René: at the source of the retreat’s meditations – the letter of Fr. Isaac Jogues, S.J.

The letter of sainted Fr. Isaac Jogues, linked below, is the source of the day’s meditations, 11 March 2023 in Allentown.

All pilgrims and pilgrim-organizers participating ‘from afar’ are asked please to circulate the

Schedule – day of recollection 2023: CSRG & other pilgrim organizers

The schedule of events for the day of recollection March 11, 2023 is linked below.

All pilgrims and pilgrim-organizers participating ‘from afar’

Pilgrimage 2021: A note from the Chief of the CSRG’s I. Dept. for Liturgical Preparations

TO: members the I. Dept. – Liturgical Prep Company of St. René Goupil
FROM: Joseph Gartner, Chief – I. Dept.

Dear Friend of St. René,

Thanks for signing up.

I’m a veteran of the Company, and look forward to serving pilgrims again with you, for the glory of God and our ever-deepening conversion to him — apart from whom we can do nothing. (Jn. xv, 5)

There are three steps to get us on the right track, together. Please, be prompt! Souls really do depend on your zeal, to be saved.

1. E-mail Fr. Favole, CSRG Chaplain, no later than three days after you’ve signed up.
   1. Introduce yourself.
   2. Let Father know you are on board – for the first time or returning – and tell him what you do for the pilgrims.
   3. Ask his blessing & what he asks of you to be prepared spiritually for step-off.
2. After that, contact your R.O. [responsible officer] — within three days of e-mailing Fr. Favole (as above).
   1. That’s Mrs. Lucy Ambs, +1 410-322-5010 – if you are serving in the Team for the Temporal Care of Priests.
      or
   2. That’s Paul Audino, +1 518-248-6390 but only until he & I assign Paul’s replacement – if you are helping co-ordinate the duties of Chaplains, the altar servers, et al, in the At-Large Team of the so-called “Super-Sacristan”.
      or
   3. That’s Xavier Krebs, +1 410-564-7320 – if you help prepare for the sacred liturgies in the Set-Up Team.
3. Tell Paul, Xavier, or Mrs. Ambs that you’ve signed-up with the CSRG and registered (or pre-registered) for Pilgrimage, and are ready to be briefed — a fancy way of saying, “What should I expect next?”, and “Let’s make some plans & get to work.”

Father Favole and I are counting on you & fellow-CSRGers to follow each step (above), one at a time, on time & in sync. I realize you may be tempted to take steps in the order you choose. I therefore beg the charity of your cooperation please to follow the tried & true steps of the past two decades of blessed pilgrimage — remembering that “nobody makes pilgrimage alone”.

When you do, you also stand to be pleasantly surprised at the outcome.

Godspeed!

Joe

Joseph D. Gartner, V
Chief, I. Dept. – Liturgical Prep
Company of St. René Goupil
Lancaster, PA
gartnerj@pilgrimage-for-restoration.org

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Pilgrimage for Restoration
Come to restore. The rest will come.

26th annual

Friday – Sunday
24-26 September 2021 A.D.
“Nobody makes pilgrimage alone.”
“In unione orationum.”
“Now is the acceptable time.“

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Pilgrimage 2021: So, you’ve re-applied to the CSRG. What next?

Welcome back. You’ve come to the right place.

You might want to bookmark or print-out this page in order to complete the following three steps, one-by-one, in days to come.

A note from the Chief of the CSRG’s I. Dept. for Liturgical Preparations 2020

TO: members the I. Dept. – Liturgical Prep Company of St. René Goupil
FROM: Joseph Gartner, Chief – I. Dept.

Dear Friend of St. René,

Thanks for signing up.

I’m a veteran of the Company, and look forward to serving pilgrims again with you, for the glory of God and our ever-deepening conversion to him — apart from whom we can do nothing. (Jn. xv, 5)

There are three steps to get us on the right track, together.

So, you’ve re-applied to the CSRG. What next? – Pilgrimage 2020

Welcome back. You’ve come to the right place.

You might want to

A note from the Chief of the CSRG’s I. Dept. for Liturgical Preparations

TO: members the I. Dept. – Liturgical Prep Company of St. René Goupil
FROM: Joseph Gartner, Chief – I. Dept.

Dear Friend of St. René,

Thanks for signing up.

I’m a veteran of the Company, and look forward to serving pilgrims again with you, for the glory of God and our ever-deepening conversion to him — apart from whom we can do nothing. (Jn. xv, 5)

There are three steps to get us on the right track, together.

So, you’ve re-applied to the CSRG. What next? – Pilgrimage 2019

Welcome back. You’ve come to the right place.

You might want to

A note from the CSRG Chaplain – Pilgrimage 2018

In Commemoration of St. René Goupîl

TO: applicant-members the Company of St. René Goupîl
FROM: Fr. James Doran, OMV – Chaplain PRO-TEMP

Dear Friend of St. René,

In order to become better friends with Jesus through imitation of St. René, I ask you to do the following, faithfully:

You can’t return to serve with the CSRG this season but have identified a prospective replacement

Thanks very much for letting us know you can’t serve this season with the Company of St. René Goupîl apostolate, and for helping to identify your replacement.

You & your prospective replacement might wish to

A note from the CSRG Chaplain – Pilgrimage 2017

In Commemoration of St. René Goupîl

TO: applicant-members the Company of St. René Goupîl
FROM: Fr. James Doran, OMV – Chaplain PRO-TEMP

Dear Friend of St. René,

In order to become better friends with Jesus through imitation of St. René, I ask you to do the following, faithfully:

You’re invited to join with Company of St. René Goupîl apostolate on Pilgrimage 2016

You’ve come to the right place.

You are most welcome to make pilgrimage, and I encourage you to pray to discern whether to do so with the jocular members the Company of St. René Goupîl apostolate.

The Company was founded by

A note from Fr. Doran, CSRG Chaplain – Pilgrimage 2016

IN COMMEMORATION OF ST. RENÉ GOUPÎL

TO: applicant-members the Company of St. René Goupîl
FROM: Fr. James Doran, OMV – Spiritual Father & Chaplain, Co. of St. René

Dear Friend of St. René,

In order to become better friends with Jesus through imitation of St. René, I ask you to do the following, faithfully:

Do you know why you do not respond promptly & generously? Why you feel perpetually ‘too busy’?

Father Doran, your Chaplain, knows.

He even empathizes. For we are all made of the same flesh & blood. We all experience the venal and the vicious at war in our members.

And he wishes to

Take me to your leader!

Company Chaplain Father James Doran, OMV has written a letter to each member of the Company. It comes in response to the e-mails and other recent communications of members to him.

You can read Father’s letter by clicking here.

St. René, valiant model to resist seven deadly sins tempting you – sermon of Fr. Doran

Father Doran, the CSRG spiritual Father, has prepared another audio-file for members of the Company.

BEFORE, gentle Donné, you click here to listen, please notify your R.O. or Dept. Head that you have read this post, and intend to listen to the meditation.

R.O.s and Dept.Heads, please notify Jack Fraker of the same, stat.

(Jack is the 1st Assistant to the still-unfound substitute to our X.O. this season. Please suggest substitutes for Michael Ehinger, who cannot direct the Company this season, but does still intend to return — though in reduced role(s) — in September.)

To the Romans among us especially, here’s wishing you a blessed feast of the virile Apostles of Rome, Blessed Ss. Peter & Paul.

St. René, Cross-Bearer – sermon of Fr. Doran to Company

Father Doran, the CSRG spiritual Father, has prepared another audio-file for members of the Company.

Click here to listen.

Please let your R.O.  or Dept. Head know that you have listened to the meditation.

St. René and the 14th rule of St. Ignatius

In this one-page .doc file, the Company’s spiritual Father, Rev. James Doran OMV, presents a very short meditation of St. René Goupil and St. Ignatius’ 14th rule — about the wiles of the evil one.

All the members of the Company are asked to download the .doc file, to read it attentively, and to join Father Doran in prayer at the end of the reading.

Download the file St Rene and St. Ignatius’ 14th rule – a short essay by Fr Doran prepared 9-11-2012.

(Father hopes eventually to read the document into an audio file.)

A short meditation on St. René as a Jesuit/pilgrim donné

In this second audio file, the Company’s spiritual Father, Rev. James Doran OMV, presents a very short (7 minute) meditation of St. René Goupil considered in his position and work as a Jesuit donné — as compared and contrasted to the “engagés” who also served the Jesuit missioners.

All the members of the Company are asked to download the .wma file, to listen attentively, and to join Father Doran in prayer at the end of the meditation.

Download the file by clicking here.

A short biography of our blessed patron

In this first audio file, the Company’s spiritual Father, Rev. James Doran OMV, reads a very short (10 minute) biography of St. Rene Goupil written by a Jesuit historian.

All the members of the Company are asked to download the .wma file, to listen attentively to the story, and to join Father Doran in prayer at the end of the reading.

Download the file by clicking here.