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<a href="https://archive.org/details/LifeOfTheBlessedPaulOfTheCrossV1" rel="nofollow">The Life Of The Blessed Paul Of The Cross, Founder Of The Congregation Of The Barefooted Clerks Of The Most Holy Cross And Passion Of Jesus Christ, Volume 1</a>  [you are here] CONTENTS OF VOLUME I

BOOK I Preface by Bishop Vincent Mary Strambi Introduction by the late Father Dominic of the Mother of God I Of the Birth and Early Life of the Venerable Father Paul of the Cross II How He Devoted Himself to a Life of Exalted Perfection III How He Depended Entirely upon the Guidance of the Director of His Conscience IV How He Renounced an Honorable Marriage, and Gave up the Inheritance Left Him by His Uncle the Priest, with Other Property Which Was Offered Him V How Our Lord Inspired Him with the Design of Founding the Congregation of the Most Holy Passion of Jesus Christ VI How He Opened His Mind in Full Confidence to Monsignor Francesco Maria Gattinara, His Bishop, Who Approves His Spirit, and Finally Clothes Him with the Habit of Austere Penance in Memory of the Most Holy Passion of Jesus Christ VII How He Wrote the Rules in a Wonderful Manner VIII To Enjoy More Entire Solitude Paul Retires to a Church in the Country Dedicated to St. Stephen. His Labors for the Good of His Neighbor IX How He Went to Rome to Throw Himself at the Feet of the Sovereign Pontiff, and How He Was Denied an Audience X How He Went for the First Time to Monte Argentario, and Afterwards Obtained from the Bishop of Soana Permission to Dwell in the Hermitage of the Annunziata upon That Mountain XI How He Returned to Lombardy for His Brother John Baptist XII How He Quitted His Own Country, and Left Pious Advice to His Family XIII How He Returned to Monte Argentario. The Fervor and Penitence of the Two Brothers in the Hermitage of the Annunciation XIV How They Were Called to Gaeta by Bishop Pignattelli, the Bishop of That City, after Having Made Another Journey into Their Own Country Through a Motive of Charity XV How They Went to Naples to Venerate the Relics of St. Januarius, and Were Afterwards Summoned to Troja by Bishop Emilio Cavalieri of That City XVI How They Arrived in Rome During the Holy Year. They Went to Gaeta, and Then Back to Rome, Where They Were Ordained Priests, and Employed Themselves in Attending the Sick in the Hospital of St. Gallicano XVII How They Went Home to Lombardy on Account of Their Father's Death, and Afterwards Returned to the Hospital of St. Gallicano XVIII How They Left the Hospital of St. Gallicano and Retired to Monte Argentario, Where They Were Inspired by God to Form Their New Congregation XIX How the First Missions of Father Paul Were Favored with the Special Blessing of God XX The First Companions Abandon Blessed Paul, and in Their Stead God Sends Him Others. The Building of the First Retreat and Church Is Begun on Monte Argentario under the Title and Invocation of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary XXI How Paul Devoted Himself to Works of Charity During the Siege of Monte Filippo. How the Building of the Retreat Was Completed, and the New Church Opened, to His Great Consolation XXII How Benedict XIV Approved by Rescript the Rule of the New Congregation Presented to Him by Father Paul XXIII How Paul, after Obtaining the Papal Approbation by an Apostolic Brief, Was Joined by Some New Companions XXIV How the Regular Novitiate Was Formed. Father Paul at the First Chapter Elected Superior of the Whole Congregation. How Clearly His Conduct Manifested That He Was Governed by the Spirit of God XXV How Father Paul Pursued with Great Fervor His Apostolic Ministry in the Mission to Which God Called Him XXVI How Our Lord Took Special Care of Father Paul While He Was Employed upon the Holy Missions XXVII How Father Paul Wrought Many Marvelous Conversions XXVIII How the Missions of Father Paul Were Signalized by the Miraculous Interposition of Providence, and How All His Predictions Were Exactly Verified XXIX The Method Which the Venerable Servant of God Pursued in Giving the Holy Missions XXX Foundations of the Retreat of St. Angelo in the Territory of Vetralla, and of That of St. Eutizio, in the Territory of Soriano XXXI How Father Paul Founded the Retreat of St. Mary of Corniano at Ceccano, and Our Lady of Sorrows, near the City of Terra XXXII How Other New Retreats Were Founded, Amongst Which Were Those of St. Sosio, Santa Maria Del Cerro, near Toscanella, and the Most Holy Trinita at Monte Albano XXXIII How the Whole Congregation of the Passion, and the Separate Foundations in Particular, Are Opposed and Resisted XXXIV How Father Paul Visited His Retreat XXXV How Father Paul Went to Rome to Place His Congregation under the Protection of the Newly-elected Pope Clement XIII XXXVI How His Brother John Baptist Died. How He Visited His Provincial Retreats for the Last Time and Was Taken Seriously ill at St. Angelo XXXVII How Father Paul Obtained from Pope Clement XIV the Entire Approbation of His Institute XXXVIII How Father Paul Preached His Last Mission in the Church of Santa Maria, in Trastevere, and Then Fixed His Residence in Rome XXXIX How Father Paul Made His Last Visitation to the Retreat in the Papal Territories XL How Father Paul Employed Himself in Rome, and How He Was Cured of a Dangerous Illness XLI How a Convent of Passionist Nuns Was Founded in the City of Corneto XLII The Sovereign Pontiff Presents Father Paul, after His Recovery, with the House of Saints John & Paul for His Community in Rome XLIII New Confirmation of the Rules and of the Institute XLIV Last Illness, Tranquil Death, and Burial of Father Paul BOOK II OF THE VIRTUES PRACTICED BY FATHER PAUL AND OF THE GIFTS WITH WHICH HE WAS ENRICHED BY GOD Introduction I Of Father Paul's Faith II Of the Lively Spirit of Faith Manifested by Father Paul in Venerating the Sacred Mysteries and Celebrating the Principal Solemnities of Our Holy Religion III Of Father Paul's Wonderful Devotion Towards the Blessed Eucharist, and of His Lively Faith in Celebrating Mass and in Reciting the Divine Office

Subjects: Saints And Servants Of God; Christian Saints -- Biography; Paul of the Cross, Saint, 1694-1775; Passionists