190 years!
May 30, 1830 - May 30, 2020
We celebrate the anniversary of the birth of Fr Auguste Etchecopar.
All the communities of the Congregation are invited to pray to Fr. Auguste Etchecopar on the anniversary of his birth: 190 years! Each community will mark this anniversary by entrusting Fr Etchecopar with the life of our world marked by the pandemic, by invoking his intercession so that our Betharram Congregation continue to remain faithful in carrying out the Will of God, and by asking him to intercede with the Holy Spirit to give strength to young people and adults to respond to the call of the Master of the harvest. Along the road leading to his canonization, it is important to pray to Father Auguste Etchecopar and to ask him to grant graces.
Each community can be united with all the communities of the Congregation by saying this prayer to the Heart of Jesus, written by Fr. Auguste Etchecopar.
Heart of Jesus, tender as the heart of a mother,
the most tender of all hearts,
fill me with sweetness, patience, kindness, charity.
Heart of Jesus, humble like a child's heart,
free me from pride, teach me the humility of heart and spirit
that makes us worthy of the Kingdom of Heaven.
Finally, sweet and tender Heart, we bow down at your feet;
receive us all from the hands of our good
and revered Founder St.Michael.
Divine Heart, you inspired the idea of this work,
you entrusted him with the hard task of starting it,
of continuing it despite all the obstacles.
Receive us, bless us, fill us with your strength
and your tenderness,
fill us with your Spirit, fill us with your love.
Fr Jean-Dominique DELGUE SCJ
Vicar General
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