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D. Brottier - A CONVERSATION IN 1914 - The Corps of Volunteer Chaplains to the Front Lines. Jean-Michel Gelmetti Blessed Daniel Brottier, C.S.Sp., 1876-1936, is not very well known in the English …More
D. Brottier - A CONVERSATION IN 1914 - The Corps of Volunteer Chaplains to the Front Lines.

Jean-Michel Gelmetti Blessed Daniel Brottier, C.S.Sp., 1876-1936, is not very well known in the English language realm since he spent the whole of his life in the French speaking world (France and Senegal). Moreover he is well known in France mostly for two reasons: The O.A.A. orphanage institution that he rescued in 1923 and extraordinarily developed up to 1936, and also for his role as a WW1 chaplain culminating in the foundation with Clemenceau of the UNC in 1919, the largest French Veterans' Association still flourishing today.
In this video, we wanted to insist upon a less known aspect of Fr. Brottier impact over WW1 and the whole 20th century as the co-founder, with his colleague Henri Trilles, of the Corps of Volunteer Chaplains at the Front that was approved by the French Republic only 8 days after the German declaration of the war against France (3 Aug. 1914). How a simple conversation in between two men can change the face of the war ...
This video wants to make better known Fr. Brottier's legendary figure to the US Associated Lay Spiritans to let them discover why the Church declared him Blessed and how Spiritans like this one gave themselves totally and were led by the Spirit of God, the Spirit who gives Life.
This video does not give all the aspects of Fr. Brottier's life. Let us hope that others will follow to discover even more of this extraordinary Blessed life.
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The Corps of Volunteer Chaplains to the Front Lines - Blessed Daniel Brottier, C.S.Sp.