WELCOME SITE PLAN LIFE OF LOVE THE WORKS THE LADY E-MAIL	A HISTORY OF THE WORKS OF THE COMMUNITY OF THE LADY OF ALL PEOPLES The History Through Pictures

1920	July 19. Marriage of Laura Bégin and Ernest Giguère in the parish of Sainte-Germaine-du-Lac-Etchemin, province of Quebec, Canada.
1921	September 14. Birth and Baptism of Marie-Paule in Lac-Etchemin, the eldest of a family of ten children.
1933	September 14. At the age of twelve, Marie-Paule offers herself up as a victim for souls. Shortly afterwards she “hears” for the first time an interior voice. She is thinking of life in religion, of being a missionary in Africa, but in 1937, during a retreat, a preacher directs her towards marriage.
1944	July 1. Marie-Paule marries Georges Cliche, in Sainte-Germaine-du-Lac-Etchemin. The new spouses will live in Saint-Georges de Beauce. They will have five children.
1945	April 30. Birth of André.
1947	August 25. Birth of Louise.
1948	October 25. Birth of Michèle.
1950	September 4. Birth of Pierre.
1951	July 1. After seven years of serious conjugal difficulties, the Lord says to her, “IF THIS WERE EVEN THE HALF OF IT, MY CHILD... IT WILL ALL TERMINATE IN COURT.”
1952	April 22. Birth of Danielle.
1954	Marie-Paule hears for the first time: “THE ARMY OF MARY”.
1957	For a long time the Lord has been telling Marie-Paule: “ONE DAY YOUR LIFE WILL BE WRITTEN. IT WILL BE ENTITLED ‘LIFE OF LOVE’.” September. After thirteen years of marriage and in order to protect the children, separation takes place as ordered by Marie-Paule’s spiritual director, her doctor, the curate of the parish of Saint-Georges-Est, in Beauce, and the director of Social Services. After three days of refusing, Marie-Paule finally consents to the children being placed in a boarding school, while she goes to live with her mother in Lac-Etchemin.
1958	February. Marie-Paule receives the order to write her life. From April 20 to 27. During a week Mary gives a course in spirituality to Marie-Paule. Mary first shows her the image of a possible event; then she manifests the wish, and finally gives Marie-Paule the command to act. April 28. The Lord announces to Marie-Paule “THE HOUR OF CRUCIFIXION”. From May 1 to 7. Marie-Paule “receives” details of the mission that is being entrusted to her.
1963	September. Marie-Paule is in charge of the kitchen personnel at the house of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts. Her three daughters will come to join her there, while the two boys are students at the Petit Séminaire in Quebec City. Then her husband will come there, but what a trial is awaiting them!
1965	June 15. Marie-Paule and her family take up residence in Quebec City.
1967	Autumn. In accordance with providential events, a Marian Group takes form. Sisters of Charity of Quebec, including Sisters Jeanne d’Arc Demers, Sainte-Jacqueline and Marie-Stella, Sister Lise Giguère, Marie-Paule’s sister, from the Sisters of Our Lady of Perpetual Help, two Camillian Fathers – Fathers Victor Rizzi and Denis Laprise – as well as some lay people make up this Marian Group.
1971	August 28. Pilgrimage of the Group to the shrine of Our Lady of Etchemin. This day opens the era of public Marian action. On the evening of this day the Lord informs Marie-Paule: “TODAY SAW THE FOUNDING OF THE ARMY OF MARY. PREPARE A LITTLE REVIEW THAT WILL BIND TOGETHER THE MEMBERS, THIS REVIEW WILL BEAR THE TITLE, ‘THE ARMY OF MARY’.”
1974	September. First pilgrimage to Europe by members of the Army of Mary – 338 of them.
1975	March 10. Official recognition of the Army of Mary by Cardinal Maurice Roy, Archbishop of Quebec and Primate of the Church in Canada.
	Decree of Official Recognition of the Army of Mary
	The Assault Once the Army of Mary had been raised, it worked in a positive manner, accomplishing good to combat evil. And that was done in harmony with local bishops. But then the fight intensified against the Army of Mary which would be recognized by this trait: its fidelity to Rome and the Pope. This fight was carried on by the very ones whose mission it is to safeguard true values.
	Campaign of Defamation
1978	June 4. The national feast day of the Army of Mary, with the Ark of the Covenant, in Notre-Dame Church, Montreal, marks “THE BEGINNING OF MARY’S TRIUMPH”. October 2. At Lourdes, during a pilgrimage of the Army of Mary, Marie-Paule “receives” the order “...ALWAYS TO WEAR THE LONG WHITE DRESS”.
1979	May. It is the hour to make Life of Love known. Thirteen volumes [French ed.] are published in thirteen months. [These same volumes are published in English between 1979 and 1987.]
1981	May 31. Founding of the Family and the Community of the Sons and Daughters of Mary at the International Center of the Army of Mary, in Quebec City. Marie-Paule takes the name, Mother Paul-Marie.
1984	May 30. Eleventh pilgrimage to Europe, assembling at Lourdes about two thousand Army of Mary members from various countries.
1986	January 1. His Excellency Archbishop Mario Peressin, Archbishop of L’Aquila, consents, at the Holy See’s request, to take the Community of the Sons of Mary under his protection. May 25. First priestly ordination of a Son of Mary by Pope John Paul II, in Rome, Italy. August 15. Founding of the Oblate-Patriots at the International Center of the Army of Mary. December. Marie-Paule announces “The Year of the Crucifixion”, the title of her editorial published in the February 1987 issue of the paper Le Royaume.
1987	April 15 (Wednesday of Holy Week). Marie-Paule receives from Cardinal Louis-Albert Vachon a letter summoning her to the office of the Archbishop of Quebec, along with the copy of a letter which Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, sent to the Archbishop of Quebec, leaving Cardinal Vachon “completely free to take the measures [he] will deem necessary, without excluding the possibility of suppressing the Association ‘ad normam iuris’ ”. This is the first denial by the Church. May 4. On the basis of false accusations, Cardinal Vachon revokes, by decree, the decree that had established the Army of Mary. Authorities in Rome advise those in charge of the Army of Mary to present a recourse. The Secretariat of State directs this recourse to the Pontifical Council for the Laity. May 7. At a press conference held at the Center of the Immaculate in Quebec City, Marie-Paule and some members of the Army of Mary reply to questions raised by journalists from the various medias (radio, television and newspapers). May 30. Nine Sons of Mary are ordained to the priesthood by His Exc. Archbishop Peressin, in L’Aquila, Italy.
	First Denial by the Church Press Conference (May 7, 1987)
1988	March 31 (Holy Thursday). Marie-Paule receives the decree of the preceding March 25 signed by the President of the Pontifical Council for the Laity, Cardinal Eduardo Pironio, ratifying the Archbishop of Quebec’s decision of May 4, 1987. This judgment constitutes the Church’s second denial of God’s Work. “The Year of the Crucifixion”: a liturgical year has elapsed between the reception, on Wednesday of Holy Week, 1987, of the letter of Cardinal Ratzinger, Prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, and the reception, on Holy Thursday 1988, of the letter of Cardinal Pironio (Pontifical Council for the Laity). Marie-Paule passes along another “indication”: “NOW WILL FOLLOW THE INDETERMINATE PERIOD OF THE IMMOLATION” (Le Royaume, Important Issue, April 8, 1988, p. 4 [French ed.]). Given the irregularities vitiating the recent decree, a Vatican authority asks the Army of Mary to present a recourse to the Supreme Tribunal of the Apostolic Signatura in Rome. August 13. Three Sons of Mary are ordained to the priesthood by His Exc. Archbishop Peressin, at L’Aquila, Italy.
	Second Denial by the Church
1989	March 17. The Supreme Tribunal rejects the recourse. This makes the third denial of the Work of God by the Church. Upon the advice of Roman authorities, the Work will present a recourse to the College of Judges (Plenary) of the Supreme Tribunal. October 7. Five Sons of Mary are ordained to the priesthood by His Exc. Archbishop Peressin, at L’Aquila, Italy. October 18. At the request of His Exc. Bishop Adolphe-Marie Hardy, Bishop of Beauvais, Noyon and Senlis in France, the Community of the Sons of Mary opens its first mission.
	Third Denial by the Church
1990	January 4. His Exc. Bishop Joseph Molinari, Bishop of Rieti, receives the Sons and Daughters of Mary into his diocese. September 8. A Son of Mary is ordained to the priesthood by His Exc. Archbishop Peressin, at Lourdes in France.
1991	April 20. The Plenary rejects the case in appeal by a Definitive Decree. Thus does the Church’s judgment confirm the 1951 words of the Lord: “IT WILL ALL TERMINATE IN COURT.” In fact, 33 years, to the day, separate the announcement of the sorrowful mission (April 28, 1958) and the end of that mission by the Church’s verdict: Redemption: 33 years – Co-Redemption: 33 years. June 9. Marie-Paule’s soul penetrates the Living Light that is God-Light. June 22. Marie-Paule “receives” the explanation of the above grace revealing the meaning of the word “reincarnation”. September 12. Three Sons of Mary are ordained to the priesthood by His Exc. Archbishop Peressin, at L’Aquila, Italy. Ten years after the foundation of the Community of the Sons and Daughters of Mary, the men’s branch numbers 66 Sons of Mary (24 priests, 42 Brothers); the women’s branch numbers 69 Daughters of Mary.
	Definitive Decree
1992	February. At the request of His Exc. Bishop Paul Michael Boyle, Apostolic Vicar of Mandeville, in Jamaica, the Community of the Sons and Daughters of Mary opens a mission in Jamaica. May 28. Four Sons of Mary are ordained to the priesthood by His Exc. Archbishop Peressin, at San Gabriele dell’Addolorata in Italy. May 31. The founding of the Marialys Institute at Rieti in Italy, during an Army of Mary pilgrimage in honor of the Co-Redemptrix.
1993	August 18. The Sons of Mary open a mission in Kötschach, at the request of His Exc. Bishop Egon Kappellari, Bishop of Gurk in Austria. September 16. Six Sons of Mary are ordained to the priesthood by His Exc. Archbishop Peressin, at Noyon in France. October 10. His Exc. Bishop Eugène P. LaRocque, Bishop of Alexandria-Cornwall in Ontario, requests the services of the Daughters of Mary for the Bishop’s House.
1994	May 31. One Son of Mary is ordained to the priesthood by His Exc. Archbishop Peressin, at Klagenfurt in Austria.
1996	January. His Exc. Bishop LaRocque welcomes the Sons of Mary into his diocese. May 31. His Exc. Bishop Bomers, Bishop of Haarlem in the Netherlands, authorizes public devotion to the Lady of All Peoples, as well as the recitation of her prayer in the Church. June 23. Four Sons of Mary are ordained to the priesthood by His Exc. Bishop LaRocque, with the permission and in the presence of His Exc. Bishop Boyle, at Cornwall in Ontario, Canada. July. The Daughters of Mary open a novitiate in Green Valley, Ontario.
1997	April 1. Georges Cliche, Marie-Paule’s husband, dies. Georges’ passing frees Mother Paul-Marie from all bonds, allowing her to fulfill the desire she had in her youth of becoming a religious. April 23. Mother Paul-Marie is unanimously elected Superior General of the Daughters of Mary. Shortly thereafter, events become clearer and the “Community of the Lady of All Peoples” begins to take shape.
1998	May 31. Pentecost. Solemn ceremony in honor of the Holy Spirit and the Lady of All Peoples. Reception of three Presidents for the Community of the Lady: Beatrice de la Tourrasse, President for Europe (Euro-national); Thérèse Buyse, President for Belgium; Madeleine Falaha, President for Chile. The Community members take their vows of chastity, poverty and obedience within the Community of the Lady of All Peoples.
2000	March 25. Inauguration of the Eucharistic and Marian Center Spiri-Maria at Lac-Etchemin, which becomes a place of perpetual adoration of the Blessed Sacrament and a house for spiritual retreats. It also becomes the International Center of the Community of the Lady of All Peoples and the five Works it encompasses (the Army of Mary, the Family and the Community of the Sons and Daughters of Mary, the Oblate-Patriots and the Marialys Institute).
2000	April 12. Note of a disciplinary nature from the Archbishop of Quebec, His Excellency Maurice Couture “regarding the setting up of the Spiri Maria Residence”, in which the Archbishop reproaches the Foundress, Mother Paul-Marie, with having had Spiri-Maria built without the permission of the local Ordinary (the Archbishop of Quebec). On April 17, Mother Paul-Marie replied to Archbishop Couture. While raising certain points in the Archbishop’s letter, she emphasized, among other things, that according to canon 1752 of the Code of Canon Law, one must “keep in mind the salvation of souls, which in the Church must always be the supreme law”. (These two letters are published in the paper Le Royaume [“The Kingdom”], no. 140, Special Issue of May 13, 2000, pp. 8-9.) Then a theologian wrote to the Foundress on this same subject on December 11, 2002, to give his opinion. He demonstrated, based on the Code of Canon Law, that the Army of Mary did not need to seek authorization before building the Eucharistic and Marian Center Spiri-Maria. (This letter is published in the paper Le Royaume [“The Kingdom”], no. 158, November-December 2002, pp. 25-26.)
2000	May 15. The Archdiocese of Quebec’s diocesan review Pastorale Québec published the Disciplinary Note of April 12, regarding the Army of Mary, as well as a report Archbishop Couture had requested a committee prepare on the Work, although the committee never met the Work’s directors. Once again, the Army of Mary was judged without it having been given the opportunity to present its version of the facts, which are quite different from those presented in the report, the falseness of which would be shown.
2000	May 23.Archbishop Couture gave a press conference on the subject of the Army of Mary, reproaching it “its way of promoting Marian devotion”. On the other hand, he declared: “We must acknowledge that when one looks at the fundamental principles of the Army of Mary, it is very Catholic: devotion to the Holy Father, devotion to the Eucharist and a Marian devotion. There is nothing more Catholic than that and I am in complete agreement with that.”
2000	July 8. A Quebec bishop who wished to remain anonymous sent a letter to his confreres in the episcopate and addressed a copy to Mother Paul-Marie. In his letter, he reproached the bishops of not recognizing in the Army of Mary “the work of God Himself”, declaring: “But how is it that bishops and archbishops, cardinals even, are fooled in such a manner by the Spirit of Darkness? For, in my estimation, there is no way of describing this in other terms. The reason for this, I will give it to you, here and now: THE REFUSAL OF THE SUPERNATURAL.” (This letter is published in the paper Le Royaume [“The Kingdom”], no. 144, July-August 2000, pp. 15-17.)
2001	August 15. The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishop (CCCB) spreads through Internet a Doctrinal Note on the Army of Mary which it accuses of spreading doctrinal errors. The falseness of this document is shown by the many members of the Army of Mary who come to the defence of the Work unjustly treated.

Response to the Doctrinal Note against the Army of Mary

2003

January 1.The launching of Radio Love, radio broadcasts on Internet, presenting the various religious activities of the Community of the Lady of All Peoples.

2004

Triduum of May 28 to 30 at the Eucharistic and Marian Center Spiri-Maria. The appointment of three Knights of the Lady who succeed the Presidents of the Community of the Lady of All Peoples, within a redefined framework. Those appointed were: François Pillot from France, Paul Schulte from Holland, Jean Van Renterghem from Belgium, as well as Grégoire Giguère and Donald Aubin from Canada and Marcel Laprise from the United States.

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