21st June in the life of Charles Cardinal Lavigerie

My dear children, I am with you heart and soul. Not a day passes when I do not think of you, when I do not urge Our Lord to assist you, to alleviate your sorrows, to smooth out your difficulties and above all to give success to your apostolic works.

19th June in the life of Charles Cardinal Lavigerie

You will notice how many different nations are represented in this phalanx of new apostles: France, England, Belgium, Holland, Germany, and Africa itself, as a proof of the apostolic sentiments which animate them all, distinct from any concern of a political nature.

18th June in the life of Charles Cardinal Lavigerie

Thanks to this help from different quarters, our missionaries have been able to re-establish in part our disturbed operations, but the number of these missionaries has been diminished by all the catastrophes that have befallen them: fatigue, sickness, persecution, death; Provision has to be made to replace them.

17th June in the life of Charles Cardinal Lavigerie

The end he is pursuing is his own sanctification so that he can later work effectively to sanctify souls, principally those of the pagans of Africa, by his example, his zeal and his dedication.