Premiere Event: Father Jacques Philippe
Spiritual Fatherhood: A Call to All Men
Saturday, February 27, 7 p.m. EST
Thank you for joining us for today's virtual presentation, "Spiritual Fatherhood:
A Call to All Men," featuring renowned Catholic author Father Jacques Philippe. Sponsored
by the Center for Diaconal Formation of Immaculate Conception Seminary School of Theology,
and designed for priests, deacons, seminarians and religious brothers, the presentation
explores the topic of spiritual fatherhood and how it can help a man to truly become
himself and reach the freedom of the children of God.
About Father Jacques Philippe
Jacques Philippe was born on March 12, 1947 in Lorraine, France. After studying mathematics
in college, he spent several years teaching and doing scientific research. In 1976,
he met the then recently-founded Community of the Beatitudes and, answering the Lord’s
call, he became a brother in the Community. After being asked to be a priest by the
Community in 1981, he traveled to Rome to study theology and canon law and also began
his work as a spiritual director, working in the formation of priests and seminarians
of the Community. In 1994, he returned to France, where he assumed various responsibilities
including spiritual direction, the formation of new members in the Community, and
participation in its General Counsel. He began preaching retreats regularly in France
and abroad and has consolidated his principal retreat themes into 12 books on spirituality.
These books have sold over a million copies in 24 languages. Jacques Philippe’s writings
on themes such as prayer, interior freedom, and peace of heart have become classics
of modern Catholic spirituality.
