Archives from the Pater Noster Carmelite convent in Jerusalem
Mother Xavier Deschamps's personal documents
Identity area
| Reference | JM-CPN/A/4A3/1 |
| Title | Mother Xavier Deschamps's personal documents |
| Dates | 1863-01-01-1889-06-28 |
| Dates Start | 1863-01-01 |
| Dates End | 1889-06-28 |
| Level of description | File |
| Extend and medium | 1 file, 8 items, all selected and described |
Context area
| Repository | Pater Noster Carmelite Convent (CPN) |
| Name of creator(s) | Pater Noster Carmelite Convent (CPN) |
Content and structure area
| Description | 4 A 3. 1/1. Diary kept almost daily from 1863 to her death, called «carnets de conscience». Autograph; 3 binded notebooks and one notebook with a few pages. With typed extracts from Mother Xavier’s diary, 76 pages. With extracts from spiritual notes (relations with her spiritual director, Father Theodore Herve, Jesuit (from Blois, then Tours). 4 A 3. 1/2. Pictures: photographs of her father and her brother Edmond. Photocopies of the photograph of Mother Xavier with her genealogy and her poem «La nacelle du Maître» (see excerpts of her spiritual diary, January 4, 1871). 4 A 3. 1/3. Narrative of her vocation: uncomplete narrative, written just before her death on June 28th, 1889. From 1/4 to 1/9, documents given to Mother Marie-Agnès Savoye by the Fayoum Carmelite convent in October 2013. 4 A 3. 1/4. Autograph notes about the Carmelite convent of the Pater Noster's foundation. 4 A 3. 1/5. Five autograph notebooks about how to create artificial flowers and fruits, pasta, and notes related to vegetable garden seeds. 4 A 3. 1/6. Roses samples. 4 A 3. 1/7. Autograph copies about general elections. 4 A 3. 1/8. Accounts (1876-1878). |
Conditions of access and use
| Language of material | French |
Catalogue references area
| Sources | http://www.archives.openjerusalem.org/index.php/mother-xavier-deschampss-personal-documents?sf_culture=en |
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Fonds - 1 : Archives from the Pater Noster Carmelite convent in Jerusalem
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Series - 2 : Series A, Foundation times
- Subseries - 3 : Initial times
- Subseries - 3 : Founder Héloïse, Joséphine, Aurélie, Marie Bourg de Bossi, Princess de la Tour d’Auvergne
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Subseries - 3 : Mother Aloysia (Justine Maret), Founding Prioress of the Carmelite monastery of the Church of the Pater Noster
- File - 4 : Letters sent to her family
- File - 4 : Sent letters
- File - 4 : Her relationships with the Patriarchate, Mgr Vincenzo Bracco
- File - 4 : Incoming letters
- File - 4 : Golden Jubilee (50th anniversary of her religious profession of faith)
- File - 4 : Obituaries
- File - 4 : Photograph of Mother Alyosia
- File - 4 : Note on the foundation of the Jerusalem Carmelite convent
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Subseries - 3 : First co-founding Carmelite Sisters
- File - 4 : Sister Marie de Saint François Louise Brémond, Vice-Prioress of Carpentras (France)
- File - 4 : Sister Marie de la Trinité-Clotilde, from Rennes (France) Carmelite convent
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Sub-subseries - 4 : Sister Marie-Xavier du Coeur de Jésus
- File - 5 : Mother Xavier Deschamps's personal documents
- File - 5 : Letters received from Mgr Poyet, from Jerusalem Patriarchate
- File - 5 : Letters from Mother Xavier to her family
- File - 5 : Letters from Mother Xavier to Mother Marie-Elisabeth-Céleste-Thérèse, Prioress of Carpentras (France)
- Item - 5 : Letter sent to Mother Thérèse de Jesus, prioress of the Carmel of Châlon-sur-Saône
- Item - 5 : Obituary of Mother Xavier
- Item - 5 : Report on the state of the bodies of the two cherished Founder Mothers of the Pater Noster convent
- Item - 5 : List of novices on the authority of Mother Xavier
- Item - 5 : Information about Father Cagniard and authorization to go to Saigon
- File - 5 : Biography written to rehabilitate Mother Xavier Deschamps
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Series - 2 : Series B, Sanctuary of the Eleona
- File - 3 : Initial times
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Subseries - 3 : Basilica
- File - 4 : Relationship with the monastery of the Visitation of Toulouse (France)
- File - 4 : Several isolated documents about the Basilica
- Item - 4 : Letter from Sister Marie-Françoise Brémond contesting the transfer of the front steps and esplanade to the White Fathers
- Item - 4 : Certificate from the workers and Jean Saleh for the staircase building, December 19, 1920
- Item - 4 : Carmelites of the Pater's wishes to honour their Founder Mother's will and to preserve their independence, December 28, 1920
- Item - 4 : Agreement reached between Friar Trilhe, Friar Burtin (White Father) and the Carmelite convent of the Pater Noster, 1921
- Item - 4 : Agreement about the Basilica construction, January 22, 1921
- Item - 4 : Construction project of the future Basilica
- File - 4 : Administrative documents
- Item - 4 : Four provisional plans to connect the convent to the Basilica
- File - 4 : Carmelites Sisters' Responsibility towards the Basilica, May 10 to 16, 1921
- File - 4 : Correspondence between Father Trilhe and the convent's prioress
- Item - 4 : Letter from Pius XI to the Bishop of Toulouse (France) supporting the initiative, March 12, 1923
- Item - 4 : Letter to Father Marie-Eugène regarding resumption of Basilica works, December 9, 1952
- Item - 4 : Letter from Général de Gaulle to cardinal Garonne, June 25, 1963
- File - 3 : Plans
- Series - 2 : Series C, Relations with Roman authorities and Congregations
- Series - 2 : Serie D, Relationships with Carmelites
- Series - 2 : Series F, Relations with civil authorities
- Series - 2 : Series G, Life of the community
- Series - 2 : Series H, Chronicles and others various elements
- Series - 2 : Series J, People
- Series - 2 : Series L, Spiritual life
- Series - 2 : Series N, Spiritual influence of the Carmelite convent of the Pater Noster
- Series - 2 : Series Q, Real estate propterty and financial records
- Series - 2 : Series R, Varia
- Series - 2 : Series S, Objects and souvenirs
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Series - 2 : Series A, Foundation times
Identity area
| Reference | JM-CPN |
| Title | Archives from the Pater Noster Carmelite convent in Jerusalem |
| Covering dates | 1832-08-04-2012-12-01 |
| Dates Start | 1832-08-04 |
| Dates End | 2012-12-01 |
| Level of description | Fonds |
| Extend and medium | Global extent: unknown [at least 223 units]; 98 selected and described units |
Context area
| Repository | Pater Noster Carmelite Convent (CPN) |
| Name of creator(s) | Pater Noster Carmelite Convent (CPN) |
Content and structure area
| Accruals | The collection is still increasing. |
Conditions of access and use
| Conditions governing access | Subject to the authorization of Pater Noster Carmelite Convent (CPN) |
Allied materials area
| Publication notes | Alfred MONBRUN, Carmel et sanctuaire du Pater-Noster à Jérusalem (1885), dédié à La Princesse de la Tour d’Auvergne, Florence, Imprimerie de Joseph PELLAS, rue Jacopo da Diacceto, 10 (1885). Conservé à la bibliothèque historique du Pater Noster. Abbé Henri Ameye, Histoire du Carmel de Carpentras, fondateur du Carmel du Pater Noster à Jérusalem, 1985. |
Catalogue references area
| Rules or conventions | International standard for archival description, General, etc. |
| Date of the catalogue | Catalogue prepared from May 2013 to April, 3 2016 - revised on October 2018. |
| Archivist's notes | Description of 98 archival units from the Pater Noster Convent’s Archives (1832-2012), held by the Carmelite convent of Pater Noster (Jerusalem), made and translated by Maria Chiara Rioli from May 2013 to April 2016 . |
| Sources | http://www.archives.openjerusalem.org/index.php/archives-from-the-pater-noster-carmelite-convent-in-jerusalem?sf_culture=en |
Browse from here by hierarchy
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Fonds - 1 : Archives from the Pater Noster Carmelite convent in Jerusalem
-
Series - 2 : Series A, Foundation times
- Subseries - 3 : Initial times
- Subseries - 3 : Founder Héloïse, Joséphine, Aurélie, Marie Bourg de Bossi, Princess de la Tour d’Auvergne
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Subseries - 3 : Mother Aloysia (Justine Maret), Founding Prioress of the Carmelite monastery of the Church of the Pater Noster
- File - 4 : Letters sent to her family
- File - 4 : Sent letters
- File - 4 : Her relationships with the Patriarchate, Mgr Vincenzo Bracco
- File - 4 : Incoming letters
- File - 4 : Golden Jubilee (50th anniversary of her religious profession of faith)
- File - 4 : Obituaries
- File - 4 : Photograph of Mother Alyosia
- File - 4 : Note on the foundation of the Jerusalem Carmelite convent
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Subseries - 3 : First co-founding Carmelite Sisters
- File - 4 : Sister Marie de Saint François Louise Brémond, Vice-Prioress of Carpentras (France)
- File - 4 : Sister Marie de la Trinité-Clotilde, from Rennes (France) Carmelite convent
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Sub-subseries - 4 : Sister Marie-Xavier du Coeur de Jésus
- File - 5 : Mother Xavier Deschamps's personal documents
- File - 5 : Letters received from Mgr Poyet, from Jerusalem Patriarchate
- File - 5 : Letters from Mother Xavier to her family
- File - 5 : Letters from Mother Xavier to Mother Marie-Elisabeth-Céleste-Thérèse, Prioress of Carpentras (France)
- Item - 5 : Letter sent to Mother Thérèse de Jesus, prioress of the Carmel of Châlon-sur-Saône
- Item - 5 : Obituary of Mother Xavier
- Item - 5 : Report on the state of the bodies of the two cherished Founder Mothers of the Pater Noster convent
- Item - 5 : List of novices on the authority of Mother Xavier
- Item - 5 : Information about Father Cagniard and authorization to go to Saigon
- File - 5 : Biography written to rehabilitate Mother Xavier Deschamps
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Series - 2 : Series B, Sanctuary of the Eleona
- File - 3 : Initial times
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Subseries - 3 : Basilica
- File - 4 : Relationship with the monastery of the Visitation of Toulouse (France)
- File - 4 : Several isolated documents about the Basilica
- Item - 4 : Letter from Sister Marie-Françoise Brémond contesting the transfer of the front steps and esplanade to the White Fathers
- Item - 4 : Certificate from the workers and Jean Saleh for the staircase building, December 19, 1920
- Item - 4 : Carmelites of the Pater's wishes to honour their Founder Mother's will and to preserve their independence, December 28, 1920
- Item - 4 : Agreement reached between Friar Trilhe, Friar Burtin (White Father) and the Carmelite convent of the Pater Noster, 1921
- Item - 4 : Agreement about the Basilica construction, January 22, 1921
- Item - 4 : Construction project of the future Basilica
- File - 4 : Administrative documents
- Item - 4 : Four provisional plans to connect the convent to the Basilica
- File - 4 : Carmelites Sisters' Responsibility towards the Basilica, May 10 to 16, 1921
- File - 4 : Correspondence between Father Trilhe and the convent's prioress
- Item - 4 : Letter from Pius XI to the Bishop of Toulouse (France) supporting the initiative, March 12, 1923
- Item - 4 : Letter to Father Marie-Eugène regarding resumption of Basilica works, December 9, 1952
- Item - 4 : Letter from Général de Gaulle to cardinal Garonne, June 25, 1963
- File - 3 : Plans
- Series - 2 : Series C, Relations with Roman authorities and Congregations
- Series - 2 : Serie D, Relationships with Carmelites
- Series - 2 : Series F, Relations with civil authorities
- Series - 2 : Series G, Life of the community
- Series - 2 : Series H, Chronicles and others various elements
- Series - 2 : Series J, People
- Series - 2 : Series L, Spiritual life
- Series - 2 : Series N, Spiritual influence of the Carmelite convent of the Pater Noster
- Series - 2 : Series Q, Real estate propterty and financial records
- Series - 2 : Series R, Varia
- Series - 2 : Series S, Objects and souvenirs
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Series - 2 : Series A, Foundation times