• Death (7/7)
• Indulgences (1/7)
• Prayer (3/7)
• Purgatory (2/7)

Main events of Father Buguet’s life

5 March 1843 – BORN AT BELLAVILLIERS (In the canton of Pervenchères, district of Mortagne), son of Jean-Michel Buguet, a clog-maker, and of Marguerite Bellanger, a spinner.

26 March 1843 – Baptism of Paul-Joseph Buguet.

1850 – The Buguet family goes to live in rue Croix-Chemin at Mortagne.

7 June 1855 – PAUL BUGUET’S FIRST COMMUNION in the church of Notre-Dame de Mortagne.

October 1855 – Enters the college of Sainte-Marie (or Saint-Êloi) at Mortagne. October 1862 – Enters the Major Seminary of Séez.

10 June 1865 – Ordained Deacon.

26 May 1866 – ORDAINED PRIEST by Mgr Rousselet; he is appointed as curate to Sainte-Honorine-la-Chardonne (Athis deanery).

2 June 1871 – the Brothers come to the school at Sainte-Honorine after many attempts by Fr. Buguet.

June-July 1871 – Collection in the Département of l’Orne to pay the teaching Brothers.

4 July 1872 – Appointed curate-administrator of Saires-la-Verrerie (Briouze deanery).

7 September 1874 – Appointed Parish Priest of Saires-la-Verrerie. 1875 – Laying of the foundation stone of the presbytery, built by Fr. Buguet with the help of subscriptions.

1st November 1876 - Death of Auguste Buguet, his brother, crushed by a falling bell at Mortagne.

29 June 1877 – Death of Pauline Buguet, his niece, at the age of 16.

26 July 1877 – Death of Marthe Buguet, his other niece, aged 12.

20 July 1878 – Appointed Parish Priest of La Chapelle-Montligeon.

1st August 1878 – ARRIVAL AT LA CHAPELLE-MONTLIGEON.

Easter 1880 – Establishment at La Chapelle-Montligeon of the Association of St. Francis de Sales and that of the Propagation of the Faith; the setting up of a Catholic Committee attached to the “Work of Catholic Workers Societies” of Albert de Mun.

1880 – Fitting of benches in the parish church.

7 November 1880 – Blessing of the great bell of the parish church, paid for by subscription.

From 1880 to 1884 – Attempts to provide work for the women of Montligeon (making jerseys, lace, gloves ).

May 1884 – Visit of the “Lady with the white veil”.

3 September 1884 – Mgr. Trégaro, Bishop of Séez, accepts, in principal, the plan for the Statutes of the Expiatory Work.

24 September 1884 – Fr. Buguet requests official approval from Mgr. Trégaro.

4 October 1884 – Journey to Séez to renew his demand.

5 October 1884 – Mgr. Trégaro sends Fr. Buguet the Statutes of the Work, together with his approval and the episcopal seal.

End of 1884 – The “commercial traveller for the souls in Purgatory” starts collecting for his Work.

July 1885 – The Confraternity of the Holy Rosary is established at La Chapelle-Montligeon.

1885 – During the year the first two Bulletins of the Work appear (first 8 then 12 pages) and are printed at Séez.

February 1886 – The Bulletin becomes a quarterly and the number of pages increases.

1886 – Purchase of a Paul Abat printing press to print some propaganda leaflets : the start of the printing works, set up in the presbytery.

5 April 1887 - Institution of an Administrative Committee for the Expiatory Work.

24 May 1887 – First Solemn Pilgrimage to Our Lady of Montligeon, in the parish church.

1887 – Purchase of some old houses to contain workshops for embossing, type-setting and book-binding.

End of 1887 – Purchase of a large printing press and a steam-powered machine.

24 May 1888 – Second Pilgrimage, on the church square.

Autumn 1888 – Some Religious from Sainte-Marie de Tinchebray become Fr. Buguet’s collaborators. The Sisters of Longny come to direct the Secretariat and the women’s workshops.

May 1889 – The Bulletin becomes a monthly and is printed at Montligeon. In total, Fr. Buguet employs about 15 people.

1889 – Creation of a public Society with responsibility for managing the assets of the Work.

January 1890 – Publication of the first “Almanac of Hope”.

June 1890 – Through the Bulletin an initial appeal is launched for the construction of a church.

1891 – The site of the future church is decided and the land is purchased.

May 1891 – The 5th Pilgrimage takes place on the site of the future church.

July 1891 – Creation of the Band of the Expiatory Work.

August 1891 – Fr. Buguet announces that a statue of Our Lady of Deliverance, especially destined for Montligeon, has been made by Steüer. End of 1891 – Start of Fr. Buguet’s long journies across France and Europe.

19 November 1891 – Fr. Buguet suggests to the municipal Council that the old parish church should be exchanged for a new one, which he would build at his own expense, the plans and costs of which have already been determined.

18 May 1893 – Mgr. Trégaro appoints Fr. Buguet HONORARY CANON of his cathedral.

4 October 1893 – Pope Leo XIII establishes the Association of Our Lady of Montligeon as an ARCHCONFRATERNITY.

31 October 1893 – A College of Chaplains of the Work is set up by Mgr. Trégaro.

20 November 1893 – Canon Buguet is received in private audience by the Holy Father.

November 1893 – Cardinal PAROCHI becomes cardinal-protector of the Expiatory Work.

Beginning of 1894 – The altar of the Expiatory Work is erected as a privileged altar.

1894 – Canon Buguet crosses the Atlantic and travels through the United States and Canada.

June 1894 – A new plan for the church, more important than that of 1891, is drawn up.

1894 – The printing works is established in new premises on the great square.

22 September 1894 – START OF WORK on the new church and digging of the foundations.

24 November 1894 – Constitution of the legally registered “Société Anonyme des Établissements de La Chapelle-Montligeon” to administer the printing works which now employed 31 workers.

May 1895 – The Compagnie de l’Ouest puts on an extra train for the annual pilgrimage.

19 June 1895 – A Pontifical Brief establishes the Archconfraternity of Our Lady of Montligeon PRIMA-PRIMARIA.

1896 – The chaplains and the offices of the Work move into the Management building.

4 June 1896 – 10th Pilgrimage and the blessing of the foundation stone of the new church.

June 1898 – A Procurator for the Work is established in Via Nomentana, Rome.

1898 – Construction of the interpreters’ house.

1899 – The Expiatory Work is given a chapel in the Roman Basilica of Santa Maria in Monte Santo.

1900 – The Roman Procurator of the Expiatory Work moves near the Santa Maria basilica.

8 February 1902 – Canon Buguet is appointed a Papal Prelate.

30 August 1903 – SILVER JUBILEE of Mgr. Buguet, as Parish Priest of La Chapelle-Montligeon.

Autumn 1903 – A roof is put on the new church.

13 June 1904 – The Pope appoints Mgr. Buguet PRONOTARY APOSTOLIC.

End of 1904 – The major work of the church is completed. All that remains is to erect the façade and the church towers.

23 October 1910 – In a “Motu Proprio”, Pope Pius X places the Expiatory Work under the special protection of himself and his successors, and grants to it the use of the basilica of Santa Maria in Monte Santo, Rome.

31 May 1911 – Blessing of the new church.

1st June 1911 – 25th Pilgrimage : Mass is celebrated in the finished church.

June 1913 – The monumental staircase is completed.

28 October 1913 – The seat of the Archconfraternity is transferred from the parish church to the new church.

8 June 1916 – GOLDEN JUBILEE OF PRIESTHOOD of Mgr. Buguet.

September 1917 – Mgr. Buguet leaves for Rome, on account of his health.

1917 – The stained-glass windows of the sanctuary are put in place.

14 June 1918 – MGR. BUGUET PASSES AWAY IN ROME.

17 June 1918 – Funeral of Mgr. Buguet in the Basilica of Santa Maria in Monte Santo, Rome.

1919 – Erection of the Statue of Our Lady of Montligeon, the work of Tadolini.

16 November 1921 – On the feast of Our Lady, the Liberator, Mgr. Buguet is interred in the vault prepared in the Crypt of the new church.