Chronology
January, 1874— November 16, 1879: Philosophy studies and beginning of theology at Holy Cross Seminary at Clonliffe, near Dublin.
November, 1879 — July, 1881: Theological studies in Rome, at the Propaganda College.
August or September, 1880: Visit to the abbey of Monte Cassino. June 16, 1881: Ordination to the priesthood in Rome.
End of July, 1881: First visit to Maredsous.
September, 1881 — October, 1882: Curate at Dundrum (Dublin). October, 1882 — October, 1886: Professor at Clonliffe.
November 21, 1886: Entered Maredsous.
February 10, 1888: Monastic profession.
August 9, 1890: Dom Hildebrand de Hemptinne succeeds Dom Placid Wolter as Abbot of Maredsous; then in November, 1893, becomes also Abbot-Primate of the whole Benedictine Order. 1895: Dom Columba preaches his first retreat to nuns. 1899-1909: Prior of Mont-César, Louvain. February 7, 1906: Mgr. Mercier is appointed Archbishop of Malines.
September 19, 1909: Abbot-Primate Hildebrand de Hemptinne announces his resignation of the abbacy of Maredsous.
September 28, 1909: Dom Columba is elected Abbot of Maredsous.
October 3, 1909: He receives the abbatial blessing.
February-March, 1912: Journey to Rome with Cardinal Mercier.
March 3, 1912: First audience with Pope St. Pius X.
September-October, 1912: Voyage to Germany, Austria, and Rome on business concerning the Congregation and the Order.
September 22, 1912: Second audience with St. Pius X.
March, 1913: First stay at the Monastery of Caldey Island.
April-June, 1913: Journey to Italy for the jubilee celebrations of Monte Cassino, and the election of a Coadjutor to the Abbot-Primate (elected.May 13).
May 16, 1913: Third audience with St. Pius X (accompanied by the Abbot of Caldey).
June-July, 1913: Second journey to Caldey.
August 13, 1913: Death of Dom Hildebrand de Hemptinne at Beuron.
August 4, 1914: Belgium is invaded by the German armies.
September 14, 1914: Departure from Maredsous, incognito, to find a refuge for his young monks outside occupied Belgium.
Christmas, 1914: Organization of the young monks (refugees) at Edermine House, in Ireland.
February 8, 1916: Dom Marmion leaves Edermine in an effort to return to Belgium.
February-March, 1916: Seriously ill in London. - May 19, 1916: Return to Maredsous through Holland.
December, 1918 — June 2, 1919: Long journey through France, Italy, England, Ireland on business concerning Maredsous.
January 26, 1919: First audience with Pope Benedict XV.
February 5, 1919: The abbeys of Maredsous and Mont-César are separated by the Holy See from the Beuronese Congregation. They will form, with Abbey of Saint André at Bruges, the Belgian Benedictine Congregation.
April, 1919: Very serious illness in Dublin, and convalescence in Ire- land.
July-August, 1919: Journey to France, Italy, England for several retreats and other business.
July 27, 1919: Second audience with Benedict XV. June 9, 1920: Visit of Queen Elizabeth of the Belgians to Maredsous.
October 15, 1922: The Golden Jubilee of the foundation of Maredsous Abbey is celebrated, Cardinal Mercier presiding.
January 23, 1923: Abbot Marmion writes his last three letters. January 25, 1923: He celebrates his last Mass.
January 30, 1923: He dies a holy death.
ENGLISH BIBLIOGRAPHY
A. BooKs BY Dom MARMION
Christ, the Life of the Soul [1917]. Trans. by a Nun of Tyburn; London, Sands; and St. Louis, Herder, 1925.
Christ in His Mysteries [1919], 2nd ed. 1931. Trans. by an Nun of Tyburn; London, Sands; St. Louis, Herder, 1939.
Christ the Ideal of the Monk [1922]. Trans. by a Nun of Tyburn; London, Sands; St. Louis, Herder, 1926, 3rd ed. 1942.
Christ the Ideal of the Priest [1951]. According to autograph manuscript. Trans. by Matthew Dillon, O.S.B.; London, Sands; and St. Louis, Herder, 1952.
Sponsa Verbi; The Virgin Consecrated to Christ [1923]. Trans. by Francis Izard; London, Sands; St. Louis, Herder, 1925.
Union with God; according to the letters of direction of Don Marmion [1934]. Trans. by Mother Mary St. Thomas, 1935; London, Sands; St. Louis, Herder, 1935. .
B. ANTHOLOGIES OF EXTRACTS
FROM PUBLISHED BOOKS
Words of Life. Daily Meditations on the Mass [1937]. Trans. by Mother St. Thomas; London, Sands, 1940; Herder, 1941. Suffering with Christ [1941]. Westminster, Md., Newman Press, 1952.
The Trinity in Our Spiritual Life [1946]. Westminster, Md., Newman Press, 1953.
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The Way of the Cross [1923]. Trans. by a Nun of Tyburn; London, Sands, 1923.
The Mysteries of the Rosary [1942]. Trans. by the Monks of Marmion; Aurora, Ill., Marmion Abbey, 1949.
Our Way and Our Life. An abridged edition of Christ in His Mysteries. London, Sands, 1927.
C. BOOKS ABOUT ABBOT MARMION
Raymond Thibaut, O.S.B. Abbot Columba Marmion. A Master of Spiritual Life [1929]. Trans. by Mother Mary St. Thomas; London, Sands; and St. Louis, Herder, 1932.
M. M. Philipon, O.P. The Spiritual Doctrine of Dom Marmion [1954]. Trans. by Matthew Dillon, O.S.B., 1956. London, Sands; Westminster, Md., Newman Press, 1956. ~
Abbot Marmion. An Irish Tribute, edited by the monks of Glenstal. Cork, Mercier Press; and Westminster, Md., Newman Press, 1948.
More about Dom Marmion, Dublin, Clonmore and Reynolds, 1949.
Abbot Columba Marmion (booklet) by the monks of Marmion Abbey. Benet Lake, Wis., Our Faith Press, 1958.
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