Father Marie-Dominique Philippe OP., was born on September 8, 1912, at Cysoing, France, the eighth of twelve children in a family who gave the Church three Dominican brothers and four contemplative religious sisters.
After having completed his secondary education with the Jesuits at Lille, he entered the Order of Preachers in November 1930, at Amiens. He pronounced his vows in November 1931 and pursued his studies in philosophy and theology at the Saulchoir in Kain, Belgium, from 1931 to 1938. He was ordained to the priesthood in July, 1936.
After obtaining an additional diploma of higher studies, he taught philosophy and theology at the Saulchoir at Etiolles; the Dominican House of Studies of the Paris Province from 1939 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1962; and philosophy at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, from 1945 to 1982.
In addition to his teaching, he continued to give philosophical and theological conferences – mainly in France and Switzerland – to diverse audiences. He also preached retreats in many convents, in particular those of the Carmelites, Benedictines and Dominican Orders and also in the houses of the monastic family of Bethlehem, and in various Foyers de Charité. He also preached in foyers in Senegal, Togo, Rwanda, and other countries, and also to many youth groups.
In Fribourg in 1975, at the request of some French students, he founded the Community of the Brothers of St. John, he himself remaining a Dominican, followed a few years later by the Community of Contemplative Sisters and shortly afterwards of Apostolic Sisters. These three communities have been joined by a number of lay people – the Oblates of St. John – and together these communities form a new spiritual family in the Church: the Family of St. John.
Upon his return to France in 1982, and whilst continuing to pursue his varied apostolate, he devoted himself principally to the teaching of philosophy and theology in the formation houses of the Brothers of St. John in Rimont and St. Jodard. As its founder and prior general he taught and led the new community, which rapidly experienced a considerable growth and international expansion.
In Ars, France, on June 30, 2006, he celebrated his 70th anniversary of priestly ordination. The following day, Cardinal Franc Rodé, Prefect of the Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and presiding at the ordinations of several Brothers of St. John, paid Father Philippe a moving tribute. A few weeks later, following a stroke, Father Philippe lost the ability to speak. He remained in a profound silence, serenely awaiting the encounter with the One whom he so greatly desired to know and to make known. He died on August 26, 2006, aged 93.
His Funeral Mass, presided by Cardinal Philippe Barbarin was celebrated on Saturday, September 2, 2006, at 10.30 am., at Saint John's Cathedral in Lyons, followed by interment in the intimacy of the Family of Saint John in the Cemetery of Rimont.
After having completed his secondary education with the Jesuits at Lille, he entered the Order of Preachers in November 1930, at Amiens. He pronounced his vows in November 1931 and pursued his studies in philosophy and theology at the Saulchoir in Kain, Belgium, from 1931 to 1938. He was ordained to the priesthood in July, 1936.
After obtaining an additional diploma of higher studies, he taught philosophy and theology at the Saulchoir at Etiolles; the Dominican House of Studies of the Paris Province from 1939 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1962; and philosophy at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, from 1945 to 1982.
In addition to his teaching, he continued to give philosophical and theological conferences – mainly in France and Switzerland – to diverse audiences. He also preached retreats in many convents, in particular those of the Carmelites, Benedictines and Dominican Orders and also in the houses of the monastic family of Bethlehem, and in various Foyers de Charité. He also preached in foyers in Senegal, Togo, Rwanda, and other countries, and also to many youth groups.
In Fribourg in 1975, at the request of some French students, he founded the Community of the Brothers of St. John, he himself remaining a Dominican, followed a few years later by the Community of Contemplative Sisters and shortly afterwards of Apostolic Sisters. These three communities have been joined by a number of lay people – the Oblates of St. John – and together these communities form a new spiritual family in the Church: the Family of St. John.
Upon his return to France in 1982, and whilst continuing to pursue his varied apostolate, he devoted himself principally to the teaching of philosophy and theology in the formation houses of the Brothers of St. John in Rimont and St. Jodard. As its founder and prior general he taught and led the new community, which rapidly experienced a considerable growth and international expansion.
In Ars, France, on June 30, 2006, he celebrated his 70th anniversary of priestly ordination. The following day, Cardinal Franc Rodé, Prefect of the Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and presiding at the ordinations of several Brothers of St. John, paid Father Philippe a moving tribute. A few weeks later, following a stroke, Father Philippe lost the ability to speak. He remained in a profound silence, serenely awaiting the encounter with the One whom he so greatly desired to know and to make known. He died on August 26, 2006, aged 93.
His Funeral Mass, presided by Cardinal Philippe Barbarin was celebrated on Saturday, September 2, 2006, at 10.30 am., at Saint John's Cathedral in Lyons, followed by interment in the intimacy of the Family of Saint John in the Cemetery of Rimont.
Father Marie-Dominique Philippe OP., was born on September 8, 1912, at Cysoing, France, the eighth of twelve children in a family who gave the Church three Dominican brothers and four contemplative religious sisters.
After having completed his secondary education with the Jesuits at Lille, he entered the Order of Preachers in November 1930, at Amiens. He pronounced his vows in November 1931 and pursued his studies in philosophy and theology at the Saulchoir in Kain, Belgium, from 1931 to 1938. He was ordained to the priesthood in July, 1936.
After obtaining an additional diploma of higher studies, he taught philosophy and theology at the Saulchoir at Etiolles; the Dominican House of Studies of the Paris Province from 1939 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1962; and philosophy at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, from 1945 to 1982.
In addition to his teaching, he continued to give philosophical and theological conferences – mainly in France and Switzerland – to diverse audiences. He also preached retreats in many convents, in particular those of the Carmelites, Benedictines and Dominican Orders and also in the houses of the monastic family of Bethlehem, and in various Foyers de Charité. He also preached in foyers in Senegal, Togo, Rwanda, and other countries, and also to many youth groups.
In Fribourg in 1975, at the request of some French students, he founded the Community of the Brothers of St. John, he himself remaining a Dominican, followed a few years later by the Community of Contemplative Sisters and shortly afterwards of Apostolic Sisters. These three communities have been joined by a number of lay people – the Oblates of St. John – and together these communities form a new spiritual family in the Church: the Family of St. John.
Upon his return to France in 1982, and whilst continuing to pursue his varied apostolate, he devoted himself principally to the teaching of philosophy and theology in the formation houses of the Brothers of St. John in Rimont and St. Jodard. As its founder and prior general he taught and led the new community, which rapidly experienced a considerable growth and international expansion.
In Ars, France, on June 30, 2006, he celebrated his 70th anniversary of priestly ordination. The following day, Cardinal Franc Rodé, Prefect of the Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and presiding at the ordinations of several Brothers of St. John, paid Father Philippe a moving tribute. A few weeks later, following a stroke, Father Philippe lost the ability to speak. He remained in a profound silence, serenely awaiting the encounter with the One whom he so greatly desired to know and to make known. He died on August 26, 2006, aged 93.
His Funeral Mass, presided by Cardinal Philippe Barbarin was celebrated on Saturday, September 2, 2006, at 10.30 am., at Saint John's Cathedral in Lyons, followed by interment in the intimacy of the Family of Saint John in the Cemetery of Rimont.
After having completed his secondary education with the Jesuits at Lille, he entered the Order of Preachers in November 1930, at Amiens. He pronounced his vows in November 1931 and pursued his studies in philosophy and theology at the Saulchoir in Kain, Belgium, from 1931 to 1938. He was ordained to the priesthood in July, 1936.
After obtaining an additional diploma of higher studies, he taught philosophy and theology at the Saulchoir at Etiolles; the Dominican House of Studies of the Paris Province from 1939 to 1945 and again from 1951 to 1962; and philosophy at the University of Fribourg, Switzerland, from 1945 to 1982.
In addition to his teaching, he continued to give philosophical and theological conferences – mainly in France and Switzerland – to diverse audiences. He also preached retreats in many convents, in particular those of the Carmelites, Benedictines and Dominican Orders and also in the houses of the monastic family of Bethlehem, and in various Foyers de Charité. He also preached in foyers in Senegal, Togo, Rwanda, and other countries, and also to many youth groups.
In Fribourg in 1975, at the request of some French students, he founded the Community of the Brothers of St. John, he himself remaining a Dominican, followed a few years later by the Community of Contemplative Sisters and shortly afterwards of Apostolic Sisters. These three communities have been joined by a number of lay people – the Oblates of St. John – and together these communities form a new spiritual family in the Church: the Family of St. John.
Upon his return to France in 1982, and whilst continuing to pursue his varied apostolate, he devoted himself principally to the teaching of philosophy and theology in the formation houses of the Brothers of St. John in Rimont and St. Jodard. As its founder and prior general he taught and led the new community, which rapidly experienced a considerable growth and international expansion.
In Ars, France, on June 30, 2006, he celebrated his 70th anniversary of priestly ordination. The following day, Cardinal Franc Rodé, Prefect of the Congregation for the Institutes of Consecrated Life and presiding at the ordinations of several Brothers of St. John, paid Father Philippe a moving tribute. A few weeks later, following a stroke, Father Philippe lost the ability to speak. He remained in a profound silence, serenely awaiting the encounter with the One whom he so greatly desired to know and to make known. He died on August 26, 2006, aged 93.
His Funeral Mass, presided by Cardinal Philippe Barbarin was celebrated on Saturday, September 2, 2006, at 10.30 am., at Saint John's Cathedral in Lyons, followed by interment in the intimacy of the Family of Saint John in the Cemetery of Rimont.
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