August 30, birth in Saint-Briac (Brittany)

Entrance to the minor seminary of Châteaugiron

Entrance to the major seminary of Rennes

Called to the Benedictine order

October 15 , entry into the Abbey of Ste Anne de Kergonan.

Birth of his sister Marie-Thérèse

May 13, begins his year of Benedictine novitiate

May 17, simple profession of novice

First call from India

May 30, solemn profession of Benedictine monk

December 21, priestly ordination

September, mobilization for the Second World War

July, captured by German troops, he escapes and returns to the monastery

Death of his mother Louise Le Saux (Sonnerfaud)

First correspondence with Mgr. Mendonça, Bishop of Tiruchirappalli (Tamil Nadu) and

Father Jules Monchanin

July 26, leaves his monastery for India