In connection with the new investigation Friar Richard was charged with the preparation of a “Positio super Virtutibus”. The result of this many years’ work are two volumes with documents and summarizing surveys about the different aspects of Scheppers ’life and about the activities of the congregation till the year 1877.

After a detailed investigation V. Scheppers was declared  “respectable”  on March 17th 1987 by Pope Joahnnes Paulus II. The documents brought together by Friar Richard are of an extreme significance for the knowledge of Scheppers’ life and of his foundations.

 

Nevertheless, they do not completely satisfy the contemporary reader. Everything is namely concentrated upon the religious values in V. Scheppers’ life. Documents and comments have been selected from this viewpoint. They were also translated in French for publication, while lots of original texts were set in The Dutch language of the 19th century.