The Inspiration of the Divine Calling of all People 23 innovative measures in the Church normally had to suffer. On his deathbed, Pallotti was still certain, despite all such negative experiences, that his inspiration and his work would continue, after his death even better than during his lifetime.16 Pallotti is not alone or isolated with his approaches, far more; he should be viewed in the context of his time. Impulses in the social, charitable realm, but also on the pastoral and theological level, began to break ground during his lifetime in several places. Independent of the question as to what extent Pallotti knew the thinking of his contemporaries such as Ozanam or Rosmini, certain developments, comparable to contemporary phenomena, were to some extent in the air. 0.3 Diversity and Community Pallotti’s relationship to the Church is multi-faceted. Out of his rich life in and with the Church, a few striking individual observations will be mentioned in what follows, which are of interest in connection with this study. A fi rst observation is the following. In Pallotti’s biography something remarkable, certainly unusual, is noticeable which seeks an interpretation. He took up various directions of spirituality in his own life, belonged to different communities and associations and drew from so many different sources, that the infl uence of various personalities and from varied literature can be discovered in his notes and writings. At fi rst glance, that might not appear to be unusual, but it is, based on the enormous fullness integrated through him. Like a smelting furnace, Pallotti took up an unbelievable number of elements and united them to his new whole, nourished his spiritual life from it and attempted to make this fruitful for others as well. When Pallotti received the tonsure in 1811, his decision for the path of the priesthood became permanent. He could not become a Capuchin due to his fragile physical constitution, yet he remained faithfully connected to the order and its spirituality throughout his life. Some infl uences of the spirituality of Francis of Assisi can be found with Pallotti. In the year 1816, when he was ordained a sub-deacon, he already belonged to ten different religious brotherhoods. In the year 1842, he was a member in 35 of them. It is not easy to imagine the management of these appointments in daily life, despite the enormous zeal and industry, which the biographers attest to him. Pallotti gathered everything that appeared to him as important, good or helpful for the spiritual life. Conversely, through his participation in the va16 FRANK II, 660. Regarding the Ecclesial Exp rience of Vincent Pallotti
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