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Monthly Archives: March 2017
EUGENE AND THE HISTORY OF FRANCE: A DANGEROUS ATTEMPT TO COUNTERACT THE PROPAGANDA OF NAPOLEON
The enterprise is difficult, I am not concealing that fact from myself, it is not without danger even since I am proposing nothing less than to oppose with all my power the sinister ways of a highly suspicious government which … Continue reading
A NEW ADVENTURE: A CERTIFICATE IN OBLATE STUDIES
I am delighted to be able to announce that the Kusenberger Chair of Oblate Studies at Oblate School of Theology is offering an academic program in Oblate Studies. A dream comes true… METHOD OF PRESENTATION Initially offered only online, asynchronously, … Continue reading
EUGENE AND THE HISTORY OF FRANCE: THE HOLY FATHER WEPT AS HE KEPT WATCHING THEM, AND BLESSING THEM
We have seen that when the Pope had been released, the people of Aix had expressly disobeyed Napoleon’s orders and flocked to greet the Holy Father as he passed by their city. Eugene was one of them. It was a … Continue reading
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EUGENE AND THE HISTORY OF FRANCE: THE POPE RELEASED BY NAPOLEON
In February 1814, the Pope was released from his imprisonment. Napoleon had expressly forbidden that the Pope pass through the city of Aix because he did not wish him to receive any popular acclamation. Nevertheless the people of Aix flocked … Continue reading
EUGENE AND THE HISTORY OF FRANCE: IT WILL ALSO BE UPON THE YOUTH THAT I WILL WORK
Having just outlined the evil situation in which the young people found themselves, Eugene saw the urgency of responding to Napoleon’s attacks, despite the personal danger this would entail from him from Napoleon’s police. The central thrust of the newly-ordained … Continue reading
EUGENE AND THE HISTORY OF FRANCE: NAPOLEON’S PLAN IS THE TOTAL DESTRUCTION OF THE CATHOLIC RELIGION
On his return to Aix in the middle of 1812, Eugene’s early priestly ministry was conducted under the cloud of Napoleon. It is not difficult to grasp that the immoral Napoleon’s plan and that of his infamous government’s is the … Continue reading
EUGENE AND THE HISTORY OF FRANCE: NAPOLEON AND THE NEWLY-ORDAINED FATHER DE MAZENOD
Fr. Pielorz tells us about Eugene’s responsibility in the Seminary as a result of Napoleon’s actions: Father Émery, a fearless defender of the Pope against the encroachments of the emperor, set the tone for the seminary. A furious Napoleon ordered … Continue reading
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EUGENE AND THE HISTORY OF FRANCE: THE BLACK CARDINALS AND THE SEMINARIAN
Yvon Beaudoin narrates the events that Eugene was connected with as a seminarian in Paris and the Roman cardinals, who had been stripped of their insignia and who were only allowed to wear black cassocks: In June 1810, Napoleon exiled … Continue reading
EUGENE AND THE HISTORY OF FRANCE: NAPOLEON I AND EUGENE THE SEMINARIAN
Yvon Beaudoin fills in the background for us: On May 1, 1804, Napoleon succeeded in having the Senate bestow upon him the title of hereditary Emperor of the French. For all intents and purposes, he re-established the monarchy that the … Continue reading
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EUGENE AND THE HISTORY OF FRANCE: NAPOLEON I AND THE CHURCH
In order to understand the actions and the charism of Eugene de Mazenod, we need to spend some time understanding the historical and political situation in which he lived and to which he responded. In 1802 Eugene’s time of exile … Continue reading