A month earlier, Eugene had received an offer to join his priest friend, Forbin Janson, in an association of priests to restore the ravaged Church in France by means of preaching parish missions. This letter shows that the seed of the idea had taken root in Eugene and that he was discerning God’s will in this regard. To be in harmony with the will of God was one of the major recurring themes throughout Eugene’s life and actions.
I keenly desire to know your Constitutions, not that I think I will probably come to join you.
I still do not know what God wants of me but am so resolved to do his will that as soon as it is known to me I will leave tomorrow for the moon, if I have to.
Letter to Father Forbin Janson, 28 October 1814, O.W. VI n 2