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Three months after Bishop Eugene’s successful appeal to the people of his diocese for financial aid for those suffering in Ireland, Pope Pius IX issued an Encyclical Letter to all the countries of the world on the same topic. Not … Continue reading →

Two months after Bishop Eugene’s appeal to his diocese for aid for Ireland, he was able to send the equivalent in today’s currency of £13,300 British Pounds (USD 17 000) to Ireland.  He wrote to one of the Irish bishops: … Continue reading →

Concluding his appeal for help for the suffering Irish, Eugene stresses that all are called to help not only for humanitarian reasons, but more important because, as members of the Body of Jesus Christ, when one part suffers it affects … Continue reading →

As he writes to his diocese about the Irish Catholics suffering from famine, we find echoes of Bishop Eugene’s conversion experience at the foot of the Cross and his realization that he had been redeemed by the blood of the … Continue reading →

Having shared with the people of Marseilles some examples of the pitiful plight of the Catholics in Ireland, Bishop Eugene calls on them to help alleviate the effects of the potato famine in Ireland – especially because it is affecting … Continue reading →

Having presented the people of his diocese with the suffering of the Irish Catholics for their faith, Bishop Eugene now speaks about the terrible sufferings caused by the Potato Famine which had started two years earlier, in 1845. It was … Continue reading →

While rejoicing with the results of the prayers of the people of Marseilles for England, Bishop Eugene urges them to take a further step and put their prayers into action for the suffering people of Ireland, who had been suffering … Continue reading →

We must never forget that the letters of St Eugene were written around 200 years ago, in a world with sensitivities very different from our own today. That was the time of “extra ecclesiam nulla salus” (outside of the Roman … Continue reading →

Mass at la Mission de France, preceded by the reception of a Protestant and by the Confirmation of a certain number of adults. The chapel was filled with 700 men, the greatest number belonging to the infuential class of Marseilles … Continue reading →

The church of the “Mission of France” was the center in Marseilles where the Jesuits did their works of charity. Their way of doing this reflected and cooperated with the manner in which Bishop de Mazenod responded to the needs … Continue reading →