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SYNODALITY: LISTEN TO ONE ANOTHER IN CHARITY, AND BE GUIDED BY THE GOSPEL
Fr. Dassy was named superior of the new community in Nancy. He was a serious scholarly person and was in charge of a house of 20 people, including young priests and many novices. 28 year-old Fr. Santoni was the novice … Continue reading
THE GOOD FATHER PERRON HAS WELDED THEM TOGETHER BY HIS HOLY DEATH
After only seven years of a growing Oblate presence in England, the results were evident and promised well for the future. As shocked as the Congregation had been at the untimely death of Fr Perron, Eugene saw his influence in … Continue reading
WE HAVE GREAT INTERESTS AT STAKE
You will not be surprised if I do not make a visit to England as I had planned; but I could not refrain from sending Father Aubert. We have great interests at stake. There is question of accepting a beautiful … Continue reading
I AM ASTONISHED AT WHAT HE PERMITS HIMSELF TO DO WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE
The missionaries were human and, as zealous as they may have been sometimes their human foibles got in the way of their ministry. Father Daly, the founder of the Oblate mission in England had a very poor sense of judgement … Continue reading
ONE MORE OF THE CHOSEN OF OUR FAMILY IS IN HEAVEN
Father Frederic Perron was 35 when he died of typhus, and had spent three years in England. He had worked in Penzance and then as superior of Grace Dieu in Leicestershire, and then was appointed superior of the community in … Continue reading
A VOID WHICH MUST BE FILLED AS SOON AS POSSIBLE
Zeal to respond to the cry of the poor and most abandoned by preaching the Gospel needed Missionaries. In England, the sudden death of the 35 year-old Fr Perron led to a gap that had to be filled urgently. Alas! … Continue reading
ALL THAT I FEAR IS THAT THE LORD HAS FOUND HIM RIPENED FOR HEAVEN
Fr. Jean-Pierre Bernard, 26 years old, had been ordained in 1847 and left for Canada. Within months of his arrival he succumbed to an epidemic of typhus. Eugene received the news and wrote in his diary: Our very good, very … Continue reading
HERE ARE TWO OF US, TWO ABLE BODIED VOLUNTEERS, VERY WILLING, ON FIRE TO SACRIFICE OURSELVES TO THE POINT OF MARTYRDOM
Hubenig concludes his narrative of the 1830 Revolution and riots: With the quelling of the workers riots, the press was muzzled and liberties were curtailed. As a result, there was no national outcry when 11,000 workers were transported to Algeria, … Continue reading
THE GREAT UPHEAVAL WHICH HAS RUINED ALL THE INDUSTRIES, RESTRICTED ALL SOURCES OF CAPITAL
The 1848 Revolution had not only had political consequences, but had affected the Missionary Oblates. Eugene wrote to Fr. Faraud in Canada: You will have learned that an unexpected revolution has saddled us with a republic which up to now … Continue reading
THEY OFFERED THEIR MINISTRY TO THE WOUNDED OF WHOM MOST UNFORTUNATELY HAVE DIED
The good Lord has preserved us in the midst of a real danger, and many of our Fathers have nobly accomplished the duty of charity that circumstances imposed on them: they offered their ministry to the wounded of whom most … Continue reading