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150 YEARS LATER, WHO IS SAINT EUGENE?

EUGENE, FOUNDER OF A RELIGIOUS CONGREGATION © Laurent Girard / Studio Mazenod (2011) – Tableau du Jean-Jacques Martin 1818, November 1. The missionary community becomes a congregation of religious priests and brothers who make vows to live the evangelical counsels. … Continue reading

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150 YEARS LATER, WHO IS SAINT EUGENE?

EUGENE, FOUNDER OF A CONGREGATION OF MISSIONARIES © Laurent Girard / Studio Mazenod (2011) – Tableau du Jean-Jacques Martin 1815 : Eugene understands that God was calling him to invite other like-minded men to participate in his missionary dream It … Continue reading

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150 YEARS LATER, WHO IS SAINT EUGENE?

EUGENE, MARTYR OF CHARITY © Laurent Girard / Studio Mazenod (2011) – Tableau du Jean-Jacques Martin I encountered among these poor prisoners whom I helped spiritually and materially… only grateful souls, hearts full of affection who responded perfectly to the … Continue reading

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150 YEARS LATER, WHO IS SAINT EUGENE?

EUGENE, MINISTER OF GOD-GIVEN HUMAN DIGNITY © Laurent Girard / Studio Mazenod (2011) – Tableau du Jean-Jacques Martin 1813: The beginning of Eugene’s preaching to the most abandoned Come now and learn from us what you are in the eyes … Continue reading

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150 YEARS LATER, WHO IS SAINT EUGENE?

EUGENE, PRIEST OF THE MOST ABANDONED © Laurent Girard / Studio Mazenod (2011) – Tableau du Jean-Jacques Martin 1812 : returned to Aix as a young priest and lived in the house of his mother in the centre of the … Continue reading

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150 YEARS LATER, WHO IS SAINT EUGENE?

EUGENE, THE PRIEST WHO AIMED TO LOVE WITH THE LOVE OF JESUS CHRIST © Laurent Girard / Studio Mazenod (2011) – Tableau du Jean-Jacques Martin Impelled by a force from outside of himself, Eugene left Aix and followed: The vocation … Continue reading

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150 YEARS LATER, WHO IS SAINT EUGENE?

EUGENE, A YOUNG MAN TRANSFORMED BY HIS ENCOUNTER WITH JESUS CHRIST © Laurent Girard / Studio Mazenod (2011) – Tableau du Jean-Jacques Martin Around the age of 24 Eugene entered a period of self-searching, a journey that reached a high-point … Continue reading

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150 YEARS LATER, WHO IS SAINT EUGENE?

EUGENE, THE YOUNG MAN IN SEARCH OF HIMSELF © Laurent Girard / Studio Mazenod (2011) – Tableau du Jean-Jacques Martin   1802 – At the insistence of his mother, Eugene returned to France at the age of 20. His mother … Continue reading

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150 YEARS LATER, WHO IS SAINT EUGENE?

EUGENE, THE YOUNG NOBLEMAN IN EXILE 1791 – beginning of 11 years of emigration in Nice, Turin, Venice, Naples and Palermo – years of flight and fear and changing fortunes. © Laurent Girard / Studio Mazenod (2011) – Tableau du … Continue reading

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150 YEARS LATER, WHO IS SAINT EUGENE?

EUGENE THE CHILD 1 August 1782 – birth in Aix en Provence. Son of Charles Antoine de Mazenod, President of the Court of Accounts, and of Marie Rose Joannis. I have not changed over the years. I idolize my family. … Continue reading

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