Once the euphoria of the mission was over and people returned to their ordinary everyday occupations, the danger existed that all that had been achieved would gradually be forgotten. The fact that the parish priest had been involved in the mission and in the confessional ensured a certain continuity. By benefiting from the enthusiasm of the missions the Oblates established various structures to ensure continuity as well.
One of the structures to which they gave much importance was the establishment of a congregation for girls. Through this they aimed at having a support group for them that would help them to live chastely. Similar ventures were aimed at the men, giving them places to meet and recreate away from the bars and other venues that led them into temptation.
One such endeavour is found in a poster that was printed and distributed after the mission in the village of Remollon in 1819
REGULATIONS FOR THE INNS PUBS AND CABARETS OF THE PARISH OF REMOLLON
Deeply convinced of their duties as Christians, the innkeepers, pub-owners and cabaret-owners have unanimously decided that hence-forth they will carry on their work in a way that does not compromise their conscience.
Accordingly they bind themselves before God:
1. Never to serve meat on days when the Holy Church prescribes abstinence.
2. To forbid any person from singing obscene or lewd songs in their cabarets, inns or pubs respectively.
3. Never to allow on their premises people who utter blasphemies against God, impieties or use bad language.
4. Never to allow the playing of forbidden games.
5. To tenaciously refuse wine to those who want to drink to excess.
6. To punctually close the inns, pubs or cabarets during divine celebrations, and during hours prescribed by the civil administration, and not to admit anyone during those hours. An exception is made for the inns that may receive passing foreigners.
The articles cited above will be placed in
the Sanctuary of Our Lady of Laus
as an everlasting memorial to the sincere, effective and un-changing will of the innkeepers, pub-owners and cabaret-owners of Remollon who keep the Holy Laws of God and of the Church.
Given at Remollon during the Mission, on the second day of February, in the year 1819.