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PRAY AS THOUGH EVERYTHING DEPENDED ON GOD – WORK AS THOUGH EVERYTHING DEPENDED ON YOU.
Writing to Henri Tempier, from Rome: The Cardinal Secretary of State having said he would receive me at nine o’clock, I was at the stroke of this hour in his salon where he did not delay in receiving me with … Continue reading
BUILDING A SUPPORT BASE IN THE FACE OF OBSTACLES
The prevalent feeling in Rome was that the Pope was not formally approving any new religious congregations. Instead he would give a blessing to the work and encourage them to continue – only by “graces and indulgences”. Eugene needed the … Continue reading
WE WERE INCONSIDERATE IN REGARD TO OUR MOTHER
Oblates of the Immaculate Mary. But this is a passport to heaven! How have we not thought of it sooner? The entries of the past days have taken a look back at the place of Mary in the life of … Continue reading
WE ASK YOUR HOLINESS TO GIVES US THE NAME OF OBLATES OF MARY IMMACULATE
Having decided to change the name of our Congregation, Eugene now asked the Pope to give us this name officially. When this request was eventually granted, Eugene was able to proclaim everywhere that it was “the name that the Pope … Continue reading
CONSOLIDATE FOR EVER SUCH AN IMPORTANT WORK
Having presented the Pope with a picture of what was being achieved by the Oblates in the first ten years of our existence, Eugene underlined the importance of our Rule of Life. The local bishops of southern France had already … Continue reading
ONLY ONE THING IS LACKING
The Missionary Oblates of Saint Charles thus constituted have four houses and a hostel at the present. They are serving in six large dioceses. They are entrusted with the hospitals of Aix, the prisons of Marseilles, the prisons of Aix, … Continue reading
A REQUEST FOR DIRECT APPROVAL FROM THE KING
Eugene was not satisfied and not prepared to wait until the matter came before Parliament in the distant future (if ever it would have). By now everyone in Aix knew why he was in Paris, and he could not return … Continue reading
CAUGHT UP IN POLITICAL DELAYING TACTICS
Eugene’s interview with the Minister was polite, but it was clear that the Minister was finding as many reasons as possible to delay asking a hostile parliament to vote on this issue. There is nothing to do at the moment … Continue reading
APPEALING DIRECTLY TO THE MINISTER
Eugene travelled hurriedly to Paris, where he was to remain from July until November 1817. On his arrival he wrote to his community in Aix: I write only these two words, my dear and good brothers, to give you news … Continue reading