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MISSIONARIES AT HOME
Just because the Missionaries had been forced to cancel two parish missions because of exhaustion, did not mean that they sat around idly. The normal ministry of the community to the youth and to the people of Aix in the … Continue reading
BURNOUT
It was high time I thought of extricating myself from that innumerable throng of tasks of every kind that overwhelms me spiritually and physically and came on retreat to apply myself seriously in the matter of my salvation by carefully … Continue reading
THE IMPORTANCE OF THE MISSION CRUCIFIX
Founder-to-founder, Eugene continues his reflections to Forbin-Janson on some aspects of preaching missions. Here he speaks about the important role of the crucifix during missions. Like the Redemptorists, the Missionaries of France used it only when preaching missions. For the … Continue reading
YOU ARE THE TWENTY-SECOND PARISH PRIEST WHO HAS CALLED ON US
The small band of Missionaries concluded their first year of existence with a third mission at the end of 1816 – it was in Marignane, and I have made ample use above of the Diary that Eugene kept during this … Continue reading
SUPER-HUMAN EFFORTS TO HEAR THE CONFESSIONS OF EVERYONE IN THE VILLAGE
The need of the villagers was great and Fathers Tempier and Mie did not return to Aix after the mission in Fuveau, but stayed an extra ten days to fulfill their promise to the inhabitants of Gréasque and St-Savournin. These … Continue reading
I REJOICED ON SEEING THAT THE LAND WE CULTIVATED IS IN GOOD HANDS
After the mission, the pastor of Fuveau wrote to the diocesan authorities about the fruits of the mission: Working people, forced to earn their bread by the sweat of their brow, made the greatest sacrifices to obtain the benefit of … Continue reading
OUR MISSIONS ARE FEATS OF STRENGTH
At the end of the mission in Fuveau, Eugene wrote to his friend, Forbin Janson: It was impossible, my beloved brother, to reply to the letter which you last wrote to me. I was on a mission and our missions … Continue reading
ON THE HONEYMOON OF THEIR MISSIONARY BEGINNINGS
The mission in Fuveau took place from the 1st to the 29th September, 1816 and was conducted by Eugene and Fathers Tempier, Mie and Deblieu. In their book, Al Hubenig and René Motte write of this mission: That the missionaries … Continue reading
SHOW THEM A LIGHT MORE BRILLIANT THAN THE SUN
With his health restored after his prolonged break, Eugene returned to Aix and to the activities of the Missionaries. The season for preaching parish missions was approaching. They were about to set out to the village of Fuveau for their … Continue reading
WE ARE DETERMINED TO BEGIN WITH THE VILLAGES
Eugene continues to show the direction of the decisions made regarding their choice of ministry. Forbin Janson had invited them to assist him in the preaching of two city missions. Eugene and the Missionaries refuse, seeing their calling towards the … Continue reading