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GOD KNOWS WITH WHAT CONSOLATION I BAPTIZED THIS CHILD, SO JUDGE WHAT MUST HAVE BEEN MY SORROW TO BURY HER
Writing to Henri Tempier about, his niece, Caroline de Boisgelin’s death and funeral, Eugene confides his feelings: … God knows with what consolation I baptized this child, so judge what must have been my sorrow to bury her. However, that … Continue reading
WE GIVE THANKS TO GOD FOR HAVING CHOSEN FROM OUR FAMILY A PRIVILEGED SOUL
Our angel flew off to heaven, last night at three o’clock. Letter to Marius Suzanne, 26 June 1825, EO VI n188 Writing to his mother about, his niece, Caroline de Boisgelin’s illness and death, Eugene said: She always spoke of … Continue reading
A CONSTANT REMINDER OF OUR MORTALITY
In each house of the Society, in order to provide the members who live therein some good thoughts about death, there will always be kept in reserve a crucifix which will be hung in some visible place of a common … Continue reading
THE FIRST OBLATE TO DIE
Jourdan never recovered from the mental anguish he suffered from and died on 20 April 1823, a few months after his oblation. He was thus the first Oblate to die in the Society. Father Courtès, who was his superior at … Continue reading
PUTTING OUT THE LAMP
From the time that Eugene was 9 he had been in exile outside of revolutionary France. Most of the ensuing eleven years had been spent with his father – seven of them without his mother who had left them to … Continue reading
WHERE THERE IS MOURNING, THERE IS DANCING
After a few days of illness, Eugene’s father, President Charles Antoine de Mazenod died on the 10 October 1820. The biographer Rey recounts that “Father de Mazenod showed an admirable filial piety. He devoted himself with an infinite dedication to relieve … Continue reading
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DEATH!
In 1819, Paulin Castellas, a member of Eugene’s Youth Congregation died. For a while he had lived with other Aix students in the house of the Missionaries. Eugene’s reflection on this young man’s life was written in the Diary of … Continue reading
ALWAYS CLOSE TO THE PEOPLE AROUND THEM – ESPECIALLY IN SICKNESS AND DEATH
The church of the Oblate Mission house in Aix was never a parish. The community was young, dynamic and obviously attracted many people to their services –either in the church or in the various ministries of the Missionaries in the … Continue reading
COMMUNION IN DEATH
After the week of reflections on the Spanish martyrs, I pick up the thread that we have been following for many weeks on the Youth Congregation started by Eugene in Aix in 1813. We have seen the concern that the … Continue reading
YOU DID IT TO ME
The Youth Congregation was centred on the welfare of each young member. Continuing to develop the concept of the Congregation as a caring mother, Eugene explains what the young person has the right to expect when he becomes a member … Continue reading