{"id":1825,"date":"2012-12-01T05:00:57","date_gmt":"2012-12-01T03:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=1825"},"modified":"2012-11-28T13:09:15","modified_gmt":"2012-11-28T11:09:15","slug":"never-lose-sight-of-the-spirit-that-is-particular-to-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=1825","title":{"rendered":"NEVER LOSE SIGHT OF THE SPIRIT THAT IS PARTICULAR TO US"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Oblate presence in Marseille had begun with their acceptance of a chaplaincy to the Providence orphanage, which was immediately linked with the ministry to the Calvaire. [<em>See the entries above from 17 to 26 September 2012<\/em>]. We have seen how the zeal of the Missionaries led them to respond to many of the needs of the poor. Writing to the Director of the orphanage, Eugene reminded him that they were grateful to be providing religious services at the orphanage, but that the particular vocation of the Missionaries made them selective about their choices of ministry, and that the work of preaching missions took priority overy everything else.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>You will not be at all surprised that I gladly support in every way the generous initiatives of the work of Providence, even if our own vocation did not oblige me to perform with alacrity every good work that we are asked to do, when we see that we can perform it properly.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>The gratitude we owe to your work for having associated our Congregation to the concern for the poor children your work nourishes and wishes to form in virtue makes this a duty which it will always be a pleasure for us to fulfill.\u00a0<\/strong><\/h5>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>However, Gentlemen, I would hold it against myself if I did not remind you of what I told M. Bonnefoux, namely, that previous engagements would probably oblige me to withdraw during the first two missions of this year from the plan that you had proposed and that I had gladly accepted with the proviso that a reasonable latitude of freedom be allowed to the one I assign to this service to be absent for a time and be replaced as is done in the case of priests who are in charge of the care of souls.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Letter to M. Fliranhois Roux, President of the Men\u2019s Religious Association of Divine Providence, at Marseilles, EO XIII n. 43<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The little community stayed only one year at the Providence orphanage and its apostolic work in this house ceased with the arrival in 1823 of Bishop Fortun\u00e9 de Mazenod in Marseilles. It had been an intense apostolate. The Oblates here heard the confessions of several hundred children and catechized them. The Fathers also attracted the young people from the neighbouring parishes and prepared them for first holy communion. They even founded a Youth Congregation similar to that of Aix.&#8221;\u00a0 Yvon Beaudoin, \u201cMarseilles, Le Calvaire\u201d in <em>Oblate Historical Dictionary<\/em>, Volume 1.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><em>&#8220;To succeed in your mission, you must have single-minded devotion to your goal.&#8221;\u00a0 <\/em>Abdul Kalam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Oblate presence in Marseille had begun with their acceptance of a chaplaincy to the Providence orphanage, which was immediately linked with the ministry to the Calvaire. [See the entries above from 17 to 26 September 2012]. 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