Writing from Nice:<\/p>\n
\nI have already a priest who is willing to join but perhaps they will give him grudgingly as he is the director of the seminary; he is an angel of virtue and a charming man.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Letter to Henri Tempier, 7 July 1824, EO VI n145<\/em><\/p>\n
This man was Charles-Dominique Albini, of whom Angelo Capuano writes: In July 1823, he was appointed to teach moral theology in the major seminary of Nice. He did not limit his activity to teaching, however, but gladly did priestly ministry in the city\u2019s cathedral. It was when he was helping the parish priest conduct a retreat for ex-prisoners and misfits in July 1824 that he met Fathers de Mazenod and Suzanne: the latter had been called in to preach this retreat.<\/em> Father Albini was struck by their apostolic zeal, by the missionary ideal which animated them, by their fraternal relationship. From this he began to entertain the idea of living in a religious community. At the end of the retreat, he decided to join the recently founded Society of the Missionaries of Provence\u2026 On July 17th he began his novitiate.<\/em> \u201cAlbini, Charles Dominique\u201d in the Oblate Historical Dictionary http:\/\/www.omiworld.org\/dictionary.asp?v=5&vol=1&let=A&ID=536<\/a><\/p>\n
After his death, Eugene began to work towards introducing thecause for his canonization<\/p>\n
Our present Rule of Life says: The Postulator General, in accordance with the mind of the Superior General, diffuses a wider knowledge of Oblates who have enriched the Congregation’s history with an outstanding witness of their holiness; and he especially promotes, according to the Church’s common law, the causes of those who are a special source of inspiration not only for the Congregation but for the whole Church.<\/em><\/p>\n
CC&RR, Rule 149c<\/p>\n
\u201cThe fragrance of flowers spreads only in the direction of the wind. But the goodness of a person spreads in all directions.\u201d Chanakya<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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