The young Missionaries had zealously committed themselves to preaching a parish mission at very short notice in Allauch, a market town in the vicinity of Marseille<\/p>\n
\nCan one allow oneself to be so thoughtless as to commit oneself to a mission at a week\u2019s notice? Do you think you can go on mission as one goes to say Mass? Don\u2019t you think that one should have taken a little time, both to prepare oneself and to put order in the affairs that one leaves behind? So it is impossible to have the mission begin on Sunday.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n
So Eugene stalled them so as to avoid the problems that they had encountered through proper lack of preparation in another town. By putting it off for a week he was able to organize four Oblates from November 21 to mid-December.<\/p>\n
\nNow it remains to know exactly what the population is so that I may make the number of missionaries proportionate to the need. In a mixed country, I cannot risk a second version of Ventabren! If three missionaries suffice, I will send Fathers Suzanne, Jeancard and Marcou. If there must be four, Father Albini could join them, if only to help with confessions.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Letter to Hippolyte Court\u00e8s, 9 November 1824, EO VI n 157<\/em><\/p>\n
Let our advance worrying become advance thinking and planning.”\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Winston Churchill<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The young Missionaries had zealously committed themselves to preaching a parish mission at very short notice in Allauch, a market town in the vicinity of Marseille Can one allow oneself to be so thoughtless as to commit oneself to a … Continue reading