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When Eugene returned from exile, he was not immediately able to enjoy the delights of the city of Aix because he had military conscription hanging over his head. There was a real possibility of him being drafted if his name came up in the lottery. To escape this fate, he had the option of paying for a replacement. As a result, Mrs. de Mazenod sent her son to Saint Laurent because the cost of finding a replacement in a small village would not be as high as it would be in a city like Aix. Eugene, therefore, went to spend five months at Saint Laurent while waiting for the census to take place. For him, it was a time of depressing boredom compared to the worldly life he had lived in Sicily. He wrote to his father:<\/em><\/p>\n http:\/\/www.omiworld.org\/en\/dictionary\/historical-dictionary_vol-1_s\/970\/saint-laurent-du-verdon\/<\/a><\/p>\n Unbeknown to this bewildered young man, God was at work in all these events to mold him and prepare him to be a future bearer of Gospel light and meaning to many who were without landmarks.<\/p>\n \u201cOf all the bewildering things about a new country, the absence of human landmarks is one of the most depressing and disheartening.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Willa Cather<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A\u00a0reminder of the map of the present series of reflections. In order to understand Mazenodian spirituality it is necessary to look at the formation of the instrument through whom the spirituality comes. What were the events and elements that formed … Continue reading \n
\u201cI have left that hateful solitude after five months of exile; they seemed more like five centuries.\u201d<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n
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