Father Jeancard seems to have expressed an opinion of not wishing to work on a mission with someone else. Eugene responded:<\/p>\n
\nNothing is more proper, my dear friend, than to make observations especially when they are addressed to a superior whose sentiments and the way he acts are known.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Eugene\u2019s continues to give us a glimpse of how he made decisions: by listening to all sides and trying to balance the good of the person and the good of the mission of the Oblate Congregation.<\/p>\n
\nYou knew that I am not one of those who does not take into account all the little preferences – I would even say weaknesses – of their subjects, but only wants to see perfect obedience in what they require them to do and never bother about anything else apart from what has to be done.<\/strong><\/h5>\n
I have always tried to combine all (particular) interests which can be combined with the good order of the Society and the good of souls; so, without approving your distastes, I have always been careful to put them on the scales, and if they have not always won the day, they have always been weighed nevertheless.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Then, as a father and superior who knows Jeancard well, Eugene corrects him regarding his attitude:<\/p>\n
\nIt is, one cannot deny, a great pity that you have not been better at resisting them and all the more so because they extend to several individuals towards all of whom your prejudices are equally unjust. But there lies your failing and the precise evil of which you are not cured and which I deplore in you because I am convinced that these (lapses) are more voluntary than you think and that they spring from sentiments which are certainly not virtuous..<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Eventually, Eugene opted for the desires of Jeancard:<\/p>\n
\nIn any case, to please you I have changed our plan; you will not go to the Dauphin\u00e9, Father Honorat will go in your stead on this mission, you will remain in Languedoc and work there until further notice.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Letter to Jacques Jeancard, 26 September 1829, EO n 337<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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