Three more prescriptions of a legal nature follow in the first Rule regarding relations with the Bishops, and then the final paragraph states:<\/p>\n
\n\u00a0Vicars General and Gentlemen: Such is a comprehensive outline of the regulations that the undersigned priests present for your approval in requesting your authorization to form a community.<\/strong><\/h5>\n
Done in Aix, 25 January 1816<\/strong><\/h5>\n
Eug\u00e8ne de Mazenod, Tempier, Icard, Mie, Maunier, Deblieu<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Request to the Capitular Vicars of Aix, 25 January 1816, O.W. XIII n.2<\/em><\/p>\n
\u00a0The paramount importance of this action of 25 January 1816 in the rich and varied life of Eugene de Mazenod is clear when, just a few hours before his death in 1861, he asked one of the Oblates at his bedside to communicate a message to all the Oblates:<\/p>\n
\nBe sure to tell them that I die happy\u2026 that I die happy that God was so good as to choose me to found the Congregation of the Oblates in the Church.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Circular Letter to the Congregation 26 May 1861<\/em><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Three more prescriptions of a legal nature follow in the first Rule regarding relations with the Bishops, and then the final paragraph states: \u00a0Vicars General and Gentlemen: Such is a comprehensive outline of the regulations that the undersigned priests present … Continue reading