Imagine a 29 year-old Oblate being tasked with the responsibility of starting a brand new ministry in a shrine and being appointed religious superior of a 26 year-old hyperactive and extremely intelligent Oblate (Dassy) and also of a newly professed and highly-talented Oblate (Vincens) who is two years older than himself. A daunting task, humanly, for the inexperienced Guigues – hence the admonitions of Eugene to remember that, despite his youth, he is the superior and that he has serious obligations.<\/p>\n
\n… I will be sending you Father Vincens who begins his retreat today for his oblation on Monday. I am asking a big sacrifice. I was counting on him to assist the Master of Novices and to prepare himself through an on-going experience of the novitiate\u2019s classical regularity to become Superior at Billens.<\/strong>
\nI want Father Guigues to have a thorough grasp of all the obligations incumbent upon him.<\/strong>\u00a0<\/span><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\nLetter to Fathers Guigues and Dassy, 18 August 1834, EO VIII n 484<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Imagine a 29 year-old Oblate being tasked with the responsibility of starting a brand new ministry in a shrine and being appointed religious superior of a 26 year-old hyperactive and extremely intelligent Oblate (Dassy) and also of a newly professed … Continue reading