Once a decision had been reached, Eugene wrote to the Bishop of Ajaccio to communicate this.<\/p>\n
\nI do not at all retract the promise that I made to support you with all my strength in the great mission that you must fulfil in the diocese that Divine Providence has just entrusted to your care. I have thanked the Lord countless times for having given those people a Chief Pastor like you, for I know how widespread evil is and I also know all that can be expected from your piety, zeal and the care which urges you to respond to your unfortunate flock, so long-abandoned.<\/strong><\/h5>\n
The field seems so vast and fertile to me, though covered with thorns, that, if I were still only a simple priest, I would not yield to anyone the honor of going myself to you and helping you to clear it; but what I am not able to do myself, others will do for me.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Letter to Bishop Casanelli d\u2019Istria, 19 September 1834, EO XIII n 83<\/em><\/p>\n
It was the call of the most abandoned, which continues to motivate the Mazenodian family today:<\/p>\n
The call of Jesus Christ, heard within the Church through people’s need for salvation, draws us together as Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate. Christ thus invites us to follow him and to share in his mission through word and work.<\/em><\/p>\n
OMI Constitutions and Rules, C 1<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Once a decision had been reached, Eugene wrote to the Bishop of Ajaccio to communicate this. I do not at all retract the promise that I made to support you with all my strength in the great mission that you … Continue reading