Eugene\u2019s and the Oblates\u2019 care for the victims of cholera was of a pastoral sacramental nature. The novices were unable to provide this type priestly ministry, and so Eugene want them out of harm\u2019s way so that they can stay healthy in order to be ordained in the future. He asks for his mother\u2019s help in this.<\/p>\n
\nI am worried about our novitiate. There is nothing more fitting than that all priests stay to carry out their ministry zealously even at the peril of their lives; but all those young men who are the hope of the Congregation that I founded with such difficulty, to what good is it to expose them without benefit for anyone? I am entertaining an idea which I wanted to tell you and receive your reaction before mentioning it to anyone else. What if I were to send them to St-Laurent. They could sleep in the hayloft, for there are no beds, and they could live in the chateau, safe from any danger, and attend to their regular religious exercises.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Letter to his mother, 20 July 1835, EO VIII n 85<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Eugene\u2019s and the Oblates\u2019 care for the victims of cholera was of a pastoral sacramental nature. The novices were unable to provide this type priestly ministry, and so Eugene want them out of harm\u2019s way so that they can stay … Continue reading