{"id":4698,"date":"2021-03-08T03:00:47","date_gmt":"2021-03-08T02:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4698"},"modified":"2021-03-08T02:40:29","modified_gmt":"2021-03-08T01:40:29","slug":"let-us-do-everything-to-have-father-albini-honoured-as-much-as-he-himself-wanted-to-be-humble","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4698","title":{"rendered":"LET US DO EVERYTHING TO HAVE FATHER ALBINI HONOURED, AS MUCH AS HE HIMSELF WANTED TO BE HUMBLE"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Father Charles Albini had died in Corsica two years earlier. Eugene was convinced of his holiness &#8211; which had been shown in his way of life, his preaching and pastoral care of the most abandoned and of the seminarians. During his lifetime some miracles were attributed to him.<\/p>\n<p>Eugene speaks of this as he writes to Fr Semeria, the superior of the Oblates in Corsica.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p><strong><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-4713 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Albini_Dominique_1-1.0-211x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"211\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Albini_Dominique_1-1.0-211x300.jpg 211w, https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/Albini_Dominique_1-1.0.jpg 562w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 211px) 100vw, 211px\" \/>I request you to collect everything that relates to the blessed life of our Father Albini. When you meet people who have experienced the effects of his charity or who attribute the healing of their troubles to his intercession, draw up a written statement on all these; I intend to introduce his cause, were it only to have him declared venerable.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>I think it will be easy to achieve this; at least that is the opinion of the advocate who is promoting Father de la Salle\u2019s cause.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>Speak often of this saintly missionary. Arouse the confidence of people who have experienced the effects of his zeal; in a word, let us do everything to have him honoured as much as he himself wanted to be humble.<\/strong><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Letter to Fr. Etienne Semeria, 10 November 1841, EO IX n 748<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The cause was indeed introduced, and he was declared &#8220;Venerable&#8221; in 1968 after his life and writings were studied and the devotion of the people was noted.<\/p>\n<p>See: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.omiworld.org\/our-charism\/our-saints\/oblate-causes\/venerable-charles-dominique-albini-1790-1839\/biography\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">https:\/\/www.omiworld.org\/our-charism\/our-saints\/oblate-causes\/venerable-charles-dominique-albini-1790-1839\/biography\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Father Charles Albini had died in Corsica two years earlier. Eugene was convinced of his holiness &#8211; which had been shown in his way of life, his preaching and pastoral care of the most abandoned and of the seminarians. During &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4698\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4698","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4698"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4698\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4698"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4698"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4698"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}