{"id":4778,"date":"2021-05-03T02:00:56","date_gmt":"2021-05-03T00:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4778"},"modified":"2021-04-29T00:00:14","modified_gmt":"2021-04-28T22:00:14","slug":"our-duty-in-response-to-this-remarkable-favour-is-to-neglect-nothing-in-training-religious-who-are-fit-to-serve-the-church-and-society","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4778","title":{"rendered":"OUR DUTY IN RESPONSE TO THIS REMARKABLE FAVOUR IS TO NEGLECT NOTHING IN TRAINING RELIGIOUS WHO ARE FIT TO SERVE THE CHURCH AND SOCIETY"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>The Oblates were experiencing a growth in vocations. God&#8217;s gift in calling new members required a response of gratitude expressed in generosity in caring for and developing the growth of these young men.<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<h3>\nT<strong>here is no sacrifice we should not make for the education and good direction of the numerous members the Lord has so liberally given us, for which fact we will never be able to thank him enough. Our duty in response to this remarkable favour is to neglect nothing in training religious who are fit to serve the Church and society.<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>Growing numbers ensured a more fruitful mission in the future<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>In moments when we feel hard pressed, we may now envisage a fairly near future when we will be able to act with greater ease. That is sufficient motive to encourage us and to help us to be patient.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Letter to Hippolyte Court\u00e8s, 23 August 1842, EO IX n 775<\/em><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: left;\">Eugene&#8217;s words evoke a sense of gratitude for our vocations directors, formation personnel, and for the immeasurable generosity of our Mazenodian Family members who make the training of new missionaries possible. They are remembered each day in the prayers of the Congregation.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Oblates were experiencing a growth in vocations. God&#8217;s gift in calling new members required a response of gratitude expressed in generosity in caring for and developing the growth of these young men. There is no sacrifice we should not &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4778\">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-4778","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4778","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=4778"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4778\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4778"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4778"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4778"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}