{"id":4829,"date":"2021-07-27T02:00:17","date_gmt":"2021-07-27T00:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4829"},"modified":"2021-07-25T03:34:45","modified_gmt":"2021-07-25T01:34:45","slug":"my-method-is-to-support-the-zeal-of-all-those-who-wish-to-consecrate-themselves-to-a-life-of-perfection-to-prayer-and-to-penitence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4829","title":{"rendered":"MY METHOD IS TO SUPPORT THE ZEAL OF ALL THOSE WHO WISH TO CONSECRATE THEMSELVES TO A LIFE OF PERFECTION, TO PRAYER AND TO PENITENCE"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>During his time in Marseilles, Bishop Eugene was responsible for bringing in twelve congregations of religious sisters to meet the needs of the poor and abandoned in his diocese. When he could not &#8220;import&#8221; he was instrumental in the founding of four new congregations of sisters in the city.\u00a0 In this extract from his diary, he speaks about one of these new foundations.<\/h3>\n<blockquote>\n<h3><strong>Mass at the Victimes du Coeur de J\u00e9sus <\/strong><em>[Victims of the Heart of Jesus]<\/em><strong> I solemnly blessed their chapel and gave the habit to two postulants. My method is to support the zeal of all those who wish to consecrate themselves to a life of perfection, to prayer and to penitence&#8230; As well, whatever may be said about it, I will always favor this type of vocation and the establishments that result from it.<\/strong><\/h3>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Eugene de Mazenod\u2019s Diary, 27 December 1842, EO XXI<\/em><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>During his time in Marseilles, Bishop Eugene was responsible for bringing in twelve congregations of religious sisters to meet the needs of the poor and abandoned in his diocese. When he could not &#8220;import&#8221; he was instrumental in the founding &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4829\">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-4829","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4829","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=4829"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4829\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4829"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4829"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4829"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}