{"id":5020,"date":"2022-02-09T02:00:56","date_gmt":"2022-02-09T01:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5020"},"modified":"2022-02-07T02:52:09","modified_gmt":"2022-02-07T01:52:09","slug":"some-people-come-out-of-curiosity-but-they-depart-edified-and-satisfied-and-return","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5020","title":{"rendered":"SOME PEOPLE COME OUT OF CURIOSITY, BUT THEY DEPART EDIFIED AND SATISFIED, AND RETURN"},"content":{"rendered":"

It is important to bear in mind why the Founder sent Oblates to the British Isles. He had three motives: 1\/ to cooperate with the Catholic revival in England by bringing back to the Catholic Church those who had abandoned her; 2\/ to recruit English-speaking vocations to become Oblates; and 3\/ to open up missionary activity in the extensive British colonies around the world.<\/h3>\n

As we continue to read the fund-raising letter of Eugene to the Council of the Propagation of the Faith, some of these goals are seen in the way in which he describes the missionary work of the Oblates in south-eastern England<\/h3>\n

In an earlier letter Fr. Daly told me:<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

\u201cThings are going splendidly (at Penzance). It is truly consoling to see our beautiful church full of people every Sunday; almost never less than three of four hundred protestants from different sects come to hear us preach the truths of our Holy Religion. The protestant temples are practically abandoned and our church is always full even when the weather is inclement. Some people come out of curiosity, but they depart edified and satisfied, and return. At present there is an extraordinary tendency towards our Holy Religion. Minds are all astir and seeking the truth with inexpressible eagerness. Easter Sunday was truly a beautiful day for us\u201d (After a detailed description of that day he added), \u201cThe Protestants were enchanted by everything they saw and heard and the church was filled with the most respectable persons 2 hours before the evening service. There were at least 500 people in the pews and 250 obliged to remain standing. In the midst of this crowd, almost all protestant, there was always the deepest silence without the slightest confusion. After the sermon and benediction, I baptized an entire family composed of 6 people. I am unable to depict, etc…”<\/em><\/h3>\n

Rereading Fr. Daly\u2019s letter I see that he also speaks about the school they have begun to build. They already had 30 children at that time and counted on receiving a very large number, even Protestants; an additional reason to prompt the Council to grant to this special mission an even larger sum than what was granted last year.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Letter to the Council of the Propagation of the Faith, Lyon, 21 July 1844, EO V n 88.<\/em><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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