{"id":5022,"date":"2022-02-11T02:00:34","date_gmt":"2022-02-11T01:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5022"},"modified":"2022-02-08T03:27:15","modified_gmt":"2022-02-08T02:27:15","slug":"should-not-my-children-show-me-that-i-may-act-toward-them-with-more-liberty-and-less-precaution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5022","title":{"rendered":"SHOULD NOT MY CHILDREN SHOW ME THAT I MAY ACT TOWARD THEM WITH MORE LIBERTY AND LESS PRECAUTION"},"content":{"rendered":"

In handling the case of the difficult Father Carles, Eugene explains his way of dealing with his Oblates.<\/h3>\n

You know well that I am greatly attached to him. I had certainly given him ample proof of my confidence by sending him to a major seminary such as Ajaccio. He simply did not understand the attitude to be taken in such a delicate situation. Is it negligence, lack of judgment, a lack of virtue? I really don\u2019t know. All that I wish is that he give some proof of the contrary in the community to which he belongs and which lives in such a good spirit, with little pretension, much simplicity, obedience and zeal.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

I am fearful of telling him all these things in writing because I know him to be sensitive and touchy. If I had occasion to speak with him I would not have hesitated to speak with him frankly; but you know that in verbal communication it would have been easy for me to remain within the bounds of any reaction \u2014 I suppose the truth would be a shock to him, while in written communication it is rather difficult to modify one\u2019s expression and explain one\u2019s thoughts sufficiently in a manner that will make it completely understood that one is speaking only for the good of the individual and for his greater usefulness in the service that is expected of him.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

I realize that a superior, and especially a father like myself, should not be reduced to such maneuvers and wariness; but should not my children show me that I may act toward them with more liberty and less precaution?<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Letter to Father Etienne Semeria, 15 December 1843, EO X n 826<\/em><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In handling the case of the difficult Father Carles, Eugene explains his way of dealing with his Oblates. You know well that I am greatly attached to him. I had certainly given him ample proof of my confidence by sending … Continue reading →<\/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-5022","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5022","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=5022"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5022\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5022"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5022"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5022"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}