{"id":5073,"date":"2022-03-23T01:00:41","date_gmt":"2022-03-23T00:00:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5073"},"modified":"2022-03-22T02:41:48","modified_gmt":"2022-03-22T01:41:48","slug":"those-good-priests-are-fulfilling-their-ministry-worthily-and-are-doing-a-great-deal-of-good","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5073","title":{"rendered":"THOSE GOOD PRIESTS ARE FULFILLING THEIR MINISTRY WORTHILY AND ARE DOING A GREAT DEAL OF GOOD"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Oblates had taken responsibility for the ministry of the Marian shrine of Notre Dame de Lumi\u00e8res (Our Lady of the Lights) in 1837. As a shrine it was a center of permanent mission from which the Oblates went to the surorunding villages to preach parish missions.<\/h3>\n

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You know that I acquired the former property of the Carmelites at N.D. de Lumi\u00e8res in order to station at the shrine some devoted priests who work and serve in the Avignon diocese. Each day I was more pleased to have made this sacrifice since everyone assures me – and you have told me the same thing yourself – that those good priests are fulfilling their ministry worthily and are doing a great deal of good at Lumi\u00e8res where they live, and\u00a0 in the parishes to which they are invited.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

The Mayor of the town was an anti-Catholic Freemason and was determined to cause difficulties for the missionaries. Eugene thus wrote to an influential Catholic of the area to ask him to intervene.<\/h3>\n

But now the Mayor of Goult is troubling me regarding the possession of my property by bringing up claims contrary to what I believe to be my rights. Here I have consulted distinguished legal advisers who recognized my titles to be legitimate and are sure that, if the Mayor persists in his claims, he would lose his suit. However, I must admit, my dear Marquis, that whatever my convictions might be on this matter, I feel I am extremely reluctant to stake the extreme measure of pleading my cause against the very commune where is located the residence of these kind priests who are peaceful by character as well as by vocation. Thus I confidently approach you to use your good standing with the Prefect and have him dissuade this troublesome Mayor from forcing me to defend my rights before the courts; to avoid this trouble, I would be on my part willing to make some sacrifices.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Letter to the Marquis de Cambis, 4 December 1844, EO XIII n 103<\/em><\/h3>\n

The good ministry of the Oblate community continues to this day in the shrine and surroundings.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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