{"id":5083,"date":"2022-03-30T02:00:24","date_gmt":"2022-03-30T00:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5083"},"modified":"2022-03-29T02:26:24","modified_gmt":"2022-03-29T00:26:24","slug":"take-our-new-foundations-in-america-under-your-protection","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5083","title":{"rendered":"TAKE OUR NEW FOUNDATIONS IN AMERICA UNDER YOUR PROTECTION"},"content":{"rendered":"

In the previous entry we saw how Eugene had described the new missions in Canada to the Council of the Propagation of the Faith. His letter continues:<\/h3>\n

I feel, gentlemen, that I have sufficiently illustrated for you the needs of the Bytown foundation and its importance in the light of the various ministries carried out by the missionaries there, an importance which increases every day considering the position of this city at the very center of communications between Upper and Lower Canada, the United States, and the North of this part of America. <\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

The renowned zeal which inspires you and associates you to any enterprise whose object is the propagation of the faith and the good of religion, the generosity with which you have granted abundant alms to various foundations opened in the United States and elsewhere by other missionary societies, and the goodness with which you have accepted our requests in favor of the Cornwall mission entrusted to the Oblates of Mary Immaculate in England, leads me to hope and assures me that you will be so kind as to take our new foundations in America under your protection and include them among the missions supported by the admirable Missionary Society you administer with such wisdom and devotion.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Letter to the Council of the Propagation of the Faith, 23 December 1844, EO V n 90<\/em><\/h3>\n

From the very beginning, without financial support, the Oblate missions to the most abandoned would be impossible. Today we recall with gratitude the countless benefactors who support and make possible our mission of evangelization<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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