{"id":5105,"date":"2022-04-07T02:00:48","date_gmt":"2022-04-07T00:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5105"},"modified":"2022-04-05T20:00:55","modified_gmt":"2022-04-05T18:00:55","slug":"god-is-helping-this-good-father-to-make-him-succeed-in-some-undertakings-where-the-most-skilful-would-fail","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5105","title":{"rendered":"GOD IS HELPING THIS GOOD FATHER TO MAKE HIM SUCCEED IN SOME UNDERTAKINGS WHERE THE MOST SKILLFUL WOULD FAIL"},"content":{"rendered":"

To respond to the needs of the poor domestic servants, Bishop Eugene had been instrumental in the founding of the Sisters of Compassion in collaboration with Fr. Jean Fran\u00e7ois Barth\u00e8s, S.J.<\/h3>\n

I visited the establishment of the new Dames de la Compassion [Sisters of Compassion]. Evidently, the good God is helping this good Father Barth\u00e8s to make him succeed in some undertakings where the most skilful would fail.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

In his diocese he wanted the laity to be fully involved in the various works of mercy, and tried to provide religious to support them, where possible. The founding of the Sisters of Compassion aimed at supporting the ministry to domestics.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Even so, I recommended to him that l\u2019Oeuvre des Domestiques [the Work of the Domestics] be not neglected. It is essentially for this work that I have adopted this new Order or, to say it better, that I have let it develop under my auspices and my authority.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Eugene de Mazenod\u2019s Diary, 29 June 1845, EO XXI<\/em><\/h3>\n

“Arriving in Marseilles in 1843, Jean-Fran\u00e7ois Barth\u00e8s encountered a community of Sisters of the Holy Family from Bordeaux who had been called to the city by Eugene de Mazenod, Bishop of Marseilles, to care for the sick in their homes and to open a house for young women who had left the country to work as domestic servants. Bishop de Mazenod then thought of creating an autonomous congregation, entirely dedicated to the work of domestic servants, and entrusted the task to Barth\u00e8s. Barth\u00e8s created the congregation on June 25, 1843 in Marseilles; it was erected as an institute of diocesan right on June 16, 1845, the same day the first twelve postulants received the religious habit from the bishop.” https:\/\/fr.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/S\u0153urs_de_Notre-Dame_de_la_Compassion_de_Marseille<\/a><\/h3>\n
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A picture of Fr. Barth\u00e8s on the left, and of the first Sisters on the right<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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