{"id":5258,"date":"2022-10-21T01:00:50","date_gmt":"2022-10-21T00:00:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5258"},"modified":"2022-10-14T03:33:44","modified_gmt":"2022-10-14T02:33:44","slug":"this-is-a-shrine-to-mary-our-holy-mother-and-patroness-which-needs-to-be-developed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5258","title":{"rendered":"THIS IS A SHRINE TO MARY, OUR HOLY MOTHER AND PATRONESS, WHICH NEEDS TO BE DEVELOPED"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Mary was the first person to take the ‘way’ to enter the Kingdom of God that Christ opened, a way which is accessible to the humble, to all who trust in the ord of God and endeavor to put it into practice.”\u00a0\u00a0(Pope Benedict XVI)<\/span><\/p>\n

In 1819, the Oblates had discovered that the ministry of Marian sanctuaries as places of mission was an aspect of our God-given charism. Twenty seven years later, the shrine of Bon Secours joined the list as a missionary pilgrimage center, a place from which parish missions were to be preached and a juniorate established to provide Oblate vocations. Eugene entrusted this responsibility to Father Dassy.<\/p>\n

The mission that I am giving you is one of trust. I chose you to be the founder of our new house because I know your attachment to our family, your zeal, and your capacity to bring the matter to term.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Letter to Fr. Toussaint Dassy, at Bon Secours , France, 24 February 1846, EO X n 890<\/em><\/p>\n

Yvon Beaudoin quotes the minutes of the General Council meeting at which this decision was made:<\/p>\n

” Bishop Guibert was very attached to his own religious family and thus he decided to ask the Oblates to serve the shrine and to preach missions in a sector of his diocese. The General Council readily acceded to this request, for it corresponded so well with the ends of the Congregation. In the minutes of the January 14, 1845 Council meeting we read: \u201cThis is a shrine to Mary, our holy Mother and Patroness, which needs to be developed and our Congregation is called to do the same in other pilgrimage places that have been entrusted to us\u2026 By its location on the borders of the dioceses of Viviers, N\u00efmes and Mende, this house presents us with a vast field that is worthy of the zeal of those among us who will be its personnel\u2026\u201d<\/em> (https:\/\/www.omiworld.org\/lemma\/notre-dame-de-bon-secours-1845-1994\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n

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