{"id":5298,"date":"2022-11-17T01:00:22","date_gmt":"2022-11-17T00:00:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5298"},"modified":"2022-11-11T22:39:31","modified_gmt":"2022-11-11T21:39:31","slug":"he-is-another-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5298","title":{"rendered":"HE IS ANOTHER ME"},"content":{"rendered":"

“Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.” (Arthur Ashe)<\/span><\/p>\n

The Oblate presence in England started suddenly on an insecure foundation with the arrival of the just-ordained and inexperienced Father Daly. It was difficult for Eugene to find Oblates capable of learning and speaking English at such short notice. As the numbers grew, so was it necessary to ensure the presence of a mature Oblate to solidify the foundation. The person chosen was Father Casimir Aubert who could not be spared from his commitments in France, but who would visit England for long periods of time. Eugene wrote to Mr Phillipps:<\/p>\n

Reverend Father Aubert, to whom I have given powers of Visitor, will have the honor of seeing you and discussing everything concerning the good of religion in your region. He is my alter-ego whose merits you already know.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Letter to M. Ambrose Lisle March Phillipps, Gr\u00e2ce-Dieu Manor, 2 July 1846, EO XIII n 107<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"“Alter ego”<\/em> is a Latin expression used by Eugene translated as “another me.” It meant that the Oblate had understood fully the spirit and way of governing of the Founder and was empowered to make decisions accordingly where Eugene was not present to be consulted. He considered all those whom he chose to be the founders of new missions, or appointed as official visitators, in countries outside of France as “alter ego.” Casimir Aubert was highly respected by Eugene.<\/p>\n

Fr Michael Hughes fills in some details regarding this new Oblate venture in England.<\/p>\n

“Ambrose Phillipps sought to establish himself in Grace Dieu Manor as the patron of a Mass-centre from which priests would go out to convert the locality…<\/p>\n

On 5 September 1845 the community took possession of The Warren, a house placed at their disposal by Phillipps, some distance from the Manor House. It afforded the Fathers the privacy needed for their community life but was too far from the villages they served, and Ambrose agreed to build a new residence adjoining the Holy Cross chapel in Whitwick…<\/p>\n

The first members of the community were Fr. Perron, superior, Fr. Naughten, Br. Bayeul, and a secular priest from Marseilles the Abb\u00e9 Coussinier. Frs. Cooke and Tamburini, with John Noble not yet ordained priest, joining the community in July 1846.” (https:\/\/www.omiworld.org\/lemma\/grace-dieu-england-1845-1848\/<\/a>)<\/p>\n

With small beginnings, the Anglo Irish province was to become one of the main providers of Oblate missionaries in all the English-speaking countries of the world.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

“Trust has to be earned, and should come only after the passage of time.” (Arthur Ashe) The Oblate presence in England started suddenly on an insecure foundation with the arrival of the just-ordained and inexperienced Father Daly. It was difficult … 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-5298","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5298","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=5298"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5298\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5298"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5298"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5298"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}