{"id":5492,"date":"2023-07-12T01:00:56","date_gmt":"2023-07-11T23:00:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5492"},"modified":"2023-07-07T03:34:22","modified_gmt":"2023-07-07T01:34:22","slug":"you-break-open-all-doors-and-take-each-place-by-storm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5492","title":{"rendered":"YOU BREAK OPEN ALL DOORS AND TAKE EACH PLACE BY STORM"},"content":{"rendered":"

After just a few months of his whirlwind tour to some of the diocesan seminaries, Father Leonard was already convincing several young men to sign up for religious life and the Oblate missions. Eugene wrote enthusiastically:<\/h3>\n

Dear Father Leonard, what a man you are! You break open all doors and take each place by storm. Nothing can resist you and if you come across a bishop who wants to save his men, he must forbid you to talk, as did the Archbishop of Chambery, whom I considered to be more generous. On the other hand, the Bishop of Annecy has paid for two… What! even the Missionaries are bringing you candidates! I can hardly believe it.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Now the challenge was to find place to accommodate these recruits for their formation and studies<\/h3>\n

Meanwhile, we have to find room at L\u2019Osier in view of the arrival of all of these young men of good will who have announced their coming… You see I am right in wanting you to cover every diocese.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Letter to Fr Leonard Baveux, during his recruitment campaign, 2 April 1847, EO X n 925<\/em><\/h3>\n

REFLECTION<\/strong><\/h3>\n

“Nothing great was ever achieved without enthusiasm.”<\/h3>\n

Ralph Waldo Emerson<\/h3>\n

When we look at the gift and meaning of our faith today, we have so much to be enthusiastic about! This is the heart of our Mazenodian Family.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After just a few months of his whirlwind tour to some of the diocesan seminaries, Father Leonard was already convincing several young men to sign up for religious life and the Oblate missions. Eugene wrote enthusiastically: Dear Father Leonard, what … 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-5492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5492","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=5492"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5492\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5492"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5492"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5492"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}