{"id":5497,"date":"2023-07-17T01:00:53","date_gmt":"2023-07-16T23:00:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5497"},"modified":"2023-07-16T17:01:37","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T15:01:37","slug":"take-your-crucifix-in-hand-and-march-off-to-the-conquest-of-those-persons-whom-providence-marks-out-for-us","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5497","title":{"rendered":"TAKE YOUR CRUCIFIX IN HAND AND MARCH OFF TO THE CONQUEST OF THOSE PERSONS WHOM PROVIDENCE MARKS OUT FOR US"},"content":{"rendered":"

Father Yvon Beaudoin takes up the narration on Father Leonard’s recruiting successes:<\/h3>\n

“From 1841 to 1847 there were 115 men began the novitiate at Notre-Dame de l\u2019Osier and a similar number in 1847 and 1848. Father L\u00e9onard\u2019s preaching tour was a success. More than 100 seminarians entered the novitiate and about fifty made vows. Before 1847, the majority of the vocations came from dioceses in the South of France. After this date, vocations began to arrive from all of France and Belgium.<\/h3>\n

The Founder then began to speak of the \u201cnightmare\u201d and the \u201cdespair\u201d of Father Tempier who is now out of money to supply the needs of the novices and the scholastic brothers. In October of 1847, at the insistence of Fathers Tempier and Vincens, the Founder asked Father L\u00e9onard to suspend his tour.”\u00a0 (https:\/\/www.omiworld.org\/lemma\/baveux-jean-claude-leonard\/)<\/h3>\n

Less than 10 days later, however, Eugene reversed his decision! As a compromise he recommended that from now on only seminarians who had already completed their theological studies be accepted.<\/h3>\n

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My dear Father Leonard, with new facts comes new advice. Considerations about our difficulties had determined me to write you to suspend your recruitment tour; but I have just learned that another recruiter as able as you are, is about to cover all the dioceses of France to call all the clerics of good will who may wish to associate themselves with the work for which he is preaching. There is no room for hesitation: it would be useless to follow him, it is important then to precede him.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

So grease your boots my dear Father Leonard; or rather, take your crucifix in hand and march off to the conquest of those persons whom Providence marks out for us.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Letter to Father Leonard Bavaux, 8 November 1847, EO X n 954<\/em><\/h3>\n

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Father L\u00e9onard stopped his tour in March of 1848 because Father Tempier had no more money and because he wanted to be back in Canada to attend the consecration of Father Guigues who had been appointed bishop of Bytown.<\/h3>\n

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

“When you discover your mission, you will feel its demand. It will fill you with enthusiasm and a burning desire to get to work on it.” (W. Clement Stone)<\/h3>\n

As a result of our baptism we are all missionaries – at home, at work, on the bus, at the store… – sometimes just a smile and a word of gratitude works miracles.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Father Yvon Beaudoin takes up the narration on Father Leonard’s recruiting successes: “From 1841 to 1847 there were 115 men began the novitiate at Notre-Dame de l\u2019Osier and a similar number in 1847 and 1848. Father L\u00e9onard\u2019s preaching tour was … 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-5497","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5497","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=5497"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5497\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5497"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5497"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5497"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}