{"id":5711,"date":"2024-03-01T01:00:18","date_gmt":"2024-03-01T00:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5711"},"modified":"2024-02-29T16:24:47","modified_gmt":"2024-02-29T15:24:47","slug":"i-am-astonished-at-what-he-permits-himself-to-do-without-my-knowledge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5711","title":{"rendered":"I AM ASTONISHED AT WHAT HE PERMITS HIMSELF TO DO WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>The missionaries were human and, as zealous as they may have been sometimes their human foibles got in the way of their ministry. Father Daly, the founder of the Oblate mission in England had a very poor sense of judgement when it came to finance and acted without consulting people who had experience. Eugene wrote in his diary:<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><em><strong>Letter to Fr. Daly. I am astonished at what he permits himself to do without my knowledge. He purchased a house, accepted a new establishment, etc.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Eugene de Mazenod&#8217;s Diary, 30 April 1848, EO XX<\/em>I<\/h3>\n<h3>Fr. Daly purchased, without permission of the Superior General, an important property in Ashbourne in the county of Derby in the center of England.<\/h3>\n<h3><strong>REFLECTION<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3>Eugene immediately sent the experienced Fr. Casimir Aubert \u00a0to England to take the situation in hand.<\/h3>\n<h3>&#8220;Consult your friend on all things, especially on those which respect yourself. His counsel may then be useful where your own self-love might impair your judgment.&#8221; (Lucius Annaeus Seneca)<\/h3>\n<h3><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The missionaries were human and, as zealous as they may have been sometimes their human foibles got in the way of their ministry. Father Daly, the founder of the Oblate mission in England had a very poor sense of judgement &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5711\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/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-5711","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5711","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=5711"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5711\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5711"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5711"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5711"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}