{"id":5751,"date":"2024-04-12T01:00:01","date_gmt":"2024-04-11T23:00:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5751"},"modified":"2024-04-08T02:35:46","modified_gmt":"2024-04-08T00:35:46","slug":"knowing-english-is-essential-for-us-in-most-of-our-foreign-missions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5751","title":{"rendered":"KNOWING ENGLISH IS ESSENTIAL FOR US IN MOST OF OUR FOREIGN MISSIONS"},"content":{"rendered":"

At this moment the Oblates were in North America and Ceylon, both of which required a knowledge of the English language. One of the priests in Nancy was entrusted with teaching English to the novices.<\/h3>\n

I will not close my letter before tomorrow. It is very late tonight. In any case, tell him many things from me as well as to Father Depetro. No matter how imperfect his knowledge of the English language, enjoin him to perfect himself in it and even though he should teach the novices no more than the principles of grammar. I insist very much that he spend a few hours every week with them. Knowing English is essential for us in most of our foreign missions. Arrange this with Father Dorey. The finality of this little work places it entirely in the supernatural order.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Goodbye. my dear son. I embrace you tenderly and bless you as well as the whole family.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Letter to Fr Toussaint Dassy, 18 September 1848, EO X n 987<\/em><\/h3>\n

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

The Oblates had been founded in 1816, specifically to respond to the needs of people who were not hearing and understanding the Gospel in their own language. Throughout his life Eugene insisted that local languages be learnt in order to be as close to the people as possible. Learning a language meant entering into their culture and way of life so as to apply the Gospel more effectively.<\/h3>\n

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” If you talk to a man in a language he understands, that goes to his head. If you talk to him in his language, that goes to his heart.” (Nelson Mandela)<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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