{"id":5782,"date":"2024-06-20T01:00:44","date_gmt":"2024-06-19T23:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5782"},"modified":"2024-06-19T08:45:15","modified_gmt":"2024-06-19T06:45:15","slug":"my-god-what-a-new-trial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5782","title":{"rendered":"MY GOD, WHAT A NEW TRIAL!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Fr.\u00a0 Jean-Pierre Bernard (24 years old) had been ordained a priest by Bishop de Mazenod in September 1847 and within days had left for Canada. Within day s of his arrival in Canada, Eugene received the news that<\/h3>\n

our very good, very fervent Fr. Bernard is so ill that he received, that very day, the last sacraments. I am truly devastated by this news. Could we not permit ourselves some dedication to God and to the salvation of souls by this fervent missionary, with his good hand, his wonderful voice, his robust health! My God, what a new trial!<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Eugene de Mazenod’s Diary, 6 March 1848, EO XXI<\/em><\/h3>\n

The typhus epidemic in Canada:<\/p>\n

In 1847-1848 there was an outbreak of deadly typhus in eastern Canada caused by a large emigration as a result of the Great famine in Ireland. Crowded ships carrying around 90,000 migrants became sources of infection and were referred to as “coffin ships.” Sheds were erected to quarantine all who had been infected, and these became places of great suffering and death. Between 3500 and 6000 typhus deaths were recorded in Montreal and over 4000 in Ontario. Religious responded with the Grey Nuns, the Sisters of Providence and the Oblates among others, with many becoming infected and several dying. Bishop Bourget of Montreal appealed to the Catholics of Quebec to come forward and help their fellow-Catholics. Many adopted children who had been orphaned as a result of the epidemic.<\/h3>\n

(See:
\nhttps:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/1847_North_American_typhus_epidemic#Bytown_(Ottawa)<\/a><\/p>\n

REFLECTION<\/strong><\/p>\n

“The pandemic has been such an awful time for so many people around the world, but it has also been a reminder for us about the things that really matter – the people in our lives and the love we have for them.”\u00a0 (Ananya Birla)<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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