{"id":5826,"date":"2024-08-21T01:00:29","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T23:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5826"},"modified":"2024-08-13T06:02:31","modified_gmt":"2024-08-13T04:02:31","slug":"they-should-work-for-the-salvation-of-the-most-abandoned-souls","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5826","title":{"rendered":"THEY SHOULD WORK FOR THE SALVATION OF THE MOST ABANDONED SOULS"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 1848 Eugene made an agreement with Bishop Pavy of Algiers to establish a community Oblates in Algeria. Father Tempier had gone to Algiers to meet the bishop and to negotiate the terms of the Oblate mission with him. Eugene then wrote to the Bishop of Algiers about the Oblates:<\/h3>\n

I hope the day will come when you will be able to use them for the conversion of the Arabs. I have never thought that the conversion of these poor Moslems was any more difficult than that of the Chinese. It will be up to you to give the signal when the time comes. It would be better to allow our missionaries to work at their modest ministry, in conformity with their Rule, which lays down that they should work for the salvation of the most abandoned souls, rather than give them a cathedral pulpit from which to preach a Lenten series of sermons.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Letter to Bishop Pavy of Algiers, 5 January 1849, EO IV n 3<\/em><\/h3>\n

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

Who were the poor and most abandoned for Eugene? He repeats it clearly in this letter: those who are most in need of the Gospel of salvation. In the words of the Preface: to teach people who Jesus Christ is.<\/h3>\n

Who are the poor for the Oblate Charismatic Family today? In the words of the Oblate Rule: “Wherever we work, our mission is especially to those people whose condition cries out for salvation and for the hope which only Jesus Christ can fully bring. These are the poor with their many faces; we give them our preference.” (Constitution 5)<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

In 1848 Eugene made an agreement with Bishop Pavy of Algiers to establish a community Oblates in Algeria. Father Tempier had gone to Algiers to meet the bishop and to negotiate the terms of the Oblate mission with him. Eugene … 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,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5826","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5826","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=5826"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5826\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5826"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5826"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5826"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}