{"id":5949,"date":"2025-01-14T01:00:46","date_gmt":"2025-01-14T00:00:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5949"},"modified":"2025-01-13T17:16:41","modified_gmt":"2025-01-13T16:16:41","slug":"he-entered-the-congregation-in-order-to-go-to-the-foreign-missions","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5949","title":{"rendered":"HE ENTERED THE CONGREGATION IN ORDER TO GO TO THE FOREIGN MISSIONS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3 style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><em><strong>Fr. Jolivet was ordained priest on the Sunday preceding Ascension and said his first mass on Ascension Day, the delay no doubt being on account of not knowing how to say it well. He will set out shortly for England with Fr. Arnoux. Fr. Jolivet entered the Congregation in order to go to the foreign missions; that is what attracts him still. But he wrote me, on learning of his promotion to the priesthood, that he has no other desire at present than to obey. We must not lose sight, however, of the initial inspiration which brought him amongst us.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Letter to Fr Casimir Aubert, in England, 22 May 1849, OW III n. 27<\/em><\/h3>\n<h3>Charles Jolivet was indeed to spend the rest of his life as a foreign missionary, firstly in the Anglo-Irish Province, and then becoming the second Vicar Apostolic in Southern Africa (1874-1903)<\/h3>\n<h3><strong>REFLECTION<\/strong><\/h3>\n<h3>Once the initial fervor dies down in any way of life because of life\u2019s challenges, the words of Eugene can be applied:<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><em><strong>To persevere in so meritorious an apostolate, one must hold fast to the spirit of one\u2019s vocation with fidelity and fervour, living always as a good religious, united to God by the practice of all the virtues prescribed and recommended by the Rule.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Letter to Fr. Ricard in Oregon, 22 May 1849, EO I n 119<\/em><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fr. Jolivet was ordained priest on the Sunday preceding Ascension and said his first mass on Ascension Day, the delay no doubt being on account of not knowing how to say it well. He will set out shortly for England &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5949\">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,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5949","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5949","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=5949"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5949\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}