{"id":5965,"date":"2025-02-03T01:00:16","date_gmt":"2025-02-03T00:00:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5965"},"modified":"2025-02-03T03:32:16","modified_gmt":"2025-02-03T02:32:16","slug":"a-sea-voyage-of-around-230-days","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5965","title":{"rendered":"A SEA VOYAGE OF AROUND 230 DAYS"},"content":{"rendered":"

As the Oblate Congregation grew and became more widespread we find that Eugene\u2019s letters do not always give too many details of the missions. \u00a0For this reason, I think it important to fill in the details with some narrative. We may not be able to hear the words of Eugene speaking, but through the lives and achievements of the Oblates, we hear his charism and his spirit fully alive.<\/h3>\n

The first group of 5 Oblates, under Fr. Ricard, had travelled to Oregon via sea to New York, and from there, \u201cthey traveled by ship, stagecoach, steam ship, on foot, covered wagon and horseback to reach their destination. Finally, the 2000 mile Oregon Trail would have left them exhausted. Yet, when they arrived, they were ready to begin at once to establish their mission among the native peoples of the area. ( Ron Young, The Mission of the OMI in Oregon, p.69).<\/h3>\n

The second group were carrying much-needed supplies. On November 29, 1849, we had read in Eugene\u2019s diary that Fr. Louis D\u2019Herbomez (27) and Brothers Gaspard Janin (51) and Philippe Surel (30) had set sail for Oregon.\u00a0 As there was no Panama Canal, they had to go right around the continent of South America.<\/h3>\n

I yesterday received a letter from Rio de Janeiro from our Fr. d\u2019Herbomez who is on his way to Oregon and who, on February 14th, had only reached so far, after leaving Marseilles in November.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

To Fr. Bellon at Maryvale, April 21, 1850, EO III n 38<\/em><\/h3>\n

They reached San Francisco on July 19, 1850 – a sea voyage of around 230 days! Six weeks later they finally arrived at their destination in Oregon.<\/h3>\n

Ron Young writes (p. 102)<\/h3>\n

The small group was sent with twenty-two pieces of freight filled with basic supplies and long-awaited money for the Oregon Mission. Unlike their predecessors, these missionaries would travel the entire journey by sea from France, around Cape Horn, to San Francisco. From San Francisco they traveled to Portland, Oregon, aboard the ship Caroline. Continuing onward, they traveled to Fort Vancouver up to the Columbia River.<\/em><\/h3>\n

REFLECTION<\/h3>\n

These ships were no luxury cruise liners with air conditioning and refrigeration, and one can only admire these missionaries and all the personal discomfort they were prepared to undergo for the salvation of souls.<\/h3>\n

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