{"id":5975,"date":"2025-02-14T01:00:54","date_gmt":"2025-02-14T00:00:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5975"},"modified":"2025-02-10T03:49:23","modified_gmt":"2025-02-10T02:49:23","slug":"the-oblate-congregation-considers-itself-fortunate-to-be-called-to-the-vicariate-of-colombo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5975","title":{"rendered":"THE OBLATE CONGREGATION CONSIDERS ITSELF FORTUNATE TO BE CALLED TO THE VICARIATE OF COLOMBO"},"content":{"rendered":"

The proposal advanced by His Excellency the bishop of Usula and Apostolic Vicar of Colombo, undoubtedly inspired by Bishop Bravi, merits our gratitude. The Oblate Congregation will consider itself fortunate indeed if it is called to that Vicariate to do the good it has been able to accomplish in Jaffna.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

As we shall see later, Bishop Bravi had some strange ideas regarding missionaries.<\/h3>\n

On the other hand, I fail to understand the whim that led Bishop Bravi to be so discourteous in his exclusion of French missionaries who are not known to be any less zealous than others. In this case, the good prelate is in disaccord with Pope Gregory XVI whose words I will not repeat for the sake of discretion. Nonetheless, I would not be too concerned about his resolve and it would not be impossible to satisfy him, despite the somewhat singular nature of his manner. I had already been informed about Bishop Bravi\u2019s prejudice and so I am not offended.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Letter to Bishop Barnabo, Secretary of the S. Congregation of the Propaganda Fide, 18 December 1850, EO V n 18<\/em><\/h3>\n

Eugene immediately applied for funds to cover the travel expenses of these four Oblates:<\/h3>\n

Propaganda has asked me for four more missionaries for the Apostolic Vicariate of Colombo on the island of Ceylon. I will not refuse them, obviously, if the passage is paid. I have been instructed to settle the matter with you\u2026<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

What pleases me in this correspondence is the information it provides me on the good accomplished by our Oblates of Mary in the vicariate of Jaffna. That is the reason why their presence is so insistently requested in that of Colombo.<\/em><\/strong><\/h3>\n

Letter to the President of the Society for the Propagation of the Faith, Lyon, 22 December 1850, EO V n 122<\/em><\/h3>\n

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