{"id":6155,"date":"2025-10-10T01:00:00","date_gmt":"2025-10-09T23:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=6155"},"modified":"2025-10-09T23:12:14","modified_gmt":"2025-10-09T21:12:14","slug":"being-close-to-the-people-as-searching-for-every-opportunity-to-do-so-c8","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=6155","title":{"rendered":"BEING CLOSE TO THE PEOPLE AS SEARCHING FOR EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO DO SO (C8)"},"content":{"rendered":"

We will always be close to the people with whom we work, taking into account their values and aspirations.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Constitution 8<\/em><\/h3>\n

\nUnlike many bishops of his time who were unapproachable and prioritized administration, Eugene\u2019s behavior as an Oblate would be different \u2013 he would not be a distant figure but would search for every opportunity to be close to his flock:<\/h3>\n

Series of instructions in the various parishes, catechism, visits to the sick in turn in all sectors of the city will be effective ways to bring about good among them, at the same time giving me the benefit of satisfying the duties of my position as I like to consider them.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

\nHe understood that being a bishop was a consecration to a life of close oblational service of others. To put this commitment into practice, he drew up a daily schedule for himself. \u00a0Rising at 5 he would dedicate 90 minutes to prayer, then a period of study of Scripture, Fathers of the Church and theology. Thereafter several hours in his office to receive people. In the afternoons, 30 minutes of prayer before the Blessed Sacrament followed by visits in the city.<\/p>\n

Here he lists \u201ccourtesy calls on convents,\u201d and visits \u201cespecially to the sick and the poor,\u201d and then \u201ceach parish in turn.\u201d (Daily schedule, May 1837, EO XV, n.186,)<\/p>\n

A program marked by closeness to God and closeness to his flock.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We will always be close to the people with whom we work, taking into account their values and aspirations. Constitution 8 Unlike many bishops of his time who were unapproachable and prioritized administration, Eugene\u2019s behavior as an Oblate would be … 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-6155","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6155","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=6155"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6155\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6155"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6155"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6155"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}