{"id":770,"date":"2011-05-27T05:00:15","date_gmt":"2011-05-27T03:00:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=770"},"modified":"2011-05-27T09:01:26","modified_gmt":"2011-05-27T07:01:26","slug":"150-years-later-who-is-saint-eugene-21","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=770","title":{"rendered":"150 YEARS LATER, WHO IS SAINT EUGENE?"},"content":{"rendered":"

THE SPIRIT OF SAINT EUGENE CONTINUES TO BE ALIVE<\/h2>\n

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\u00a9 Laurent Girard \/ Studio Mazenod (2011) \u2013 Tableau du Jean-Jacques Martin<\/h6>\n

After Eugene\u2019s death a General Chapter of the Oblates was convoked in 1861. At the opening session two of the senior members of the Congregation spoke: Father Tempier and Bishop Guibert.<\/h3>\n

Father Tempier opened the General Chapter by declaring his conviction regarding Eugene:<\/h3>\n
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\u201cThis Venerable Man is no longer with us, but his spirit continues to live always in the heart of his children \u2026.\u201d<\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Bishop Guibert\u2019s address echoed the same sentiments, speaking of the Oblate Congregation as our \u201cmother\u201d:<\/h3>\n
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\u201cYes, our Father has died, but know that our Mother remains; and I regard her as being immortal; she will live by the spirit of her Founder.\u201d<\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n

Joseph Fabre, who was elected to be Eugene\u2019s successor, concluded the Chapter of 1861 by saying:<\/h3>\n
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\u201cI feel the assistance of our much loved Founder; he has not left us!<\/h5>\n
I was at his deathbed and said to him, \u201cYou will always be among us.\u201d \u201cYes,\u201d he replied, and he has kept his promise.<\/h5>\n
He remains among us through the Holy Rule which he had left us, and which is the expression of his love for God and the salvation of souls: it is the glorious testament of his enormous heart, and in observing it we will find all our strength.\u201d<\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n

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