Letters to the Oblates of France Printed in Canada Blessed EUGENE DE MAZENOD ( 1782- 1861) Collection: Oblate Writings X Letters to the Oblates of France 1843-1849 Translated from the French by Lionel Desjardins, O.M.I. and George Capen, O.M.I. General Postulation O.M.I. Via Aurélia 290 Rome 1986 Table of Contents Chronological List of Letters ................................................... IX Portrait of Bishop Charles-Joseph-Eugene de Mazenod, Bishop of Marseilles ................................................................. XIX Map of the Oblate Houses in France in 1850 ......................... XX Introduction by Father Yvon Beaudoin, O.M.I.......................... XXI Photo of Father Leonard Baveux ...........................................XXXIII Letters of 1843 1 Letters of 1844 51 Photo of Father Charles B aret.................................................. 55 Letters of 1845 93 Letters of 1846 119 Letters of 1847 151 Photo of Father Joseph-Ambroise Vincens............................. 185 Letters of 1848 203 Letters of 1849 241 Photo of Father Louis-Toussaint Dassy ................................. 248 Index ofNames ........................................................................ 281 Index of Subject Matter .......................................................... 289 — VIII — Chronological List of Letters 1843 785. To Father Courtès, at Aix, January 4 1 786. To Father Courtès, at Aix, February 2 2 787. To Father Courtès, at Aix, February 12 3 788. To Father Moreau, at Ajaccio, February 1 5 ...................... 4 789. To Father Guigues, at N.-D. de l’Osier, February 18 . 5 790. To Father Semeria, at Vico, February 18 6 791. To Father Courtès, at Aix, March 3 8 792. To Father Guigues, at N.-D. de l’Osier, April 12 .... 9 793. To Father Guigues, at N.-D. de l’Osier, April 24 .... 11 794. To Father Vincens, at N.-D. de l’Osier, May 2 6 ............... 12 795. To Father Semeria, at Vico, May 27 12 796. To Father Courtès, at Aix, May 2 8 .................................... 13 797. To Father Tempier, at Marseilles, May 29 13 798. To Father Moreau, at Ajaccio, May 3 0 .................. 15 799. To Father Moreau, at Ajaccio, June 9 16 800. To Father Ricard, at N.-D. de Lumières, June 14 . 18 801. To Father Dassy, at N.-D. de l’Osier, June 2 0 .................. 18 802. To Father Tempier, at Marseilles, July 4 19 803. To Father Guigues, at N.-D. de l’Osier, July 6 19 804. To Father Courtès, at Aix, July 2 0 .................................... 20 805. To Father Vincens, at N.-D. de l’Osier, July 20 20 806. To Brother Chauvet, at N.-D. de l’Osier, August 1 . 21 807. To Father Vincens, at N.-D. de l’Osier, August 3 .... 23 808. To Father Courtès, at Aix, August 11, 24 809. To Father Semeria, at Marseilles, August 11 ................. 24 810. To Father Courtès, at Aix, August 18 25 811. To Brother Charles Baret, at N.-D. de l’Osier, August 18 26 812. To Father Guigues, at N.-D. de l’Osier, August 18 . 28 813. To Father Semeria, at Vico, August 2 4 .............. 29 814. To Father Courtès, at Aix, August 27 30 815. To Father Moreau, at Ajaccio, September 1 5 ........ 31 816. To Father Guigues, at N.-D. de l’Osier, October 2 .... 33 817. To Father Moreau, at Ajaccio, October 5 . ...................... 35 818. To Father Semeria, at Vico, October 5 36 819. To Father Tempier, at Marseilles, October 25 ...... 37 820. To Father Moreau, at Ajaccio, November 1 .................. 38 821. To Father Semeria, at Vico, November 1 39 822. To Father Dassy, at Peyrins, November 8 ..................... 41 823. To Father Courtès, at Aix, November 2 4 .............. 42 824. To Father Courtès, at Aix, November 3 0 .............. 43 825. To Father Vincens, at N.-D. de l’Osier, December 10 . 44 826. To Father Semeria, at Vico, December 15 ..................... 46 827. To Father Vincens or to Father Santoni, at N.-D. de l’Osier, December 2 2 ....................................... 48 828. To Brother Chauvet, at N.-D. de Lumières, December 29 . 50 1844 829. To Father Martin, at Gardanne, January 11 .................. 51 830. To Father Courtès, at Aix, January 15 ............................ 52 831. To Father Courtès, at Aix, January 27 53 832. To Father Vincens, at N.-D. de l’Osier, February 9 . 54 833. To Father Courtès, at Aix, February 13 56 834. To Father Tempier, at Viviers, February 1 9 ............ 57 835. To Father Courtès, at Aix, February 22 58 836. To Father Magnan, at Brignoles, March 8 58 837. To Father Courtès, at Aix, March 9 60 838. To Father Moreau, at Ajaccio, April 30 61 839. To Father Semeria, at Vico, May 2 .......................... 64 840. To Father Courtès, at Aix, May 1 2 .......................... 66 841. To Father Vincens, at N.-D. de l’Osier, May 21 67 842. To Father Moreau, at Ajaccio, June 1 3 ................... 68 843. To Father Vincens, at N.-D. de l’Osier, June 1 6 ..... 69 844. To Father Dassy, at N.-D. de l’Osier, July 1 71 845. To Father Tempier, at Marseilles, July 9 71 846. To Father Bellon, at N.-D. de Lumières, July 10 .... 73 847. To Father Ricard, at N.-D. de Lumières, July 10 .... 74 848. To Father Caries, at Vico, July 22 76 849. To Father Vincens, at N.-D. de l’Osier, July 23 77 850. To Father Semeria, at Vico, July 25 79 851. To Father Tempier, at Marseilles, August 14 80 852. To Father Moreau, at Ajaccio, August 29 81 853. To Father Bellon, at N.-D. de Lumières, August 30 . 82 854. To Father Courtès, at Aix, September 1 8 ................ 84 855. To Father Moreau, at Ajaccio, September 2 0 ......... 85 856. To Father Courtès, at Aix, September 2 4 ................ 86 857. To Father Dassy, at N.-D. de l’Osier, October 11 .... 86 858. To Father Courtès, at Aix, October 17 87 859. To Father Bermond, at N.-D. de l’Osier, October 19 . 88 860. To Father Semeria, at Vico, October 25 88 861. To Father Courtès, at Aix, November 5 89 862. To Father Courtès, at Aix, December 3 ..................... 90 863. To Father Courtès, at Aix, December 10 91 1845 864. To Father Courtès, at Aix, January 4 93 865. To Father Martin, at Aix, January 10 95 866. To Father Moreau, at Ajaccio, February 2 0 ............. 96 867. To Father Santoni, at N.-D. de l’Osier, March 18 . 97 868. To Father Vincens, at N.-D. de l’Osier, March 25 . 97 869. To Father Courtès, at Aix, April 5 98 870. To Father Courtès, at Aix, April 5 99 871. To Father Vincens, at N.-D. de l’Osier, April 17 ..... 100 872. To Father Vincens, at N.-D. de l’Osier, May 11 103 873. To Father Courtès, at Aix, June 12 .................................... 104 874. To Father Magnan, at N.-D. de Lumières, June 13 . 104 875. To Father Vincens, at N.-D. de l’Osier, June 1 4 .............. 105 876. To Father Moreau, at Ajaccio, June 2 1 ............................. 105 877. To Father Tempier, at Marseilles, July 6 107 878. To Father Tempier or to Father Cailhol, at Marseilles, July 13 .................................................................................. 107 879. To Father Courtès, at Aix, August 17 108 880. To Father Tempier, at Marseilles, September 18 .... 108 881. To Father Bellon, at N.-D. de Lumières, September 21 . 110 882. To Father Moreau, at Ajaccio, September 2 5 .................. 111 883. To Father Courtès, at Aix, October 8 111 884. To Father Moreau, at Ajaccio, October 9 ......................... 113 885. To Father Moreau, at Ajaccio, November 6 114 886. To Father Semeria, at Vico, November 20 115 1846 887. To Father Courtès, at Aix, January 30 119 888. To Father Courtès, at Aix, February 6 119 889. To Father Tempier, at Arles, February 6 120 890. To Father Dassy, at St-Marcel, February 24 121 891. To the Oblates at Ajaccio and at Vico, March 12 .... 123 892. To Father Santoni, at N.-D. de l’Osier, March 16 .... 123 893. To Father Tempier, at Ajaccio, March 1 8 .......................... 124 894. To Father Courtès, at Aix, March 2 3 ................................. 126 895. To Father Courtès, at Aix, April 1 126 896. To Father Courtès, at Aix, April 3 128 897. To Father Semeria, at Vico, April 1 9 ................................. 129 898. To Father Vincens, at N.-D. de l’Osier, May 5 130 899. To Father Dassy, at N.-D. de Bon Secours, May 1 4 ................................................................................... 131 900. To Father Ricard, at N.-D. de Lumières, May 15 .... 132 901. To Father Semeria, at Vico, May 15 ................................. 132 902. To Father Courtès, at Aix, May 1 9 ..................................... 134 903. To Father Courtès, at Aix, July 2 135 904. To Father Semeria, at Vico, July 2 .................................... 136 905. To Father Tempier, at Marseilles, July 1 1 ......................... 137 906. To Father Semeria, at Vico, July 16 138 907. To Father Courtès, at Aix, July 1 7 .................................... 139 908. To Father Courtès, at Aix, July 2 7 .................................... 139 909. To Father Courtès, at Aix, August 6 140 910. To Brothers Bonnard. Martini, Cooke and Dunne, August 22 ........................................................................... 141 911. To Scholastic Brothers, at N.-D. de Lumières, September 21 ....................................................................... 142 912. To Brother Ferrand, at Aix, September 29 143 913. To Father Magnan, at Ajaccio, October 15 144 914. To Brother Gaudet, at N.-D. de l’Osier, October 16 . 145 915. To Father Dassy, at N.-D. de Bon Secours, November 6 145 916. To Father Semeria, at Vico, November 25 146 917. To Father Tempier, at Marseilles, December 1 1 ............ 148 918. To Father Dassy, at N.-D. de Bon Secours, December 30 149 1847 919. To Father Dassy, at N.-D. de Bon Secours, January 8 151 920. To Father Courtès, at Aix, January 11 152 921. To Father Léonard, in France, January 23 152 922.