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I TOOK HIM UNDER MY WING AND ALWAYS CONSIDERED HIM AS MY OWN SON

Do you really mean, my dear friend, to ask from me the dimissorial letters of Telmon for his tonsure? For a youngster who has given us grief up until a day or so ago… Letter to Hippolyte Courtès, 24 November … Continue reading

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WHERE RULES HIS LOVING HEART, THERE LET US MEET

Eugene was a “heart” person who was intuitive and expressed and acted on his intuitions. As soon as he had met Joseph Guibert, he reflected that “it seemed to me to have found again something of myself” – he recognized … Continue reading

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HOW COULD I NOT HAVE FOR YOU A FATHER’S HEART AFTER YOU HAVE PROVED THAT YOU LOVE ME AS IF YOU WERE MY CHILDREN?

The Diary entry continues with a reflection on the relationship between Eugene and the members of the Youth Congregation. It was not just as a chaplain to a group that he functioned, but he worked at developing a bond with … Continue reading

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