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AA Info - Roma, July 2007 - n. 8 |
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Written by Administrator
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Saturday, 01 September 2007 |
D’Alzon, light on our path
We will long remember the rain that fell without interruption on the morning of 3 June in Saint Peter’s square, but it’s not the only thing we’ll remember about the event that the Assumption family celebrated on that day. Marie-Eugénie de Jésus was made a saint for the whole Church, and yet she seemed closer than ever to so many of us gathered that morning to pray. I was struck by the joy on the faces and in the hearts of the sisters of course, but also among the Assumptionists, the young Assumption students, and the many lay friends of the Congregation. Marie-Eugénie really seemed to be a mother or a sister or a friend to so many.
And, without fail, each sister that approached me would say: “Next time, it will be Father d’Alzon.”
That day will come, I am confident, the more we draw closer to the person of Father d’Alzon, as I sensed so many people had allowed Marie-Eugénie to draw close to them.
You can think of Father d’Alzon in many roles: as Church leader, religious founder, public reformer, educator, pastor, preacher… We have explored many of these dimensions and come to measure the greatness of the man. >>>
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