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At Assumption College there was, and still is, a Conference of St. Vincent de Paul. Students visited the poor in their homes
Fr. d’Alzon was a great proponent, and sometimes founder, of works in behalf of workers and the disadvantaged
Mercy is the expression of the gratuitous love of God
Saints are not born saints
For Fr. d’Alzon, obedience as well as humility finds its origin in faith
« I will dictate at random my memories insofar as they come to me. I cannot help but begin with one of the traits of Fr. d’Alzon which has most impressed me and has impressed all those namong us who have approachedhim.
His aristocratic background, his education, his relations with the nobility of his day --- all of this could have made Emmanuel d’Alzon indifferent to social inequalities. But his parents, profoundly Christian, taught him that the Gospel calls us to reach out to the poor and the least among us.
Father Omer CORNET (community of Ciney, Province of Europe) died on 20 December 2018 in Belgium. His funeral was held on December 24 in the church of Xhos, Anthismes. He was 89 years old.
Lord Jesus Christ,
you called Emmanuel d'Alzon
to the service of your Kingdom.
So that the Church might recognize
the holiness of Father d'Alzon,
grant us
by his intercession
the favor that we now ask ...
You who live and reign
forever and ever
Amen.
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