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Jan: /* Colin at a distance */

2009-07-30T20:03:57Z

Colin at a distance

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	:Although Colin had expressed in October his wish to get into contact with Coudrin, the superior of the Picpus Fathers,<ref> CS, doc. 5 [1].</ref> and Pompallier had let Colin know from Paris that Coudrin would be happy to communicate with him, and to be of service in any way,<ref>[[Girard0004\|LRO, doc. 4]] [15]. Neither the Marist nor the Picpus archives contain any indication that Fr. Colin or any other Marist besides the parting missionaries has been in contact with either Fr. Coudrin or his successor Mgr. Bonamie (communication from Fr. André Mark, SS.CC). This fact stands in odd contrast with Coste, ''A Founder Acts'' (FA), doc. 301 (taken from Mayet, ''Mémoires'', {MM}, S 2, 200 – 202, 202m – 204m) where Colin is praised for his frequent contacts with other religious. For the later periods there may be an explanation. Cf. below, p. 54.		:Although Colin had expressed in October his wish to get into contact with Coudrin, the superior of the Picpus Fathers,<ref> CS, doc. 5 [1].</ref> and Pompallier had let Colin know from Paris that Coudrin would be happy to communicate with him, and to be of service in any way,<ref>[[Girard0004\|LRO, doc. 4]] [15]. Neither the Marist nor the Picpus archives contain any indication that Fr. Colin or any other Marist besides the parting missionaries has been in contact with either Fr. Coudrin or his successor Mgr. Bonamie (communication from Fr. André Mark, SS.CC). This fact stands in odd contrast with Coste, ''A Founder Acts'' (FA), doc. 301 (taken from Mayet, ''Mémoires'', {MM}, S 2, 200 – 202, 202m – 204m) where Colin is praised for his frequent contacts with other religious. For the later periods there may be an explanation. Cf. below, p. 54.</ref> Colin did not follow the lead. Fr. Coudrin died on 27 March. Neither during his life time, not under Bonamie, his successor, did Colin make much of an effort to profit of the experience of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts on how to correspond with missionaries in Oceania, how to transfer money and do whatever else could be useful in their support.
	</ref> Colin did not follow the lead. Fr. Coudrin died on 27 March~~, but neither~~ during his life time, not under his successor, did ~~the Society~~ of ~~Mary in France take advantage~~ of the experience of the Congregation of the Sacred Hearts on how to correspond with missionaries in Oceania, how to transfer money and do whatever else could be useful in their support.

Merv at 05:43, 21 June 2009

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Jan: /* Around the Cape */

2009-03-27T08:54:17Z

Around the Cape

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	:In the six months they had been on the way, they had seen the four seasons, beautiful days and horrible days. ‘Some days are so delightful’, Chanel wrote after their arrival in Valparaiso, ‘that everybody should want to travel by sea, if it were not for the other days that are rather frightening’. ‘Once you are used to the sea, he wrote to his sister Françoise, there is no better way to travel’. To Bourdin with whom he had sailed to Rome in 1833 he wrote enthusiastically of the pleasure of long sea travelling. Chanel had carefully observed everything: the officers determining the position of the ship with octant and sextant, the manoeuvring of the ship, the different species of birds and fish in the different climates they passed through, the changes of constellations according to the latitudes and the rainbow caused by bright moonlight. He enjoyed the beauty of the phosphorescent wake that the ship’s rudder left behind on the sea. The splendid colours in the sky at daybreak and at sunset he described as the entry hall of paradise, ''des vestibules du paradis''. But, he admitted, there also are very bad days to remind the voyager that he is still in a valley of tears.<ref> EC, docs. 35 [1], 36 [1] & 37 [3].</ref>		:In the six months they had been on the way, they had seen the four seasons, beautiful days and horrible days. ‘Some days are so delightful’, Chanel wrote after their arrival in Valparaiso, ‘that everybody should want to travel by sea, if it were not for the other days that are rather frightening’. ‘Once you are used to the sea, he wrote to his sister Françoise, there is no better way to travel’. To Bourdin with whom he had sailed to Rome in 1833 he wrote enthusiastically of the pleasure of long sea travelling. Chanel had carefully observed everything: the officers determining the position of the ship with octant and sextant, the manoeuvring of the ship, the different species of birds and fish in the different climates they passed through, the changes of constellations according to the latitudes and the rainbow caused by bright moonlight. He enjoyed the beauty of the phosphorescent wake that the ship’s rudder left behind on the sea. The splendid colours in the sky at daybreak and at sunset he described as the entry hall of paradise, ''des vestibules du paradis''. But, he admitted, there also are very bad days to remind the voyager that he is still in a valley of tears.<ref> EC, docs. 35 [1], 36 [1] & 37 [3].</ref>


			:Brother Joseph-Xavier Luzy had got his sea legs: ‘I think I shall always be a good sailor. I feel better than anywhere else. You would not recognise me, I have put on weight (''embonpoint''); one is well fed on board ship.’<ref> LL, to his parents from Valparaiso, 23.07.37.</ref>

Merv at 07:21, 15 December 2008

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Merv at 03:36, 20 September 2008

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Jan: /* Around the Cape */

2008-05-31T17:38:04Z

Around the Cape

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	:The long months on board were not entirely wasted. They got along very well with the sailors. Marists and Picpus Fathers took turns offering them religious instructions that were well attended. All the sailors, with the ship’s boy, went to confession, several of them did their Easter duties and received H. Communion on several occasions. One did his first H. Communion and renewed his baptismal vows. Pierre Bataillon noted on a tone of bitterness that this good example was unfortunately not followed by the officers.<ref>''‘les chefs sont hélas bien loin de les imiter’, '' [[Girard0012\|LRO, 12]] [92].</ref> When the weather allowed, Pompallier restarted his instructions to the priests and, on his request, Chanel gave spiritual conferences to the ~~brothers~~.<ref>[[Girard0012\|LRO, 12]] [95].</ref>		:The long months on board were not entirely wasted. They got along very well with the sailors. Marists and Picpus Fathers took turns offering them religious instructions that were well attended. All the sailors, with the ship’s boy, went to confession, several of them did their Easter duties and received Holy Communion on several occasions. One did his first Holy Communion and renewed his baptismal vows. Pierre Bataillon noted in a tone of bitterness that this good example was unfortunately not followed by the officers.<ref>''‘les chefs sont hélas bien loin de les imiter’, '' [[Girard0012\|LRO, 12]] [92].</ref> When the weather allowed, Pompallier restarted his instructions to the priests and, at his request, Chanel gave spiritual conferences to the Brothers.<ref>[[Girard0012\|LRO, 12]] [95].</ref>

Jan: /* Around the Cape */

2008-05-31T17:34:08Z

Around the Cape

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	:Once past the Equator favourable winds carried the ''Delphine'' along at a fine speed. On 4 April they passed the Tropic ~~of Capricorn~~ (23° S.). But then they encountered strong contrary winds and for many days they made barely any headway at all. From the Capricorn it took them a month to reach, on 4 May, 50° S. Off the Falkland Islands the sea got very rough and the first snow fell, very welcome insofar as it allowed the ship to replenish its reserve of water that already had been rationed. On 2 June they passed 59º S., the southernmost point of the voyage and could safely turn west. It took them four days of contrary winds to reach 74° W., where they passed Cape Horn. Another week and they reached 85º W. and could turn north.<ref>[[Girard0012\|LRO, 12]] [88 – 170].</ref>		:Once past the Equator favourable winds carried the ''Delphine'' along at a fine speed. On 4 April they passed the Tropic (23° S.). But then they encountered strong contrary winds and for many days they made barely any headway at all. From the Capricorn it took them a month to reach, on 4 May, 50° S. Off the Falkland Islands the sea got very rough and the first snow fell, very welcome insofar as it allowed the ship to replenish its reserve of water that already had been rationed. On 2 June they passed 59º S., the southernmost point of the voyage and could safely turn west. It took them four days of contrary winds to reach 74° W., where they passed Cape Horn. Another week and they reached 85º W. and could turn north.<ref>[[Girard0012\|LRO, 12]] [88 – 170].</ref>


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	:Pompallier too had come to see the importance of navigation and asked Jean-Claude Colin to make sure the next lot of missionaries would come armed with sextants, compasses and navigation manuals.<ref>[[Girard0018\|LRO, doc. 18]] [3].</ref>		:Pompallier too had come to see the importance of navigation and asked Jean-Claude Colin to make sure the next lot of missionaries would come armed with sextants, compasses and navigation manuals.<ref>[[Girard0018\|LRO, doc. 18]] [3].</ref>


	=== Notes ===		=== Notes ===

Jan: /* Colin at a distance */

2008-05-31T17:30:28Z

Colin at a distance

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	:Pompallier’s letter from Santa Cruz must have reminded Colin of the request from Le Havre to send money to Valparaiso.<ref>28.11.1836 [[Girard0007\|LRO, doc. 7]] [7].</ref> So far he had not done anything about that. Now he took up contact with the Propagation of the Faith. They were prepared to release an advance of 8.700 francs on the grant for 1837, and Colin ‘took measures to have the money transferred to Valparaiso’.<ref> This is how Colin describes his action to Fransoni, CS, doc. 13 [4].</ref> ~~What these measures exactly were~~, ~~we do not know~~. On 25 May Colin notified Cardinal Fransoni of all the news received and of the action taken.<ref> CS, doc. 13.</ref>		:Pompallier’s letter from Santa Cruz must have reminded Colin of the request from Le Havre to send money to Valparaiso.<ref>28.11.1836 [[Girard0007\|LRO, doc. 7]] [7].</ref> So far he had not done anything about that. Now he took up contact with the Propagation of the Faith. They were prepared to release an advance of 8.700 francs on the grant for 1837, and Colin ‘took measures to have the money transferred to Valparaiso’.<ref> This is how Colin describes his action to Fransoni, CS, doc. 13 [4].</ref> The money was entrusted to a certain Captain Brelivet, who was due to sail to Valparaiso. Most likely Colin sent a letter with it.<ref> CS, doc. 89 [2]. On the letter cf. Below, p. 113, n. 95.</ref> On 25 May Colin notified Cardinal Fransoni of all the news received and of the action taken.<ref> CS, doc. 13.</ref>

Merv: /* Notes */

2008-04-13T09:42:17Z

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Jan: /* Colin at a distance */

2008-04-03T19:24:10Z

Colin at a distance

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	:Pompallier’s letter from Santa Cruz must have reminded Colin of the ~~bishop’s~~ request from Le Havre to ~~forward some~~ money to Valparaiso.<ref>28.11.1836 [[Girard0007\|LRO, doc. 7]] [7].</ref> So far he had not done anything about that. Now he took up contact with the Propagation of the Faith. They were prepared to release an advance of 8.700 francs on the grant for 1837, and Colin ‘took measures to have the money transferred to Valparaiso’.<ref> This is how Colin describes his action to Fransoni, CS, doc. 13 [4].</ref> What these measures exactly were, we do not know. On 25 May Colin notified Cardinal Fransoni of all the news received and of the action taken.<ref> CS, doc. 13.</ref>		:Pompallier’s letter from Santa Cruz must have reminded Colin of the request from Le Havre to send money to Valparaiso.<ref>28.11.1836 [[Girard0007\|LRO, doc. 7]] [7].</ref> So far he had not done anything about that. Now he took up contact with the Propagation of the Faith. They were prepared to release an advance of 8.700 francs on the grant for 1837, and Colin ‘took measures to have the money transferred to Valparaiso’.<ref> This is how Colin describes his action to Fransoni, CS, doc. 13 [4].</ref> What these measures exactly were, we do not know. On 25 May Colin notified Cardinal Fransoni of all the news received and of the action taken.<ref> CS, doc. 13.</ref>


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	:One of the lecturers at the seminary of Saint-Irénée in Lyon was a Sulpician priest, Fr. Amable Denavit, acquainted with the Marists, who was in correspondence with the Picpus missionaries in the Pacific, but there is no indication that Marists used his good offices either to get into contact with their own missionaries.<ref>[[Girard0019\|LRO, 19]] [2]; OM III, p. 780; OM IV, p. 132; MM, I, 813s.</ref>		:One of the lecturers at the seminary of Saint-Irénée in Lyon was a Sulpician priest, Fr. Amable Denavit, acquainted with the Marists, who was in correspondence with the Picpus missionaries in the Pacific, but there is no indication that Marists used his good offices either to get into contact with their own missionaries.<ref>[[Girard0019\|LRO, 19]] [2]; OM III, p. 780; OM IV, p. 132; MM, I, 813s.</ref>



	=== Around the Cape ===		=== Around the Cape ===