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 | | Already on October 9, 1815, Abbé Eugene de Mazenod had communicated to Abbé Henry Tempier his intention of adopting a rule "for which we will draw the elements from the statutes of St. Ignatius, of St. Charles for his Oblates, of St. Philip Neri, of St. Vincent de Paul and of the Blessed Liguori". |
 | | All the angels and all the saints are invoked as a group in the spirit of Eugene de Mazenod whose faith in the Communion of the Saints was as all-embracing and as noble as his apostolic aspirations. |
 | | They are followed by Philip Neri (1515-1595), "the joyful saint", Vincent de Paul (1581-1660), "father of the poor", Joseph Calasanz (1556-1648) "the man of total availability", and John Leonard (1541-1609), founder of the Regular Clerics of the Mother of God and co-founder of the Propagation of the Faith seminary in Rome. |
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