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This eoiisideration was short lived iii the faee of the necessity iif educa-
tion, but hie feelings iridieated the treiiiendous task of the bishop, who
wrote to tbc Propagation oi the Faith: "1 need priests and it ia
absolulely riecessary that 1 6nd them myeelf ."'")
Ae a result we can realize the feelings iif the zealous biahop se he
vjewed the five Ba~ilian priests in the Palaee. Hopes of obtainiug the
Cominnnity priestj for mission work could be held 00 lone as the Basil-
ians did not live iri an educaiiiiiial establishment of their own. We
tbus see ihat ior both spiritual and economic reasons it wafi to the interest
of rhe bishop that the Congregation bc detained iii the Palace.
Despite his dificulliee the bishop waa sbove using pressure nn the
Community, and he adhered to the terms iif the original treaty. Iri 11152
when the tirne came for the Fathers to take vows, the bishop omciated,
though it was hia express wish that the members refuse tii birid them-
eelves.{=) The iaking of viiws reduced the poeeibility of Community
rnembers devotinp themselves to missionary w ~rk.(~~i
Fenr for the cotistancy of the missioriary priest living by hiinself
was not oiily a source of wnrry to Father Soulerin, but it had ben one
of the deierming factors iri the rejection of lhe bishop'n request by the
Oblate Coinmunity. Early in 1833 a request for Father Molony to assume
eonlrol of St. Mary's pari~h fell ori deiif ears not orily becauae the
dernands of teachjng prevented it, but algo for spiritual reasons. Eveii
for Father Molony there would lie a danger iti living a solitary ljIe aiter
yaare oi lile in a community or, at least, in the Palace as Lhe Bishop's
archdeacon and associate. Ii wiis not only the request Ior itidividual
Basiliaris to assume the dnties of the external ministry that reflected the
biahop's attitude; it wae also quite evident in the matter 01 vocations.
In 1833 it wa3 his policy to favour vocations to the Cormnunity oiily ii
the pou~ip aspiranl pledged himself to prepare for the lile of ihe mission-
ary rather than that of the tea~her.(~~' fact the bishop "djdri't rvant
In
the Basilidris to liuild a college when there was another work more
'
prescjr~g."~'~ This negative ettitude of 1 he bishop ereated difficulties
for the joung community, and had it not beeii for the prudeut fore-
sight of Father Sonlerin the history of the Basiliaris in Canada mig-ht
have been more brief or much different than the reality.
This negatjve iir prohibitory altilude of the bi~hop was first evjderit
toward the end 01 1852; by spriiig. 1853, the attitude had gerierated into
a defitiite policy. Thia lierid of development corresponded ehronolo-
gieally r~ith the vain episcopal attempts to smure priesls and the eBcirt~

(22) Bisliop Charbotiriel, Lmer 10 Curdinnl Frlinjoiii, Aususi 31, 1835. IPreserved
in tlie Registered Letter! 01 BirAuu Çiiigua~, Vol. 8. p. 331, ?Irchiucq or Arch-
dioc~se oi Oitawa).
(2x1 Hev. J. Malbo*, Letrer io Reu. P. Toitmieille, Novrniber 21, 1054, p. 2.
(2ai Though Fatliers Soulerin and Malbos look v o on
~ Novcniber 21, 1852 and
Fathers Molony and Yincent did so al a lalrr Jate. Fa~licr Flannrry riever
look vows.
(2" Rev. J. Soulcrin. Lelier lu Rei~. P. Tourvieille, Decenibtr 13, 1833, p. 2.
(28) Ibid, Novrmber 8, 1854 p. 3.