Glimpses #108: Fran&ccedit;ois Fénelon
Format: 2-page bulletin insert
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Product Description: How would you react if your uninsured home burned down and you lost all your tools and your work? In 1697 the episcopal palace at Cambrai burnt to the ground. This was a cruel blow to archbishop Fran&ccedit;ois Fénelon. Lost in the blaze were his precious library and the manuscripts on which he was working. His friend, Abbé Langeron, found Fénelon in calm conversation. Tactfully he started to break the news to him. But Fénelon had heard already. "I had rather that the fire had seized my house than a poor man's cottage," he replied. To understand this magnificent reply, we must turn back the pages of his life.
