garden

Wherever Leo Dehon was able to experience and enjoy nature, it became a religious experience. That is quite obvious in his travel diaries. From early on the parental garden behind the Dehon’s house had a special importance and significance for Dehon. From this garden as a little boy he takes flowers and plants to decorate his small chapel to play Mass. Later on during his holidays as a seminarian the garden in La Capelle becomes - beside his chamber in the little tower of the house -- the place where he continues to practice the spiritual life he has discovered in Rome. "

It's still a sweet memory for me to remember how I spent hours and hours in the garden, going around and doing my pious exercises" (Summer1866, NHV V/36).
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