Revival of Religion
Olier became a leader in the revival of religion in France, associating himself with the followers first of de Paul and then of Charles de Condren, Superior of the Oratory of Jesus, under whose direction he passed, though he continued to retain de Paul as his friend and advisor. To Condren, more even it appears, than to de Paul, Olier owed the deepest spiritual influence and many of his leading ideas. The work Condren had most at heart was the foundation of seminaries after the Counter-Reformation model model mandated by the Council of Trent. The Catholic Church felt that its success in its own renewal lay in the thorough and systematic formation of the clergy through their education in these schools.
The attempts in France to carry out the designs of the Council having failed, Condren, unable to succeed through the Oratory, gathered a few young ecclesiastics around him for that purpose, Olier among them. The missions in which he employed them were meant to impress on their minds the religious needs of the country. His final goal was not disclosed until shortly before his death in 1640.
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