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OBLATION: CREATING A BOND OF COMMUNION BETWEEN PERSONS ON THE SAME JOURNEY TO GOD
My consistent thought has always been that our little family should consecrate itself to God and to the service of the Church through the vows of religion. The difficulty was to get my first companions to appreciate something of this … Continue reading
OBLATION: CONSECRATION TO LIVE ONLY FOR GOD
My consistent thought has always been that our little family should consecrate itself to God and to the service of the Church through the vows of religion. Rambert, I p. 187 The heart of Eugene’s conversion journey, the culmination of … Continue reading
OBLATION: TO ENSURE A LOVING AUTHENTICITY OF LIFE AND MINISTRY
Hence I considered choosing the evangelical counsels, to which they had been so faithful, as indispensable, lest our words be no more than what I have often noticed about the words of those who proclaim the same truths, namely sounding … Continue reading
OBLATION: ENTERING INTO THE DYNAMIC OF THE LIFE OF JESUS AND THE APOSTLES
Eugene’s understanding of the Oblate vocation was to a lifestyle and mission that was as close as possible to that of Jesus and his apostles, and in our first Rule he defined us as being “called to be the Saviour’s … Continue reading
OBLATION: THE DEFINING MOMENT OF HOLY THURSDAY APRIL 11, 1816
The basic foundation stone of the existence of the Oblates, and of the whole Mazenodian family, had been laid on 25 January 1816, when the group came together formally to live as a community. Less than three months later, a … Continue reading
Who is Eugene de Mazenod?
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THE OBLATE CHURCH IN AIX – CENTRE OF INSTRUCTION AND PRAYER
Leflon’s description of the early days of the church of the mission gives a good idea of the foundations laid by Eugene and his first companions in 1816: In fact, the public also attended Mass there; their number soon became … Continue reading
LIFE IN AIX AS PERMANENT MISSION
Once the mission was over in Grans, Eugene and the missionaries returned to Aix in March 1816. Forty years later Eugene reminisces about the activities of our first community: [Fr. Tempier had remained in Aix during the mission in Grans] … Continue reading