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Monthly Archives: June 2013
ALWAYS CELEBRATE THE JOY OF EASTER WITH THE COMMUNITY
The turning point of Eugene’s life came with his experience of God’s love for him as evidenced on the Cross. His Good Friday experience was the door that opened for him to welcome the Risen Christ at Easter. Because of … Continue reading
FRATERNAL CORRECTION – BEING MINISTERED TO
We saw above how the new priest, Bernard Vachon, had been reprimanded by his superior in Aix, and was upset by it. Eugene’s letter continues to reassure him, in a fatherly way, that no personal harm was intended or done. … Continue reading
LOVE THE UNLOVABLE – FRATERNAL CORRECTION AND FORGIVENESS
One of the challenges of living together in community is having to get on with the different personalities of people. One of the pivots of successful community living is the ability to be honest with one another – particularly when … Continue reading
A CONSTANT REMINDER OF OUR MORTALITY
In each house of the Society, in order to provide the members who live therein some good thoughts about death, there will always be kept in reserve a crucifix which will be hung in some visible place of a common … Continue reading
PRAYING THE LITURGY OF THE HOURS TOGETHER
During the early months of 1825 we find Eugene and the Oblates preoccupied with revising the Rule of Life that they had written seven years earlier. Their lived experience had led them to make some changes in the text that … Continue reading
MISSIONARY ENTHUSIASM HAS TWO HANDS
The young community was growing – and so were their expenses! In particular, all the candidates who came to join the Missionaries brought no income into the community during their years of formation. This was to be an ongoing source … Continue reading
MISSIONARY ENTHUSIASM THAT MEETS ALL CHALLENGES
Charles-Dominique Albini had joined Eugene’s Missionaries to be a preacher. After his period of initial formation at the novitiate, he was rearing to get into this ministry. Eugene, however, asked him to set aside preaching for a while and concentrate … Continue reading
COMING OF AGE
The texts about translating the Oblate Rule into Latin may not appear very inspiring today. Yet, behind these letters is a very important stage in the development of the Missionary Oblates. After 8 years of existence, the time had come … Continue reading
THE IDENTIFYING QUALITY OF AN OBLATE WORK IS THAT IT IS A CENTER OF ONGOING MISSION
Eugene reminds the young missionaries that one of the main aims of Oblate ministry was to instruct people who had generally been left ignorant about their faith and confused in their values as a result of the French Revolution. It … Continue reading
DEACONS NEED THE STRENGTH OF THE HOLY SPIRIT.
Another young Oblate in formation in Aix, Hippolyte Guibert, was preparing to receive ordination to the diaconate. Eugene wrote to congratulate and encourage him. Even though there was not an open persecution, like those of the early Christians by the … Continue reading