Monthly Archives: July 2016

As priests and brothers, we have complementary responsibilities in evangelizing. CC&RR, Constitution 7 As I write this reflection, I am at the summer school of the Anglo Irish Oblate Province. It is an example of the Mazenodian Family in action … Continue reading →

As priests and brothers, we have complementary responsibilities in evangelizing. CC&RR, Constitution 7 During the summer break I had the privilege to attend the USA national meeting of the OMI lay associates. Again and again I was struck by their … Continue reading →

As priests and brothers, we have complementary responsibilities in evangelizing. CC&RR, Constitution 7 Passionate as a cooperator of Jesus the Savior, Eugene brought together the first Oblate priests in 1816 to make this ideal a reality for themselves and for … Continue reading →

Our love for the Church inspires us to fulfil our mission in communion with the pastors whom the Lord has given to his people; we accept loyally, with an enlightened faith, the guidance and teachings of the successors of Peter … Continue reading →

Our love for the Church inspires us to fulfil our mission in communion with the pastors whom the Lord has given to his people; we accept loyally, with an enlightened faith, the guidance and teachings of the successors of Peter … Continue reading →

What was the origin of Eugene’s understanding of and relationship with the Pope? When Eugene arrived in Paris in 1808 to prepare himself to become a priest he was plunged into the world of conflict between Napoleon and the Church … Continue reading →

Our love for the Church inspires us to fulfil our mission in communion with the pastors whom the Lord has given to his people; we accept loyally, with an enlightened faith, the guidance and teachings of the successors of Peter … Continue reading →

“Eugene de Mazenod was a man passionately in love with Jesus Christ and unconditionally committed to the Church.” Eugene’s passionate love for Jesus Christ the Savior was the lens through which he perceived everything. It was from this vantage point … Continue reading →

Our love for the Church inspires us to fulfil our mission… CC&RR, Constitution 6 One cannot think of St Eugene without thinking of the Church. He became a priest because he was deeply moved by her sorrowful state after the … Continue reading →

With the rather long break from these reflections, it is good to look at the map and get our bearings once again. To mark our bicentenary year, I have been exploring our founding vision and how, by living this God-given … Continue reading →