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SPIRITUALITY: MAKING GOD’S DREAM A REALITY

Looking back on his time in Venice, Eugene traced the hand of God constructing his life-direction through others: Can I ever thank God sufficiently for getting for me, out of his infinite goodness, help such as this precisely at the … Continue reading

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HENRI TEMPIER: MY FAITHFUL AND DEAR COMPANION

Concluding a letter to Henri Tempier, Eugene expresses who Tempier was for him: Adieu, my faithful and dear companion, son, brother and cherished father …. Letter to Henri Tempier, 21 October 1828, EO VII n 313  Tempier, throughout 45 years, … Continue reading

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OUR FIDELITY IN PRACTICING CONSTANTLY THIS RULE WHICH HAS HELPED THEM TO ARRIVE WHERE THEY ARE

Looking at the lives of the four Oblates who had already reached the end of their earthly journey, Eugene asks himself what the secret of their happiness was. I presume that our community above must be placed quite close to … Continue reading

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THEY ARE CLOSE TO OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST, WHOM THEY HAVE FOLLOWED ON EARTH AND WHOM THEY CONTEMPLATE WITH DELIGHT

Reflecting on the four Oblates who already make up our community in the fullness of the Kingdom, Eugene imagines their situation: I presume that our community above must be placed quite close to our Patron; I see them at the … Continue reading

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THEY ARE STILL OUR BROTHERS, AND WE ARE THEIRS

Now we have four in Heaven; this is already a nice community. Eugene speaks of the first four Oblates to have died: Fathers J. A. Jourdan (+April, 1823). J. J. Marcou (+August 20, 1826), Brother P.P. Dumolard (+July 9, 1828) … Continue reading

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I REGARD IT AS A PRINCIPAL DUTY TO ASSIST ALL THOSE OF OUR BROTHERS WHO ARE IN DANGER OF DEATH

Fr. Victor-Antoine Arnoux, born at Gap on January 22, 1804 died in Aix on July 13th. Fr. Courtès had written to Eugene on this day: “Aix, Sunday, July 13th, half past eleven in the evening. Our angel has just rendered … Continue reading

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SOLIDARITY AND STABILITY PROVIDED BY A CARING PRESENCE

Father Victor-Antoine Arnoux, 24 years old, was dying in Aix after less than two years after his priestly ordination. Here we are then menaced by another misfortune; we will lose this angelic Fr. Arnoux. Why have you consented to their … Continue reading

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HE IS ANOTHER INTERCESSOR, ANOTHER LINK IN OUR MYSTICAL CHAIN

Twenty year-old Philippe Dumolard had joined the Oblates and was making a positive impression on the Oblates who knew him. Within a few months of his becoming a novice he fell seriously ill. Our Dumolard gives us anxiety. I doubt … Continue reading

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COME AND SEE

Our Rule of Life instructs us: “Our houses will welcome those who wish to ‘come and see’ and thus experience at first hand what Oblate life is like. In a brotherly way we will help them discern what the Lord … Continue reading

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199 YEARS AGO: THE FIRST DAY OF COMMUNITY LIFE – 25 JANUARY 1816

25 January 1816 marked the first day of community life for the Missionaries, with the arrival of the first three members. Eugene had bought some of the Carmelite Convent, with an arrangement that the seller, Madame Gontier, could continue using … Continue reading

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