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A DOOR OPENING INTO THE FUTURE
On the journey to accompany his mother and sister as they left for France, the diary of the exile narrates two incidents in the 13 year-old Eugene’s life that indicated a future direction. During this journey, Eugene demonstrated what grace … Continue reading
EVERYTHING MUST FOCUS ON EVANGELIZATION
For Eugene the central focus for all Oblates had to be evangelization, and in particular the preaching of parish renewal missions. All time and energy had to be used for this purpose. Our vocation being the missions, only by obedience … Continue reading
IT IS NOT ENOUGH TO ASSEMBLE A LOT OF PEOPLE IN THE CHURCH
Eugene had participated in the first ten days of the mission in Ventabren. He then had to return to Marseille and left it in the hands of the two young priests and the scholastic brother Marius Bernard. A week later, … Continue reading
CATECHETICAL INSTRUCTIONS ARE MUCH MORE USEFUL TO THE UNEDUCATED THAN BEAUTIFUL SERMONS
During the months of October and November, the Missionaries had joined the Jesuits for a mission to the city of Gap, near the Alps. The language of the mission was French and in this connection Eugene refers to a letter … Continue reading
COOPERATING WITH AND LEARNING FROM THE LAITY IN MINISTRY
I find it very significant for the Mazenodian Family that it was the youth who led us to take two important steps. Right at the beginning of our existence it was the youth ministry of Eugene that led him to … Continue reading
PARISH MISSIONS: BETWEEN THREE AND SIX WEEKS LONG
These were crisis times for the Church. The initial years of the Revolution saw everything possible done to destroy the “superstition of religion.” Churches had been destroyed, religious and priests put to death or expelled. Napoleon had stopped the destructive … Continue reading