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PREPARATION TO EXPERIENCE THE FATHER’S LOVE IN JESUS
Our Rule of Life describes the goal of the novitiate year for those preparing to become Oblates: “Novitiate formation ends with a free and faith-filled commitment in the Oblate Congregation. The novice, having experienced the Father’s love in Jesus, dedicates … Continue reading
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
DIOCESAN SEMINARIANS AND OBLATE SCHOLASTICS
Concluding the presentations on the significance of the Oblates taking over the running of the seminary in Marseille (and thus opening the way to become involved in seminary education throughout the world), Yvon Beaudoin gives some interesting figures on the … Continue reading
RAISING THE INTELLECTUAL LEVEL WITHIN THE CONGREGATION
Eugene writes about Father Albini’s appointment to the seminary : Be well aware that were he to fall ill again and I am unable to employ him in the post which I have in mind for him… Letter to Jean Baptiste … Continue reading
A NEW OBLATE MISSIONARY THRUST: HIGHER EDUCATION
Eugene writes about Father Albini’s appointment to the seminary : Be well aware that were he to fall ill again and I am unable to employ him in the post which I have in mind for him… Letter to Jean Baptiste … Continue reading
A NEW OBLATE MISSIONARY THRUST: SEMINARY FORMATION
To respond to the need for clergy reform and formation, Eugene was about to send Father Charles-Dominique Albini to the major seminary of Marseille as professor and formator. He wrote about this to Fr. Honorat Be well aware that were … Continue reading
NOVITIATE: THE LIGHTING OF A FIRE
Before the candidates to Oblate life made their commitment, they had to do an intense year of prayer and reflection, called the novitiate. The behavior of Nicolas Riccardi and some others had led Eugene to question how well the novitiate … Continue reading
FORMATION: GOOD EXAMPLE CHANGES PEOPLE
On the anniversary of Father Marcou’s death, Eugene’s reminiscences led him to recall the origins of Fr Marcou’s Oblate vocation journey. After several years in the youth congregation and the practice of virtue, he entered the seminary. His piety became … Continue reading
FORMATION: REALIZING THE DEMANDS OF OUR VOCATION
The time of novitiate was a privileged time of formation for the future Oblates, and so Eugene wanted that time set aside to do what it was intended to. For those of us who are not Oblate novices, perhaps the … Continue reading
FORMATION: BE CLOSE TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE
The Oblates who accompany the novices need to be fully available to them and not absent because of other preoccupations (no matter how worthy these could be). In our demanding mediatic world of today, this could also be seen as … Continue reading