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Before agreeing to send missionaries across the Atlantic to Canada, Eugene had to consult all the Oblates. Well! I dared not respond positively to the bishop, but I promised him that I would consider his request and that upon his … Continue reading →

Noting in his diary that Bishop Bourget had asked for some Oblate missionaries to be sent to Canada, Eugene enthusiastically saw the possibilities opening up for the Congregation. He asked me for at least four missionaries; he would pay for … Continue reading →

Still reflecting on the providential hand of God in the matter of having sent English-speaking men to join the Oblates in France , Eugene recounted in his diary. That is not all, now by the most singular encounter, Bro. Daly, … Continue reading →

A second person, sent by God to open the way to Oblate evangelization across the English Channel was John Naughten, who had entered the novitiate in France the year before. It was a “chance encounter” engineered by God.  Meanwhile a … Continue reading →

God opened the door of Oblate mission to the British Isles by sending William Daly to join the Oblates as a student four years earlier. Eugene understood the missionary significance of this and was impelled to action in 1841. It … Continue reading →

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In 1841 God began to write a new page in the history of the Mazenodian Family with the arrival of some heaven-sent visitors to Marseilles. Eugene wrote in his diary: The Bishop of Montreal in Canada, passing through Marseilles a … Continue reading →

Writing to Fr Mille about the death of an Oblate, Eugene noted the need to replace them with new candidates: Heaven is filling up with our men. If it is consoling to see all those who have been taken from … Continue reading →

Holy Week and the feasts, care of our sick, concern for their danger, sorrow at their loss, all these have contributed, my dear Father Mille, to delay my writing you … I am afraid the men at Calvaire failed to … Continue reading →

The last years of Father Pierre Mie’s life were spent in teaching seminarians and ministering to the poor on the streets. At his death, Eugene had written: Like myself, you too will feel the great loss we incur in the … Continue reading →