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A HEART AS LARGE AS SAINT PAUL’S, AS LARGE AS THE WORLD
Bishop Horace Bettachini, Coadjutor of the Vicar Apostolic of Colombo, came to Europe in 1845 to seek missionary help. He obtained no more than one member of the Congregation of the Oratory, and one Sylvestrine Benedictine. In vain he travelled … Continue reading
WE SHALL FINALLY SEE WHO HAS BROUGHT THE GREATER NUMBER OF SOULS TO GOD
From their first sermons in Limoges, the style of the Oblates was not understood and appreciated by the clergy and others. Fr Courtès did not allow himself to be disheartened and responded well to the critical comments. Eugene commended him: … Continue reading
HUMILITY IS ABSOLUTELY INDISPENSABLE
Continuing his letter to the Bishop of Limoges, Eugene underlines that the preaching of the Oblates is to be to the poor and most abandoned and not to grandiose sermon series in parishes. I must even say about this matter … Continue reading
THEY ARE CALLED TO EVANGELIZE THE POOR AND WORK FOR THE SALVATION OF THE MOST ABANDONED SOULS
The first group of missionaries, temporarily under the leadership of Fr Courtès, arrived in Limoges in early November. To prepare the bishop for this, Eugene wrote to him to make the mission of the Oblates very clear. Your Lordship will … Continue reading
HOW CAN WE REFUSE THIS GIFT OF GOD?
1847 was a year of unexpected expansion for the Oblates in France. Firstly, establishing themselves in Nancy, in north east of the country. Then came the unexpected and providential invitation to open a house for mission preachers in Limoges in … Continue reading
THEY WILL BE PERSUADED THAT WE ACT ONLY BY THE INSPIRATION OF GOD FOR THE GREATER GLORY OF HIS HOLY NAME
I begin by congratulating you for being the first of our Congregation to announce the Word of God to those frozen people of the north. The Oblate establishment in the city of Nancy was the first foundation in the north-east … Continue reading
SAINT JOSEPH, PATRON OF THE CONGREGATION
Concerning prayers, I must tell you that several of our Fathers want me to establish a daily invocation to St. Joseph, foster-father of the Holy Family, to obtain that from Heaven above he may provide for the temporal needs of … Continue reading
ALWAYS KEEP OUR MISSIONARIES IN THE HUMILITY OF THEIR VOCATION
Continuing his letter to the Vicar General of Nancy about the style and method of Oblate preaching, Eugene wrote: I will modestly reply by quoting a passage of our Rules which sets down the method that our Missionaries are to … Continue reading
JOIN THE MAZENODIAN FAMILY IN PRAYER
Learn more about this prayer practice of the Mazenodian Family: https://sites.google.com/view/mazenodianfamily/monthly-oraison/what-is-oraison/november-2023?authuser=0&fbclid=IwAR0U0eL2nKHLBtI4-8t7Duz-XidSksPQJuNPK3t4PJOXCN7h2MHq4VE1Cgghttps://sites.google.com/…/what-is…/november-2023…
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“EXCELLENT” PREACHERS
In October 1847, the Oblates responded to the invitation of the Bishop of Nancy to establish themselves in his city. This community would serve as a second novitiate house as well as being a center from which the Oblates would … Continue reading
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