Category Archives: WRITINGS

We are a missionary Congregation (Constitution 5) “We were born for the mission and we exist for the mission. The Founder was impelled to begin the community of Aix in order to evangelize the inhabitants of his area, especially the … Continue reading →

We are a missionary Congregation (Constitution 5) “As the Father has sent me, I am sending you” (John 20:21), said Jesus as he entrusted his disciples to God’s mission. God’s mission has a Church, and God’s mission has our Oblate … Continue reading →

Wherever we work, our mission is especially to those people whose condition cries out for salvation and for the hope which only Jesus Christ can fully bring. These are the poor with their many faces; we give them our preference. … Continue reading →

St Eugene’s charism is very clear on how to identify the poor: “The call of Jesus Christ, heard within the Church through people’s need for salvation” (Constitution 1). After having laid the foundations, the Rule now begins to spell out … Continue reading →

On our journey of reflection on the Constitutions and Rules, it is important to have a “map” that we can consult from time to time to situate us – this is especially the case for the lay members of our … Continue reading →

Through the eyes of our crucified Saviour we see the world which he redeemed with his blood, desiring that those in whom he continues to suffer will know also the power of his resurrection (cf. Phil 3: 10). (Constitution 9) … Continue reading →

The cross of Jesus Christ is central to our mission. Like the apostle Paul, we “preach Christ and him crucified” (1 Cor 2: 2). If we bear in our body the death of Jesus, it is with the hope that … Continue reading →

Eugene was convinced that the blood of the Savior made everyone equal in God’s eyes. From his earlies ministry it was a principle that he insisted on, as we see in the statutes he wrote for the young people he … Continue reading →

Through the eyes of our crucified Saviour we see the world which he redeemed with his blood, desiring that those in whom he continues to suffer will know also the power of his resurrection (cf. Phil 3: 10). (Constitution 4) … Continue reading →

The cross of Jesus Christ is central to our mission. Like the apostle Paul, we “preach Christ and him crucified” (1 Cor 2: 2). If we bear in our body the death of Jesus, it is with the hope that … Continue reading →