Category Archives: WRITINGS

From the time that the Missionaries became a religious congregation, there have been men who discerned that their vocation was to be religious brothers and not priests. In France, the Oblate brothers generally maintained the infrastructure of the Oblate houses … Continue reading →

I would love to spend my life at the foot of the holy tabernacles where our adorable Saviour dwells. It is to go some way towards realizing this desire of my heart that I associate myself with the adoration of … Continue reading →

What you tell me of Father Coste gives me great pleasure. Please take good care of this young man who will be one of our resources for missions in the Provençal language. Father Joseph-Marie Coste, grew up in Marseilles and … Continue reading →

In sending Oblates into a new diocese, Eugene insisted that their spirit and charism be understood and respected. … May it please God that in the diocese of Nancy, as you lead me to hope for the future, people will … Continue reading →

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Father Tempier, Eugene’s right-hand man, had been sent to Nancy to finalize all the necessary arrangements for the new Oblate establishment. Eugene wrote to the Vicar General of Nancy assuring him of his support for all the decisions made. You … Continue reading →

By the end of July 1847 Father Tempier had already travelled to Nancy to make all the necessary arrangnemnts for the Oblate establishment. He had forgotten to take the letter of recommendation that Eugene had written for him My dear … Continue reading →

Once the decision to send Oblate missionaries to Nancy had been made, Eugene wrote to his friend, Alexis Menjaud, who was the Bishop of Nancy. I would be happy if you could become a second father to my sons … … Continue reading →

Thirty years after the foundation of the Congregation, the missionaries were in Corsica, the British Isles and North America and in the south of France. We have seen, in previous entries, the success of the recruiting tour of Fr Leonard … Continue reading →

Eugene had very high expectations and standards for those preparing for ministry in the scholasticates (here referred to as “Oblates” as opposed to Missionary Oblates being those who had completed formation) As I have said to some of your other … Continue reading →