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IT WILL SERVE AS THE UNIFORM WHICH CONSTITUTES US EXTERIORLY AS MARY’S ELITE TROOPS
Eugene’s diary entry notes: It is appropriate to recount here the privilege granted to our congregation by our Holy Father Pope Gregory XVI, in regard to the scapular or little habit of the Holy Virgin, decreed by the general chapter … Continue reading
OBLATION: WE GIVE OURSELVES TO HIM WITHOUT RESERVE AND WITHOUT CONDITIONS
Eugene continues to reflect on the meaning of the oblation of Brother Charles Baret, who has just professed his perpetual vows. Accustom yourself, my dear son, to have confidence in the Lord, without reservation whatsoever. We must become entirely generous … Continue reading
OBLATION: THE SAVIOUR JESUS CHRIST, OUR COMMON MASTER, HAS RECEIVED YOUR VOWS, HAS ADOPTED YOU AND HAS MARKED YOU WITH THE SEAL THAT MAKES US WHAT WE ARE
Before making his perpetual oblation, the 18-year-old Charles Baret had written to Eugene, who responded: You were just a novice, my dear son, when you wrote me on August 5. Today you are a child in the Congregation which justly … Continue reading
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LET GOOD FATHER VINCENS REJOICE AND TURN HIS THOUGHTS ON THEM WHEN HE ENCOUNTERS SOME DIFFICULTY
It is impossible to have more generous sentiments, more perfect dedication, more thoughts that are supernatural. They are sacrificing their most natural and legitimate affections with a true joy arising from their faithfulness to and love for their holy vocation. … Continue reading
COME AND LEARN MORE ABOUT SAINT EUGENE
Daring to Listen to God’s Call Four twenty minute videos, beginning on October 4 and you can watch at any convenient time. Find out more »
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PAUSE UNTIL OCTOBER 4
A technical glitch regarding translations has forced us to take a break until October 4. I invite you to revisit some of the older entries (there are 2565 to choose from)
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THEY ARE CONVINCED THAT THEY WILL NEVER AGAIN SEE THEIR HOMELAND, AND THEY WOULD REPROACH THEMSELVES FOR ANY REGRETS THEY MIGHT HAVE ABOUT IT
In the previous entry we saw how Eugene committed the three young Oblates destined to be missionaries in Canada, Brothers Brunet, Garin and Laverlochère, to Mary’s protection. He wrote about them to Father Guigues, the superior of the community where … Continue reading
OUR YOUNG OBLATES CAME TO PLACE THEMSELVES AND THEIR MISSIONS UNDER THE PROTECTION OF OUR GOOD MOTHER
Our Founder, as a result of being an Oblate of Mary Immaculate, had a special love for the Marseilles shrine of Notre Dame de la Garde – Our Lady the Guardian of the city and of those who travel by … Continue reading
THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY MEN OF THE BISHOPS
In the letter to the Bishop of Quebec, which we saw in the previous entry, Eugene has one sentence which it is important to focus on: They are essentially men of the bishops. It is with this in view that … Continue reading