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THAT MISSIONARY COMMUNITY THAT TRULY RESEMBLES THE CENACLE
The Oblate community was Eugene’s constant point of reference, whenever he was separated from it. His model for our religious missionary life was that of Jesus and the apostles. For him our communities were meant to be “cenacles” – just … Continue reading
NOTHING OF THIS SPECTACLE IN THE PALACE OF THE EARTHLY KING SPOKE TO MY HEART
At the Royal Palace in Paris, Eugene describes the Holy Thursday service where a prince washed the feet of a group of children during the liturgy I have just returned from accompanying my uncle to the Last Supper at the … Continue reading
IN THE PRESENCE OF THE SAME LORD
Despite all their ministry engagements, Eugene always insisted that the Missionaries come together to celebrate the Easter mysteries as a family in their communities. Being in Paris, this was the first time in 7 years that he was not with … Continue reading
WHERE RULES HIS LOVING HEART, THERE LET US MEET
Eugene was a “heart” person who was intuitive and expressed and acted on his intuitions. As soon as he had met Joseph Guibert, he reflected that “it seemed to me to have found again something of myself” – he recognized … Continue reading
SO LET US ALWAYS BE UNITED IN THE SAME CHARISM
Joseph-Hippolyte Guibert, a young man from Aix en Provence, had joined the novitiate but, soon after, had been pressurized by his father to leave. A few weeks later he had returned and Eugene wrote about this to express his happiness … Continue reading
OUR HOUSE IS A TRUE HEAVEN ON EARTH
As Eugene charges the scholastics to live always in communion with one another, one can recognize echoes of John 17,21: “I pray that they will all be one, just as you and I are one–as you are in me, Father, … Continue reading
FILLED WITH THE CHARISM THAT GIVES LIFE TO EVERYTHING
A few months earlier, Eugene had written to Henri Tempier: ”First companion of mine, you have from the first day we came together grasped the spirit which must animate us and which we must communicate to others” (Letter to Henri … Continue reading
THE CONSTANT REMINDER: BE IN ORDER TO DO
Separated from his community, Eugene reminds them of the heart of our Oblate vocation: mission is that of inviting others to share in what we are living and experiencing ourselves as a missionary community: BE in order to DO! Love … Continue reading
COMMUNITY AT A DISTANCE
While living in Aix en Provence and ministering in groups in the area it was easy to live in community and benefit from this. Now things were to change with Eugene’s new ministry at the side of his uncle, the … Continue reading
THE COMMUNITY AS A PLACE OF REST AND RECHARGING OF BATTERIES
In the midst of all the bureaucratic visits and business in Paris connected with Fortuné’s nomination as Bishop of Marseille, Eugene’s heart is focused on the community of Missionaries in Provence. He thinks longingly of the times in community where … Continue reading