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Category Archives: DIARY
200 YEARS TODAY – THE BEGINNING OF OUR OBLATE YOUTH MINISTRY
In Eugene’s Diary we read: On the 25 April, 1813, Low Sunday, were laid the foundations of the holy Association of Christian Youth. The Director of this nascent congregation called to his side … [7 names follow]. After laying out … Continue reading
FAMILY JOY
A moment of great family joy for Eugene as Alexandre Dupuy was ordained to the priesthood in Aix. It was a moment of joy for the family of the Missionaries of Provence as one of its members was ordained and … Continue reading
A FATHERHOOD IN CHRIST JESUS THRU THE GOSPEL
In 1818 when Eugene was reviewing his ministry during his retreat, he reflected on the youth and how happy he was with their progress, and continued: I should add that most of them owe their success to my efforts, and … Continue reading
FROM HUMAN FRIENDSHIP TO PASTORAL FRIENDSHIP
With the emergence in his writings of the theme of Eugene’s considering himself the father of his young Missionary family, it is important to seek the origins of this expression. We have seen in previous entries how essential friendship was … Continue reading
FIRST FRUITS JOYFULLY OFFERED TO GOD
Eugene rejoices with fatherly pride at the priestly ordination of a member of his beloved Youth Congregation and of his Missionaries. Writing in the Youth Diary, and from the point of view of the youth he reflected: On July 31… … Continue reading
THE MISSIONARY PRIEST: LOVE IS SEEN IN WHAT IT DOES
Three and a half years after the foundation of the Missionaries of Provence they lived a moment of great joy and satisfaction in the priestly ordination of the first member of the Youth Congregation to become one of them. In … Continue reading
WHAT A BEAUTIFUL DEATH!
In 1819, Paulin Castellas, a member of Eugene’s Youth Congregation died. For a while he had lived with other Aix students in the house of the Missionaries. Eugene’s reflection on this young man’s life was written in the Diary of … Continue reading
AN UNFORGETTABLE DAY: A CELEBRATION OF GROWTH
In our chronological journey through the writings of Saint Eugene, we had reached the 1st of November 1818, the day that the Missionaries of Provence made vows in accordance with their new Rule of Life. Then for several weeks, we … Continue reading
NEVER ABANDONING THE SALVATION OF THOSE WHOM JESUS CHRIST REDEEMED WITH HIS BLOOD
Reviewing the Diary of the Youth Congregation, Eugene wrote about the 28 month gap in keeping the diary up to date. I assigned a congregant to make a note of the principal events so that at the first free moment … Continue reading
MISSIONARIES AT HOME
Just because the Missionaries had been forced to cancel two parish missions because of exhaustion, did not mean that they sat around idly. The normal ministry of the community to the youth and to the people of Aix in the … Continue reading