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THE DELIGHT THAT IS MINE WHEN I AM WITH OUR OBLATES IS WORTH MORE THAN ANYTHING ELSE
At the end of October each year the Oblate community in Aix would have their annual retreat, and this year Eugene had come from Marseille to join the community for it. He wrote to Henri Tempier in Marseille: If it … Continue reading
THE STRUGGLE AGAINST THE EVIL ONE
Often in Eugene’s writings we come across the struggle between good and evil where ministry is concerned. Console yourself by realizing that it is a new trick of the enemy of all good from whom it would not be reasonable … Continue reading
A LIFE-LONG FRIEND AND CONFIDANT OF THE FOUNDER
We are beginning to make the acquaintance of the first generation of Oblates who came in after the initial founding group. These are names we will frequently come across in the writings of Eugene – Oblates who have left their … Continue reading
HELPING YOUNG ZEALOUS MISSIONARIES TO BE CREDIBLE SIGNS OF THEIR MESSAGE
Eugene writes with advice to the 26 year-old Hippolyte Courtès, the young superior of Aix and the one responsible for the formation of the new Oblates, (most of whom were around his own age). The letters of this period show … Continue reading
THE MISSIONARY DREAM BEGINS WITH A TEACHER
Jacques Marcou was 23 years old and had been ordained less than a year. In those days the studies for the priesthood were very rudimentary and took two years (as opposed to a minimum of 7 today). For this reason … Continue reading
EUGENE DE MAZENOD’S IDEAL OF SERVICE TO THE CHURCH IN THE CULTURAL CONTEXT WHERE FAITH IS LIVED AND EXPRESSED IS STILL A DRIVING FORCE
In 1981, Oblate School of Theology began the Ministry to Ministers program. The program is a four month intensive spiritual and theological sabbatical experience for priests and religious men and women who have been in ministry for a number of … Continue reading
THE EARLY SPIRIT AND MOTIVATION OF EUGENE AND THE PIONEERING MISSIONARIES IS STILL A DRIVING FORCE FOR OBLATE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY
The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate came to Texas in 1849, at the urgent request of Texas’ first Roman Catholic Bishop, to preach Christ’s message and to serve the People of God, especially the poor and marginalized. Oblate School of … Continue reading
A SCHOOL ACCORDING TO EUGENE’S IDEALS
I have been caught up at Oblate School of Theology in the end-of-year rush of exams, grading, and now the various commencement/graduation ceremonies. I am thus filling a few entries by speaking about OST. I have no doubt that Eugene … Continue reading
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A CANDIDATE WHO HAS NO IDEA OF HOW WE DO THINGS
Now that he was in Marseille, Eugene kept in regular contact with the superiors of the Oblate communities to ensure a unity of spirit. His letters are full of practical details referring to situations and people. In a particular way … Continue reading
DARING TO CROSS FRONTIERS
From the very beginning, Eugene’s expansive spirit saw beyond his present frontiers towards other areas of missionary outreach to the “most abandoned.” In 1818 he had written in the first Rule of Life: Even though, because of their present small … Continue reading