Monthly Archives: December 2014

PAUSE FOR CHRISTMAS

Eugene will speak to us again on Wednesday 07 January 2015. A reminder that all the previous entries (1254 of them) can be consulted on this site. By using the search engine on the homepage you can find entries dealing … Continue reading

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SONS AND DAUGHTERS OF MARY IMMACULATE

To this end, I invoke the intercession of the Most Holy and Immaculate Virgin Mary, Mother of God, daring to remind her in all humility, but with consolation, of the filial devotion of my whole life, and of the desire … Continue reading

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OBLATES OF MARY IMMACULATE

In preparation for our patronal feast, we recall Eugene’s decision to change our name to Oblates of Mary Immaculate. Once the decision had been made, and Eugene had requested this new name, he was filled with joy at having done … Continue reading

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DIOCESAN SEMINARIANS AND OBLATE SCHOLASTICS

Concluding the presentations on the significance of the Oblates taking over the running of the seminary in Marseille (and thus opening the way to become involved in seminary education throughout the world), Yvon Beaudoin gives some interesting figures on the … Continue reading

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OBLATE PROFESSORS ARE AS MUCH MISSIONARIES AS ARE THEIR BROTHERS WHO ARE PREACHING

Yvon Beaudoin continues to explain the Oblate involvement, as professors,  in the major seminary of Marseille. Admittedly, the greater number of directors accepted this task only out of obedience. Nearly all of them wanted to be preachers and missionaries. With … Continue reading

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RAISING THE INTELLECTUAL LEVEL WITHIN THE CONGREGATION

Eugene writes about Father Albini’s appointment to the seminary : Be well aware that were he to fall ill again and I am unable to employ him in the post which I have in mind for him… Letter to Jean Baptiste … Continue reading

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A NEW OBLATE MISSIONARY THRUST: HIGHER EDUCATION

Eugene writes about Father Albini’s appointment to the seminary : Be well aware that were he to fall ill again and I am unable to employ him in the post which I have in mind for him… Letter to Jean Baptiste … Continue reading

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