Monthly Archives: November 2020

THE LORD HAD LIKELY INSPIRED HER SO THAT THERE WOULD BE A PLACE IN THE COACH FOR THE GOOD FATHER DALY

Still reflecting on the providential hand of God in the matter of having sent English-speaking men to join the Oblates in France , Eugene recounted in his diary. That is not all, now by the most singular encounter, Bro. Daly, … Continue reading

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A NEW SIGN OF GOD’S WILL TO CONTINUE HIS WORK

A second person, sent by God to open the way to Oblate evangelization across the English Channel was John Naughten, who had entered the novitiate in France the year before. It was a “chance encounter” engineered by God.  Meanwhile a … Continue reading

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AN EXCELLENT NATIVE IRISH FATHER WHO CAME TO US AS IF FALLING FROM THE SKY

God opened the door of Oblate mission to the British Isles by sending William Daly to join the Oblates as a student four years earlier. Eugene understood the missionary significance of this and was impelled to action in 1841. It … Continue reading

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NOVEMBER 15: LET’S UNITE TO PRAY FOR THE DECEASED MEMBERS OF THE MAZENODIAN FAMILY

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GOD BEGINS TO WRITE A NEW PAGE IN OUR HISTORY

In 1841 God began to write a new page in the history of the Mazenodian Family with the arrival of some heaven-sent visitors to Marseilles. Eugene wrote in his diary: The Bishop of Montreal in Canada, passing through Marseilles a … Continue reading

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THEY BURN WITH THE DESIRE TO BE WORTHY TO BE ADMITTED TO THE NOVITIATE WHEN THEY FINISH THEIR CLASSES.

Writing to Fr Mille about the death of an Oblate, Eugene noted the need to replace them with new candidates: Heaven is filling up with our men. If it is consoling to see all those who have been taken from … Continue reading

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HEAVEN IS FILLING UP WITH OUR MEN

Holy Week and the feasts, care of our sick, concern for their danger, sorrow at their loss, all these have contributed, my dear Father Mille, to delay my writing you … I am afraid the men at Calvaire failed to … Continue reading

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PIERRE MIE, A FOUNDING OBLATE WHO LIVED THE CHARISM TO THE END

The last years of Father Pierre Mie’s life were spent in teaching seminarians and ministering to the poor on the streets. At his death, Eugene had written: Like myself, you too will feel the great loss we incur in the … Continue reading

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PIERRE MIE OMI: “HE HAS SENT ME TO PREACH THE GOOD NEWS TO THE POOR”

With deepest sorrow I inform you of the death of our good and saintly Father Mie… Like myself, you too will feel the great loss we incur in the person of this blessed man whose presence among us here on … Continue reading

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THE DEATH OF ONE OF OUR FOUNDING FATHERS

With deepest sorrow I inform you of the death of our good and saintly Father Mie. Letter to Jean Baptiste Mille, 11 March 1841, EO IX n 726 Once Napoleon came to power in 1799, Father Mie was able to … Continue reading

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