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“A father’s communication with his many children… that is one of the most agreeable occupations of my life” 1857
I think of how Eugene lived in the light of what Jesus did, in the light of Servant Leadership. Rather than doing this all on his own, he prayed and discerned and invited others to join him, each as members of the Founding Community. The Church joins in this as they approve and become the guardians of the community’s Constitutions and Rules. They are guardinas of the charism which the Holy Spirit first gave to Eugene.
Ours is a community of persons who serve each other as well as the Church and all those to whom we are sent.
The Oblate Motto is that: “We are sent to share the Good News with the poorest of the poor: the poor are evangelized.” I have always understood this to mean that when we ourselves share the Good News, that we too are evangelized: and we consult the others in our community as to the way that we do this. None of us are greater than any other.