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THE MISSIONARY: MEMBER OF A FAMILY
The next three points of our first Rule seem very dry and technical, but underneath them is a wealth of feeling. On entering the Society, the Missionaries must resolve to persevere in it until the end of their lives. The … Continue reading
THE FOUNDING VISION: OUR FIRST RULE
The first Missionaries of Provence produced a request for authorization that they addressed to the Aix diocesan authorities. We can see this document as the statement of the founding vision of what today we refer to as the larger Mazenodian … Continue reading
WHAT HAPPENED ON 25 JANUARY 1816 – FINALIZING THEIR “VISION STATEMENT”
What did the newly-formed group of Missionaries do on 25 January 1816? A few weeks’ before, Eugene had written to Henri Tempier about his program for this day: At this meeting we will draw up the Rule which we will … Continue reading
VOCATION: COME AND “BE” IN ORDER TO “DO”
From the very beginning, Eugene insists that whatever missionary work is done, its success depends on the quality of life of those doing it. It is the example of the lifestyle of the missionary that speaks louder than any words. … Continue reading
PRISON MINISTRY: ONE OF THE PRINCIPAL ENDS OF OUR INSTITUTE IS TO HELP THE MOST NEGLECTED SOULS
Eugene’s own experience as a young priest was assumed into the practice of the missionary Congregation he founded. The Rule that he wrote for its members could almost be seen as an autobiographical description of his own ministry. He writes: … Continue reading
A NEGATIVE FRAME TO HIGHLIGHT A POSITIVE VOCATION
Eugene was not content to remain sighing about the state of the clergy – in founding our Congregation he envisaged a concrete response to the situation. Part 3 of our first Rule (1818) dealing with the aims of the Oblates … Continue reading
EUGENE CONTINUES TO REFLECT ON HOW TO COUNTERACT THE EFFECTS OF BAD PRIESTS
“The Church, that glorious inheritance purchased by the Saviour at the cost of all his blood, has in our days been cruelly ravaged… … The truth of the matter is that for a century already, through devilish tactics, an effort … Continue reading
EUGENE GIVES HOPE TO A CHURCH RAVAGED BY THE BAD BEHAVIOUR OF SOME PRIESTS
Because of the Year of the Priest I have jumped ahead to the Rule of 1818, where Eugene expresses his ideals of priesthood for the Oblates within the context of the suffering of the Church aggravated by bad priests. ” … Continue reading