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PARISH MISSIONS: THE STRUGGLE TO COMMUNICATE THE VALUE OF CHASTITY TO THE GIRLS OF THE VILLAGES
The missionaries wanted to make a difference to the lives of those attending the mission by helping them to live every aspect of their lives in the light of the Gospel. Today’s text looks at their concern for the girls … Continue reading
PARISH MISSIONS: THE REWARDS OF PERSEVERANCE IN THE OUTREACH TO THE MEN
The culmination of the outreach to the men was the Mass especially for them where they were invited to receive Communion – many for the first or second time in their lives: The Mass at which the men were to … Continue reading
PARISH MISSIONS: REACHING OUT TO THOSE GROUPS WHOM THE CHURCH TOUCHES LEAST
Where the Church is already established, our commitment is to those groups it touches least. (Constitution 5) While the women “would spend their lives in the church” it was not quite the same thing for the men, and so a … Continue reading
PARISH MISSIONS: THE ATTRACTION AND DANGER OF COMFORT ZONES
The outreach of the missionaries to the women and girls was always the most successful and rewarding. Eugene tells us that in Marignane the women and young ladies were brought together at two o’clock in the afternoon… The gathering was … Continue reading
PARISH MISSIONS: REACHING OUT TO EVERY CATEGORY OF THE POOR WITH THEIR MANY FACES
Our Oblate Constitutions and Rules are clear as to who the preferential recipients of our mission must be: Wherever we work, our mission is especially to those people whose condition cries out for salvation and for the hope which only … Continue reading
PARISH MISSIONS: REACHING OUT TO THE MEN WHO HAD SCORNED THE EUCHARISTIC PROCESSION
Vespers at two. The Blessed Sacrament remained exposed during Vespers. Sermon on adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. Immediately after the sermon, the procession left. The evening before, notice was given that all those who wished to join in were to … Continue reading
PARISH MISSIONS: LEARNING TO BE DISCIPLES FROM MARY
For a population used to hard physical work, it was essential that the mission provide more than only sermons to listen to – the people had to be involved with their senses and their actions. One of the ways of … Continue reading
PARISH MISSIONS: BRINGING EQUILIBRIUM TO THE “RIGHTS OF MAN”
The Revolution had given birth to a Constitution and to the Declaration of the Rights of Man – two important documents given prominence in France, and throughout the world. The missionaries wished to introduce a balance by reminding people of the … Continue reading
PARISH MISSIONS: RETURNING TO GOD WHO HAD BEEN FORGOTTEN AND ABUSED
In a ceremony called, the Amende-Honorable, the missionaries invited people to a reflection on conversion and reparation. In the presence of the Blessed Sacrament, they made an act of reparation for all the lack of respect and profanations against God … Continue reading
PARISH MISSIONS: ALLOWING THE GOSPEL MESSAGE TO TOUCH THE EMOTIONS
We continue to explore the ceremonies of the missions, and the focus on the renewal of baptismal commitment. Today when we read the reactions of the listeners to the activities of the missionaries, we may be tempted to dismiss the … Continue reading