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PARISH MISSIONS: THE HYMN AND PRAYER BOOK AS AN INSTRUMENT TO REINFORCE THE FRUITS OF THE MISSION
The Missionaries of Provence compiled a hymnbook for use during their missions, and as an instrument to help the people after the mission. The first edition was published in 1818, and it was revised and enlarged regularly in succeeding years. … Continue reading
PARISH MISSIONS: PREACHING TO BE PREPARED IN PRAYER
It was the Saviour who had to speak through his co-operator, as Eugene wrote in his Rule: The missionary – lest his preaching be in vain – will pray and get others to pray to the Divine Master of hearts, … Continue reading
COMMUNION IN DEATH
The moment that the members of the Youth Congregation became aware of the death of one of its members, they each had a responsibility to accompany him in prayer. ART. 55. The Prefect informs all members of the Congregation. The … Continue reading
PARISH MISSIONS: IT IS THE SAVIOUR HIMSELF WHO MUST SPEAK THROUGH HIS CO-OPERATORS
Today the members of the Mazenodian family are urged that it: is as missionaries that we worship, in the various ways the Spirit suggests to us. We come before him bearing with us the daily pressures of our anxiety for … Continue reading
PARISH MISSIONS: FULFILLED IN COMMUNITY, WHICH IS A SIGN THAT GOD IS EVERYTHING FOR THE MISSIONARIES
The missionaries were going on their missionary expedition as members of a community, and so before each mission departure there was a moment of community prayer and send-off: Before leaving the house, they will go to the church in their … Continue reading
PARISH MISSIONS: REFLECT THE MISSIONARY’S PERSONAL AND COMMUNITY RELATIONSHIP WITH GOD
Once the missionaries had completed the presentation of their vision statement to the diocesan authorities and elected a superior, they began a ten-day period of prayer and recollection in preparation for their first parish mission, which was to begin in … Continue reading
THE MISSIONARY : EQUILIBRIUM AND COMPLEMENTARITY
Equilibrium and complementarity summarize the next section of our first Rule: The Missionaries will divide their group in such a way that while some strive in community to acquire the virtues and knowledge proper to a good missionary, others are … Continue reading
FUND-RAISING: DREAMS CANNOT MATERIALIZE WITHOUT THE PARTICIPATION OF THOSE INVOLVED
The poor state of the church necessitated expenditure to make it usable. Initially it was the choir – the internal chapel once used by the Carmelite sisters – that needed repair, and thereafter the church itself. The very first group … Continue reading
THE YOUTH CONGREGATION: A FAMILY UNITED IN LIFE AND IN DEATH
Eugene’s description of the funeral of the 13 year-old member of the Youth Congregation, shows how it was its members who took responsibility for the funeral and for praying in a serious manner for the deceased in the days after … Continue reading
TO FOLLOW AND IMITATE JESUS CHRIST AS A MODEL
Ending the first week of the 1814 retreat, Eugene moves into the next phase: that of meditating on the life of Jesus so as to model his own on it. He begins this series of meditations with the classic “Call … Continue reading