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PROPERTY IS THE SUREST GUARANTEE OF STABILITY
While ensuring the zeal of the Oblate missionaries towards the most abandoned, Eugene also had to deal with the local bishops to safeguard the status and situation of the Oblates in the dioceses where they ministered. Yvon Beaudoin explains the … Continue reading
TRANSPARENCY WITH MONEY
The Oblate missionaries seemingly wanted to take a collection for the poor. While being in favour of the principle, Eugene sounds a note of caution regarding clarity and transparency. The people who are giving money must be absolutely clear that … Continue reading
FINANCES: IT IS MY CLOTHES THAT GIVE ME TROUBLE
Eugene was scrupulous about not unnecessary expenses for himself. Writing to Tempier from Rome, he gives an insight into the steps that his frugality led him. With this money I have paid my debts, that is to say, two months … Continue reading
FINANCES: COOPERATING WITH DIVINE PROVIDENCE
From Rome, Eugene shares his concern about the finances of the Oblates and the obligation to provide for the needs of the members in future. I would wish you not to overlook a matter which preoccupies me constantly and that … Continue reading
MISSIONARY ENTHUSIASM HAS TWO HANDS
The young community was growing – and so were their expenses! In particular, all the candidates who came to join the Missionaries brought no income into the community during their years of formation. This was to be an ongoing source … Continue reading
WHERE DID THE MONEY COME FROM?
I am often asked, “In the first years of their existence where did the money for the livelihood of the Missionaries come from?” This letter to the new Archbishop of Aix gives an idea of the situation at the end … Continue reading
SHARING THE CHARISM AS A MAZENODIAN FAMILY
Having established that benefactors are indeed partners in mission, Eugene shows how these partners participate fully in the spiritual benefits of being associated with the Missionaries. Nevertheless, on our part, this is the contribution that we will make, despite our … Continue reading
LAITY ARE MISSION CO-OPERATORS AND GOD IS THE GUARANTOR OF THEIR REWARD
The benefactors who make it possible for the Missionaries to be trained and to minister are in effect missionaries themselves. They share in the rewards of the mission in a very real way. Somewhere in Holy Scripture it says that … Continue reading
BENEFACTORS SHARE DIRECTLY IN EVANGELIZATION
While the expenses of the Missionaries were looked after by the parishes that invited them for a mission, they depended on the generosity of people to be able to live and minister in the house and Church of the Mission … Continue reading
FINANCING MISSIONS
On a practical level, the zeal of the Missionaries also depended on the generosity of others. They offered their services to a village parish but expected no remuneration. To one of the pastors Eugene wrote: The funds you have seem sufficient … Continue reading