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OBLATE PROFESSORS ARE AS MUCH MISSIONARIES AS ARE THEIR BROTHERS WHO ARE PREACHING
Yvon Beaudoin continues to explain the Oblate involvement, as professors, in the major seminary of Marseille. Admittedly, the greater number of directors accepted this task only out of obedience. Nearly all of them wanted to be preachers and missionaries. With … Continue reading
RAISING THE INTELLECTUAL LEVEL WITHIN THE CONGREGATION
Eugene writes about Father Albini’s appointment to the seminary : Be well aware that were he to fall ill again and I am unable to employ him in the post which I have in mind for him… Letter to Jean Baptiste … Continue reading
HELPING YOUNG ZEALOUS MISSIONARIES TO BE CREDIBLE SIGNS OF THEIR MESSAGE
Eugene writes with advice to the 26 year-old Hippolyte Courtès, the young superior of Aix and the one responsible for the formation of the new Oblates, (most of whom were around his own age). The letters of this period show … Continue reading
PARISH MISSIONS: THE IMPORTANCE OF WRITING SERMON TEXTS
The importance of preaching led Eugene to be demanding of his Oblates regarding their preaching methods. In the Rule he insisted that the superior would not allow the missionaries to preach until they had written and studied the sermons that … Continue reading
PARISH MISSIONS: THE IMPORTANCE OF STUDY IN ORDER TO PREACH WELL
The missionary, as the instrument of Jesus Christ the Saviour, must pray but he must also study. From the very first rule of life drawn up in January 1816, the principle was established that one part of the life of … 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