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VOWS: THE WAY TO “BE” IN ORDER TO “DO”
So far our exploration of the 1818 Rule has looked at the first part, which was the “why” of the Missionaries. We have seen how in this section Eugene explained their mission and ministry in detail. The next section, entitled … Continue reading
OBLATION DAY: VOWING TO MAKING GOD’S LOVE VISIBLE
All Saints’ Day has arrived: from three in the morning, those who made up the Chapter are awake; before four o’clock they are all in the chapel praying in front of the altar, preparing themselves for the most beautiful, the … Continue reading
GOVERNMENT STRUCTURES FLEXIBLE ENOUGH TO EVOLVE WITH OUR LIVED EXPERIENCE
In all justice to Eugene, we would do him a disservice if we saw his action of bringing the scholastics to vote as a devious ploy to get his own way. The decision that was made with their help proved … Continue reading
PRIESTS AND BROTHERS, UNITED TO GOD BY THE VOWS OF RELIGION
The future of the Missionaries hung in the balance. Eugene was convinced that the direction for the growth of the Society could only be via the route of religious life and professing the evangelical counsels by making vows. Four of … Continue reading
THE FUTURE OF THE MISSIONARIES THREATENED FROM WITHIN
Eugene used the annual retreat of the Missionaries as the opportunity to present to them the Rule that he had compiled. The retreat extended from October 23 to 31, 1818. As the events of this retreat, and of our first … Continue reading
OBLATION: CREATING A BOND OF COMMUNION BETWEEN PERSONS ON THE SAME JOURNEY TO GOD
My consistent thought has always been that our little family should consecrate itself to God and to the service of the Church through the vows of religion. The difficulty was to get my first companions to appreciate something of this … Continue reading
OBLATION: CONSECRATION TO LIVE ONLY FOR GOD
My consistent thought has always been that our little family should consecrate itself to God and to the service of the Church through the vows of religion. Rambert, I p. 187 The heart of Eugene’s conversion journey, the culmination of … Continue reading
OBLATION: TO ENSURE A LOVING AUTHENTICITY OF LIFE AND MINISTRY
Hence I considered choosing the evangelical counsels, to which they had been so faithful, as indispensable, lest our words be no more than what I have often noticed about the words of those who proclaim the same truths, namely sounding … Continue reading
OBLATION: THE DEFINING MOMENT OF HOLY THURSDAY APRIL 11, 1816
The basic foundation stone of the existence of the Oblates, and of the whole Mazenodian family, had been laid on 25 January 1816, when the group came together formally to live as a community. Less than three months later, a … Continue reading