{"id":2067,"date":"2013-05-13T05:00:48","date_gmt":"2013-05-13T03:00:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=2067"},"modified":"2013-05-10T22:47:19","modified_gmt":"2013-05-10T20:47:19","slug":"the-early-spirit-and-motivation-of-eugene-and-the-pioneering-missionaries-is-still-a-driving-force-for-oblate-school-of-theology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=2067","title":{"rendered":"THE EARLY SPIRIT AND MOTIVATION OF EUGENE AND THE PIONEERING MISSIONARIES IS STILL A DRIVING FORCE FOR OBLATE SCHOOL OF THEOLOGY"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate came to Texas in 1849, at the urgent request of Texas\u2019 first Roman Catholic Bishop, to preach Christ\u2019s message and to serve the People of God, especially the poor and marginalized.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Oblate School of Theology was founded in San Antonio in 1903 as the San Antonio Philosophical and Theological Seminary. The School\u2019s initial goal and mission was to educate young men to serve as Oblate missionaries in Texas, New Mexico, Louisiana, Mexico and the Philippines.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Today, Oblate School of Theology prepares men for priesthood from many dioceses across the United States and a number of religious communities. Roman Catholic men and women and those from other Christian traditions are present on campus as the School also prepares men and women religious as well as laity from Catholic and other Christian traditions for a variety of ministries.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The early spirit and motivation of the pioneering missionaries to be of service to the church in the cultural context where faith is lived and expressed is still a driving force for Oblate School of Theology. It understands preparation for mission and ministry as the actual integration of pastoral experience and theological study.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>From:<a href=\" http:\/\/www.ost.edu\/OblateSite\/OST\/about-ost.htm\"> http:\/\/www.ost.edu\/OblateSite\/OST\/about-ost.htm<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate came to Texas in 1849, at the urgent request of Texas\u2019 first Roman Catholic Bishop, to preach Christ\u2019s message and to serve the People of God, especially the poor and marginalized. Oblate School of &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=2067\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2067","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2067","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2067"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2067\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2067"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2067"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2067"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}