Eugene delights in the letters he receives from the Oblates evangelizing at Roquevaire, who share their missionary joys with him.<\/p>\n
\nI have no need to tell you how much I bless the Lord for all he is doing through your ministry; we are all in transports of joy, as if this were new to us. I have read our Fathers\u2019 letter to the community, after the explanation of the Rule; it has the all the content needed to encourage our good novices to work in the acquisition of the virtues which ought to be the foundation of the building of Oblate life; I well believe that it made their mouths water. <\/strong><\/h5>\n
The mission continues also in our church; it would take ten confessors permanently and we are only three halves.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n
Letter to Hippolyte Guibert, 20 March 1827, EO VII n 267<\/em><\/p>\n
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Eugene always shared the letters of the missionaries with the community, and especially with the young men in Oblate formation. Hearing about the missionary adventures of their older Oblate brothers made the younger ones impatient to go out and begin being missionaries themselves. We touch something here of the excitement of the Acts of the Apostles and the early years of the apostolic times. In the future when the Oblate missionaries were to go to North America, Africa and Asia, their letters would become a steady source of incentive for new members of the Oblate congregation to wish to do likewise. Today, as we reflect on 200 years of Oblate missionary life, the lives, generosity and achievements of thousands of members of the Mazenodian family invite us to an enthusiastic response.<\/p>\n
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\u201cDon’t just tell your kids to be active and to get outside and play. Lead by example.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 Summer Sanders<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Eugene delights in the letters he receives from the Oblates evangelizing at Roquevaire, who share their missionary joys with him. I have no need to tell you how much I bless the Lord for all he is doing through your … Continue reading