The undersigned priests: \u2026<\/strong><\/h5>\n-wanting, at the same time, to respond to the call which summons them to consecrate themselves to this demanding ministry\u2026<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\nRequest to the Capitular Vicars of Aix, 25 January 1816, O.W. XIII n.2<\/em><\/p>\nIn the earlier part of their vision statement the Missionaries showed in strong terms the urgency of their ministry and the desperate need to respond to something which would be physically and spiritually demanding. In this statement we have the seed of what was to grow into a constitutive and non-negotiable aspect of the foundation:<\/p>\n
the missionaries were not an collection of men who came together just to do an important work,
\nbut they came together as a response to what they discerned to be a call from God to each one individually, and to the community as a whole;
\nthey thus came together and consecrated themselves to BEING in order to DO<\/p>\n
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<\/a>All this was to be expressed in the motto of the group: “He has sent me to evangelize the poor” with the evangelizer being constantly evangelized himself.<\/p>\nThe seed was sown on 25 January 1816 and the plant continues to deepen its roots and the fruit it bears today. This sentence of our “Founding Fathers” is clearly recognizable in our Rule of Life today:<\/p>\n
“Our ministry involves us in a variety of tasks, yet each act in life is an occasion for personal encounter with the Lord, who through us gives himself to others and through others gives himself to us.”<\/em> \u00a0 \u00a0CC&RR, Constitution 31<\/p>\n![\"FOUNDING](\"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/02\/FOUNDING-VISION-300x225.png\")
<\/a><\/p>\n\u201cWhat really matters in life is that we are loved by Christ and that we love Him in return. In comparison to the love of Jesus, everything else is secondary. And, without the love of Jesus, everything is useless.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 St. John Paul II<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The missionaries made it clear that they did not come together only to DO a most necessary ministry merely as a workforce, but that they answered a call from God which demanded a response of consecration. It was a call … Continue reading
Request to the Capitular Vicars of Aix, 25 January 1816, O.W. XIII n.2<\/em><\/p>\n In the earlier part of their vision statement the Missionaries showed in strong terms the urgency of their ministry and the desperate need to respond to something which would be physically and spiritually demanding. In this statement we have the seed of what was to grow into a constitutive and non-negotiable aspect of the foundation:<\/p>\n the missionaries were not an collection of men who came together just to do an important work, The seed was sown on 25 January 1816 and the plant continues to deepen its roots and the fruit it bears today. This sentence of our “Founding Fathers” is clearly recognizable in our Rule of Life today:<\/p>\n “Our ministry involves us in a variety of tasks, yet each act in life is an occasion for personal encounter with the Lord, who through us gives himself to others and through others gives himself to us.”<\/em> \u00a0 \u00a0CC&RR, Constitution 31<\/p>\n \u201cWhat really matters in life is that we are loved by Christ and that we love Him in return. In comparison to the love of Jesus, everything else is secondary. And, without the love of Jesus, everything is useless.\u201d<\/em>\u00a0\u00a0 St. John Paul II<\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The missionaries made it clear that they did not come together only to DO a most necessary ministry merely as a workforce, but that they answered a call from God which demanded a response of consecration. It was a call … Continue reading
\nbut they came together as a response to what they discerned to be a call from God to each one individually, and to the community as a whole;
\nthey thus came together and consecrated themselves to BEING in order to DO<\/p>\n<\/a>All this was to be expressed in the motto of the group: “He has sent me to evangelize the poor” with the evangelizer being constantly evangelized himself.<\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n