{"id":3069,"date":"2016-03-16T06:15:33","date_gmt":"2016-03-16T04:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=3069"},"modified":"2016-03-16T06:15:33","modified_gmt":"2016-03-16T04:15:33","slug":"our-founding-vision-expands-to-embrace-new-horizons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=3069","title":{"rendered":"OUR FOUNDING VISION EXPANDS TO\u00a0EMBRACE\u00a0NEW HORIZONS"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\"Edm<\/a><\/p>\n

Thirty seven years after our foundation, the face of the Oblates had changed. We started as six people in Aix en Provence, and by 1853 we had expanded to Canada, the USA, Ireland and Britain, Ceylon and Natal. The original founding vision needed to be expanded\u00a0again in order to embrace this new reality.<\/p>\n

In the Rule of Life published in 1853, Eugene expressed the Oblate ideal in this way:<\/p>\n

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Whoever wishes to become one of us<\/strong><\/h5>\n
must have an ardent desire for his own\u00a0<\/strong>perfection, <\/strong><\/h5>\n
and be enflamed with\u00a0<\/strong>love for our Lord Jesus Christ and his\u00a0<\/strong>Church <\/strong><\/h5>\n
and a burning zeal for the salvation\u00a0<\/strong>of souls.<\/strong><\/h5>\n
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He must free his heart\u00a0<\/strong>from every disorderly affection for things\u00a0<\/strong>on earth, <\/strong><\/h5>\n
and from excessive attachment\u00a0<\/strong>to parents and native land;<\/strong><\/h5>\n
he must have no desire for money,<\/strong><\/h5>\n
but will rather look upon riches as so\u00a0<\/strong>much rubbish so as to seek no gain<\/strong><\/h5>\n
other than Jesus Christ; <\/strong><\/h5>\n
his desire\u00a0<\/strong>must be to commit himself to the exclusive<\/strong><\/h5>\n
service of God and of the Church, <\/strong><\/h5>\n
whether\u00a0<\/strong>in the Missions or in the other ministries\u00a0<\/strong>of the Congregation.<\/strong><\/h5>\n

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Finally, he must have the will\u00a0<\/strong>to persevere unto death<\/strong><\/h5>\n
in fidelity and obedience\u00a0<\/strong>to the Rules of the Institute.<\/strong><\/h5>\n
Rule of 1853<\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\"FOUNDING<\/a><\/p>\n

\u201cFaith is an orientation of the total person, giving purpose and goal to one’s hopes and strivings, thoughts and actions.\u201d\u00a0\u00a0 James W. Fowler<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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