{"id":3181,"date":"2016-08-17T05:00:07","date_gmt":"2016-08-17T03:00:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=3181"},"modified":"2016-09-12T03:22:50","modified_gmt":"2016-09-12T01:22:50","slug":"our-founding-vision-today-transformation-is-outward-looking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=3181","title":{"rendered":"OUR FOUNDING VISION TODAY: TRANSFORMATION IS OUTWARD LOOKING"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Our mission puts us on constant call to respond to the most urgent needs of the Church through various forms of witness and ministry, but especially through proclaiming the Word of God which finds its fulfilment in the celebration of the sacraments and in service to others.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n

CC&RR, Constitution 7<\/em><\/p>\n

Our relationship with the Word of God invites us to a personal transformation that is outward-looking. This Constitution mirrors Eugene\u2019s concern that in working for the salvation of others, we are working for our own salvation. Conversion, for Eugene, is not primarily about me \u201csaving my soul\u201d but about entering into God\u2019s plan of salvation for all \u2013 focusing on the salvation of the other as the means of receiving the gift myself. Our very first vision statement of 25 January 1816 \u2013 to be constantly repeated throughout Eugene\u2019s lifetime, makes this clear.<\/p>\n

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The undersigned priests<\/strong><\/h5>\n

\n<\/strong>-deeply moved by the deplorable situation of the small towns and villages of Provence that have almost completely lost the faith\u2026<\/strong><\/h5>\n
-desiring, at the same time, to respond to the call which summons them to consecrate themselves to this demanding ministry;<\/strong><\/h5>\n
-and wishing to accomplish it in a manner as useful to themselves as it is beneficial for the people whom they propose to evangelize;<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Request to the Capitular Vicars of Aix, 25 January 1816, EO XIII n.2<\/p>\n

Today we express the same sentiment in our Rule of Life, Constitution 7. Our proclamation of the Word of God is outward looking and needs to be expressed in celebrating the sacraments as encounters with God and with one another \u2013 and expressed in service to others.<\/p>\n

Father Jette writes: \u201cTo be effective, this proclamation of the Good News is to strive for a double objective: on the one hand, to form fervent Chris tians who understand the importance of the sacraments and are intent on celebrating them in order to live therefrom; and, on the other hand, Christians who are concerned about their fellow brothers and sisters and who are open and available to serve them in their needs.\u201d \u00a0 F.Jette, The Apostolic Man<\/em>, p 80<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe work of evangelization presupposes in the evangelizer an ever increasing love for those he is evangelizing.\u201d \u00a0 \u00a0Pope Paul VI<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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