{"id":3208,"date":"2016-09-08T05:00:58","date_gmt":"2016-09-08T03:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=3208"},"modified":"2016-09-04T23:32:38","modified_gmt":"2016-09-04T21:32:38","slug":"our-founding-vision-today-constantly-seeking-new-ways-of-daring-to-present-the-gospel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=3208","title":{"rendered":"OUR FOUNDING VISION TODAY: CONSTANTLY SEEKING NEW WAYS OF DARING TO PRESENT THE GOSPEL"},"content":{"rendered":"
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We will always be close to the people with whom we work, taking into account their values and aspirations. To seek out new ways for the Word of God to reach their hearts often calls for daring; to present Gospel demands in all clarity should never intimidate us.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n

CC&RR. Constitution 8<\/em><\/p>\n

The description his preaching by the great evangelist, John Wesley, can easily be applied St Eugene as well: \u201c’I set myself on fire, and people come out and watch me burn.\u201d<\/p>\n

Our celebration of 200 years of Oblate missionary \u201clighting fires\u201d is filled with amazing stories of constantly seeking new ways to reach people \u201cthrough the eyes of the Crucified Savior.\u201d I refer you to two Oblate websites whose pages are regularly filled with stories about this, by highlighting a couple of examples from our current editions.<\/p>\n

From our official website Oblate Communications: http:\/\/www.omiworld.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Oblate World Youth Encounter:<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.omiworld.org\/en\/content\/news\/3773\/oblate-world-youth-encounter\/<\/a><\/p>\n

Transformation in jail: http:\/\/www.omiworld.org\/en\/content\/news\/3758\/transformation-in-jail\/<\/a><\/p>\n

London outreach to the homeless: http:\/\/www.omiusa.org\/index.php\/2016\/08\/24\/london-oblate-outreach-to-the-homeless\/<\/a><\/p>\n

And many more the website of the OMI province I belong to: http:\/\/www.omiusa.org\/<\/a><\/p>\n

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

\u201cYou devote every effort, talent and your life to the most abandoned souls in the most difficult missions, a glorious specialty\u2026 Beautiful and noble mission, which assures you in a unique, and incomparable way, the blessing of God and all the abundance of the missionary spirit. And you prove it in fact: this spirit is the soul of your institute.\u201d \u00a0 \u00a0Pope Pius XI to the 1932 Missionary Oblate General Chapter<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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