{"id":3235,"date":"2016-09-23T05:00:57","date_gmt":"2016-09-23T03:00:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=3235"},"modified":"2016-11-29T17:47:47","modified_gmt":"2016-11-29T15:47:47","slug":"our-founding-charism-today-liberation-begins-within-the-mazenodian-community-and-is-witnessed-to-outside","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=3235","title":{"rendered":"OUR FOUNDING CHARISM TODAY: LIBERATION BEGINS WITHIN THE MAZENODIAN COMMUNITY AND IS WITNESSED TO OUTSIDE"},"content":{"rendered":"<blockquote>\n<h5 style=\"text-align: justify;\"><strong>We are members of the prophetic Church. While recognizing our own need for conversion, we bear witness to God&#8217;s holiness and justice. We announce the liberating presence of Jesus Christ and the new world born in his resurrection. We will hear and make heard the clamour of the voiceless, which is a cry to God who brings down the mighty from their thrones and exalts the lowly (cf. Lk 1: 52).<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>CC&amp;RR, Constitution 9<\/em><\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<h5><strong>Action on behalf of justice, peace and the integrity of creation is an integral part of evangelization.<\/strong><\/h5>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>CC&amp;RR, Rule 9a<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Therefore, as Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate and our associates, we strive to integrate into our ministry this vital aspect of the &#8220;liberating presence of Jesus Christ and the new world born in his resurrection\u201d (C 9). We do this through our OMI JPIC congregational priorities.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>These four Priorities were first developed in 2009 and were revised in 2012 following a process of both consultation and discernment by the Central Government and the OMI JPIC General Service. This process took into account the 2010 Chapter mandate &#8220;to develop fresh animation for mission and for discerning new missionary strategies and major missionary challenges\u201d. It is also very clear that these priorities are ad intra: Witnessing Jesus Christ faithfully through our Oblate Charism demands that we put these priorities into practice first in our own Oblate community life; and ad extra: The way we organize our community is our first missionary commitment in witnessing and building the Kingdom of God, preached by Jesus, as the Good News for all Creation, all men and women.<\/em>Kennedy Katongo OMI (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.omiworld.org\/en\/content\/news\/3805\/towards-a-spirituality-of-jpic-the-oblate-charism-at-the-service-of-the-poor\/\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.omiworld.org\/en\/content\/news\/3805\/towards-a-spirituality-of-jpic-the-oblate-charism-at-the-service-of-the-poor\/<\/a> )<\/p>\n<p>\u201cEvery Christian is a missionary to the extent that he or she has encountered the love of God in Christ Jesus: we no longer say that we are \u2018disciples\u2019 and \u2018missionaries,\u2019 but rather that we are always \u2018missionary disciples.\u2019\u201d Pope Francis <em>The Joy of the Gospel<\/em>, n.120<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are members of the prophetic Church. While recognizing our own need for conversion, we bear witness to God&#8217;s holiness and justice. We announce the liberating presence of Jesus Christ and the new world born in his resurrection. 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