{"id":5050,"date":"2022-02-28T02:00:26","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T01:00:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5050"},"modified":"2022-02-25T22:24:03","modified_gmt":"2022-02-25T21:24:03","slug":"the-missions-and-other-works-of-zeal-embraced-by-our-charism","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5050","title":{"rendered":"THE MISSIONS AND OTHER WORKS OF ZEAL EMBRACED BY OUR CHARISM"},"content":{"rendered":"

In Canada the Oblates had arrived to begin their mission in Bytown (Ottawa today) and their bishop had written about this to Eugene. He was the second Canadian bishop to have welcomed the Oblates.<\/h3>\n

The letter that you have done me the honour of writing filled me with a holy joy. You also have adopted and placed under your pastoral mantle the sons of Mary Immaculate. They already had a father and a very good father in our dear and venerable friend, the bishop of Montreal and now Providence gives them a second father in your person whose kindnesses and powerful protection they have already experienced. Do not doubt, Monseigneur, that they have for you the same sentiments that they bear for him who first called them into his diocese and confided to them the worthy ministry that they have exercised for several years with blessings from God.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

The Oblates of Mary Immaculate are eminently men of the bishops, founded only to be instruments in their hands of their own ministry for the sanctification of their flocks. The bishops have no priests more submissive, more devoted than them.<\/strong><\/em> (See my comment on this expression in https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=4885<\/a>).<\/h3>\n

While assuring the bishop of their pastoral cooperation, Eugene stresses ” the missions and other works of zeal embraced by their Institute” – Oblate pastoral cooperation always need to keep our distinctive characteristic and mission in mind. Whatever work we accept in a diocese has to be in keeping with our God-given charism.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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