{"id":5361,"date":"2023-02-03T01:00:17","date_gmt":"2023-02-03T00:00:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5361"},"modified":"2023-01-24T03:25:17","modified_gmt":"2023-01-24T02:25:17","slug":"go-forth-beloved-sons","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5361","title":{"rendered":"GO FORTH, BELOVED SONS"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3>Our Founder always considered himself the father of his religious family. In the closing words of the official missioning of the Oblates to Oregon, we see his fatherly concern:<\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"padding-left: 80px;\"><em><strong>Go forth, beloved sons, you and your companions chosen by us, to the task entrusted to you, so that in these distant regions of the earth which have been assigned to you, you may always work to promote the glory of God and the salvation of souls. May the Most Holy and Immaculate Virgin Mary, our most loving Mother, keep you constantly under her protection. May the angels of God assist you. On our part we will never cease to implore for you an abundant shower of graces.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: right;\"><em>Mandate of the Superior General sending the Oblates to the new mission of Oregon, 22 January 1847, EO I n 78<\/em><\/h3>\n<h3><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>REFLECTION<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<h3>&#8220;A mission statement is not something you write overnight&#8230; But fundamentally, your mission statement becomes your constitution, the solid expression of your vision and values. It becomes the criterion by which you measure everything else in your life.&#8221; \u00a0(Stephen Covey)<\/h3>\n<h3><em>Let us pray that we may be witnesses of Christ wherever we find ourselves. May the Spirit inspire each of us to offer the necessary word and action, at the right time and in the best possible way.<\/em><\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Our Founder always considered himself the father of his religious family. In the closing words of the official missioning of the Oblates to Oregon, we see his fatherly concern: Go forth, beloved sons, you and your companions chosen by us, &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5361\">Continue reading <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5361","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-writings"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5361","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5361"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5361\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5361"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5361"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5361"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}