{"id":5522,"date":"2023-08-14T01:00:29","date_gmt":"2023-08-13T23:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5522"},"modified":"2023-08-13T03:33:44","modified_gmt":"2023-08-13T01:33:44","slug":"i-groan-to-see-so-young-a-father-separated-from-all-our-oblates-at-so-great-a-distance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5522","title":{"rendered":"I GROAN TO SEE SO YOUNG A FATHER SEPARATED FROM ALL OUR OBLATES AT SO GREAT A DISTANCE"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eugene had sent the two missionaries to evangelize the indigenous tribes and was proud of their zeal and courage. He wrote to the Bishop of Montreal:<\/h3>\n

I have received news from Red River. Fathers Aubert and Tach\u00e9 have written to me and the letter of the latter is charming. He has made his profession and said his first Mass, October 13th. They are both happy with their situation. They are going to establish a mission at 300 leagues from Saint Boniface in the Ile de La Crosse. Father Tach\u00e9 is going there with M. Lafl\u00e8che and Father Aubert is going to leave for Wamassinoury with M. Belcourt. He will become proficient at that mission in the native language.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Letter to Bishop Bourget of Montreal, 23 December 1846, EO I n 72<\/em><\/h3>\n

Now the missionary challenge of the early days emerges. Eugene wanted his men to live in community with a regular prayer life and mutual support, while having been sent primarily to be itinerant evangelizers not contemplative monks. Writing to Fr Guigues, the Canadian Superior, Eugene refers to the Bishop of St Boniface having sent Fr Tach\u00e9 on mission:<\/h3>\n

I see that he has sent Father Tach\u00e9 to Ile de la Crosse. But I groan to see so young a Father, scarcely out of novitiate, separated from all our Oblates at so great a distance.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Letter to Fr Bruno Guigues in Canada, 25 March 1847, EO I n 82<\/em><\/h3>\n

REFLECTION<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Here we see the tension between religious life, community and mission that has existed throughout our history. How does one establish an equilibrium in responding to the many challenges that each day brings, while maintaining a unity with God and with those we are committed to in family or consecrated life?<\/h3>\n

\u00a0The Oblate Rule encourages us to:<\/h3>\n

achieve unity in our life only in and through Jesus Christ. Our ministry involves us in a variety of tasks, yet each act in life is an occasion for personal encounter with the Lord, who through us gives himself to others and through others gives himself to us<\/em><\/h3>\n

Constitution 31<\/h3>\n

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