{"id":5561,"date":"2023-09-21T01:00:30","date_gmt":"2023-09-20T23:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5561"},"modified":"2023-09-19T20:54:43","modified_gmt":"2023-09-19T18:54:43","slug":"gifts-and-talents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5561","title":{"rendered":"GIFTS AND TALENTS"},"content":{"rendered":"

From the time that the Missionaries became a religious congregation, there have been men who discerned that their vocation was to be religious brothers and not priests. In France, the Oblate brothers generally maintained the infrastructure of the Oblate houses thus enabling the priests to focus on preaching and the sacraments.<\/h3>\n

This letter to Fr Allard, in Canada, marks an important shift: in the foreign missions the Oblate brothers were to play an important role in the mission itself by having external ministry themselves, especially as teachers.<\/h3>\n

Would you like us to prepare an able brother for teaching? We have one at the moment who is being instructed by the brothers. He’s intelligent, regular and strong; I’m sending him to you.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Letter to Fr Jean-Francois Allard in Canada, 8 and 9 June, 1847, EO I n 85<\/em><\/h3>\n

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

The beauty of the Mazenodian Family is that we have realised that the charism, spirituality and mission of St Eugene can never be completely effective unless we all contribute through our different talents and cooperate as a family.<\/h3>\n

“I was blessed with certain gifts and talents and God gave them to me to be the best person I can be and to have a positive impact on other people.”\u00a0\u00a0 Bryan Clay<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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