{"id":5775,"date":"2024-06-12T01:00:39","date_gmt":"2024-06-11T23:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5775"},"modified":"2024-06-09T17:26:46","modified_gmt":"2024-06-09T15:26:46","slug":"take-particular-care-of-the-brothers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=5775","title":{"rendered":"TAKE PARTICULAR CARE OF THE BROTHERS"},"content":{"rendered":"

In 1816, at the beginning of our Congregation, all the members were diocesan priests because its aim was mission preaching and dispensing the sacraments. In 1818 when we became a religious congregation, the situation changed and the Oblate vocation was primarily to religious life which expressed and lived out in the priestly ministry of the missions. Soon some came forward who experienced being called to religious life but not to priesthood. This was the origin of the Oblate Brothers. Each came with his particular gifts, many with a profession, which they placed at the service of the mission of the Congregation. It is no exaggeration to say that the Brothers were the mainstay of community life and ensured the supportive structures of the religious life and what was needed for the Oblate mission to be able to function fully. In the foreign missions in particular, they were the guarantors of religious community life for the priests who were always on the move for the preaching and sacramental ministry. In these cases the missionary contribution of the Brothers was their prayerful support by witnessing to their faith, teaching religion, building churches, running schools and sharing and teaching the local population their particular trades and skills.<\/h3>\n

Because they were the motor of religious life in a community and had not studied theology, Eugene insisted that the superiors of the communities assist the Brothers, especially the one who had just finished their novitiate to deepen their knowledge and spirituality of religious life.<\/h3>\n

Designate one of our Fathers to take particular care of the Brothers. giving them at least one instruction a week on their general duties and obligations as religious.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Letter to Fr Joseph Burfin at Limoges, France, 9 December 1848, EO X n 992<\/em><\/h3>\n

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

I am always grateful for the Brothers I have met in my life and the inspiration they have been for me. For the seven years that I was a scholastic in Cedara, South Africa, two Brothers ran a dairy farm so as to support our livelihood. (One of them was a British nobleman, entitled to be called “Sir”, but who was a model of simplicity and humility and whom we knew as “Uncle Bob”). They and others whom I have been privileged to know have given their lives to service and inspired me through their dedication to prayer and exemplary religious life. Today we find Oblate Brothers in many important ministries throughout the world, and we thank God for this gift.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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