{"id":6094,"date":"2025-08-04T01:00:32","date_gmt":"2025-08-03T23:00:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=6094"},"modified":"2025-08-03T20:55:51","modified_gmt":"2025-08-03T18:55:51","slug":"from-helpers-to-missionaries-c7","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=6094","title":{"rendered":"FROM HELPERS TO MISSIONARIES (C7)"},"content":{"rendered":"

As priests and Brothers, we have complementary responsibilities in evangelizing.<\/strong> <\/em><\/h3>\n

Constitution 7<\/em><\/h3>\n

From the beginning, Oblates had one mission, and all participated in it according to their talents. Initially the Brothers supported the mission through common prayer and ensuring the functioning of the community structures so that the priests could dedicate themselves fully to the preaching and sacramental ministry. Later they were to participate in evangelization in more direct ways.<\/h3>\n

The problem arose that some of the priests treated them as domestic workers. Eugene went to great lengths to correct this situation, as he wrote in his Diary:<\/h3>\n

Letter from Father Vincens about his novitiate and what he must grant to the Coadjutor Brothers who no longer must be considered like salaried domestics. They are entitled to everything that may be done by religious men. In addition, their work must be moderated by pious exercises and everything that the Rule prescribes.<\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Eugene de Mazenod\u2019s Diary, 8 December 1842, EO XXI<\/em><\/h3>\n

Father Jett\u00e9 comments:<\/h3>\n

A brief historical review can help us to understand better this distinction in the Oblate life. In the beginning, Eugene de Mazenod wanted to establish a Society of priests who would dedicate their lives to evangelizing the poor, especially by the preaching of missions and the celebration of the sacraments (Reconciliation and the Eucharist). These men were called \u201cmissionaries\u201d or \u201capostolic men\u201d. Lay persons soon came to join them: they wanted to consecrate themselves to God in the Oblate religious life and to cooperate, according to their preparation and talents, with the missionary activity of these \u201capostolic men\u201d\u2026.<\/em><\/h3>\n

Since then until today our terminology has changed: the terms \u201cmissionary\u201d and \u201capostolic men\u201d are now equally applied to the Brothers and to the priests.<\/em><\/h3>\n

“The Apostolic Man” p 47 -48<\/h3>\n

Over the years, so many of our lay associates have also felt called to move on from being the helpers of the Oblates to being missionaries with us.<\/h3>\n

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