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The Priests of Aix in the Footsteps of Saint Eugene

During the last week of February, a pilgrimage of the priests of the Diocese of Aix and Arles took place in the footsteps of Saint Eugene de Mazenod. Bishop Christophe Dufour made this pilgrimage together with about thirty priests of his diocese. The role of guide and preacher was entrusted to Father Bernard DULLIER OMI, author of “15 days with Eugene de Mazenod”.

 

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March 17, 2015

Brother Giuseppe D’Orazio & St. Joseph Benedict Labre

Have you ever met St. Joseph Benedict Labre as you were wandering the streets of Rome? If yes, then it was probably not he, for he died two centuries ago. The one you saw was probably not an apparition; you simply saw one of his namesakes, Brother Giuseppe D’ORAZIO.

March 16, 2015

A New Mission With the Fisher Folk

At the invitation of the bishop of Trincomalee diocese in the Eastern Province of Sri Lanka, the Colombo Province of the Oblates accepted to begin a mission at Kuchchaveli-Kallarawa in the district of Trincomalee. On 13 February 2015, the provincial, Fr. Rohan SILVA, formally commissioned Fr. Jesu Ramesh WARNAKULASURIYA to begin the new mission. The Oblates in the new mission will be especially engaged with the fisher folk, both resident and migrant, as well as with people engaged in other occupations. 

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March 9, 2015

Argentina: A Successful Mission

For the second consecutive year, from16 to 25 January 2015, there was a mission in various rural chapels of the Parish of Santa Lucia, province of Corrientes, in northeastern Argentina.

Originally Published on OMIWORLD. ORG

For the second consecutive year, from16 to 25 January 2015, there was a mission in various rural chapels of the Parish of Santa Lucia, province of Corrientes, in northeastern Argentina.

Organized by the formation house of Virrey del Pino (Province of Buenos Aires), the mission was conducted this year by 4 Oblate priests, 3 from Argentina and 1 from Uruguay; an Italian scholastic who is having a pastoral experience in Uruguay; a COMI and 2 youth from Uruguay; 2 prenovices and 60 Argentine laity from the different parishes and places where the Oblates have worked or still work in Argentina. 

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March 3, 2015

What Really Matters in Nigeria Now?

 One of the problems of our generation is the failure to understand what counts; the failure to focus on the essentials. For a long time now, Nigerians seem to have focused their attention on less important things, forgetting the essentials. Everybody has been tamed and forced to fight a war that does not exist. Politics 

 

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March 2, 2015

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