Oblate News

Creating a Culture of Vocations

Many older Catholics have memories of parishes and schools staffed by priests and sisters. That's not common in North America anymore. Our youngest Catholics have grown up with little or no experience of women and men in religious life or priesthood. Our challenge today is to create a culture of vocation in home, church and school that will encourage and assist our youngest members to respond to God's call. In addition to nurturing marriage and single life, how can families and parishes help to nurture vocations to priesthood and religious life?

2010 Year of Oblate Vocation

Pope Benedict XVI proclaimed the “Year for Priests” which began on June 19, 2009, the Solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus. The year is “meant to deepen the commitment of all priests to interior renewal for the sake of a more forceful and incisive witness to the Gospel in today's world.”

Oblate Gathering Pozuelo

Representatives of the OMI family from across Europe, Oblates and lay people, gathered from Belgium, France, Germany, Austria, Italy, Spain, Ukraine, Belarus, Poland, Ireland and Great Britain for the meeting in Pozuelo, Spain. Fr Daniel Corijn OMI listened to us and led us to reflect on what we had heard and to consider three points for discussion: