The Oblate Call

Proclaiming the Word

Our call

  • Christ invites us to follow him and to share in his mission through word and work
  • We co-operate with the Saviour and imitate his example, committing ourselves principally to evangelising the poor

To live Christ Jesus

  • We are ready to leave everything to be disciples of Jesus
  • Our desire to co-operate with him draws us to know him more deeply, to identify with him and to let him live in us
  • We give ourselves to the Father in obedience even unto death and dedicate ourselves to God’s people in unselfish love

In apostolic community

  • We strive to be the Lord’s companions and his messengers

To live Christ Jesus crucified

  • The cross of the Lord is central to our mission- through the eyes of our crucified Saviour we see the world

Among the most abandoned

  • Our principal mission is to proclaim Christ to the most abandoned
  • Our mission is to those whose condition cries out for hope. These are the poor with their many faces; we give them our preference

In the Church

  • We work in unity and brotherhood with others who work for the Gospel

Proclaiming the Word

  • We spare no effort to proclaim the Word of God, and feel a responsibility to evangelise

With daring, humility and trust

  • We are close to the people whom we serve and take into account their values and aspirations

As prophets of the new world

  • We bear witness to God’s holiness and justice and announce the liberating presence of Jesus Christ born in his resurrection

With Mary Immaculate

  • We shall always look to Mary Immaculate, the patroness of our Congregation, as our mother
  • We always strive to instil genuine devotion to Mary Immaculate

(summary taken from OMI Constitutions and Rules, Rome 2000)