Reflections

Here are some statements on what it means to be an Oblate from various Oblate documents.

We are members of a prophetic Church.
While recognizing our own need for conversion,
we bear witness to the God’s holiness and justice.
We announce the liberating presence of Jesus Christ
and the world born in his resurrection.

Oblate Constitutions 9

 

Sensitive to the demands of our charism,
our first priority in mission is to be attentive
to those on the margins of society
and to those for whom the Church is most distant.

1998 Oblate General Chapter

 

The charism of Saint Eugene de Mazenod is a gift of the Spirit to the Church,
and it radiates throughout the world.
Lay people recognize that they are called to share in the charism according
to their state of life, and to live it
in ways that vary according to milieu and cultures.
They share in the charism in a spirit of communion
and reciprocity amongst themselves and with the Oblates.

Oblate Constitutions 37a