Only six years after having sent Oblate missionaries to countries outside of France, Eugene de Mazenod was constantly delighted when he received news of their successes.
I am receiving letters from England which fill me with consolation. Daily our Fathers receive new conversions… Everyone, even our subdeacon Noble, is bringing souls back to the fold by giving instructions.
Letter to Fr Hippolyte Courtès in Aix en Provence, 11 January 1847, EO X n 920
REFLECTION
“The best teachers are those who pass on their zeal and enthusiasm as a legacy to their students.” (Robert Meehan)
Dear God, thank you for the teachers you have sent into my life – especially those who taught me about you. May their example bear fruit through the quality of my life.
Fr. Frank Santucci OMI currently holds the Kusenberger Chair of Oblate Studies and is assisted by Fr. David Muñoz OMI. They are teachers at OST, and have Oblate and lay students following their online courses in many parts of the world. They are involved in promoting St. Eugene de Mazenod’s charism, spirituality and mission at many levels in the United States and throughout the countries where the Oblates and lay members f the Mazenodian Family are present. Father Frank has been producing these daily guided readings to the writings of Saint Eugene de Mazenod since 2010. They are published in English, French, Spanish and Polish, visit: http://www.eugenedemazenod.net/