News of the successful Oblate missions in England and Canada inspired young Oblates to want to join them.
Eugene wrote in his diary:
Letter from Brother Cauvin. He is requesting me with great insistence to send him to the foreign missions.
Diary of Eugene de Mazenod, 13 January 1847, EO XXI
Twenty-two-year-old, Eugene Cauvin, was sent to Canada the following year
REFLECTION
“God, send me anywhere, only go with me.
Lay any burden on me, only sustain me.
And sever any tie in my heart except the tie that binds my heart to Yours.”
David Livingstone
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/