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St. Ferdinand Church in San Fernando, California

Fr. Dwight Hoeberechts, OMI (top row checked shirt) Fr. Art Flores, OMI at World Youth Day

Superior General Louis Lougen, OMI at World Youth Day 2011 in Spain

St. Eugene’s Oblate cross and a copy of the Oblate Rule

Mary Immaculate Parish in Lusaka, Zambia

Fr. Joseph Bonard Superior of the House of Philosophy in Port-au-Prince, Haiti

Prison Chaplain, Fr. John McFadden, OMI at work in Edinburgh, Scotland

Fr. Barnabas Simatende receiving the cup from Bishop Edward Risi, OMI in Lusaka, Zambia

OMIs first arrived in Australia in 1893, here are some of the earliest Oblates to serve “Down Under.”

Fr. Maurice Gauthier (on right) with friend at College de Mazenod in Camp-Perrin, Haiti

St. Louis Church in Fond-du-Lac, Wisconsin

Oblates from around the world at the De Mazenod House in Aix-en-Province, France

De Mazenod family country estate at St-Laurent du Verdon where St. Eugene wrote the Oblate Rule in 1818

Church of the Madeleine in Aix-en-Provence where St. Eugene was Baptized and where he preached

St. Eugene’s Office in the Foundation House, connected to the Church of the Mission

A “Mission Cross” placed outside a Church where St. Eugene preached a mission in Gault, France

Oblate preaching inside the Church of the Mission

Palais Longchamp, Water Palace in Marseille, France. Bishop de Mazenod was present at inauguration in 1849.

Fr. Lorcan O’Reilly, OMI chats with parishioner in Wales

Oblate working with farmer in Madagascar

Oblate Crest in the Chapel at the Foundation House in Aix

Outdoor Ampitheatre at The Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows

Former Oblate Franco-American School in Massachusetts

Whitley Theological Center on the campus of the Oblate School of Theology

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Video: Interview with Father Francis T. Pfeifer, OMI

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News and Notes from Oblate Missionaries

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Article: "Obedience" from Fr. Bevil Bramwell, OMI

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Arun Gandhi visits National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows

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OMI INTERNATIONAL - NEWS FROM THE OBLATE WORLD

Novena of Prayer for Oblate Vocations

(Originally published on omiworld.org) *On the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Fr. Eugene de Mazenod’s becoming a formator at Saint Sulpice, 1812-2012* Introduction to the Novena A...

Wednesday, 16 May 2012

(Originally published on omiworld.org) Fr. Pierre Babin: 1925-2012 Fr. Pierre BABIN, world-renowned author, professor and promoter of the media as a means of evangelization, died in Lyon...

Wednesday, 16 May 2012

(Originally published on omiworld.org) He was 31 years old when he was sent from the cold of Germany to be a missionary in the “green hell” as they used to call the Chaco area at that tim...

Wednesday, 9 May 2012

(Originally published on omiworld.org) The real soul of the neighborhood that surrounds the parish of St. Andrew is the community of fishermen with their little houses. The changes of rec...

Wednesday, 25 April 2012

A Nice Surprise for Some Prisoners
(Originally published on omiworld.org) For 40 years a missionary in Thailand, Brother Bernard WIRTH tells us about one of his ministries with the poor. I am still working at the Detention Center and last year, I experienced some things that merit mentioning. Generally, I am used to find
Lent in Koungheul
(Originally published on omiworld.org) The Church in Senegal is trying to live faithfully the season of Lent, with parish retreats, the “Way of the Cross” every Friday, and more generous gifts from the faithful for those who are poor. Personally, I began Lent with the Sereer Christians of Lwanga,
Discerning new Directions in Ministry
(Originally published on omiworld.org) *This is a Part II continuation of "Discerning New Directions in Ministry." Click here for Part I. Address of Father General to the OMI Lacombe Province Convocation B – LIVE FOR GOD’S GLORY: Over and over, Eugene de Mazenod states that Oblates must be “ze

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