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Thank you, Fr. Nino! – Welcome Fr. Shanil!

The vocation of the Oblate Communications Service is to help the Congregation, in faithfulness to the spirit of Saint Eugene de Mazenod, to share past and present experiences and to promote unity while respecting and valuing differences. In other words, the Service wants to make an important contribution to the communion between the General Administration and the whole Congregation and, at the same time, among the different Units, helping to create that family spirit so dear to the heart of the Founder. (OMI Information, No. 523, June 2012)

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September 30, 2014

Burial in the Cowboy Cemetery

Upon her death in 1961, Sarita Kenedy East left a part of her vast, 400,000 acre La Parra Ranch in South Texas to the Oblates of Mary Immaculate, to be used for “religious purposes.” The Oblates had had an important role in preaching the Gospel to the workers on the ranch. The “Cavalry of Christ,” missionaries on horseback, were well-known in the entire Rio Grande Valley. Near the little chapel on the ranch, there lies the Cowboy Cemetery where the Kenedy and East families are buried near the cowboys or rancheros who took care of the vast estate. It was in that cemetery that Fr. Francis Kelly NEMECK chose to be buried 17 September 2014.

 

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September 29, 2014

Anglo-Irish Oblate Receives Vatican Medal During Annual Lourdes Pilgrimage

The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate have been organizing pilgrimages from Britain and Ireland to Lourdes since 1888 and for the last 28 years Fr. Vincent  Mulligan, OMI has led the group. Each year in September, the Oblates journey with 120 sick pilgrims to the Shrine of Our Lady in Lourdes. For Fr. Vincent the care of the sick has been at the core of his ministry and he is highly regarded for his dedication to caring for those often forgotten and rejected by modern day society. This year, to mark his distinguished service and on the occasion of his golden jubilee as a  priest, he was awarded the "Good Samaritan Medal" by the Pontifical Council for Health Care workers. Bishop Ray Field presented the medal and Fr. Vincent is the first person in Ireland to receive this award. 

 

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September 29, 2014

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