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Bro. Paul Patrick Professes Perpetual Oblation
May 1, 2014 Feast of St. Joseph the Worker – OMI General House – Rome Dear Brother Oblates, Today, May 1, 2014 during the festive celebration of the Eucharist presided over by the Superior Genera, Fr. Louis Lougen, OMI, our brother PAUL PATRICK, OMI, made his Perpetual Oblation and received the Oblate Cross, a copy […]
Happy Easter!
Christ is Risen, Alleluia! Truly Risen, Alleluia! Dear Lay Collaborators and Supporters of the Missionary Oblates, As we begin Holy Week, a time of preparation for the celebrations of the Pascal mysteries and as the entire Church is preparing for the canonization of John Paul II and John XXIII, I would like to take this […]
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Gala Concert
Catholic Family Radio invites you to a Gala Concert on the Occasion of the Canonization of John XXIII and John Paul II on May 3, 2014 at 7:00pm at the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in Exhibition Place in Toronto. The Honourary Patron of this event is Thomas Cardinal Collins, Archbishop of Toronto. This unforgettable gala will […]
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+ Fr. Francois Dyjak OMI
Fr. Francois Dyjak OMI passed away on March 3, 2014 from a heart attack in Vancouver, Canada. He was 73 years old. Below are the funeral arrangements which will take place in the Toronto area. Rosary at 11:30am Saturday March 8th, 2014 St. Maximilian Kolbe Church in Mississauga Immediately followed by the funeral mass and burial at […]
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Oblate Statistics
1 January 2014 *Of whom 47 are bishops and 3 are priests in temporal vows In the above table, each Oblate is counted in the Region to which he belongs. For example, the Oblates in Zambia are counted only in Africa-Madagascar, although they are members of the United States Province. The scholastics in Rome are listed in […]
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A New Oblate Cardinal!
During his weekly “Angelus” encounter with the faithful, on Sunday, January 12, 2014, Pope Francis announced the names of 19 new Cardinals for the Church. Among them is an Oblate of Mary Immaculate, Archbishop Orlando Beltran QUEVEDO, of Cotabato, Philippines. He will be inducted into the College of Cardinals during a consistory on February 22. Born […]
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Merry Christmas!
Dear Brother Oblates, Honourary Oblates and Lay Collaborators, As we begin this wonderful Christmas season, we turn our eyes to Bethlehem – the place where the child Jesus was born. We read in St. John’s gospel that, “He came to what was his own, but his own people did not accept him. But to those […]
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Official Opening of Oblate Triennium
On December 8th, 2013, on the Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary, about 4,000 Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate around the world began their Oblate Triennium, a three year preparation for the 200th Anniversary of the Establishment of their Congregation. Fr. Superior General Louis Lougen, said that, “this jubilee is a […]
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