The YOMI Conference starts today at Good Shepherd Retreat Centre - Hartbeespoort Dam - Br Mike Atoro reports from the gathering that the Young Oblates of the Sub-Region are arriving and that the Spirit is moving!
Fr Mike Foley OMI writes from his sabbatical in Ireland:I Am presently at Inchicore in Ireland.
Wish you well for your meeting and hope that it will be (or was) a very fruitful, restful and enjoyable time of fraternal sharing and renewed missionary energy.
Mike Foley
Fr. A.P.Joseph Benedict O.M.I. from Sri Lanka working in Chile:
Dear young Oblates I am glad to write to you all this letter to just to say hello from the Mission in Chile. I am a Sri Lankan Priest working as a Missionary here for the last 6 Years. I am Fr. A.P.Joseph Benedict o.m.i. Well I was in pakistan as a Missionary for 18 Years and then I went to Sri - Lanka and after the death of my father I volunteered to Chile Mission it is very interesting to be here in this mission and lot of work for us as Oblates to do here. We are very few Oblates in total 18 Priests many Foreign Missionaries few "Chilenos" . Last year we had one Ordination after a long time.Well as Young Oblates you have the Enthusiasm and will do lot of work for the people, it is very good but what is important, I think, is to be in closer to the people and to listen to them much more than talking. This is our Mission now in the Modern world because everyone is busy. No time to Listen to the People. Here in the parish of St. Paul we are three priests from three different Countries. Spain, Argentina and Sri Lanka. We have organized our parish with a Plan Pastoral and we have 4 Different Religious women in the parish as well as two Men religious. Work is going on very well and I am glad that all are doing their pastoral work very well. The Laity too are fully dedicated to their work.
Well I wish all of you a good YOMI Conference and may the Good Lord Bless all of you in whatever decisions and the plans you draw up for the future for your Mission.
May Our Mother Mary Guide and guard each and everyone of you in the Mission. My prayers are with you say a prayer for us too. Bye for now
Fr. A.P.Joseph Benedict O.M.I.
Fr Paul Decock OMI of the
St Joseph's Theological Institute, Cedara.
Greetings to you all and good wishes for your meeting.
I am at present at Lusaka and have just come back from Kalabo and Mongu.
Paul Decock omi
Fr R.Mariyanayagam, omi of Sri Lanka, writes from Lesotho where he is in the Formation Ministry at MaJesu Scholasticate:Dear Young Oblate Friends, Kindly accept my prayerful wishes for the success of your fellowship gathering. As young and zealous members from various units, the experiences that you may have shared would have further increased your zeal to appreciate the charism better.
I am happy to realize that all of you are young now, but I wish that you remain youthful always in your life. God bless you and the Queen of Oblates intercede for you.
R.Mariyanayagam, omi
Fr Selomo Sooli OMI sent the following message from Rome:
I am thinking of you guys and be assured of my prayers. I feel very much part of you especially that I was involved with the initial preparations of this congress.
Modimo a le hlohonofatse bohle.
Selomo
Br Rex Harrison OMI sent from Bloemfontein SA:
Wishing you YOMI's a successful conference - We pray that the Holy Spirit inspire you with the gifts of wisdom and enthusiasm to address the many challenges facing us in this African Region.
Rex
Fr Paolo Archiati, OMI, Assistant General in Rome says:
Hello there! I hope I'm still on time to reach you with this short message. It's time for meetings in many places all over the Oblate world. You are gathered there at the Good Shepherd Retreat Centre, in a few days a meeting will start in Cochabamba, Bolivia, for the formators of the whole Region of Latin America, in August there will be a meeting in Aix, also for formators. I know you are not all formators, but you have in common with formation the very fact that you left a formation house not long ago... and maybe some of you are now working in a formation house as formators. No matter what you ministry is in the present moment of your life, what is important is that we all work for the same mission, the same Oblate family, the same Kingdom of God. I accompany you all and each one of you with my prayers and support, I'm thankful to God for what you do in His vineyard and for the generosity of your young age. Be happy to be Oblates! And be happy to spend your life as missionaries sent especially to the poor and the most abandoned. May Saint Eugene be proud of you! And may our blessed Mother keep you under her protection and guide you in your journey, especially when life becomes a little tough... If we are the one family that saint Eugene wanted us to be, nothing will stop our efforts for announcing the saving Gospel of the Lord. So go ahead, be happy and keep giving your life to your brothers and sisters! Thank you once again for your generosity!
Paolo Archiati, OMI
Fr Jean-Bosco Musubi OMI - General Councillor for Africa says:
Greetings from Rome where it is getting warm!
Since you are meeting at the moment at the Good Shepherd Retreat Centre, the same place that the Inter-Chapter was held in 2007, I would like to greet you and say I am happy with your reflection time.
Please don’t forget Fr General’s message to our Regional Conference held in Dakar in January 2004: “The Africa-Madagascar Region is full of vitality. (…)
The Oblates all over the world will be looking more and more towards Africa-Madagascar, our fastest growing Region.
The strength the Lord is giving you, will be a blessing for the many missionary needs on the increase in your own countries. It is at the same time meant to become a blessing for other parts of the world.
May Saint Eugene and the spirit of his apostolic zeal accompany you at your gathering.” So be ready to answer the challenge of Mission in Africa and everywhere in the world. God bless!
Br Rex Harrison OMI sent from Bloemfontein SA:Wishing you YOMI's a successful conference - We pray that the Holy Spirit inspire you with the gifts of wisdom and enthusiasm to address the many challenges facing us in this African Region.
Rex
Fr Paolo Archiati, OMI, Assistant General in Rome says:
Hello there! I hope I'm still on time to reach you with this short message. It's time for meetings in many places all over the Oblate world. You are gathered there at the Good Shepherd Retreat Centre, in a few days a meeting will start in Cochabamba, Bolivia, for the formators of the whole Region of Latin America, in August there will be a meeting in Aix, also for formators. I know you are not all formators, but you have in common with formation the very fact that you left a formation house not long ago... and maybe some of you are now working in a formation house as formators. No matter what you ministry is in the present moment of your life, what is important is that we all work for the same mission, the same Oblate family, the same Kingdom of God. I accompany you all and each one of you with my prayers and support, I'm thankful to God for what you do in His vineyard and for the generosity of your young age. Be happy to be Oblates! And be happy to spend your life as missionaries sent especially to the poor and the most abandoned. May Saint Eugene be proud of you! And may our blessed Mother keep you under her protection and guide you in your journey, especially when life becomes a little tough... If we are the one family that saint Eugene wanted us to be, nothing will stop our efforts for announcing the saving Gospel of the Lord. So go ahead, be happy and keep giving your life to your brothers and sisters! Thank you once again for your generosity!
Fr Jean-Bosco Musubi OMI - General Councillor for Africa says:Greetings from Rome where it is getting warm!
Since you are meeting at the moment at the Good Shepherd Retreat Centre, the same place that the Inter-Chapter was held in 2007, I would like to greet you and say I am happy with your reflection time.
Please don’t forget Fr General’s message to our Regional Conference held in Dakar in January 2004: “The Africa-Madagascar Region is full of vitality. (…)
The Oblates all over the world will be looking more and more towards Africa-Madagascar, our fastest growing Region.
The strength the Lord is giving you, will be a blessing for the many missionary needs on the increase in your own countries. It is at the same time meant to become a blessing for other parts of the world.
May Saint Eugene and the spirit of his apostolic zeal accompany you at your gathering.” So be ready to answer the challenge of Mission in Africa and everywhere in the world. God bless!
Jean-Bosco
Fr Donaat Bohe OMI from Potchefstroom says:
Dear young Oblates,
Donaat
Fr Donaat Bohe OMI from Potchefstroom says:Dear young Oblates,
May you all be inspired and blessed during your days together.
Donaat
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Greetings from Rome where it is getting warm! Since you are meeting at the moment at the Good Shepherd Retreat Centre, the same place that the Inter-Chapter was held in 2007, I would like to greet you and say I am happy with your reflection time. Please don’t forget Fr General’s message to our Regional Conference held in Dakar in January 2004: “The Africa-Madagascar Region is full of vitality. (…)The Oblates all over the world will be looking more and more towards Africa-Madagascar, our fastest growing Region. The strength the Lord is giving you, will be a blessing for the many missionary needs on the increase in your own countries. It is at the same time meant to become a blessing for other parts of the world. May Saint Eugene and the spirit of his apostolic zeal accompany you at your gathering.” So be ready to answer the challenge of Mission in Africa and everywhere in the world. God bless!
Dear Young Oblate Friends,
Kindly accept my prayerful wishes for the success of your fellowship gathering. As young and zealous members from various units, the experiences that you may have shared would have further increased your zeal to appreciate the charism better. I am happy to realize that all of you are young now, but I wish that you remain youthful always in your life. God bless you and the Queen of Oblates intercede for you.
R.Mariyanayagam, omi
Lesotho.
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