Friends, Please see below the February 2024 issue of Oblate Connections in PDF format and a new interactive format called Epub which is used for digital books and is supported by many e-readers, and compatible software is available for most smartphones, tablets, and computers. When you open the PDF version, you may be given an...

Good morning. We invite you to join our Oblate Family Morning Prayer during this time of Lent. We join Fr. Irvin OMI, bringing us our morning prayer from De Mazenod House, London, on Monday 18th of February during the 1st week of Lent.  Gospel       Matthew 25:31-46 I was naked and you clothed me;...

Good morning. We invite you to join our Oblate Family Morning Prayer during this time of Lent. We join Kirk Jacob, bringing us our morning prayer from Kilburn, London. Today, February 18th, marks the 1st Sunday of Lent.  .  Gospel Mark 1:12-15 © Jesus was tempted by Satan, and the angels looked after him   Kirk...

Good morning. We invite you to join our Oblate Family Morning Prayer during this time of Lent. We join Fr. Irvin OMI, bringing us our morning prayer from De Mazenod House, London. Today, February 17th, we are celebrating Oblate Day as we commemorate the anniversary of the approval of our Oblate constitutions and the rules....

San Antonio (Texas), February 17, 2024 Dear Oblates and members of our charismatic family. In two years, God willing, we will be celebrating the 200th anniversary of the pontifical approval of the Constitutions and Rules and the Congregation of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, just after living the Jubilee of 2025. Both events will...

Good morning. We invite you to join our Oblate Family Morning Prayer during this time of Lent. We join Fr. Godfrey OMI, bringing us our morning prayer from Holyhead.  Gospel Matthew 9:14-15 © When the bridegroom is taken from them, then they will fast   Fr Godfrey reflects: “In both cases, dear friend Lent shows us...

Good morning. We invite you to join our Oblate Family Morning Prayer during this time of Lent. We join Fr. Godfrey OMI, bringing us our morning prayer from Holyhead.  Gospel Luke 9:22-25 © “Whoever loses his life for my sake will save it”   Fr Godfrey reflects: “Dear friends, Lent is about denying ourselves. The more...

Good morning. We invite you to join our Oblate Family Morning Prayer. We join Anne Walker from Friends of Saint Eugene Group in Wistaston Hall, Crewe, for today’s time of prayer on Ash Wednesday, February 14th, 2024. Ash Wednesday opens Lent, a season of fasting and prayer. Today we are called to ” Repent and...

Good morning. We invite you to join our Oblate Family Morning Prayer. We join Anne Walker from Friends of Saint Eugene Group in Wistaston Hall, Crewe, for today’s time of prayer on Tuesday, February 13th, 2024, during the sixth week in ordinary time.  Gospel Mark 8:14-21 © Be on your guard against the yeast of the...

Good morning. We invite you to join our Oblate Family Morning Prayer. We join Christine Hunt in Holyhead for today’s time of prayer on Monday, February 12th, 2024, during the sixth week in ordinary time.  Gospel Mark 8:11-13  No sign shall be given to this generation   Christine reflects: “This narrative challenges us to reflect on...