Dear friends welcome to Day 6 of our 2023 Novena of prayer for Oblate Vocations. We join our Oblate Parish of St Mary’s Help of Christians, Holyhead on Angelsey, Wales for today’s prayer. Thanks to Fr Frank, Christine, and Sister Miranda for leading today’s novena prayers. Day Six: Vocation the Ideal Jesus said: “If someone...

Dear friends welcome to the 2023 Novena of prayer for Oblate Vocations. We join our Oblate Parish of Sacred Heart of Jesus, Quex Road London for Day fie of our novena on Thursday May 25th. Thanks to all in Kilburn for leading us in our prayer today. Day Five: Vocation the Gift “He who loses...

Dear friends welcome to the 2023 Novena of prayer for Oblate Vocations. We join our Oblate Parish of English Martyrs in Tower Hill, London for Day Four of our novena on Wednesday May 24th. Thanks to all in Tower Hill for leading us in our prayer today. The fourth day: VOCATION: THE MISSION Jesus said:...

Dear friends welcome to the 2023 Novena of prayer for Oblate Vocations. We join our Oblate Parish of Mary Immaculate in the Inchicore Pastoral Area for Day Three, on Tuesday May 23rd. Thanks to Fr Martin, Noreen and Joanne for leading us in our prayer today. The third day: VOCATION: THE CHALLENGE Jesus said: “You...

This article was originally published on the Oblate School of Theology Website: https://ost.edu/why-i-became-a-missionary-oblate-of-mary-immaculate/ There are many reasons why I joined the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate twenty-two years ago. It is not possible to name them all, but I would like to give an idea by expressing some of the major ones. The first reason...

Please find attached the May 2023 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 option...

Dear friends welcome to the 2023 Novena of prayer for Oblate Vocations. We join the Oblate Community in the community chapel at the House of Retreat, Inchicore, for Day Two, on Monday May 22nd. The second day VOCATION: THE SENDING Jesus said: “Pray the Lord of the harvest to send labourers to the harvest”. Lord...

Dear friends welcome to the 2023 Novena of prayer for Oblate Vocations. We join our Oblate Parish in Leith, Edinburgh for Day One on Sunday May 21st, the Feast of our founder, Saint Eugene de Mazenod. The first day: VOCATION: THE CALL Jesus said: “What are you looking for… Come and see…” We are invited...

Good morning and welcome to today’s morning prayer with Fr Irvin Morastil OMI who is the director of Oblate Vocations. Thank you very much indeed, my dear sisters and brothers, for joining me today in our morning prayer, starting tomorrow, May 21, the Oblate world celebrates the Feast of Saint Eugene de Mazenod, our Oblate...

You are invited to join us in our Novena of Prayer for Oblate Vocations. It has become a tradition that the Oblate family unite in prayer for vocations during the Oblate Novena Prayer beginning on May 21, the feast of St. Eugene de Mazenod, through May 29. In the days that are to follow, we...