By Fr. William Antone, OMI , Director, Casa Estudiantil At the end of June, we were happy to see three of the six pre-novices earn their philosophy degrees through the archdiocesan seminary. Victor Izquierdo, Alvaro Zapata and Aaron Cruz passed with flying colors. Victor hopes to attend the novitiate in Guatemala, beginning in January, 2024.

At Sacred Heart Parish (Oakland, CA) Season of Creation mass held on Sunday, Sept. 3rd went very well. We have the Stations of Creation, World map of interconnectivity (pins where families are around the world; Sam, an unhoused person who comes to mass for coffee, food, and discussion said he always wants to live in Bulgaria - so he put his pin there).

By Fr. Sal Gonzalez , OMI, Director, Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows and King's House Retreat Center at the Shrine With a procession, novena prayers, and the Holy Mass presided over by His Excellency, Bishop Michael McGovern and concelebrated by the Oblate community at the Shrine, the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows celebrated the blessing and enthronement of a replica image of Our Lady of San Juan de los Lagos.

By Fr. Sal Gonzalez, OMI, Director, Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows and King's House Retreat Center at the Shrine From September 4-8, 2023, the Oblates gathered for their annual retreat at the new King's House at the National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows in Belleville, IL.

Click here to see this article en Español Recently, practically every Catholic priest in the USA received in the US postal system a 100 page booklet The Synodal Process Is a Pandora's Box: 100 Questions & Answers. Sent free by the American Society for the Defense of Tradition, Family and Property (TFP), the accompanying letter is signed by President Raymond E.

Christianity, Judaism, and Islam ultimately all believe in the same God. Interestingly, too, in the popular mind they also all tend to conceive of God in the same way, namely, as male, celibate, and not being particularly happy. Well, the gender of God is not something we can ever conceptualize.

Wednesday, September 20 What happens when your beloved is no longer able to be the active partner he or she once was? How can I help someone living through this?By Oblate School of Theology Wednesday, September 20 · 1 - 2pm CDT Online Refunds up to 7 days before event Eventbrite's fee is nonrefundable.

Saturday, September 23 Sept 23 | 9:00AM - 3:00PM Central Time | IN-PERSON AND ONLINE OPTIONS AVAILABLE By Oblate School of Theology Saturday, September 23 · 9am - 3pm CDT Online Refunds up to 7 days before event Eventbrite's fee is nonrefundable.

Edited by Sr Maxine Pohlman, SSND, Director, La Vista Ecological Learning Center

Originally Published on OMIWORLD.ORG Click here to see the article en Español By Grzegorz GLABAS, OMI Grzegorz GLABAS, is an Oblate originally from Poland, missionary in Aosta, northwestern Italy. The pilgrimage to the World Youth Day in Lisbon, with young people from his parish, renewed his conviction that the Oblate Charism leads us to the Church.

Celebrating 140 Years of the Oblate Lourdes Pilgrimage In 1883, Missionary Oblates from England and Ireland led the first pilgrimage to Lourdes from a country other than France. A total of 310 pilgrims took place in the pilgrimage.