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	Catholic Mission To Inuit
		Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate is an international Catholic religious congregation, working in 68 countries of the world.
		As for the Oblate ministry in Nunavut, it depends on the structure of the Catholic Church.
		Missionary Oblates together with other pastoral workers of the diocese are especially attentive to lay ministries, the evangelization of the families, youth leadership and fostering community out-reach.
	www.arcticomi.ca (523 words)

	Oblates of Mary Immaculate
		The Diocese of Ottawa had an Oblate as first bishop, and owes the foundation of most of its parishes and institutions to members of the congregation, who have also founded a number of the centres in the new Vicariates of Temiskaming and the Gulf of St. Lawrence, as well as in the Diocese of Chicoutimi.
		Among the recent labours of the Oblates in the West a special mention must be given to the religious organization of Germans, Poles, and Ruthenians.
		The new Vicariate of Keewatin (1910) is entrusted to an Oblate bishop, whose missionaries are devoted to the regeneration of nomadic Indian tribes.
	www.catholicity.com /encyclopedia/o/oblates_of_mary_immaculate.html (1983 words)

	Oblates-Help Us Help Others
		Mary has been living in a refugee camp at the Oblates’ Shrine of Our Lady of the Rosary for the past two years.
		Although Mary and John once had their own home and work to support their family, they now are destitute, with no home or jobs to return to.
		Without the Oblates, Mary and her family would have no source of food, water, or shelter.
	www.oblatesusa.org /HelpUs.aspx?section=helpothers (363 words)

	The Oblates of Mary Immaculate (O.M.I.)
		As the Oblates' work became very successful in the area and with the establishment of the Oblate Community canonically under the official title of St. John the Evangelist, it was only natural to extend the activity of the Oblates in the United States.
		In 1983, the 100th Anniversary of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate in Tewksbury, St. William's Church commemorated the Oblates' presence in the Town of Tewksbury.
		This celebration was held to honor and to thank the Oblates who have given generously of themselves to preach the gospel message in serving the town and in ministering to the needy at the Tewksbury Hospital.
	www.tewksbury.com /stwilliams/omis.htm (1794 words)

	Who are the Oblates
		When he founded the Missionary Oblates in 1816, Eugene de Mazenod saw the Oblates' main purpose to be the preaching of the Gospel to the poor working people in southern France.
		Oblate missionaries are working in thirteen parishes in Australia; they are teaching in three boys' colleges, and exercise a special ministry of outreach to youth.
		In 1994 the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate celebrated a century of ministry to the Church in Australia.
	www.users.bigpond.com /ealleaum/whoomi.html (1110 words)

	MISSIONARY ASSOCIATION OF MARY IMMACULATE
		The Oblate Fathers Trail, designated by road markers in 1949 by the Brownsville Historical Association, Texas, was the route traveled in 1849 and through the 1850s by the Oblates of Mary Immaculate in their parish and missionary work.
		Oblates of Mary Immaculate working in Chile owe much of their support to Canadians who share through the Missionary Association of Mary Immaculate.
		For those who join the Oblates it is an accepted and necessary part of their vocation that they be available to be missioned to any part of the Oblate mission field that the Congregation, through the Superior General in Rome, might deem to be most appropriate for their ministry.
	www.oblates.ca /lacmami.htm (3211 words)

	Snows Youth Ministry - Oblates
		Although it is gratifying to have their missionary efforts recognized, the Oblates feel that how others describe them is not nearly as important as what they stand for and what they are doing to reach out to those in physical, emotional, or spiritual need.
		Though the Oblate's primary ministry is a spiritual one, the more than 4,500 Oblate priests and brothers worldwide are also involved in many charitable works among the needy.
		From their humble beginnings in France in 1816, the Missionary Oblates have grown to become the eighth-largest religious congregation in the world.
	www.snowsyouthministry.org /oblates.htm (301 words)

	Oblates
		Oblates exercise very diversified ministries, but above all we seek to dedicate themselves to the poor and abandoned in urban centers, in Northern Canada and in other remote areas of the country.
		Consequently, wherever he finds himself, the Oblate is in a missionary situation: whether in Canada or elsewhere, he is a missionary.
		Saint Eugene de Mazenod was born in 1782 in Aix-en-Provence, France, on the verge of the French Revolution.
	www.omiap.org (469 words)

	Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate - Home (via CobWeb/3.1 planet03.csc.ncsu.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The process began when the Oblates of the Australian Province met in nine small groups, each group meeting six times over a period of a year to deliberate on constructing and defining the vision and commitment for the Province for the next five years.
		WHAT IS OBLATES.COM.AU The Australian Oblate Province consists of the individual Oblates and the Oblate communities situated in the countries of Australia and Hong Kong / China.
		We are part of the world wide Roman Catholic missionary congregation of priests and Brothers known as the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate.
	www.oblates.com.au.cob-web.org:8888 (327 words)

	Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI) is a religious order of the Roman Catholic Church founded on January 25, 1816 by Saint Eugene de Mazenod, a French priest from Marseille.
		The Oblate Fathers also administer the Notre Dame schools and universities in Mindanao, and the Notre Dame of Greater Manila in Caloocan City, which are located in the Philippines.
		THE MISSIONARY OBLATES OF MARY IMMACULATE IN SOUTHERN AFRICA
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Missionary_Oblates_of_Mary_Immaculate (367 words)

	Handbook of Texas Online: OBLATES OF MARY IMMACULATE
		The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, founded in France in 1816 by Blessed Eugene de Mazenod, quickly became a mission-sending society of priests and brothers.
		Oblates were involved in the tumultuous events of early Valley history: border lawlessness, civil wars in the United States and Mexico, yellow fever, and hurricanes.
		Oblates were the Catholic chaplains to the Texas Department of Corrections.
	www.tsha.utexas.edu /handbook/online/articles/OO/ixo1_print.html (823 words)

	Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate - Immense Hope
		Dear Brother Oblates, I invite you to trust this road which will be mapped out in each Oblate Unit in a way best suited to its mission.
		The 8th December is the feast of Mary’s holiness.
		She is the morning star of the Immense Hope that animates us and the patroness of the missionary spring that will result from it.
	www.oblates.com.au /index.php?page=94 (380 words)

	Home
		The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate are a Religious Congregation of men founded by St Eugene De Mazenod in 1816 in Aix in Province – Southern France.
		By the end of the century evidence of their missionary activity could be found as far south as Umtata and Cala which lie in the Eastern Cape, Roma and Leribe in present day Lesotho, the Diamond Diggings of Kimberley and the Gold Fields of the Rand.
		The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate of the Transvaal Province exercise their missionary charism to all peoples of this region by bringing the Good News to the poor, as St Eugene intended.
	www.catholic-jhb.org.za /oblates (470 words)

	Priest leads national ecology effort - Community Supported Garden at La Vista
		The Rev. Maurice Lange, ot the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate in Godfrey, holds a handful of multi-colored cherry tomatoes, the bounty from his organic garden.
		The Oblate property, formerly the Levis family estate, is nestled along a paradise of wooded land which includes the Olin Nature Preserve, Mississippi Sanctuary and Cora and Kemp Hutchinson Bird Sanctuary.
		The national Oblate ecological ministry is based at the Oblates in Godfrey, and Lange will carry the message of nature preservation and environmental education to Oblate priests across the country.
	www.lavistacsa.org /In_The_Press/Priest_leads___/priest_leads___.html (542 words)

	Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate Remain in Congo Despite Ongoing Conflict - Catholic Online
		Baudouin Mubelsala, a priest with the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, remains committed to the Oblate ministries in the DRC that bring faith, hope, and sustained assistance to poverty-stricken children and families.
		The Oblate presence in the DRC began in 1931.
		The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate is an international, Catholic religious order with 4,500 priests and brothers serving the world’s poor in over 70 countries.
	www.catholic.org /prwire/headline.php?ID=1787 (888 words)

	Saint Eugene DeMazenod - Biography (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		The Blessed Charles-Joseph-Eugene de Mazenod, diocesan bishop and founder of a religious missionary congregation, gave the universal Church a witness of remarkable saintliness.
		In 1815, he founded the Congregation of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate to evangelize the poorest populations of Provence that were being neglected.
		The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, thanks to the impetus he had given, constantly developed; they are now close to five thousand in about 80 countries.
	www.ost.edu /AboutOST/bio_st_Eugene.htm (574 words)

	www.english.omi.ca - Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate in Canada
		At the invitation of Bishop Bourget of Montreal, these Oblates, averaging 32 years of age, left for America on September 30, 1841, and reached Montreal on December 2.
		Oblates were entrusted with various ministries: preaching, parishes, Indian missions, pastoral care of lumber camps.
		Oblate bishops are still in charge of several Canadian dioceses - churches far from major centers of population.
	homepage.oanet.com /omica20/english/hcanada.html (252 words)

	OBLATES (Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate) OMI
		As well as being the founder of the Oblates, Eugene also became bishop of Marseilles during his lifetime and was canonised a saint on December 3, 1995.
		The first year at St Mary’s is called the "pre-novitiate" and its aim is to help the person adapt to the challenges of living in community.
		Those who are genuinely interested in experiencing Oblate life first-hand, but are not yet sure if this is really their vocation, are invited to spend some time with us at St Mary’s.
	ozvocations.catholic.org.au /directory/religious/missionaryoblates.html (802 words)

	Oblate (religion) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Traditionally, oblates are laypersons, not professed monks or nuns, who have individually affiliated themselves in prayer with a House of their choice.
		At a later date the word "oblate" was used to describe such lay men or women as were pensioned off by royal and other patrons upon monasteries or benefices, where they lived as in an almshouse or hospital.
		Examples include the Oblates of the Benedictine Congregation of Monte Oliveto (Olivetans), the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate, the Oblates of St Frances of Rome (founded 1433 in Italy; alias Collatines), the Oblates of St. Francis de Sales and the Benedictine Oblates of St Scholastica (founded 1944 in Italy).
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Oblate_(religion) (705 words)

	The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate General Delegation of Japan/Korea (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Although it is gratifying to have our missionary efforts recognized, we feel that how others describe us is not nearly so important as what we stand for and what we are doing to reach out to those in physical, emotional, or spiritual need.
		From our humble beginnings in France in 1816, the Missionary Oblates have grown to become the eighth-largest religious congregation in the world.
		Oblates first arrived in Japan in 1948 and in Korea in 1990.
	www.omijapankorea.net /en/index.html (201 words)

	Oblates of Mary Immaculate
		To be closer to their people, the Oblates initially bought the Bonney house at the comer of Merrimack and Austin Streets for a rectory.
		The Oblates purchased a residence on Kirk Street, adjoining the Shrine of St. Joseph the Worker, to serve as a house of retirement for elderly fathers and brothers.
		In the spirit of the Oblate origins, flourishing parishes that had once been French and poor but are now thriving have been returned to their respective dioceses.
	ecommunity.uml.edu /francolowellma/religiousorders/OblatesofMaryImmaculate.htm (3263 words)

	Pre 1870 - Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate
		When the request for missionaries in Canada's West was made to Bishop Provencher of Red River, he invited the Oblates and the first mission in the West was established in Fort Chipweyan in 1851, followed in 1852 by Lac La Biche and in 1854 at Lac Ste.
		The Missionary Oblates travelled-often alone-for hours on end, praying for safe passage and protection under the watch of their patron, the Virgin Mary.
		In these institutions the men and women missionaries practiced and taught new skills necessary for changing times-sewing woven fabric to replace scarce animal hide, growing gardens to replace disappearing game and wild plants and running livestock and farming operations to create industry.
	www.albertasource.ca /methodist/The_Missionary/Pre_1870_Oblates.htm (552 words)

	Oblates of Mary Immaculate - Namibia Province
		The whole area north of Rehoboth of the German Colony of Deutsch-Sudwest-Afrika was entrusted to the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate in 1896 under the title of `jus commissionis'.
		The missionary component of the personnel is overaged on the one hand, on the other hand the local vocations increase substantially.
		Because of old age of the missionaries many mission stations had to be entrusted to other congregations and to the diocesan clergy - for the benefit of the faithful.
	www.rcchurch.na /omi.htm (332 words)

	The Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Later, this group was named Oblates of Mary Immaculate.
		The mission of the Oblates is to bring the Good News of Christ to the poor.
		We, the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate of the Philippine Province, are called to incarnate in our ministry and life the compassion of Jesus, the Crucified Savior, and thereby cooperate with him in reconciling all things to the Father in the Spirit.
	www.info.com.ph /~omiphil/About_Us.htm (371 words)

	Archbishop Francis George, OMI
		Francis E. George was ordained a priest of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate on December 21, 1963, at St. Pascal Church in Chicago, by the Most Reverend Raymond P. Hillinger.
		Father George served as the Provincial Superior of the Midwestern U.S. Province for the Oblates of Mary Immaculate at St. Paul, MN, from 1973 - 1974.
		He was elected Vicar General for the Oblates of Mary Immaculate in 1974, and served in that capacity in Rome until 1986.
	www.archdpdx.org /previous-archbishops/ab_george.htm (580 words)

	The Oblates (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-10)
		Oblate priests and brothers give their lives to God by giving lifelong service to the human family.
		In 1826 they were approved by the Pope and given the title Oblates of Mary Immaculate.
		Fom a parish and school in Western Australia, the Oblates today work in every mainland State, with a Seminary, a Provincial House, 12 parishes, 3 colleges and a youth mission to the poor of the streets based in Melbourne and on the Gold Coast.
	members.iinet.net.au /~oblatewa/pages/omi.htm (481 words)

	Patron Saints Index: Saint Eugene de Mazenod
		The Oblates continue their good work to this day with some 5,000 missionaries in 68 countries.
		The Oblates [of Mary Immaculate] are the specialists of difficult missions.
		The mission of the Oblate is especially to those people whose condition cries out for salvation and for the hope which only Jesus Christ can fully bring.
	www.catholic-forum.com /saints/sainte41.htm (1667 words)

	Steps In Becoming a Missionary Oblate of Mary Immaculate
		This year is the beginning of a candidate's life as a Missionary Oblate and is concluded by the novice's first profession of vows.
		The purpose of post-novitiate formation is to deepen the candidate's understanding of religious life and to respond to the graces of that life within the charism of the Missionary Oblate congregation.
		Though formal educational requirements are completed after post-novitiate formation, Oblates are encouraged to continue the process of renewal and study throughout their lives.
	www.users.bigpond.com /ealleaum/vocation.html (361 words)

	Oblates of Mary Immaculate
		The Society of Oblates of Notre Dame (OND) is a religious congregation of women of pontifical right dedicated to the works of the apostolate.
		It was founded in 1956 in Cotabato, Philippines by two Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (O. I.), Father George Dion, OMI subsequently Apostolic Vicar of Jolo and Tawi-Tawi and Archbishop Gerard Mongeau, OMI, DD of the Archdiocese of Cotabato.
		Today, the Oblates of Notre Dame is at the threshold of its 50 years of missionary presence in the Church.
	www.omiphil.org /ond_sisters.htm (234 words)

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