
Before we started Eucharist there was a presentation to share the spirit of St Eugane. Mat who is on the evangelization team for the college took on the role of St Eugene writing to his Oblates scattered across the world. Mat’s first job was to select from Eugene’s letters some extracts that show his fatherly care for his spiritual sons. I must say that he did very well. I have been reading these letters so often and I can tell that the selection presented on Friday captured the core of Eugene’s spirit. When it came to the final words Eugene spoke just before he died I was just shaking. I have read them so often but to hear them being read aloud was awesome. These are the words:
“Be sure to tell my Oblates that I die happy… that I die happy that God was so good as to choose me to found the Congregation of the Oblates in the Church.”
Then he added:“ Practice among yourselves charity, charity, charity and outside, zeal for the salvation of souls.”