Category Archives: Superior’s Desk

Letter of the Superior General at the closure of the “Year of Oblate Vocations” 

Posted on January 23, 2019 by jerry

Dear Brother Oblates, and all our Brothers and Sisters who live the Oblate Charism. We celebrate, on this feast of the Conversion of Saint Paul, the 203rd anniversary of the foundation of our Congregation. We are concluding the Congregation-wide “Year … Continue reading →

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How do you experience the season of “fall”?

Posted on November 14, 2018 by jerry

Living for many years in Japan, a country where all four seasons make you experience the beauty in God’s creation, it is not very easy to choose one particular season and call it ‘beautiful’. But recently I feel that I … Continue reading →

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Japan: Reflection on peace by Archbishop of Nagasaki

Posted on August 12, 2018 by jerry

At the end of last year, Pope Francis, struck by a picture of a boy standing at a cremation site, gave instructions that copies with his signature and the words ‘The Fruit of War’ should be widely distributed. The photo … Continue reading →

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Hiroshima PowerPoint by Bradly Rozairo, OMI

Posted on August 4, 2018 by jerry

Peace be with you!

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Peace be with you!

Posted on August 2, 2018 by jerry

From Superior’s Desk by Bradly Rozairo OMI: As the month of August begins I am reminded of the “Ten Days for Peace” in Japan. The late Pope St. John Paul II announced the “Appeal for Peace” in February 1981 at … Continue reading →

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