In The Footsteps of St. Eugene de Mazenod
Partners at St. Eugene tomb in Marseille
From September 29 to October 4, a group of Oblates and Partners: Len and Marge Busch, Ed Murray, HOMI and Dianne Murray, Fr. Bill Morell, OMI, Barbara Sidders, Artie Pingolt, and Graciela Etchart, followed on The Footsteps of St. Eugene de Mazenod.
As one participant put it:
“To come so far to feel so close, … it was a blessing, a blessing with the full and mystic weight of the word, an enduring blessing given by each of us to the others and by Frank and Dominique… and St Eugene.”
This pilgrimage took us from the Centre de Mazenod – the former Carmelite Convent where everything started – and the Church of the Madeleine in Aix en Provence, all the way to the Cathedral of Marseille and Notre Dame de la Guard Basilica, the last building the first Oblates saw when they left to serve the marginalized of the world.
Guided by Fr. Frank Santucci, OMI, and Bro. Dominique Dessolin, OMI, we re-lived Eugene’s life, visited the sites where he preached, and walked the same paths he did.
Unable to attend by last-minute obligations were Bob and Ruth Kusenberger, HOMI, Burt and Rosalyn McGlynn, and Billy and Marcia Ulm.
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- Partners gathered in the Oblate Foundation Room, Aix en Provence, October 2011
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- Partners dining at the Cagnard, an Oblate project in Provence, October 2011
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- Partners at Palace of The Popes in Avignon, october 2011
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- Partners at St. Eugene tomb in Marseille, October 2011
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- Open cloister reflection – Aix en Provence, October 2011
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- Notre Dame de la Garde, Marseille
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- St. Eugene’s house today
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- St. Eugene at the Church of the Mission
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- Church of the Mission, Aix en Provence
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- Church of the Mission, altar
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- Church of the Madeleine on a street market day, Aix en Provence
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- Cathedral of Marseille
