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Oblates Daily Prayer October 30th, 2025
Every day the Oblate Community and Family in England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales publish a short reflective morning prayer video, created by members. Please join in daily from where you are.
Visit their Youtube channel for more videos: https://www.youtube.com/@TheOblates
Faith Meets Sustainability: Discussion With Fr. Séamus Finn, OMI & Br. Thomas Marchetti, OMI April 10th, 2025
Bravo to Fr. Séamus Finn, OMI & Amy Domini, ICCR 2025 Legacy Award Recipients October 24th, 2025
Bravo once more to Fr. Séamus Finn, OMI and Amy Domini, this year’s Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility (ICCR) Legacy Award recipients.
They were honored on October 23, 2025 for their visionary and tireless work in sustainable investing and shareholder advocacy on behalf of people and the planet.
Oblate Prayer for Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation October 20th, 2025
This prayer from “Praying with Laudato Sí: A Retreat Guide for Individuals and Communities,” a resource developed by the Oblate Congregation’s General Service of Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation (GS-JPIC), invites us to slow down, reflect, and reconnect with the gift of creation.
May we “leave nothing undared” in our ministry for Justice, Peace, and Integrity of Creation.
DOWNLOAD PRAYER: https://bit.ly/4qkgkMr
RETREAT GUIDE: https://bit.ly/3L0fbJD
2025 Season of Creation: Sacred Heart Church, Oakland, CA Celebrates October 9th, 2025
(Contributed by Fr. Jack Lau OMI, Sacred Heart Church, Oakland, CA)
The last weekends of the Season of Creation were one of pilgrimage, planting and blessing. On Saturday, September 27th members of the Green Team at Sacred Heart Church, Oakland, joined the Laudato Si California Pilgrimage from the Newman Hall/Holy Spirit Parish at U.C. Berkeley to St. Mary Magdalen Parish to celebrate a Mass presided by Fr. Wilson Adelakasami SVD, cousin of Fr. Martin Savarimutu, OMI (India), who gave a sermon/class on Laudato Si and the prophet Amos.
On October 4th, the feast day of St. Francis of Assisi, we had a relic of St. Francis at the weekend Masses at Sacred Heart and that evening watched the movie “Brother Sun Sister Moon“. On Sunday, October 5th we hosted the annual blessing of animals and the planting of native milkweed seeds.
From beginning to end, we remained mindful of our vocation to care for our common home as we listened to the cry of the poor and of Mother Earth.
(Photos courtesy of Carrie Lee McClish)
Returning to Roots: Fr. Valentine Talang’s Heartfelt Visit to Rajshahi Diocese, Bangladesh October 9th, 2025
(Contributed by Fr. Valentine Talang, OMI – OMI Bangladesh)
Fr. Ronald Abad, OMI from the Philippines and I visited St. Paul’s parish, Rajshahi Diocese, Bangladesh. The Santal Indigenous community welcomed us with their traditional customs.
I did my first priestly ministry in this parish in 2010. People were so happy to see us after such a long time. Fr. Ronald came to preach at our annual retreat this year and was pleased to visit our OMI Missions.
