About OMI
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St. Eugene de Mazenod
To Eugene de Mazenod, born in Provence, southern France, August 1, 1782, the world offered much. Through his father he was of the nobility: through his mother he was comfortably wealthy. But within eight years of his birth his world was to be turned on its head.
The Beginning of the Mission
The Story of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate in the Philippines is one that tells of the Lord’s loving kindness. It is a story of surprising growth and development after much sacrifice and suffering. It all began with a certain Fr. Ulric Arcand, MEP (Foreign Mission Society of Paris) who providentially met the missionary bishop of Zamboanga, The Most Rev. Luis del Rosario, S. J.
