St. Eugene de Mazenod, the founder of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI), the very congregation that established and has owned Notre Dame University, has been an important figure in the post-French Revolution society in France. His zeal for the renewal and the re-evangelization of the French society was exemplary. As an Oblate priest, a son of St. Eugene, our founder, introducing his life and spirituality to both Christian and Muslim students alike in NDU is such a privileged opportunity. I hope and pray that this course may stimulate in the students a spiritual fervor to cultivate their own spiritual life as a complementary necessity to their intellectual and academic endeavor. It is my firm conviction that the human person is not only a rational being by nature, but most importantly, a religious being. Hence, it is my great desire to introduce St. Eugene in such as a way that his spiritual journey shall be relatable to the students. In that way, they shall be able to understand the emergence of Oblate charism and values that are constitutive of the identity of the Missionary Oblates of Mary Immaculate.
- Teacher: Fr. Mark F. Pagente