Meet Some Oblate Associates
Eleanor Rabnett

Making my commitment and becoming an Oblate Associate of OMI Lacombe Canada Province has been a very concrete step on my journey. Walking in relationship with the Oblates of Mary Immaculate and sharing in the charism of St. Eugene de Mazenod and a deliberate way of living is how I am able to respond to Gods call to me. It is a base from which I try to live in support of the Oblate Mission. It is in sharing with others the Good News that I find life. It is with the community that I come to know myself and how I live in support of the Oblate Mission. This is what gives me life. Bishop Wilhelm Steckling, OMI spoke in 2008 of a need to belong that runs along-side of our need for freedom. In belonging as an Oblate Associate, the need to be a member of something larger than myself is also nurturing the freedom that he mentioned. For me it runs hand in hand.