As young missionaries, we are easily carried away by activities and unnecessary engagements. We, innocently, run after missionary adventures and pastoral engagements to the detriments of our prayer and community lives. We even often sacrifice our comforts and well-being. It’s, of course, not just out of outright negligence, but rather, one of the errors of every young creature.Among the lions, the recently weaned male curbs are driven out of the pride to…
Going on a Mission far from my birth place and country was something I wanted to do since listening to my elementary school teacher speak about Irish missionaries who evangelized my people. Her words awoke in my young heart a very strong longing. Without understanding where my desire was taking me, I spent my childhood dreaming of going to wherever the wind was to bring me. But with time, the desire to…
Between the 1st and 11th July, 2015, I took part in the native inter-band games, (J.A.I.B. 2015). The competition of this year took place in the Innu community of Mashteuiatsh, (Pointe-Bleu). I participated as a member of the delegation of Uashat mak Mani-Utenam – my community of residence -. The J.A.I.B. is a sports competition among the youth of first nation communities of Quebec: Among the Innus, the Cris, The Abénaquis, the…
Dans le but de poursuivre mon insertion dans ma nouvelle communauté innue, j`ai visité une des églises desservies par des Missionnaires Oblats de Marie Immaculé, province Notre Dame de Cap, Canada. Avec les Ps. Gérard Boudreault, O.M.I et Guy Fontin, O.M.I. nous sommes allés rendre visite au P. Gérard Tsatselam, O.M.I, qui sert les communautés de Ekuanitshit (Mingan), Nutashkuan, Unamen Shipu (La Romaine) Même si la communauté innue de Ekuanitshit (Mingan) a…
The novitiate year was a time specifically set aside to live the intimacy of Jesus and the apostles, during which the future Missionaries were allowing themselves to be formed in perfection: “to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ, until all of us come to the unity of the faith and of the knowledge of the Son of God, to maturity, to the measure of…
