Become Human.
Become Christian.
Become Saint.
A spirituality of audacity.
The Oblate charism is not a costume — it's a way of seeing the world. Mary as mother. The Cross as throne. The poor as Christ. The mission as oxygen.
01
Belonging
Brotherhood and sisterhood that holds the line.
02
Eucharistic Spirituality
We meet Christ in the Bread and the broken.
03
Mission to the Poor
Where no one else will go — we go.
04
Marian Heart
Under the mantle of Mary Immaculate.
05
Audacity
Leave nothing undared for the Kingdom.
Serving the poor
From Skid Row to South Texas, MWY teams meet Christ in the unhoused, the migrant, and the forgotten.
Pilgrim hearts
We are not a settled people. The road, the ridge, the chapel — all are altars.
Eucharistic encounter
Adoration is the engine. Without it, the mission is noise.
Marian fidelity
Mary forms us. Quietly, stubbornly, completely.
From Marseille to Main Street.
1782
Born in Aix-en-Provence
A young aristocrat in revolutionary France.
1812
Ordained a priest
Returns to serve the abandoned poor of Provence.
1816
Founds the Missionaries
What would become the Oblates of Mary Immaculate.
1841
First mission to America
Oblates leave Marseille for the New World.
Today
35 U.S. parishes
A national movement of young adult mission.