ST. EUGENE DE MAZENOD Founder, Oblates of Mary Immaculate (OMI)

Charles Joseph Eugène de Mazenod

was born in Aix-en-Provence in France in 1782, the son of a wealthy aristocratic parents.

Charles Antoine De Mazenod

- a member of the French nobility was the President of the Aix Parliament.

- st. eugene's father

Marie-Rose Joannis

- a member of the rapidly evolving bourgeois merchants

embodied the practical and shrewd realism of this group.

- st. eugune's mother

Italy

- After his father opposed the revolution, the entire

family was obliged to flee into exile in ____________.

- In 1790, a new painful period began for Eugene.

Turin, Venice, Naples and Palermo

These were years of family instability, material scarcity and danger. The family was forced to flee successively to

Don Bartolo Zinelli

Holy priest who taught Eugene prayer, mortification, and devotion to the Virgin Mary during exile in Venice (1794-1797).

First Special Grace - Conversion (1807)

On Good Friday, experienced Christ's love and sacrifice deeply, realizing his sins and trusting in Divine Mercy.

Monsieur Emery and Monsieur Duclaux

St. Eugene was guided (1808-1812) to grow in fervor, regularity, and industriousness.