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Ayrinhac Esteve, 75 years of religious life!

July 26, 1935, Marcel and Fernand Ayrinhac ESTEVE pronounced their first vows at Our Lady of Good Help (Ardèche). To celebrate this anniversary, a Mass was held at the nursing homes on July 26 to 17 h.

Lord you call us and we're going to You
Your good news brings us joy to the heart (repeat)

Testimony of Marcel Ayrinhac:

1935, 1st wishes: how I navigate this new phase of my life? How I live with the vows of poverty, obedience, chastity, perseverance? The events will take charge tell me:

• 1938: The barracks
• 1939: The war
• 1940: Prisoner

Poverty: in my pocket handkerchief
Obedience: sink or swim
Chastity: the promiscuity

And this for 5 years, 17,792 days!

Returning to normal life, I found the Oblate family. Thanks to the IMO

Berlin STO
Thanks to the Oblates of France - Sri Lanka - Laos

In difficult times I encountered real brothers who helped me to hold and move forward despite some difficulties. I know I do not always easy in nature, a voice that borders on anger. If I have hurt, forgive me!

The bottle is half full again, God willing, to move forward towards

THE 80 YEARS OF RELIGIOUS LIFE!

Testimony of Fernand ESTEVE:

For me I can not say anything without mentioning my brother Louis. He was a year and a half younger than me. Orphaned by the death of our parents, supported by our mother's brothers, made the orphanage Annecy Sisters of the Immaculate Conception, Louis and me, we have followed in the Oblates of Mary Immaculate in Sainte Foy-les-Lyons. School, novitiate at Notre Dame seminary of Enlightenment.

1937:
War military service, injury, prisoner. Escape

March 25 (Annunciation): I found my brother at Notre Dame de Lumières.
We made our vows the same day and all priests ordained in 1944. My brother died at Our Lady of Light in 1998 at age 80. [...]

I especially remember the 32 years spent in Corsica, the best years my life as a religious priest. Corsica (which the Greeks called KALLISTE "the beautiful"), its inhabitants are beautiful and good and friendly and generous. Strong family bonds. Christian traditions well guarded, especially in the rural, beautiful melodies in Latin for the funeral, meaning of polyphonic vocal music. AND ESPECIALLY IN THE LIFE COMMUNITY

short, Thanks for all the graces received.

In Corsica, the Church, December 31 at 18h, held a ceremony called RIGRAZIAMENTU ceremony (the "give thanks"). It unfolds in three parts:

1. Pardon, Lord for the sins of the past year
2. 2.Merci Lord for the graces received, the joys
3. Your help, Lord, for the coming year: PACE E SALUTE IN DI GRAZIA DIU

For us, after 75 years of religious life, the same approach: "Blessed are the eyes that see what you see! "[Gospel of the Day]: Thank you Lord for choosing us.

• FORGIVENESS, Lord, for our shortcomings, our failures, our sins, our differences and disappointments caused by our omissions.
• St. Paul: "Well I wanted to do, I have not done, and the evil I do not wanted, I did! "
• Thank you Lord for the graces received, for the good done by you, for their help in our communities by our brothers and lay people who helped us, for friendships, for loyalty kept
  

We were 13 at the novitiate in 1934/35, 12 Oblates and a diocesan priest. Ten have now died. The, 3 still alive, with the Father Pélicier, we're here!

"Blessed are the elders who were able to take [the first reading of the day]

And now, Lord, WE COUNT ON YOU for the time left to live. Health and peace of soul and body, nursing homes here at The St. Francis of Assisi.
is under the protection of this saint that everyone, we are placed here. He gives us the strength to live together in harmony and love for each other.
Lord, with Mary your Mother and ours, we pray!
Mary, mother of the Eternal Light, pray for us!

Give us share
Faith is in our hearts
And make us with your kindness Becoming
best.

The general view, a simple celebration, family, happy ... a little grape juice (slightly doctored, of course!) Finished well to water!