THE AUSTRALIAN MARIST COMMUNITYUniversity of South AustraliaGraduate Certificate UnitMarist Methodology in Catholic Education

Sacred Heart College, Somerton Park14th April, 2016 4.00 pm - 6.00 pmPresenter: John McMahon fms

Theme 1

ORGANISATION

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OVERVIEW OF THIS THEME

St Marcellin Champagnat

The Marist Institute Internationally

The Australian Marist Association

ST MARCELLIN CHAMPAGNAT1789 - 1840

CHAMPAGNAT MOVEMENT OF THE MARIST FAMILY

‘In my visits to the Provinces around the Marist world I often have the privilege of meeting teachers, parents, ex-students, and other friends of the Brothers who are attracted o the spirituality of Marcellin Champagnat and to his sense of mission. This attraction has led some of you to want to commit yourselves to developing the same kind of spirituality and sense of mission in your own daily lives in a regular and organised way. For this reason … the General Chapter of 1985 called for the development of the Champagnat Movement within the wider Marist family’. (Br Charles Howard, 16th July 1990)

READING

The Champagnat Movement of the Marist Family

What is occurring to you?

THE MARIST INSTITUTE INTERNATIONALLY

3,200 brothersMission: Expansion in projects, presence in 80 countriesLay people: Significant growth in numbers, and in partnership

CONGREGATIONAL PROCESSES

• New Models of Animation, Governance and Management.

• A separate structure for Mission governance as part of General Administration, involving lay people.

Criteria for New Models

INTERNATIONAL COMMUNITIES FOR A NEW BEGINNING

• Formation of international, intercultural communities, with brothers and lay people.

• New communities and projects in each region of the Institute.

• Following specific criteria: Making Jesus known and loved (Evangelisation) with a significant presence among poor children and young people.

GENERAL CHAPTER, SEPTEMBER 2017, COLUMBIA

• Bicentenary of the Institute

• Consultation: September to December, 2016

MISSION

‘It is mission that shapes the Marist Institute, and not

vice versa’ (Br Emili Turú: Montagne: the Dance of

Mission)

What is occurring to you now?

THE AUSTRALIAN MARIST ASSOCIATION

600 members

MARIST ASSOCIATION COUNCILOCT 2015 - OCT 2018

http://www.maristassociation.org.au/

MARIST ASSOCIATION

OUR FIELDS OF MINISTRY

Marist Schools Australia - a family of 54 schools which draw on Marist spirituality and Marist educational practice to help shape the identity and mission of Catholic schools

Marist Youth Ministry - a ministry aimed at young people between 15 and 25. It supports school based and post-school programmes

Marist Youth Care - provides a range of programmes and projects for young people and families in most critical need

Australian Marist Solidarity - an agency for aid and development work through Asia and the Pacific Islands

READING

Marist Association News available at http://www.maristassociation.org.au/news/

Where do you see signs of the Australian Marist Community in your work?

DESCRIBE THE IMPLICATIONS OF THE AUSTRALIAN MARIST COMMUNITY

FOR YOUR MINISTRY?(100 WORDS)

Implications

WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE TO LEARN MORE ABOUT?

BIBLIOGRAPHYGeary, B. (2016, 29th March). Making Sense of Where we Find Ourselves. Paper presented at the West Central Europe

Provincial Chapter, Freising.

Marist Association News. (2016, 10th April 2016). Retrieved from http://www.maristassociation.org.au/news-feed/2016/3/16/marist

Marist Bulletin 57. (2003, 10th April, 2016). Marist Bulletin. Retrieved from http://www.champagnat.org/500.php?a=4a&id=57Turú, E. (2015, 25th March). Montagne: the dance of mission. Letter of the Superior General. Rome.