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A Certain Way

  • A Certain Way
  • Origins
    • Consider the rock
      • Silent voice
      • An echo of what I heard
      • Six thousand pages
      • Such is the first step
      • I heard interiorly
      • The dispersal
      • Jeanne-Marie Chavoin
      • Marcellin Champagnat
      • Jean-Claude Colin
      • The project came from God
      • Unheard of … a monster
      • The finger of God
      • Consider the rock…
    • Something new for our times
      • It makes a difference
      • Something never thought of
      • The end times
      • New world – new church
      • The Work of Mary
      • In this world
      • Instruments of divine mercy
      • Useful instruments
      • The great No’s
      • The only way to do good
      • Flesh to the Word
  • Life from within
    • Life force
      • Icons
      • Least Marian yet most Marian
      • Woman, mother and disciple
      • Most hidden
      • Most present
      • I am watchful
      • A parent’s care
      • Care for the people of God
      • A Marian Church
      • Silence gives you perfect sound
    • Fire and rose
      • A place to stand
      • A place of the heart
      • Pentecostal fire
      • One in mind and heart
      • A bridge to souls
      • Losing itself in the church
      • Power bursting forth
      • Caught up
      • Life from within
  • On mission
    • Setting out
      • Any part of the world
      • An uncommon deed
      • A woman of great virtue
      • The Pioneers
      • Set out in haste
      • Buried in the rich soil
      • New language
      • Free people
      • Setting out again
    • On the fringe
      • The Bugey missions
      • The world as mission
      • A taste for sinners
      • Feel the pulse of the age
      • Leave the ninety-nine
      • At the margins
      • Beyond the margins
      • Compassion to the limits
      • Saved without the law
      • Do we hesitate?
  • Making it happen
    • Humble people
      • Tree and branches
      • Today the Society begins…
      • Family likeness
      • Power in the name
      • Marist spirit
      • Cornerstones
      • Take a second look!
      • Portraits and last words
      • A dream or a certain way
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There is a certain way of living the Gospel: the way Mary lived it, as understood by a group of people called Marists.

These men and women commit themselves to, as it were, “being Mary today” and continuing “the Work of Mary”.

What makes today’s Marists, think, judge and act

A Certain Way

There is a certain way of living the Gospel, the way Mary lived it, as understood by a group of people called Marists. This is the story of those men and women who in the 1800's committed themselves to what they called "The Work of Mary" and began … Continue reading about A Certain Way

Origins

There’s only one Gospel: the Gospel of Jesus Christ. But there are different ways of living the Gospel. Francis of Assisi, Dominic, Ignatius of Loyola and many others found different ways of applying the Gospel of Jesus to the needs of their times.  In 19th century … Continue reading about Origins

Life from within

The Marist project was described as “a tree of many branches”. There were branches of priests, brothers, sisters, and lay people. Within a year of the death of the founder of the brothers, 421 young men had become brothers. At the death of the founder of the priests’ … Continue reading about Life from within

On mission

When the 12 seminarians began the Society of Mary, they didn’t have a clear idea of what exactly the group would do, but they said they would dedicate themselves “in every way” to help people “in any part of the world.” Marists prefer to work where others do … Continue reading about On mission

Making it happen

The original idea of the Marist project was never to see the light of day. The plan of a vast group of people all working together under one superior general was too complicated for the authorities in Rome to understand. But despite that, the dream has become … Continue reading about Making it happen

About

There is a certain way of living the Gospel that has never ceased to attract me: the way Mary lived it, as understood by a group of people called Marists. This is the story of those men and women who last century committed themselves to what they called "The … Continue reading about About

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