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GATHERED AROUND THE SAME TABLE

GATHERED AROUND THE SAME TABLE. The Vocation of the Champagnat’s Marist Laity. Chapter 1. THE LAY MARIST VOCATION. CALL OF GOD. MEDIATION. VOCATION OF THE LAY MARISTS OF CHAMPAGNAT. SPIRITUALITY. CHRISTIANS Following of Jesus. LAITY Lay state. MARISTS

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GATHERED AROUND THE SAME TABLE

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  1. GATHERED AROUND THESAME TABLE The Vocation of the Champagnat’s Marist Laity

  2. Chapter 1 THE LAY MARIST VOCATION

  3. CALL OF GOD MEDIATION VOCATION OF THE LAY MARISTS OF CHAMPAGNAT SPIRITUALITY CHRISTIANS Following of Jesus LAITY Lay state MARISTS In the style of Champagnat SHARED LIFE CHURCH People of God COMMUNION AND COMPLEMENTARITY SHARED CHARISM Community for Mission MISSION Signs of God in the realities of the times “May the youth experience God’s tenderness” M.Ch. Seed and leavenof the Kingdom of God VITALITY OF THE CHARISM Passing on the Call Multiplying the Mission

  4. MISSION SPIRITUALITY SHARED LIFE

  5. Chapter 2 THE MISSION OF THE LAY MARISTS OF CHAMPAGNAT MARCELLIN’S PASSION FOR MISSION

  6. Witnessesto the mission of Christ Baptismal promise Marist commitment We help youth discover the meaning of their existence and to take responsibility for their own lives We consecrate the world to Godby giving back to him all earthly realities. Priests Witnesses that “another world is possible”. We proclaim a peace founded on justice. We denounce the causes of exploitation and exclusion. Prophets We proclaim to youth the God of Life, who invites them to fight for a better world We are servants of the young wherever we meet them, in a diversity of tasks, lived in faith Kings We construct a world more communal and reconciled.

  7. Management and co-responsibility in the commonmission Companions in, and co-responsiblefor, the Marist Mission Brothers and Lay Marists... It encompasses more than the Institute of the Brothers The Marist Mission... “Family spirit” should govern a model of co-responsible management at the service of the fruitfulness of the Mission In allMaristworks

  8. Passionatefor the spread of the mission • To reach more needy children and young people • New ways of presence • New frontiers of universal evangelization • Local Marist communities: heart of the Mission • and guarantee of the Marist evangelical identity • Mission Ad Gentes: for Lays Marists too • Evangelical education: involved with solidarity • and social transformation, attentive to cultures, • without discrimination… (Mendes)

  9. Chapter 3 SHARED LIFE “ That all may be one ” (Jn 20:17)

  10. GOD is COMMUNION in PLURALITY THE CHURCH is called to create UNITY in DIVERSITY THE MARIST LAITY invited to spread “THE FAMILY SPIRIT”

  11. LIKE MARY Living in relationship Makes fruitful our whole LIFE and MISSION LIKE MARCELLIN Our great prophetic sign THE FAMILY SPIRIT It becomes explicit in THE LITTLE VIRTUES

  12. MATRIMONY Transparency of God’s Love always faithful in the midst of the world THE FAMILY primary place of communion NEW FORMS OF FAMILY, that willbe Christian homes CELIBACY, at the service of communion, is an option for a full life Open families whichenhance life for children, formission, for closeness to the needy

  13. We are a charismatic family The communion of Brothers and Laity is complementaryand enriching People whobuildcommunion in the Church and in the world THE TABLE OF LA VALLA rememberus… We need time and spaceforcommunication in depth

  14. Community and networks of communion are bornfromsharing Diverse forms of expression of this life in common √ The Champagnat Movement of the Marist Family √ Communities of Brothers and Lay people √ Other Lay Maristgroups √ New structures to make more visible the communion of Brothers and Lay people in mission

  15. SPIRITUALITY Chapter 4: “Like the sap of the tree, it is not visible, but it sustains, enables growth and gives fruit.”

  16. Connect us with the hopes of children and youth In God and from God At the root, not only onthe surface TO LIVE IN THE SPIRIT Leads to a real change of life Easy to give and receive Permeates daily life Practical Contagious

  17. THE THREE FIRST PLACES THE CRIB The Incarnation JESUS CHRIST THE ALTAR The banquet of the Kingdom THE CROSS Love to the limit

  18. LIKE MARY Our model in following Jesus. We make ourselves present to Jesus throuugh the caracteristics of Mary. FIRST DISCIPLE LAY WOMAN A simple and hard-working life. We evangelize and educate through presence. Signs of the maternal face of the Church. We commit ourselves to the process of liberating those who are kept in positions of exclusion from full participation in society. MARY OF THE MAGNIFICAT OUR GOOD MOTHER Feelings of compassion, tenderness and proximity. SHE HAS DONE EVERYTHING FOR US Mary centers us in Jesus and sustains us on the Gospel path. We have total confidence in her.

  19. A PARTICULAR LIFESTYLE THE EXERCICE OF THE PRESENCE OF GOD SIMPLICITY “Throughout the day, there springs from our heart, in a spontaneous way, the prayer of THANKSGIVING, PETITION and ABANDONMENT into his hands.” “Infinitely loved by God, we want to be transparent and ourrelationships, fraternal and welcoming.” Sense of humour Love of work: the profession, commitment to the Kingdom. Availbility. MEANS Cf. Water from the Rock, 80-87

  20. Chapter 5: FORMS OF RELATIONSHIP WITH The MARIST CHARISM

  21. TOGETHER, WITNESSES OF THE CHARISM OF CHAMPAGNAT Those first addressed MARIST BROTHERS MARIST LAITY • FEMALE RELIGIOUS LIFE • Little Sisters of Champagnat • Marist Daughters of Jesus the Good Shepherd SOCIETY OF MARY New heirs MARIST PRIESTS OTHER FORMS OF RELIGIOUS ASSOCIATION • OTHER CATHOLICS • OTHER CHRISTIAN DENOMINATIONS • OTHER RELIGIONS • NON BELIEVERS Sharing elements of the charism

  22. MARIST CHARISM OF CHAMPAGNAT MARIST BROTHERS MARIST PRIESTS MARIST SISTERS OR DAUGHTERS MARIST LAITY CHARISMATIC FAMILY “MARISTS OF CHAMPAGNAT” OTHER MARIST ASSOCIATIONS

  23. NEW RELATIONSHIP MARIST LAITY MARIST BROTHERS “We belong to the same family and are united in one heart” We open our doors to one another to get to know one another better and to strengthen our own vocations. We promote together the Mission and the Charism of Champagnat. We create new charismatic structures at the service of the Church and the world. Towards a new Marist model n the Church “Setting up a newtenttogether”

  24. Chapter 6: WAYS OF GROWTH IN VOCATION “It is necessary to invite lay people to set out on a vocational road open to the different charisms and ministries of the Church.”

  25. Vocation, a journey of faith • Is the affirmative answer to the loving call of God. • Embraces the whole of life. • We love our Lay vocation and the Brother’s vocation. • We are committed to promotingbothofthem. • Mary is our vocational model.

  26. Stages of the journey • We discover the call: • - It is necessary to invite and offer • a road to vocation. • We discern the Marist life option: • - The needfor accompaniment. • We live together in on-going growth: • - Absolutely necessary are both specific • formation and joint formation.

  27. Fundamental characteristics of the journey Formation process lived in community Experience as the way to growth Integral and integrating processes Social awareness and commitment With the local and universal Church

  28. Fundamental characteristics of the journey Lay community = Formative community At all levels: local, Provincial, international. Creation of networks of persons and ofLay Marist communities Dialogue between cultures and religions A “NEW” FORMATION “Help awaken the dawn.” (Br. Basilio)

  29. OPEN LETTER Dear Brothers and Sisters:

  30. We wish to announce to you Good News, to tell you that God has blessed this family today, by raising up a new form of life: The Lay Marist vocation

  31. Yes, God hasgivenus the gift ofvocation for a mission: the needs of children and young people set us on fire. We wish to live in the Spirit, in the style of Mary, on the road with the Brothers to give new vitality to the Marist charism.

  32. We give thanks to God for this gift and we ask him to convert our hearts so as to respond fully to this call. And we ask God, through the intercession of Our Good Mother that He may help us to be faithful all our lives. Lay Marists of Champagnat

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