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THE MARIST PROJECT

THE MARIST PROJECT. Marist Fathers Marist Brothers Marist Laity Marist Sisters Marist Missionary Sisters. Chavoin 1786. Champagnat 1789. Perroton 1796. Colin 1790. The Pioneers of the Marist Project. A COMMON ORIGIN. The Marist Project Has its origins in France,

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THE MARIST PROJECT

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  1. THE MARIST PROJECT Marist Fathers Marist Brothers Marist Laity Marist Sisters Marist Missionary Sisters

  2. Chavoin 1786 Champagnat 1789 Perroton 1796 Colin 1790 The Pioneers of the Marist Project

  3. A COMMON ORIGIN The Marist Project Has its origins in France, at the Marian shrines of Le Puy and Lyon

  4. LE PUY- THE BEGINNING The Origins of the Marist Project can be traced back to the Marian shrine at Le Puy and a man know as COURVEILLE

  5. Le Puy is an unusual place with many shrines and Churches built on top of ancient volcanic plugs

  6. LE PUY-MARIAN SHRINE • Le Puy was a major shrine of Mary and has been a Pilgrimage destination for over 1000 years. • Thousands of visitors still come to Le Puy each year to visit the Marian shrine.

  7. JEAN-CLAUDE COURVEILLE • 1787- Born: just before the French Revolution • 1797- Contracted the Smallpox disease which affected his vision • 1800- His vision was getting worse- he was becoming blind • 1807- He wanted to become a priest but his bad eyesight was a problem

  8. At MARY’S SHRINE 1809- Aged 22, Courveille was inspired to make a pilgrimage to Our Lady of Le Puy to ask a cure for his near-blindness

  9. THE SANCTUARY LAMPS He took some oil from a lamp which burns before the statue of Mary and rubbed it on his eyes

  10. INSTANT CURE His prayer was answered. As soon as he wiped the oil from his eyes he could see things very distinctly in the Cathedral.

  11. GRATEFUL COURVEILLE 1810- In the same Church, before the same miraculous statue, he promised Mary he would devote himself entirely to her, and to do whatever she wanted.

  12. REVELATION OF LE PUY • 1812- August 15th, Feast of the Assumption of Mary, Courveille returned to Mary’s shrine. There he ‘heard’ the “Revelation of Le Puy”, calling him to found a Religious Society in honor of Mary.

  13. MARY’S REQUEST This is what I desire…a Society consecrated to me, which will bear my name, being called the Society of Mary. It’s members will be known as Marists..

  14. STUDY FOR THE PRIESTHOOD 1812- November 1st (All Saints Day), Courveille joined the philosophy class at the Le Puy Seminary He later transferred to the Lyon Seminary in 1814

  15. THE CITY OF LYON The Modern City Today The old streets are still an important part of life in the city of Lyon today

  16. LYON- THE ROMAN CITY From 43BC Lyon (then Lugdunum) was the capital of Gaul- an important Roman city

  17. LYON- CITY OF CHRISTIAN MARTYRDOM Saint Pothin was the first Bishop of Lyon. He established the city’s first shrine to Mary, and the first Christian Church, in 175AD Pothin was martyred in 177AD along with 18,000 Christians

  18. LYON-CITY OF TWO RIVERS Lyon stands on one of the natural crossroads of the continent The turbulent Rhone, from Geneva The placid Saone from the East of France

  19. LYON- FOURVIERE Fourviere is the hill which overlooks the whole city of Lyon The Basilica was built in 1896 The Chapel of Our Lady was restored in 1751

  20. LYON- SHRINE OF MARY 1170- a shrine to ‘Our Lady of Good Counsel’ was erected on the site of the old ‘Roman Forum’ This became a place of ‘pilgrimage’ to ask Mary for special favours

  21. SHRINE OF MARY The original shrine was destroyed in 1562 but was rebuilt as the church of the Assumption. This shrine of Mary became famous during the plague of 1628 It was restored in 1751

  22. LYON-SEMINARY 1814- November 1st, All Saints Day, Courveille entered the seminary of St. Irenaeus. The old streets of Lyon remain but the seminary has gone.

  23. FIRST RECRUIT At the seminary, below the hill of Fourviere, Courveille first spoke of his plan to Etienne Declas, a fellow seminarian. “I have a plan…to go to the poor people in country parishes who have greater need than those in the big towns or cities”.

  24. THE PROJECT TAKES SHAPE Declas approved of Courveille’s idea which was based on the work of St Francis Regis. It was not until later that year, that Courveille mentioned the idea of a new Order devoted to Mary.

  25. DEVOTED TO MARY Courveille and Declas looked for other suitable seminarians to join this new order in the Church devoted to Mary.

  26. SECRET MEETINGS During 1815 and the first part of 1816 the number of seminarians interested in the Marist Project grew to 15. “Wherever Jesus has an altar, Mary also has hers at the side. Jesus has his society (Jesuits) so Mary should have hers”.

  27. FORMULATING PLANS Under the leadership of Courveille, the group met frequently to encourage each other and formulate plans for the future Society of Mary. “Our model will be that of the early Church- with the disciples gathered around Mary”.

  28. THE SOCIETY OF MARY Within sight of Mary’s shrine on the hill of Fourviere, the pioneer Marists prepared for their day of Ordination and continued to talk about plans for the new society of Mary.

  29. THE PIONEER MARISTS The seminarians who became key people: Jean-Claude Colin, founder of the Marist Fathers and Marist Sisters Marcellin Champagnat, founder of the Marist Brothers and Marist Fathers Terraillon assisted Champagnat at L’Hermitage, and Declas joined the first community of priests at Cerdon.

  30. “WE NEED BROTHERS” The Society of Mary was to be like a tree consisting of 3 branches-Priests, Sisters and Lay people. Marcellin Champagnat convinced the group that another branch was needed-that of teaching Brothers for children in rural areas.

  31. ORDINATION July 22nd, 1816 The Church was that of St. Jean, which was close to the seminary 8 members of the Society of Mary group were ordained

  32. “FOURVIERE” DAY July 23rd, the day after their ordination, 8 new priests and 4 seminarians climbed the 800 steps from the church of St Jean to the Marian shrine on Fourviere.

  33. THE FOURVIERE MASS At the shrine of Mary on the hill of Fourviere, the 12 new Apostles of Mary attended Mass. Courveille presided and gave Communion to the other members

  34. THE FOURVIERE PLEDGE At the conclusion of Mass, and before the image of the ‘Black Virgin’, the pioneer Marists made their special pledge to God and Mary.

  35. “WE THE UNDERSIGNED…. Striving to work together for the greater glory of God and the honor of Mary, Mother of the Lord Jesus, assert and declare our sincere intention and firm will, of consecrating ourselves at the first opportunity to founding the pious congregation of Marists..

  36. THE DISPERSAL Colin They promised to work at beginning a new Order for Mary-but only 3 did, and they were in different parts of the Diocese Champagnat Courveille Cerdon

  37. LAVALLA Champagnat arrived at his first parish on August 13th. It was a rural parish in the foothills of Mt. Pilat, with a population of around 2000

  38. CHAMPAGNAT at LAVALLA He made an appointment with a young man from the parish to meet at the local bridge Here Champagnat outlined his vision for teaching brothers. After an incident with a dying boy, Champagnat decided to act.

  39. FIRST ‘MARIST’ HOUSE Champagnat decided to buy a small house near the presbytery, then spent two months renovating it. Fr. Courveille paid half of the cost of the house to help get the Marist Project under way.

  40. THE MARIST BROTHERS Jan 2nd, 1817, less than six months after ordination, Champagnat had the first two recruits move into a house near the presbytery. They made nails to earn some money, while Champagnat taught them to read and write

  41. LAVALLA PRESBYTERY Champagnat initially lived in the Priest’s house, but later moved to the poorer house to join the growing number of Brothers. Champagnat was at Lavalla for eight years where he attended to both his priestly duties and the formation of his Brothers

  42. FIRST ‘MARIST’ SCHOOL Within two years of arriving at Lavalla, Champagnat had his first recruit in charge of a school in the Brother’s house. First School, 1818 The School today

  43. COURVEILLE RETURNS In 1824 the Bishop sent Courveille to help Champagnat at Lavalla With Courveille’s help, Champagnat purchased land and began building a five storey house for the growing number of Brothers The foundations

  44. AMAZING GROWTH L’Hermitage today While Champagnat was busy building the Hermitage, Courveille was in charge of the Brothers formation at Lavalla

  45. 16 YEARS LATER… In Oct. 1839, Br. Francois Rivat was elected to take over the Brother’s leadership Champagnat died on June 6th1840 leaving 280 Marist Brothers in 48 schools throughout France and the Missions

  46. JEAN-CLAUDE COLIN Following Ordination in 1816, Jean-Claude Colin was sent to the small village of Cerdon

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