FEATURES OF LAY MARIST LIFE

Features of lay Marist life
contributing in this way to the Marist mission, to
my homeland and also probably to that mission
which has been intended for me by the One who
sent me. (Peru)
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Extended Bureau of the Laity
learned the true value that education has for
I people’s lives. I came to see that one can never
stop learning and that the knowledge of the educational
process is never finished. I discovered
some of the virtues required in a person who
wishes to be a teacher: friendly presence without
presumption; humility, simplicity. I realized that
to be Marist, as a layperson or brother, is to have
a distinctive style of being and acting. (Brazil)
choose to become a lay Marist. We take as our
I model Father Champagnat in the education of
children and we never stop asking for his help. I
am very happy educating children. I advise them
to pray and to ask Father Champagnat to help
them have a better life. The number of children
never stops increasing because they are proud
of us. Among our students from the catechism
lessons, one girl has asked to enter the congregation
of the Marist Sisters, two boys have gone to
the minor seminary and another girl has entered
the Daughters of Charity. We hope that the number
of aspirants will increase and as an objective
we will make the N. centre a place of vocations.
(Madagascar)