FEATURES OF LAY MARIST LIFE

Features of lay Marist life
Extended Bureau of the Laity
in the testimonies. The differences help one sense the length and breadth of the Marist
world. Almost certainly, the texts will give an impetus to the vocational response which
each of us wishes to make.
To that end, we offer you these “Sketches Drawn from Real Life.” In its chapters and
sub-heading, the document is similar to “Gathered around…,” even if some topics
might have been placed in alternative sub-sections. We suggest that each reader first
consult a chapter or sub-section. Then readers may immerse themselves in the lifesituation
from which the section was written, making real for themselves the charism
shared among so many Marists. We recommend that the text be read slowly and attentively.
One might pray along with the sections that touch one more intimately and
thereby enter into greater communion with so many Marists - men, women, the old
and the young - who wish to make Marcellin’s charism their own and revitalize it.
We would like this communion to help us feel more intently what the gift of our Marist
Family means to the Church. We hope too that Jesus, Mary and Marcellin make themselves
even more present among us by means of these shared life-experiences.
With our very best wishes,
Extended Bureau of the Laity
Afonso Murad, Ana Sarrate, Linda Corbeil, Pau Fornells and Tony Clark
Rome, December 8, 2009
Feast of the Immaculate Conception