FEATURES OF LAY MARIST LIFE

Features of lay Marist life
ily life, his background, his vocation, the Marist
work and the Brothers who, just like Champagnat,
have given their life to the wellbeing of others,
and to proving what is said in the Gospel: “It is
necessary that the grain of wheat that has been
sown die so that it gives fruit and satisfies the
hunger of many”. Those Brothers who died following
the Gospel of Jesus continue to show us
the road and they give us the necessary strength
to go to Jesus, not alone, but together with those
around us, and always accompanied by our Good
Mother. In the month that the experience of FOR-
MARME lasted I was able to confirm that God
had called me there, in that moment of my life,
and that it was worthwhile to be a Marist educator.
(Mexico)
My option of being a follower of Jesus
obliges me to a continual revision of life. I
Extended Bureau of the Laity
understand my person as a process in constant
development, and I believe that a reference
community is one fundamental aid for this continual
revision. In the Fraternity we share and
celebrate our personal plans and we build our
community project out of communication and
interest for the other. It is the close and daily
space which is the foundation of my way of following
Jesus. (Spain)
Our fundamental concern was always that
we be, not only a team but that we become
a “community” in which we grow together,
we pray, we share, we assist and help one
another, in which we honor the gift of Father
Champagnat and the gift of community, and
by all such means bring a vibrant spirit to our
school. (Mexico)