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Champagnat day

Jun 06 marks the anniversary of the death of St Marcellin Champagnat, founder of the Marist Brothers, and one of the pioneer Marist aspirants gathered at the shrine of Our Lady of Fourvière, Lyon, France, in 1816.

The newly-ordained Champagnat pledged to play his part in forming the Marist Family, soon establishing what is now the world-wide congregation of the Marist Brothers..

Happy feast day to all our Marist Brothers! [Jun 06]

0618 Champagnat 2 0512 L Hermitage MC room 6J portrait

0618 Champagnat 1 0512 L Hermitage MC room 2J bed chair

Above: Portrait of Marcellin Champagnat, painted shortly after his death in 1841 | The bed in which he died at the Hermitage, St Chamond, France, and the chair in which sat his last visitors, including Fr Jean-Claude Colin.

Oceania Newsletter

The May issue of the Marist Oceania Province Newsletter reports on another month's activities throughout the Pacific region . To download click here or go to Members' Page. [Jun 02]

Marist Asia's new website

The Marist Fathers' District of Asia has recently revamped its website. Its attractive format features current events in the district as well as links to Marist activities worldwide.

The site can be accessed at https://maristasia.com/ or through this webiste's About Us/Links page: [Jun 02]