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  Marist High School | History
It is owned and operated by the Marist Brothers of the Schools, an international religious congregation of educators with schools in over seventy countries.
Marist strives to maintain an atmosphere of acceptance and hospitality for all, to create a family of care and concern, and to nurture a community that fosters acceptance, generosity, and mutual respect, all while creating an atmosphere conducive for learning.
Marist assists students in forming their consciences by emphasizing the dignity of the individual and Christ's call to serve others.
www.marist.org /history.html   (388 words)

  
 History of Marist
The school was then staffed by nine Marist Brothers, eight Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary and a complement of lay men and women.
From 1968 until 1993, the Marist Brothers, a Roman Catholic Congregation, administered the school for the Archdiocese of Portland.
Though the Marist Brothers have withdrawn, they have left an indelible mark on the school and the greater community by their dedication and example.
www.marisths.org /aboutmarist_history.htm   (431 words)

  
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Brother Paul's administration was curtailed abruptly in 1942 by the death of the Reverend Brother Francis Borgia w h o m he succeeded as Assistant General.
Brother Louis Omer (Omer Duprez) was born on December 22, 1897, in Lowell, Massachusetts.
Brother Provincial was accompanied to the Chapter by two elected delegates from the province: Brother Francis Xavier and Brother John Lawrence.
library.marist.edu /archives/BroHist/Chapter4.html   (5894 words)

  
 Marist Brothers - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Marist Brothers are not clerics, but are devoted to educational work throughout the world and now conduct primary and secondary schools, academies, industrial schools, orphanages and retreat houses in 77 countries on five continents: Europe, Africa, America, Asia, and Oceania.
Marist Brothers arrived in Sydney, Australia in 1872 where they opened their first school at St Patrick's Church Hill.
Celtic Football Club was formed at a meeting in St. Mary's church hall in Glasgow, by Marist Brother Walfrid on November 6, 1887, with the purpose stated in the official club records as "being to alleviate poverty in Glasgow's East End parishes".
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Marist_Brothers   (443 words)

  
 Marist Brothers couldn't have foreseen high-tech future
Brother Nilus Donnelly was the foreman of this ‘‘Marist Brothers Construction Company.’’ Through sweat, equity and donations from local businesses and individuals, the Marist students and staff built the Our Lady Seat of Wisdom Chapel, a gymnasium and three academic, dormitory and administrative buildings: Adrian Hall, Donnelly Hall and Fontaine Hall.
Marist became one of the first ‘‘totally wired’’ colleges or universities in the country, and classes integrated new tools with traditional classroom instruction and research methods.
In 1999-2000, Marist is educating 3,500 traditional undergraduate students, along with 500 adult undergraduates and 500 graduate students.
cityguide.pojonews.com /fe/Heritage/stories/he_marist_brothers.asp   (694 words)

  
 Marist Brothers
The Marist work in Manchester had become well known and the Superiors were receiving requests for Brothers from various parishes of New England.
Brother Angelicus, who had worked at the foundation of the Ecole Sainte-Marie in Manchester, was asked to assist in the foundation of our Marist work at Ecole Saint-Joseph in Lowell.
Brother Joseph Stephane and his little fl satchel will long be remembered as he went along after school bringing extra food to some of the needy families and bringing them encouragement as well.
ecommunity.uml.edu /francolowellma/religiousorders/MaristBrothers.htm   (825 words)

  
 Marist College - Poughkeepsie, NY - Colleges of Distinction
Marist College, founded by the Marist Brothers, a congregation of Roman Catholic teaching brothers, stands out from other colleges and universities because of the unique combination of its history, people, philosophy, and location.
Marist’s dedication to excellence in education and the pursuit of higher values is complemented, finally, by a commitment to service.
Marist is thus dedicated to the development of the whole person in a way that will prepare the student for an enlightened, sensitive, and productive life in the global community of the 21st century.
www.collegesofdistinction.com /collegetemplates/fastfacts.asp?cid=280   (750 words)

  
 Marist Brothers
Marist spirituality was at the heart of Marcellin’s life and work, as it is for those of us who find in him a clear point of reference.
We Marist brothers are in 77 countries on five continents.
Brother Luis García Sobrado, Vicar General, and six General Councilors form the team that assists the Superior General in governing the Congregation and carrying out the policies set by the General Chapter.
www.champagnat.org /en/220000000.htm   (543 words)

  
 Marist College: Marist Brothers and Marist College
Barns and stables were converted by the Brothers into living quarters, classrooms and recreation areas for students in the original junior high school, then high school, who contemplated becoming Marist Brothers.
Forty-seven of these Marist pioneers are buried on campus, near the granite memorial at the northeastern corner of the McCann Center.
Nonetheless, the legacy of the Marist Brothers, a legacy of community service and educational excellence, continues to inspire and enrich the academic life of the College.
www.marist.edu /welcome/college.html   (690 words)

  
 Marist | About Marist
Marist High School is a Catholic, college preparatory, coeducational school, inspired and motivated by the charism of Saint Marcellin Champagnat, the Founder of the Marist Brothers.
Marist High School provides a safe, affordable, family atmosphere in which each student is provided opportunities to develop his or her potential in the life-long pursuit of truth, excellence, and happiness.
Inspired by Saint Marcellin Champagnat, Marist High School stands in the Marist Brothers of the Schools' tradition of Catholic education: a tradition whose highest values are the sacred integrity of the individual and his/her Christian responsibility to his/her society; a tradition whose ultimate aim is to make Jesus known and loved among the students.
www.marist.org /about.html   (573 words)

  
 School History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Brother Simon Murphy became Principal in 1968 with a staff of nine brothers and four lay teachers teaching 432 boys, primary and secondary.
Brother John Thompson, the present Principal of Trinity Catholic College at Auburn was Principal from 1974 to 1976.
Brother Salvius replaced Brother Ronald in 1981 commencing a very significant period as Principal during which he did so much to maintain and develop the already strong family spirit of Penshurst Marist..
www.marist.penshurst.syd.catholic.edu.au /school_history.htm   (679 words)

  
 Welcome to Marist College: A Leader among New York Colleges
Marist College, recognized for excellence by U.S. News and World Report, TIME Magazine and the Princeton Review, and by Barron's Best Buys in College Education, is noted for its leadership in the use of technology to enhance the teaching and learning process.
Marist is ecumenical in character and reflects the ideals of the founder of the Marist Brothers, St. Marcellin Champagnat: commitment to excellence in education, a pursuit of higher human values, and dedication to the principle of service.
Marist is dedicated to the development of the whole person in a way that will prepare our graduates for an enlightened, sensitive, and productive life in the global community of the 21st century.
www.marist.edu /welcome   (188 words)

  
 The Marist Family - The Society of Mary - Marist Fathers and Brothers - Australian Province   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The original concept for the Marist dream was to have a single group of laity, religious and priests, men and women, who would do "Mary's work." This concept was not acceptable to the Church because of the anticipated difficult organizational demands inherent in the model.
The religious congregations are the Marist Sisters (SM), the Marist Missionary Sisters (SMSM), the Marist Brothers (FMS), and the Marist Fathers and Brothers (SM).
The Marist Laity are an equal and integral group within the Marist Family who all share a common spirituality and draw inspiration from Mary's way of being in the early Church.
www.maristfathers.org.au /family.php   (146 words)

  
 2002-0711 - The Press - Four brothers accused   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
One of those brothers is now retired, in his 80s, and living in a community of older brothers.
He remains a Marist brother, is retired, and living in a brothers' community.
One senior brother was stood down from all duties more than three months ago, while the order investigates fresh claims against him.
www.peterellis.org.nz /church/2002/2002-0711_ThePress_FourBrothers.htm   (458 words)

  
 Marist College: Magazine
Brother Sean was born on Nov. 26, 1947, in New York City, one of three children of an Irish father and English mother who both emigrated to the United States.
Brother Sean studied at St. Agnes High School in New York and afterwards at the Juniorate in Esopus, New York, a high school for Brothers-in-training that the Brothers have since phased out.
Brother Sean was the first non-priest to be elected head of the conference.
www.marist.edu /magazine/fall02/brothers.html   (406 words)

  
 MARIST BROTHERS - FMS
The Marist Brothers were founded in France in 1817 by Saint Marcellin Champagnat, a young sensitive and energetic priest.
He wanted Brothers to respond to the spiritual and social needs of the young and poor, especially through education.
As Marist Brothers, we strive to live the mission of Jesus, revealing God’s love for all.
ozvocations.catholic.org.au /directory/religious/maristbrothers.html   (646 words)

  
 The Society of Mary - Marist Fathers and Brothers - Australian Province   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Gradually, certainly around the 1850's, the various founding Marists and their associates began to realize that there would have to be separate congregations.
The Marist Fathers were approved in 1836 and undertook major responsibility for the newly opened areas of Oceania, the South Pacific.
The Marist Brothers received their formal approval in1863 and the Marist Sisters in 1884.
www.maristfathers.org.au /history2.php   (318 words)

  
 PMHS History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The school was transferred to the site of the present junior school in 1837 and entrusted to the care of the Marist Brothers in 1875.
Parramatta was still in many ways a small rural town, and the Brothers were accommodated on a 23-acre farm at North Parramatta, the income from which helped to finance the School.
Conditions at the School were less than adequate, and the early Brothers worked hard to develop the scholastic, sporting and cultural achievements of their students, often with very few resources.
www.parramarist.nsw.edu.au /history.html   (1064 words)

  
 Welcome to Notre Dame of Marbel University : The Marist Brothers
The Marist Brothers of the Schools (FMS), commonly known as the Marist Brothers, is a congregation of men who devote their lives to Christian education throughout the world, running Catholic schools or otherwise working for the training and guidance of youth.
The greatest concentration of Marist Brothers is in France, Australia, Spain, Brazil, Mexico, Canada, the United States, Cairo, Nigeria, Zimbabwe, Argentina, New Zealand, Belgium and Italy.
In Asia, the Marist Brothers are in South Korea, Japan, Hongkong, Malaysia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, East Timor, Cambodia, and the Philippines.
www.ndmu.edu.ph /profile/marist.html   (211 words)

  
 Marist Fathers - Society of Mary in Ireland
Marcellin Champagnat was a Marist priest, founded the Institute of Marist Brothers, and was deeply involved in the whole project for a Society of Mary.
Champagnat’s determination to keep the brothers Marist, not to allow them to be absorbed into other groups by diocesan or state authorities; his furtherance of the priest’s branch, in spite of tiresome disappointments or contradictions; his promotion of the sisters: all was fidelity to his vision of one Society wanted by Mary for her work.
St. Marcellin Champagnat, the founder of the Marist Brothers and co-founder of the Marist Fathers, was canonised in 1998 and his feast day is celebrated on June 6th.
www.maristfathers.org /smc1.html   (400 words)

  
 Augusta Georgia: Features:End of an era 04/21/01   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
Marist Brothers Joseph Teston (from left), Richard Michel, James D. Brady and Francis Klug will be leaving the Augusta area in about two weeks.
The brothers all had great personalities and were important to the students, said the Rev. Daniel Munn, whose four children attended Aquinas.
Brother Francis worked at Catholic Social Services; Brothers Joseph and Luke did pastoral work; Brother Richard was a substitute teacher; and Brother James manned the information desk at St. Joseph Hospital.
chronicle.augusta.com /stories/042101/fea_marist.shtml   (968 words)

  
 Marist Brothers in Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom
A Marist Brother accompanies people from all walks of life in their efforts to seek lift to the full, taking Mary as his model.
To brother is to walk with people as they discern the working of the Holy Spirit in their lives.
To brother is to be with and to empower the marginalised in their struggle for freedom.
www.peelcom.com /partickchurches/marist   (680 words)

  
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Marist Brothers, Bulletin de L'Institute, Tournai, Belgium 1908-1961.
Marist Brothers, Circulaires Centeniele des Superieurs, 1817-1917, Lyons, 1917.
Marist Brothers, Constitution of the Marist Brothers of the Schools, Tournai Belgium, 1947.
library.marist.edu /archives/BroHist/Bibliography.html   (284 words)

  
 Society of Mary - Marist Fathers and Brothers
Members of the Society of Mary, lay, brothers, sisters and priests are often known as Marists.
In this light, a particular focus of Marist work is to rejuvenate existing Church communities and establish the Church where it does not exist.
The first Marists to leave France came to the South Pacific, and were based in New Zealand.
www.smnz.org.nz   (320 words)

  
 Marist Brothers International School, Kobe, Japan - Japan Schools
Marist Brothers International School MBIS is located in Kobe Japan and accepts students from Pre-K until the 12th Grade.
The educational philosophy of Marist Brothers International School is to give to each student a well-rounded education incorporating the academic, moral, social and physical aspects of life.
Another characteristic of the Brothers philosophy that affects the life of the school is the concept of family spirit, which permeates the school.
japan.english-schools.org /marist-brothers-international-school.htm   (406 words)

  
 Marist Brothers   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-11)
The Marist Brothers are a Roman Catholic religious institute for Christian education, from elementary school through high school.
In 1863 the Marist Brothers institute received the approbation of the Holy See (the territory over which the pope exercises ecclesiastical jurisdiction).
The Marist Brothers are not clerics, but are devoted solely to educational work throughout the world.
mb-soft.com /believe/txh/marist.htm   (125 words)

  
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The desire of the early Marists was that the Society would include sisters and a lay branch.
They considered their vow of obedience to the bishop of the vicariate in which they lived and the religious rule that they followed (which included all the spiritual exercises for religious) to be the seed of their religious consecration.
Today, the Marist Family consists of various Marist lay groups around the world and four religious congregations: The Society of Mary (the Marist Fathers and Brothers), The Congregation of Mary (the Marist Sisters), The Marist Brothers of the Schools (the Marist Teaching Brothers), The Missionary Sisters of the Society of Mary (Marist Missionary Sisters).
www.maristmissionarysmsm.org /english/history.html   (606 words)

  
 Marist College: Champagnat
Born May 20, 1789, a school dropout at the age of eight, a young man of fifteen when he started his formal education, Marcellin Champagnat became through divine irony the founder of a worldwide congregation of teaching religious.
Poverty was a very tangible condition of their life in these early days, and he himself worked on the building with the Brothers.
Marcellin Champagnat died June 6, 1840, at the age of 51, leaving his sons a legacy of sanctity, apostolic spirit, and educational zeal of which they are justifiably proud.
www.marist.edu /welcome/founder.html   (594 words)

  
 Spillane Tournament 2002
Besides their academic and religious teaching of pupils, the Marist Brothers have voluntarily found time to encourage and coach the game of rugby, as they have always readily recognized the value of such a game in the character building of boys.
When the late Mr C I Spillane, of Wanganui, donated a challenge trophy, open to all senior Marist Clubs of the North Island, he couldn't have envisaged the scene today when we have teams gathering to enjoy a weekend of rugby and what is associated with it.
The trophy was known as the Marist Cup and although it still bears that name it is the self same trophy as is played for today under the accepted title of Spillane Cup.
www.maristrugby.org.nz /spillane/history.html   (753 words)

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