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Marist School, an educating Community
88. We share our spirituality and our educational approach with parents1, lay teachers2, and other members of the educating community. By the service they render, the non-teaching staff collaborate closely in our apostolic task.
We show our pupils that we are not only their teachers, but also their brothers. By trying to establish in the school a spirit of friendliness and collaboration, we help young people to become responsible for their own formation (2).
We keep in close contact with former students (2) by friendship and by prayer. We willingly accept their co-operation in the progress of the school. At appropriate times we help them with advice, and encourage them to devote themselves to serving the Church and people.
88.1 We promote associations of the parents of our students and seek their participation in apostolic activities. (GE 6,3)
88.2 We invite and encourage the Christian involvement of our lay-teachers in the work of catechising, in apostolic movements, in prayer groups, and in fostering vocations.
88.3 In our schools, we must give the staff we employ a just wage and the means of improving their human situation. The Brother Provincial and his Council will draw up a plan to this effect, taking into account the circumstances of the people involved. (c 1286, 2; cf 150.2.6; 156.1)
88.4 Our schools are to be places which welcome cultural meetings, friendly gatherings, and discussion groups.
88.5 The Provincial Council stimulates interest in pastoral and educational initiatives, notably those dealing with the use of mass media in the service of education. (cf 151.2)
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