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Chapter III:
The Movement's family spirit (§.13-14)13. Like Nazareth and La Valla
Marcellin Champagnat's model for his first communities was Mary's home in Nazareth. He led his Brothers in La Valla, and later at the Hermitage and other places, to develop that Nazareth family spirit of love characterised by simplicity and trust, joy and self-forgetfulness, forgiveness and mutual help.
Members of the Champagnat Movement foster the same kind of lively family spirit.
Like the first Christian community (Acts 2, 42-47; 32-35), members share their human and spiritual gifts; and, when the Lord invites, even their material goods.
14. Attentiveness to Others
The family spirit in the Group leads them not only to rejoice in the joys of individual members, but also to be especially supportive when sickness or other trials afflict one of their number.
In faith and generosity, they decide together what can be done to help.
A Group may sometimes go through its own periods of difficulty.
At such times, each member strives to be a source of encouragement and a bond of communion.
Like Blessed Champagnat, members are also sensitive to special needs around them, and try to work out practical ways of responding.
They also seek lasting solutions to situations involving human suffering or injustice, whether these be local or in the world at large.