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  1 Fore    |     spirit we have inherited from Marcellin Champagnat but also to enrich
  2 Fore    |           the educational work of Marcellin Champagnat. Mutual confidence
  3 Fore    |      origins of the Institute and Marcellin Champagnat’s founding intuition,
  4 Fore    |           this attitude that led (Marcellin) to found our Institute
  5 Fore    |        the charism inherited from Marcellin Champagnat, and from that
  6 Fore    |          the Marist family and if Marcellin Champagnat plays an important
  7 Fore    |       that we have inherited from Marcellin. His canonization offers
  8 Intro   |         living out the charism of Marcellin Champagnat at the dawn of
  9 Intro   |       great gift in the person of Marcellin and in his educational intuitions
 10 Intro   |          urgent than they were in Marcellin’s time. They call for fresh
 11 Intro   |     experience and reflections on Marcellin Champagnat’s own educational
 12 Intro   |      carrying forward the project Marcellin began, and the importance
 13 Intro   |         deepening appreciation of Marcellin’s original vision and the
 14 Intro   |          fidelity as disciples of Marcellin Champagnat.~The document
 15 Intro   |            presents the person of Marcellin and addresses an invitation
 16   1     |                   1. Disciples of Marcellin Champagnat (§.1-30)~ ~
 17   1,1   |                                1. Marcellin Champagnat is the life-giving
 18   1,2   |                  2. Europe during Marcellin’s life-time, 1789 to 1840,
 19   1,3   |      Marlhes, * the village where Marcellin was born, was a setting
 20   1,3   |      villages. Indeed, for a time Marcellin’s father himself played
 21   1,4   |                                4. Marcellin’s character was shaped in
 22   1,5   |                          5. Young Marcellin's intellectual formation
 23   1 (1) |           Life of Joseph Benedict Marcellin Champagnat, Marist Brothers,
 24   1,6   |              6. From 1805 to 1813 Marcellin attended the minor seminary
 25   1,7   |          of seminarians including Marcellin. 3 From the start, he expressed
 26   1 (4) |                        Letters of Marcellin J.B. Champagnat, Br. P.
 27   1,8   |           priest on 22 July 1816, Marcellin was appointed curate at
 28   1,9   |          the end of October 1816, Marcellin was called to the bedside
 29   1,10  |            10. On 2 January 1817, Marcellin brought together his first
 30   1,12  |                               12. Marcellin enthused these adolescents
 31   1,14  |          community had grown, and Marcellin built a large formation
 32   1,15  |          requirements of the day, Marcellin offered his followers an
 33   1,16  |    organized. The option taken by Marcellin and the Brothers was to
 34   1,17  |         group of Marist Fathers9. Marcellin himself wrote to a Bishop
 35   1,18  |             18. From a young age, Marcellin showed his enterprise and
 36   1,19  | disadvantage in a changing world, Marcellin dared to imagine other possibilities
 37   1,22  |                               22. Marcellin was a born teacher. In Marlhes,
 38   1 (17)|           162-163; Br. A. Balko, "Marcellin Champagnat, the Educator",
 39   1,25  |                               25. Marcellin showed personal interest
 40   1 (21)|                                   Marcellin Champagnat: Opinions, Conferences,
 41   1,27  |                               27. Marcellin developed a system of ongoing
 42   1,29  |      fifty-one years of his life, Marcellin labored to the point of
 43   1,30  |        the first Brothers took up Marcellin’s project with enthusiasm.
 44   1,30  |  educators, we share and continue Marcellin’s dream of transforming
 45   2     |                    In the name of Marcellin Champagnat~
 46   2,31  |     Christian formation of youth, Marcellin affirmed and encouraged
 47   2,32  |       unique way by the spirit of Marcellin Champagnat." 3~
 48   2,33  |           all claim for ourselves Marcellin’s dream. We have a shared
 49   2,36  |                               36. Marcellin’s story is one example of
 50   2,37  |    charism we have inherited from Marcellin. 12~
 51   2,41  |      bring a fresh perspective to Marcellin’s charism and reveal new
 52   2,45  |           children. Following the Marcellin’s lead, we welcome them,
 53   2,46  |                           46. For Marcellin, it was fundamental that
 54   2,51  |            We focus especially on Marcellin Champagnat, his educational
 55   2,52  |        faithful to the charism of Marcellin Champagnat, and responsive
 56   3,53  |                               53. Marcellin Champagnat lived among children
 57   3,54  |          54. In the same way that Marcellin was thinking especially
 58   3,63  |          care we are present with Marcellin’s spirit of practical compassion. 4
 59   4,69  |                   69. The core of Marcellin Champagnat’s vision of mission
 60   4,71  |          Inspired by the words of Marcellin, "I cannot see a child without
 61   4,75  |                     75. Following Marcellin Champagnat we seek to be
 62   4,92  |                               92. Marcellin was no stranger to the power
 63   4,93  |          of difficulty and trial, Marcellin remained open to what was
 64   4,96  |                               96. Marcellin Champagnat expressed our
 65   5,97  |        pedagogical approach which Marcellin and the first Marists initiated
 66   5,105 |        Our way of educating, like Marcellin’s, is personal, rooted in
 67   5,112 |                              112. Marcellin Champagnat was a man of
 68   5,112 |    undertook all his projects. 14 Marcellin, the builder, shows us the
 69   5,117 |          educator, as she was for Marcellin. As woman and layperson,
 70   5,121 |         day of Pentecost. 25 Like Marcellin, we look to Mary as our
 71   5,125 |         our ministries, to follow Marcellin in being among youth, especially
 72   6,126 |       Marist tradition, it adopts Marcellin’s approach to educating
 73   6,132 |                    132. Following Marcellin, we encourage them always
 74   6,149 |    community. We present Mary and Marcellin Champagnat as models on
 75   7,167 |                              167. Marcellin’s constant searching for
 76   7,168 |                              168. Marcellin gathered the children for
 77   8     |                   As disciples of Marcellin Champagnat~We believe in
 78   8     |       cutting edge to our mission~Marcellin began a prophetic movement, 1
 79   8     |         us as educators who share Marcellin’s charism. We want our experience
 80 Quest   |  discussion~1.       Disciples of Marcellin Champagnat~1. What moment
 81 Quest   |    Champagnat~1. What moment from Marcellin’s life has a special significance
 82 Quest   |          you?~4. What elements of Marcellin’s story have you found that
 83 Quest   |         in common with those that Marcellin faced?~2.       Brothers
 84 Quest   |          personally identify with Marcellin’s charism?~4. What personal
 85 Notes   |         ENDNOTES~1:  Disciples of Marcellin Champagnat~1.1 First Day
 86 Notes   |          a satisfactory standard, Marcellin was sent to a school Master
 87 Notes   |        that he would please young Marcellin, vigorously boxed the ears
 88 Notes   |    inclined to cry than to read. ~Marcellin’s discerning mind was indignant
 89 Notes   |     parents.~Life, I, pp. 5-6~1.2 Marcellin’s call ~Marcellin’s decision
 90 Notes   |           6~1.2 Marcellin’s call ~Marcellin’s decision to study Latin
 91 Notes   |           success, he was against Marcellin’s entering the seminary. "
 92 Notes   |           ability to succeed." ...Marcellin had prayed and reflected
 93 Notes   |             John Claude Colin and Marcellin Champagnat, used to have
 94 Notes   |         Teaching Brothers. It was Marcellin Champagnat alone who conceived
 95 Notes   |       young Brothers at La Valla~(Marcellin) longed for the day when
 96 Notes   |          8~1.9 Missionary spirit~(Marcellin) asked Father Colin to let
 97 Notes   |       Though greatly impressed by Marcellin’s zeal and devotedness,
 98 Notes   |   partnership.~Life, I, p. 7~1.12 Marcellin, builder and repairman~There
 99 Notes   |     remedy that state of affairs, Marcellin worked for more than a week
100 Notes   |          was a matter of urgency. Marcellin did not hesitate to undertake
101 Notes   |     productive.~Letters, 109~1.13 Marcellin explains his purpose in
102 Notes   |       drawbacks, the undersigned, Marcellin Champagnat, a priest of
103 Notes   |          France, Letters, 34~1.14 Marcellin teaching the children~(During
104 Notes   |             Life, III, p. 23~1.15 Marcellin’s success in teaching and
105 Notes   |        Pedagogical innovations of Marcellin Champagnat~It is scarcely
106 Notes   |  Hermitage, 1831~Letters, 24~1.19 Marcellin’s faith~Father Champagnat’
107 Notes   |      Instructions, VI, p. 63~1.22 Marcellin’s compassion for the poor~
108 Notes   |       Church and in the world~2.1 Marcellin’s encouragement of others
109 Notes   |     Christifideles Laici, 24~2.12 Marcellin’s charism~Led by the Spirit,
110 Notes   |        charism~Led by the Spirit, Marcellin was seized by the love that
111 Notes   |          present-day relevance of Marcellin Champagnat’s charism is
112 Notes   |  lifestyle to the spirituality of Marcellin Champagnat.~Introduction,
113 Notes   |   Redemptoris Missio, 12 - 20~4.7 Marcellin’s desire to lead children
114 Notes   |           in it always. Amen~from Marcellin’s Prayer for Vocations,
115 Notes   |            Spiritual Testament of Marcellin Champagnat, Life, XXII,
116 Notes   |   features.~Constitutions, 6~5.14 Marcellin’s example~Marcellin teaches
117 Notes   |          5.14 Marcellin’s example~Marcellin teaches us by his example
118 Notes   |           417~In his conferences, Marcellin was always exhorting the
119 Notes   |          all the men of his time (Marcellin) was open to new ideas and
120 Notes   |       Life, VII, pp. 343-344~5.27 Marcellin’s motto~His motto . . .became: "
121 Notes   |         and social ministries~7.1 Marcellin’s creative zeal ~Father
122 Notes   |     provided for all their needs.~Marcellin, who had unlimited confidence