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Illustration

Gregorio Domínguez, “Goyo”

Texts

Brothers Eugenio Sanz, Gabriel Michel and Ernesto Tendero

Marcellin Champagnat A heart that knows no bounds

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Edition Marist Conference of Spain

Translators Brothers Colin Chalmers, Douglas Welsh and John Phillips

Editor Ernesto Tendero Pérez

Graphic Design and Cover Departamento de imagen y diseño gelv

Illustrations, Cover and Interior Gregorio Domínguez, “Goyo”

Interior design and layout Área I+D de soportes editoriales gelv

Printing Edelvives Talleres Gráficos Certificate ISO 9001 Printed in Zaragoza, Spain

ISBN: 978-84-263-8678-6

© Editorial Luis Vives, 2012

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Introduction

• Have you heard of the Marist Brothers?

• Hmm, well, not really.

• Well then, I’ll tell you a bit about them, if you like.

Let’s begin at the beginning: 1789 is a date you will be familiar with – the French Revolution. Well that is also the year when Marcellin Champagnat, the future founder of the Marist Brothers, was born in France, in the region of St Etienne.

The Lord chose this simple peasant boy to be a priest, devoted to the service of young people. Yes, the Lord gave him a great love for them and the desire to help them know and love Jesus.

It was also with these young people that he would realise his plan to bring together a family of Religious dedicated to the education and religious instruction of those society ignores.

Marcellin Champagnat is their spiritual father. Inspired by the Holy Spirit and guided by Mary, in his daily reading of the gospel, he finds words of Jesus which are for him personal appeals and examples for his own life and for the life of his Brothers :

• Let the children come unto me.

• This is your mother; and from that moment, John made a place for Mary in his home.

• If you do not become like little children, you will not enter the kingdom of Heaven.

Also this well-known one:

• Love one another as I have loved you.

These words shape the way Marcellin lives. And he shares his discovery, day by day, using other words to interpret his experience :

• I cannot see a child without wanting to say how much Jesus loves him.

• Mary is our Good Mother

• Mary is our Ordinary Resource.

He gives his Brothers the name of Little Brothers of Mary to remind them that their life should be simple like that of Mary.

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Finally, a few days before his death, he sums it all up, with these words:

• May it be said of the Little Brothers of Mary, as was said of the first Christians: “See how they love one another”

We Marist Brothers today, successors of the first Little Brothers of Mary, are now spread all over the whole world, but we try to keep to the path which Marcellin, our founder, has laid out for us.

• We continue to be at the service of young people, sensitive to their needs, wanting to bring them “to know and love Jesus”

• Mary is our Good Mother, who leads us to her Son Jesus whom we want to imitate, “being holy and spotless and to live through love in his presence” (Eph1,4)

• Trusting in God and in Mary, we are not afraid to take on tasks which are sometimes difficult, while trying to do good quietly.

• Our religious communities and our congregation are open to others.

Marcellin is our Father. His life is amazing. We are going to tell you about it.

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ROSEY, A VILLAGE NEAR LYON, 1789.

MONSIEUR CHAMPAGNAT. HE’S ARRIVED!

QUICK!

THEY SAY THAT THIS TIME THEY

MEAN BUSINESS.

ENOUGH OF THESE PRIVILEGES FOR

THE NOBLES!

NOW’S THE TIME FOR LIBERTY AND

EQUALITY.

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WHAT SHALL WE CALL HIM?

MEANWHILE IN PARIS…

LONG LIVE THE REVOLUTION!

I BAPTISE YOU MARCELLIN...

MARCELLIN JOSEPH BENOIT WAS BAPTISED ON 21 MAY 1789. HE WAS THE NINTH OF 10 CHILDREN. HIS FATHER, JEAN-BAPTISTE, WORKED IN THE MILL; HIS MOTHER, MARIE-THÉRÈSE LOOKED AFTER THE HOUSE. BOTH WERE WELL LOVED BY ALL THEIR NEIGHBOURS.

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THE REVOLUTIONARIES BESIEGE THE BASTILLE, A SYMBOL OF TOTALITARIAN POWER.

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AS IT DID THROUGHOUT FRANCE, THE REVOLUTION SPREAD TO THE MOUNTAINS OF PILAT.

THE PEOPLE’S REVOLUTIONARY COMMITTEE

APPOINTS CITIZEN JEAN-BAPTISTE CHAMPAGNAT

AS COMMISSAIRE OF THE PEOPLE

HI, MARY, HOW’S

OUR MARCELLIN DOING?

WHY HAVE YOU ACCEPTED THAT POST? YOU KNOW THAT YOU WILL BE FORCED

TO ARREST OUR PRIESTS.

THE REVOLUTION WAS NECESSARY BUT

DON’T WORRY. I CAN SORT THINGS OUT.

I’M VERY HAPPY.

HE’S AN HONEST MAN.

AND HE’S EDUCATED.

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MARCELLIN WAIT FOR YOUR TURN!

MIND YOUR HANDWRITING! THE REVOLUTION IS

A TERRIBLE BEAST.

YES, AUNTIE LOUISE.

THE REVOLUTION IS NOT SO BAD.

THE NAIL GOES HERE!

YOU ARE IMPROVING!

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1799 NAPOLEON’S COUP D’ÉTAT.

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MARCELLIN, COME AND

READ!

AT THE AGE OF 14 HE WAS SENT TO SCHOOL.

STAY WHERE YOU ARE; I’LL GO!

I SAID, MARCELLIN!

I’LL NOT GO BACK TO THAT

SCHOOL!

I PREFER TO LOOK AFTER

SHEEP!

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WITH A BIT OF LUCK

I’LL MAKE A PROFIT.

WELL DONE! WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO WITH

SO MUCH MONEY?

I’LL SAVE IT UP.

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A FEW YEARS LATER…

THERE’S A PRIEST HERE ASKING

IF WE WOULD LIKE TO GO TO THE SEMINARY.

ME? WELL… I’LL THINK ABOUT IT.

IT IS GOD’S WILL!

AND WHAT ABOUT

YOU, MARCELLIN?

YOU CAN MAKE UP YOUROWN MIND, MARCELLIN, BUT THINK CAREFULLY…

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I WILL BECOME A PRIEST SINCE GOD WILLS IT!

BUT YOU CAN’T EVEN READ.

YOU IN THE SEMINARY!

ARE YOU MAD?

FATHER IS DEAD. WE HAVE LOTS OF DEBTS. WE WON’T BE ABLE TO PAY FOR YOUR

STUDIES.

BUT I HAVE THE MONEY I EARNED WITH THE SHEEP.

I WILL GO TO PREPARE MYSELF WITH OUR BROTHER-IN-LAW BENOÎT, THE TEACHER IN ST SAUVEUR.

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IMPOSSIBLE!

IT’S TOO LATE FOR YOU TO START!

I WILL DO MY

VERY BEST!

MOTHER WHY IS IT

SO DIFFICULT? FORGET IT! GO BACK TO YOUR SHEEP!

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WHERE IS THE SEMINARY, PLEASE?

WE ARE SEMINARIANS.

LET’S GO, LADS!!

WHAT’S YOUR NAME?

MARCELLIN CHAMPAGNAT.

I’M DENIS DUPLAY.

IF IT WEREN’T FOR THE LATIN, THIS WOULD BE PARADISE.

WELCOME TO THE SEMINARY OF VERRIÈRES.

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HURRAH FOR THE MERRY BAND!

YOU HAVE TO WORK HARDER.

HE GETS IN WITH A BAD CROWD AND HIS STUDIES SUFFER.

HE CANNOT CONTINUE IN

THE SEMINARY.

I WILL HAVE YOU

RE-ADMITTED.

WRONG! SIT DOWN!

THEREFORE…

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WE WILL ADMIT YOU FOR ANOTHER YEAR!

MARCELLIN!DENIS! OH!

MY LUNGS!

YOU ARE MAKING PROGRESS. THANK YOU,

MARCELLIN.

THERE’S NOTHING TO

BE DONE.

MARY! HE IS MY BEST

FRIEND!

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ENOUGH!

MOTHER, I WILL NOT LET YOU DOWN.

WHAT’S ALL THAT NOISE?

YES MARCELLIN, YOUR MOTHER IS DEAD.

YOU HAVE PUT ME IN CHARGE OF THE DORMITORY.

I DON’T LIKE DISORDER!

24TH JANUARY 1810.

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ON FINISHING AT VERRIÈRES, THEY WEAR A SOUTANE FOR THE FIRST TIME.

IT IS A LETTER FROM MARCELLIN: FROM THE

MAJOR SEMINARY IN LYON!

THE YEAR IS ALMOST

OVER!

BE BRAVE!

VERY GOOD, MARCELLIN.

WHAT’S GOING ON? THIS PUNISHMENT

IS UNFAIR…

CONGRATULATIONS, MARCELLIN!

EH!

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AND WHAT DO YOU THINK, MARCELLIN?

WE WILL GO OUT TO THOSE WHO HAVE

HARDLY HEARD OF GOD.

IN LYONS HE JOINS A COMMITTED GROUP WHICH HAS GREAT PLANS.

WE NEED BROTHERS!

IT’S MARIE-THÉRÈSE’S SON. HE HAS COME FOR A HOLIDAY!

THE SOCIETY OF JESUS ALREADY EXISTS, WE’LL BE MARY’S.

THE EARTH IS ROUND, LIKE THIS APPLE.

THERE ARE MANY PEOPLE IN IT WHO DO NOT KNOW

JESUS OR MARY.

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I’VE MADE IT AT LAST!

SINCE YOU ARE SO KEEN, YOU TAKE CHARGE

OF THE BROTHERS!

PRIESTLY ORDINATION: 22ND JULY 1816.

WE WILL DEDICATE OURSELVES COMPLETELY

TO THE SOCIETY OF MARY.

AT THEIR HEAD IS JEAN-CLAUDE COLIN, WHO WILL BECOME THE FIRST SUPERIOR OF THE MARIST FATHERS.

THE GROUP OF FRIENDS GO TO THE SANCTUARY OF FOURVIÈRE TO CONSECRATE THEMSELVES TO MARY.

I CERTAINLY WILL!

YOU CAN’T IMAGINE HOW LITTLE THE CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE KNOW. TO EDUCATE THEM

WE NEED BROTHERS!

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PLEASE!

TO MARCELLIN’S SUCCESS IN LA

VALLA!

REMEMBER, YOUNG MAN, A PARISH IS NOT

A SEMINARY!

AH, FATHER,

HAVE A DRINK!

THE YOUNG PRIEST TOOK NOTE OF THE EVILS AFFLICTING THE PARISH: IGNORANCE, ALCOHOLISM, LACK OF PRAYER. HE HAS TO BATTLE AGAINST ALL THESE VICES ALONE BECAUSE THE PARISH PRIEST IS DISCOURAGED AND OVERWHELMED.

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THERE IS A SICK PERSON IN

LE PALAIS!

HERE, FATHER!

HE IS GOING TO DIE!

BUT THIS IS DREADFUL!

FATHER! COME QUICKLY!

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WHEN HE GOT BACK.

I WILL RETURN.

LET US SAY THE OUR FATHER TOGETHER.

I DON’T KNOW HOW

TO PRAY.

MARCELLIN IS ASTONISHED; THE YOUNG BOY DIDN’T EVEN KNOW ABOUT THE EXISTENCE OF GOD.

MY SON IS DEAD!

LEAVE ME ALONE WITH

HIM!

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BUT WHY, GOD?

WE NEED BROTHERS! WE NEED

BROTHERS!

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I’LL DO IT!

A FEW DAYS LATER…

IT’S MY FRIEND, JEAN–BAPTISTE.

2ND JANUARY 1817. MARCELLIN HAS BEEN A PRIEST FOR ONLY FIVE MONTHS AND HE HAS ALREADY ACHIEVED HIS AIM: TO BRING TOGETHER THE FIRST TWO MARIST BROTHERS. HERE IS

YOUR HOUSE!

COME ALONG, THEN!

HI! JEAN–MARIE!

I WANT TO BE LIKE YOU!

JEAN-MARIE, WOULD YOU LIKE

TO HELP ME LOOK AFTER POOR CHILDREN?

WELL DONE! GOD WILL BLESS YOU AND MARY WILL SEND YOU

SOME COMPANIONS.

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LAY OUT ANOTHER

PLATE!

MY NAME IS BARTHÉLEMY!

WE WILL WORK TO EARN THE FOOD

WE EAT.

MARCELLIN SHARES THEIR LIFE OF PRAYER, STUDY, AND WORK.

SOON OTHER YOUNG MEN ARRIVE, SOMETIMES IN UNUSUAL CIRCUMSTANCES.

WE’LL STUDY IN ORDER TO TEACH THE CHILDREN.

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IT’S MY BROTHER!

I WOULDN’T MAKE A GOOD BROTHER.

NONSENSE, YOU ARE A GOOD YOUNG MAN.

HI! JEAN–BAPTISTE!LET’S GO!

A FEW DAYS LATER…

DON’T KEEP ON. I AM STAYING HERE!

I’LL STAY WITH YOU.

A NEW COMPANION!

WELL DONE!

WHY DON’T YOU DO WHAT YOUR BROTHER

IS DOING?

BUT YOU WILL BE HAPPY. WHAT ELSE MATTERS?

IF I BECOME A BROTHER

PEOPLE WILL LAUGH AT ME.

HELLO! MY NAME’S ANTOINE.

YOU HAVE TO COME

BACK HOME!

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BE SIMPLE…

HELLO, MY NAME’S GABRIEL RIVAT.

I WILL BE BROTHER JEAN–MARIE!

I WANT MY SON TO LIVE IN MARY’S

HOUSE.

SINCE WE ARE A FAMILY WE CAN CALL

OURSELVES LITTLE BROTHERS OF MARY.

AS TIME PASSES THE NEW GROUP’S REPUTATION GROWS THROUGHOUT THE REGION, AND MANY PEOPLE WANT TO TAKE PART.

I WILL BE BROTHER LOUIS!

I WILL BE BROTHER LAURENT!

LIKE THE VIOLET.

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GOODBYE FATHER!

I WILL ACCOMPANY

BROTHER LAURENT.

THIS WILL BE YOUR

UNIFORM.

NOW GO AND TEACH

EVERYTHING YOU KNOW!

IT HAS A DELICIOUS FRAGRANCE WITHOUT BEING SEEN, BECAUSE

IT IS SO SMALL.

LOVE MARY

AS YOUR GOOD MOTHER.

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…THE WORK I GAVE YOU?

LAURENT, DO YOU NOT FIND IT VERY HARD…

NOT AT ALL! I AM VERY

HAPPY!

STUPID! STOP ANNOYING ME!

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YOU ARE AN IDIOT!

IDIOT! IDIOT!

NEVER HIT OR INSULT A CHILD!

WHAT HAS HAPPENED HERE?

TO EDUCATE CHILDREN, YOU MUST TREAT THEM

WITH LOVE AND RESPECT.

THAT CHILD NEVER RETURNED.

I REMEMBER WHEN I WAS YOUNG,

ONE DAY DURING CATECHISM…

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THERE!

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THEY ARE ORPHANS.

WE WILL BE THEIR FAMILY!

FATHER, ANOTHER CHILD

WITHOUT A FAMILY.

I HAVE NOWHERE

TO GO.

I DON’T HAVE A HOME!

TOMORROW WE WILL TAKE YOU HOME.

THE PARISH PRIEST AND THE MAYOR OF MARLHES

WANT US TO TAKE OVER A SCHOOL. YOU GO!

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WE’LL BECOME EXTINGUISHED LIKE A LAMP WITHOUT OIL.

WE ARE VERY PLEASED WITH YOU.

MOTHER, HELP US. THIS IS YOUR FAMILY.

THEY ARE VERY YOUNG. I DON’T

THINK THEY WILL SUCCEED.

MY SON IS COMPLETELY

CHANGED!

ANOTHER VILLAGE ASKING FOR BROTHERS

AND I DON’T HAVE ANY MORE.

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AGREED!

HERE WE ARE!

DO YOU AGREE?

WITH THIS RUSE, THE FORMER RELIGIOUS SUCCEEDS IN CONVINCING 8 YOUNG MEN. AFTER A THREE DAY JOURNEY…

THIS LIFE WILL NOT SUIT YOU.

IT IS TOO HARD!

BRING THEM TO ME! AFTERWARDS,

WE WILL SEE!

WILL YOU ACCEPT ME IF I BRING YOU

HALF A DOZEN YOUNG MEN?

FATHER CHAMPAGNAT, I WOULD LIKE

TO ENTER YOUR CONGREGATION.

I WILL TELL THEM THAT WE ARE GOING TO LYON.

IN MY VILLAGE EVERYONE THINKS THAT I AM STILL A CHRISTIAN BROTHER.

FATHER, YOU CAN SEE THAT I KEEP

MY PROMISES!

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I WILL ADMIT YOU ALL IMMEDIATELY!

I TOLD YOU BEFORE: THIS VOCATION IS

NOT FOR YOU.

I’LL PUT YOU TO WORK IN THE VILLAGE. AND THOSE WHOSE WORK IS

SATISFACTORY WILL BE ADMITTED.

I DON’T TRUST THIS PERSON.

I AM GOING TO TEST THEM.

YOU’LL HAVE TO SLEEP IN THE HAY LOFT. THE HOUSE IS TOO SMALL

FOR EVERYONE!

AND NOW, TO WORK!

DO YOU PROMISE?

ABSOLUTELY!

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I AM THINKING

OF TRAINING CHRISTIAN EDUCATORS FOR YOUNG

PEOPLE.

AND DO YOU REALLY MEAN TO FOUND A RELIGIOUS

CONGREGATION?

LISTEN TO ME! IF YOU CONTINUE

WITH THIS, ONE OF THESE DAYS I WILL SEND

THE POLICE TO CLOSE YOUR HOUSE.

THIS CHAMPAGNAT IS CRAZY!

AND THEY ARE CALLED

BROTHERS OF MARY!

AND THEY WERE GIVEN

A UNIFORM!

WHAT WILL THEY LIVE ON?

THE OTHER DAY ... HE ADMITTED EIGHT MORE YOUNG MEN.

WHAT DOES THE

BISHOP THINK OF THEM?

AND YOU WORKAMONG THEM TOO, LIKE

A COMMON PEASANT.…HE WAS SOON SUMMONED BY

THE BISHOP TO EXPLAIN HIMSELF.

YOU ARE IRRESPONSIBLE AND ARROGANT!

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BUT IT IS NEARLY NIGHTFALL!

BROTHER STANISLAS!

BEFORE RETURNING TO LA VALLA, WE WILL VISIT

THE BROTHERS’ HOUSE.

WE ARE LOST!

WE MUST LEAVE.

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REMEMBER… …OH VIRGIN… … MARY…

BE BRAVE BROTHER STANISLAS!

OUR GOOD MOTHER HAS HEARD US.

THAT MAN SAVED US.

AND HOW ARE THINGS GOING IN LYONS?

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HE WILL SEND… THE POLICE…

EVER!

IT IS THEM!

THERE THEY ARE!

EVEN IF WE HAVE TO

GO TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH.

THEBISHOP

IS NOT INTERESTED IN OUR WORK.

TO SCATTER US.

FATHER, WE’LL NEVER ABANDON YOU!

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BLESSED BE GOD! A NEW BISHOP HAS BEEN APPOINTED.

MARCELLIN IS INVITED TO LYONS TO SPEAK TO THE NEW BISHOP: DE PINS.

AND THAT IS ALL. BUT IF YOU THINK IT NECESSARY, I WILL ABANDON MY IDEA.

HERE IS SOME MONEY TO HELP BUILD

YOUR NEW HOUSE!

ON THE CONTRARY, CARRY ON!

A LETTER FROM LYONS.

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THANKS TO MGR DE PINS WE WILL HAVE A NEW HOUSE

AND A NEW RELIGIOUS HABIT.

WE WILL BUILD THERE, CLOSE TO THE RIVER.

BUT WE WILL HAVE TO HACK AWAY AT THE ROCK!

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IMPOSSIBLE?

DID SOMEONE SAY IMPOSSIBLE?

FATHER, IT IS IMPOSSIBLE TO SMASH THAT ROCK!

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WE WILL GO TO THE HOUSE OF

MR. BASSONS.

THE MASONS ARE COMPLAINING THAT YOU ARE COMPETING

WITH THEM.

I DON’T CARE WHAT THE PEOPLE SAY. AND I AM EMPLOYING YOU AS A LABOURER

RIGHT NOW.

HE HASN’T A BEAN AND IS STARTING

A FOUR-STOREY HOUSE!

FATHER, IF MONSIGNOR CHOLLETON IS STAYING FOR DINNER, WE ONLY

HAVE POTATOES.

AS USUAL!

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WHAT A FRIGHT!

MY SON WISHES TO STAY WITH

YOU. I CAN’T PAY HIS BOARD AND

LODGING, BUT I CAN HELP YOU WITH

THE WORK.HERE YOU ARE, FATHER.

TODAY YOU CAN EAT HOT FOOD.

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ANOTHER FRIGHT!

THEY BUILD A SMALL CHAPEL IN THE MIDDLE OF THE WOOD.

THE BROTHERS SLEEP IN A NEIGHBOURING COTTAGE. BUT THERE IS NO ROOM FOR EVERYONE AND MARCELLIN SLEEPS ON THE BALCONY.

WHEN THEY FINISH WORKING, THEY GO TO THE GIER TO WASH.

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25TH JULY 1825. THE BLESSING OF THE NEW HOUSE.

WE’VE DONE IT!

IF THE LORD DOES NOT BUILD THE HOUSE, THE

MASONS WORK IN VAIN.

AND ONCE MORE!

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I PRESENT TO YOU FATHER

COURVEILLE.

HE WILL BE YOUR SUPERIOR WHILE I VISIT THE

SCHOOLS.

MAKE YOUR CHILDREN GOOD CHRISTIANS AND HONOURABLE

CITIZENS.

COURVEILLE WANTS TO BE LEADER.

IT WAS HIS IDEA TO FOUND THE SOCIETY OF MARY…

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YOU DO!

HAIL MARY.

LET US SEE. WHO KNOWS A PRAYER

TO MARY?

TAKE THIS LITTLE GIFT!

YOU DESERVE IT!

TAKE THIS BOOK!

REMEMBER ...

AND NOW YOU!

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HOW ARE THINGS WITH FATHER COUVEILLE?

COURVEILLE ISN’T LIKE FATHER CHAMPAGNAT. HIS BOSSY CHARACTER BRINGS ABOUT A CRISIS AMONG THE BROTHERS.

SILENCE!

IF FATHER CHAMPAGNAT

DOES NOT RECOVER WE ARE

FINISHED.

YOU SEEM TO BE ILL, FATHER.

VERY BAD!

THIS IS UNBEARABLE!

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I’M GOING HOME!

SO AM I!

WE CAN’T ABANDON OUR

FATHER!

LET THE TROUBLEMAKERS

GET DOWN ON THEIR KNEES!

AT THIS VERY MOMENT…

WHO IS IN CHARGE HERE? I AM!

WE ARE NO LONGER A FAMILY!

THIS EVENING,

COURVEILLE WILL EXPEL US ANYWAY.

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AT THE SIGHT OF THEIR FATHER, THEY ALL FORGET THEIR PROBLEMS, AND THEIR HEARTS ARE FILLED WITH JOY. THERE IS ONLY ONE THING LEFT FOR COURVEILLE: TO LEAVE.

ACCOMPANIED BY THE FAITHFUL BROTHER STANISLAS, HIS DEVOTED NURSE, MARCELLIN ENTERS THE ROOM.

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DURING THIS PERIOD, THE RUMOUR GOES ROUND THAT ENEMIES OF THE NEW REGIME ARE HIDING IN L’HERMITAGE.

THE REVOLUTION OF 1830. KING CHARLES X IS OVERTHROWN. LOUIS-PHILIPPE SUCCEEDS HIM. THE SILK WORKERS’ REVOLUTION IN LYONS.

THIS CHAMPAGNAT IS UNBELIEVABLE, WHILE THE CLERGY ARE HIDING,

HE IS ARRANGING FOR HIS BROTHERS TO MAKE

THEIR VOWS.

THERE IT IS, GUARD ALL THE EXITS!

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VERY WELL. GO AHEAD! WE WILL BEGIN WITH

THE CELLARS.

WE ARE HERE TO SEARCH

THE HOUSE.

LOOK CAREFULLY TO SEE IF THERE

IS ANYTHING WHICH COULD TROUBLE THE GOVERNMENT.

SOLDIER, FORWARD!

I DON’T KNOW WHAT THAT IS, BUT I WILL ASK FATHER.

FATHER, THESE GENTLEMEN

WOULD LIKE A NOBLEMAN. DO YOU HAVE ONE?

OPEN IN THE NAME OF THE LAW!

HAVE A NOBLEMAN CONCEALED HERE!

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AT YOUR SERVICE!

THIS ONE DOESN’T

HAVE A KEY!

BROTHER SYLVESTER, FETCH

ME THE AXE.

THERE’S NOTHING HERE.

DON’T BOTHER! DON’T BOTHER!

NOT AT ALL! FOLLOW ME!

STOP! THAT’S ENOUGH!

TOMORROW I WILL PUBLISH IN THE NEWSPAPER THE COMPLETE

TRUTH ABOUT YOUR HOUSE.

FATHER CHAMPAGNAT, I AM SORRY. YOU HAVE TAUGHT

US A VALUABLE LESSON.

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SINCE THEN, THE BROTHERS HAVE BEGUN AND ENDED THEIR DAY WITH THE PRAYER…

OOPS!

KEEP QUIET AND CARRY ME TO THE

TOP OF THE STAIRS.

HAIL HOLY QUEEN, MOTHER OF MERCY…

SLEEP WELL! GOOD NIGHT!

…FATHER CHAMPAGNAT!

VERY WELL, BROTHER.

OH BUT... THAT ROOM

BELONGS TO…

SYLVESTER USUALLY PLAYED JOKES ON THE BROTHERS. BUT THAT NIGHT…

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BROTHER SYLVESTER, FROM TODAY YOU WILL BE IN CHARGE OF THE GOATS. GOOD!

IN THIS WAY YOU WON’T ESCAPE!

AH! NOT SO FAST!

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…AND FINALLY… …THIS IS

HOW IT IS DONE!

BROTHER SYLVESTER,

THIS IS YOUR ASSIGNMENT FOR THE YEAR.

I AM GOING TO AMPUIS AS COOK.

AND NOW IT IS MY TURN!

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SOME TIME LATER, FATHER CHAMPAGNAT VISITED THE COMMUNITY.

BROTHER SYLVESTER! FETCH THAT

BARROW.

HE BROUGHT THE WHEELBARROW UP TO THE LIBRARY!

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FATHER, WITH THESE HORSES AND MY WHEELBARROW YOU WOULD SOON

REACH PARIS.

IF YOU HAD WHEELED IT

UP TO THE TOP FLOOR, I WOULD HAVE GIVEN YOU

A GIFT.

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EVEN IN PARIS HE IS UNITED WITH GOD AND HIS BROTHERS, BUT THE BUSINESS DRAGS ON…

IN 1838, MARCELLIN GOES TO PARIS TO OBTAIN LEGAL APPROVAL FOR THE INSTITUTE.

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YOU ARE DOING

WONDERFUL WORK!

HERE IS WHAT YOU REQUESTED.

YOUR DOCUMENTATION IS INCOMPLETE.

...IT WILL TAKE TIME!

NOW THIS MUST BE APPROVED BY THE COUNCIL

OF STATE...ALTHOUGH…

BUT I AM UNABLE TO GRANT YOU OFFICIAL

RECOGNITION…

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IN 1835, THE CHURCH ENTRUSTS THE EVANGELISATION OF POLYNESIA TO THE SOCIETY OF MARY.

ON 24TH DECEMBER 1836, FOUR FATHERS AND THREE BROTHERS LEAVE FOR OCEANIA. AMONG THEM IS FATHER CHANEL,

WHO WOULD BE THE FIRST MARTYR OF THIS TERRITORY.

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THE CONTINUOUS JOURNEYS THE EXCESSIVE WORK, THE WORRIES AFFECT HIS HEALTH.

THE INSTITUTE COMPRISED 48 HOUSES, 280 BROTHERS AND 7000 PUPILS.

BROTHER FRANÇOIS!

FATHER COLIN, SUPERIOR GENERAL OF THE SOCIETY OF MARY, WAS CALLED TO L’HERMITAGE.

MARCELLIN AGREES, AND AN ELECTION IS HELD

IN FATHER COLIN’S PRESENCE.

YOUR BROTHERS MUST ELECT A SUPERIOR

IN YOUR PLACE.

FATHER CHAMPAGNAT,YOUR HEALTH WON’T

ALLOW YOU TO CONTINUE DIRECTING THE BROTHERS.

FATHER COLIN! WHAT A PLEASURE!

I’M GOING BACK TO MY BROTHERS!

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IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD, OF MARY, OUR GOOD MOTHER,

I GIVE YOU MY SPIRITUAL

TESTAMENT.

ASSEMBLE ALL OF THE BROTHERS.

CONGRATULATIONS, BROTHER!

THAT IS THE END OF HIS WORK. FROM THIS MOMENT ON, HE WOULD BE CONSTANTLY ILL.

DO YOUR REMEMBER WHEN YOU WERE LITTLE

GABRIEL RIVAT?

OH! FATHER, TAKE IT EASY!

LET US WORK FOR A LITTLE

WHILE!

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FATHER, DO NOT FORGET US WHEN

YOU GO TO HEAVEN.

TODAY, SATURDAY, 6 JUNE 1840, AT FOUR THIRTY IN THE MORNING, OUR FATHER FALLS ASLEEP IN THE LORD.

WE ARE MOURNING A TENDER FATHER, OUR PILLAR AND OUR GUIDE. HE KNEW HOW TO SHARE OUR STRUGGLES AND DIRECT OUR STEPS. IT IS UP TO US NOW TO ENSURE THAT, BY IMITATING HIS VIRTUES, HE CONTINUES TO LIVE ON IN EACH ONE OF US.

I UNDERSTAND. IT IS NOT THE LAMP,

BUT MY SIGHT. THE HOUR HAS COME.

BLESSED BE GOD.

BROTHER, THE LAMP IS BURNING

LOW.

FORGET YOU? IMPOSSIBLE!

MAY IT BE SAID OF YOU AS OF THE FIRST DISCIPLES: LOOK HOW THEY LOVE ONE ANOTHER. ALWAYS LIVE IN THE PRESENCE OF GOD. BE SIMPLE. TEACH OTHERS HOW TO LOVE OUR GOOD MOTHER. BE FRIENDS AND ROLE MODELS FOR YOUNG PEOPLE. LOVE YOUR VOCATION AND BE FAITHFUL TO IT. JESUS AND MARY WILL HELP YOU. THIS IS MY LAST WILL.

DRAWN UP AT NOTRE DAME DE L’HERMITAGE, 18TH MAY 1840

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“COME ON, BROTHERS. LET’S FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE OF

FATHER CHAMPAGNAT AND FULFIL HIS WISHES”.

WE’LL LEARN ANOTHER LANGUAGE. OTHER PEOPLE

DO THIS TO WORK AND SUPPORT THEIR FAMILIES…

IN A SHORT TIME, THE BROTHERS EXPAND ALL OVER THE WORLD. IN 1852, THEY ARRIVED IN LONDON.

IN 1903, ALMOST 900 BROTHERS WERE EXPELLED FROM FRANCE BECAUSE OF COMBES’ LAW.

WHEN THEY SEE US, IT IS AS IF THEY ARE SEEING GOD. IF WE DON’T HELP

THEM, NO ONE WILL.

ON 18TH APRIL 1999, MARCELLIN CHAMPAGNAT IS PROCLAIMED A SAINT,

HIS PORTRAIT HIGH UP ON THE VATICAN SCAFFOLDING

AS HE USED TO BE ON L’HERMITAGE DURING ITS CONSTRUCTION.

MORE THAN 200 BROTHERS HAVE SUFFERED MARTYRDOM.

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LAY MEN AND WOMEN ALSO WANT TO LIVE OUT MARCELLIN’S DREAM.

LET’S WIDEN THE SPACE OF OUR TENT.

¡IN 1985, THE CHAMPAGNAT MOVEMENT OF THE MARIST FAMILY OFFICIALLY BEGINS. THE FRATERNITIES AND OTHER MARIST GROUPS CONTINUE TO GROW.IN 2009, THE CHAMPAGNAT MOVEMENT COVERS26 COUNTRIES, BRINGING TOGETHER AROUND 3,300 MEMBERS GROUPED IN 250 FRATERNITIES.

WE WANT TO SHARE YOUR MISSION

AND YOUR CHARISM SO THAT YOU CAN BE PART OF OUR LIVES.

WHAT REALLY MATTERS IS TO LIVE WITH

A COMMON MISSION.

MARCELLIN CHAMPAGNAT

HAS CONQUERED MY HEART.

ANY WORK DONE IN FAITH IS A SHARING

IN THE MARIST MISSION.

LAY PEOPLE AND BROTHERS,

TOGETHER, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE BEFORE GOD FOR DEVELOPING

MARCELLIN’S GIFT AND MISSION.

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CHILDREN… ESPECIALLY THE POOR

ONES. BE THEIR BROTHERS.

EDUCATE THEM. MAKE JESUS KNOWN

AND LOVED.

THE HERMITAGE HAS BEEN REFURBISHED. NOW IS THE TIME TO REDISCOVER THE SPIRIT WHICH ACCOMPANIED ITS CONSTRUCTION.

GET INVOLVED AS A BROTHER OR LAY MARIST IN THIS

FASCINATING STORY!

SET OFF FOR A NEW LAND!

I WANT TO GO

THERE TOO!

ASIA IS WAITING FOR US. IT IS THE YOUNGEST CONTINENT AND THE ONE WITH THE GREATEST NEEDS AND FEWEST BROTHERS.

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