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The Marist schools of that area and the fourteen schools of the brothers from Viviers were organized into the Province of Aubenas, France. Twenty years after the death of Blessed Champagnat, another province was organized in the St. Genis Laval area.
Aug 22, 2001 · To understand how and why the Brothers physically built the college campus, one must understand their underlying culture. The Brothers were founded in the country district outside Lyons, France, in what could only be considered very hilly land where the people eked out a marginal existence.
Chapter 2 The Pioneering Period, 1885-1911. In 1884 Reverend Father E. Gravel, Rector of the Cathedral of St. Hyacinthe, P.Q., Canada, visited the Marist superiors at St. Genis Laval, France, in order to interest them in the teaching apostolate in Canada.
After leaving for Canada in 1873, two other young ladies, Miss. Vidal and Bourbeau, took charge of the sixty pupils who wished to learn. The parish priest Hévey brought the Sisters of Saint-Hyacinthe to Lewiston in 1878, to provide education to the students in an institutional setting.
In 1863, the Holy See approved the group as an autonomous Institute of pontifical right. While respecting our original name, it gave us the title of Marist Brothers of the Schools (FMS). In 1872, four Brothers arrived from Europe (from St Genis Laval, France) to form the first Australian community.
The history of the General Houses. Father Marcellin Champagnat founded the congregation of the Marist Brothers on the 2nd of January 1817, in La Valla, treasured today as the Cradle of the Institute.
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The Marist Brothers are an international religious community of more than 2,400 Catholic Brothers dedicated to making Jesus known and loved through the education of young people, especially those most neglected.
