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Marist relationship with the world Marist spirituality prompts Marists to be people in our world and conscious of the needs of the time. Ascesis to Kenosis: The Evolution in Marist understanding of the Unknown and Hidden Our whole mission – and our way of carrying it out in today's world – is summed up in the phrase "hidden and unknown." - Pat Bearsley Bugey has now a symbolic significance. For us it symbolizes our call to mission. - Pat Bearsley Implications of Colin’s vision at the level of our activity Marists should be able to move from place to place and not be tied to fixed ministries, and the second is that since we are supposed to act after the Mother of the early Church, Marists must bear witness as a community. - Jean Coste Inside the house of Nazareth and from there After looking again at what Father Colin meant by the Nazareth theme, does it tell us anything at al? How does it stimulate us today? The mission of the Society of Mary is a mystery. Not in the sense of being an obscurity that cannot be penetrated, but rather a richness that cannot be exhaustively expressed in words, yet can be a perennial source of insight and inspiration. Our poverty has to be conscious, deliberate and freely chosen. “Aware that it is easier to adapt to one’s surroundings than to remain faithful to the Gospel, they shall take care that their dwellings, possessions, and manner of life bring them closer to the poor. - Pat Bearsley Now the best way of being faithful to Colin, the way that goes to the essentials and keep us creative is not to repeat literally what he says about Mary but to take care that Mary should be in our lives what she was in his, namely, a bearer of hope, inviting us to maturity, inviting us to find the response which would be specific to the needs of the secularized world. Mission of the Society of Mary An essay, the reflections of Ed Keel who at the time of writing was trying to deepen his understanding his Marist vocation and to remain faithful to the insights of the Founder. He offers these reflections in the hope they may contribute to a fuller appreciation of our spiritual heritage. Nazareth in Spiritual Tradition - a brief outline A series of soundings, as numerous and as varied as possible, in spiritual literature, with a view to bring out the main lines of Christian reflection and so enable us to situate Fr Colin's thinking on Nazareth. Relating to the Church and the world When Fr. Colin leads us to contemplate Mary, it is seldom in herself that we see her, but always in relation: relation to the Church, in relation to the world, and in relation to the men and women of our day. Bishops must consider the Marists tamquam suam (as their own) and our relationship to the world ignoti et occulti (hidden and unknown). Spirit of Nazareth in daily life Then when considering the Marist Spirit we have to see it realised in these active Marists, and show that the Marist Spirit means something for Marists in all their activity. And if not, if the Marist Spirit was something which was of interest only in the hour of meditation in the morning, or only when on retreat, or only in his personal, individual piety, that would not really be of much help to the Marist. The Brothers in the Society of Mary: Their function and their work Jean Coste's call for a modern constitutional statement that re-validates the vocation of a Society of Mary brother, a statement in line with Vatican II and that moves a brother's vocation further ahead from the traditional 1872 model, a statement which in accord with their interest and talent, be able to directly assist the priests to carry out the priestly mission of the Society as instruments of mercy to those most in need? Theological basis for the Vocation of the Brothers in the Society of Mary What is a Brother of the Society of Mary? What are his distinguishing marks? What is it that makes him different from other Christians? From other religious? From other members of the Society of Mary? - Pat Bearsley Together for mission: Marist mission and Lay Marists Mission and collaboration in this mission. The theme of mission in the Colinian vision and, particularly, that of the mission of Marist laity.
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