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Marist laity unity move
By Damir Govorcin
A new organisation – Marist Laity Australia – has been formed to bring a sense of unity to lay Marists around Australia through better communication and collaboration.
Members of the four Marist congregations – Marist Sisters, Marist Brothers, Missionary Sisters of the Society of Mary and Marist Fathers – celebrated this new beginning with a ceremony at the Holy Name Church, Hunters Hill.
Maria Baden, the new body’s co-ordinator, says the Marist call comes from a meeting of two desires – the desire of Mary that something new happens in the Church and the desire of an individual person to be part of that world.
“The Marist founders, Jean-Claude Colin, Jean-Marie Chavoin and Marcellin Champagnat, saw themselves as a family – a tree with several branches, including one branch belonging to the laity,” says Maria.
“Marist Laity Australia is an expression of this branch of the tree.”
It is considering ways to offer people opportunities to develop their Marist spirituality and understanding of the Marist story.
Marist Laity Australia will holding meetings at the Aquinas Academy, Level 5, 141 Harrington St (next to St Patrick’s, Church Hill), after 11 am Mass on Sunday, September 14, and at St Gabriel’s Parish Hall, Bexley, at the conclusion of 5pm Mass on Sunday September 21.
For more information visit www.maristoz.edu.au, call Maria Baden on 9680 2220, 0408 245 212 or email her at mariabaden@bigpond.com