Marist Brothers
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The Marist Brothers is a Catholic religious order of brothers and affiliated lay people. The order was founded in France, at La Valla near Lyon in 1817 by Saint Marcellin Champagnat, a young French priest of the Society of Mary (Marist Fathers).
In 1863 the Marist Brothers institute received the approbation of the Holy See.
The Marist Brothers are not clerics, but are devoted to educational work throughout the world and now conduct primary and secondary schools, academies, industrial schools, orphanages and retreat houses in 77 countries on five continents: Europe, Africa, America, Asia, and Oceania.
Marist Brothers arrived in Sydney, Australia in 1872 where they opened their first school at St Patrick's Church Hill. There are now over 300 Brothers working with young people in schools as teachers and administrators, in retreat houses and camps for young people and in other areas of ministry. Australian Marist Brothers also serve in welfare ministries working with young adults in outreach programs in Indigenous Australian communities and also in missions in nearby Papua New Guinea, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, and East Timor. Marists from Australia also serve communities in Cambodia and India.
Countries in Asia where the Marist Brothers are also present include Lebanon,Singapore, Malaysia and China/Hong Kong, Philippines and Sri Lanka where they run many Marist Schools, including the Maris Stella High School in Singapore, the Catholic High School in KL, the Marist Marikina School in Manila, and St Francis Xavier's College in Hong Kong (alma mater of Bruce Lee, Micheal Hui, Sam Hui, Henry Fan, Tsang Chi Wai, Dickie Cheung, Anthony Neoh, Chong Chan Yau, David Lan Hung Chun, & other celebrities)
Celtic Football Club was formed at a meeting in St. Mary's church hall in Glasgow, by Marist Brother Walfrid on November 6, 1887, with the purpose stated in the official club records as "being to alleviate poverty in Glasgow's East End parishes". The charity established by Brother Walfrid was named 'The Poor Children's Dinner Table'.
In Latin America, "Maristas" are also very active in the following countries: Chile, Puerto Rico, Guatemala, El Salvador, Mexico, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Argentina, Brazil, Colombia, Paraguay, Venezuela and other countries as well. Brother Seán Sammon is the current Superior General in Rome. The largest number of brothers currently are natives from Spain and France.
On October 31 1996, four Brothers were killed by refugees and martyred in a mission in Nyamirangwe, Zaire. These brothers were all Spanish: H. Fernando de la Fuente de la Fuente, H. Miguel Ángel Isla Lucio, H. Servando Mayor García, and H. Julio Rodríguez Jorge.
Noteworthy Marist Brothers
- Brother Ignatius O'Connor, founder of Marist College Ashgrove
- Brother Walfrid, founder of the Celtic Football Club
Marist schools
- Archbishop Molloy High School
- Christopher Columbus High School
- Central Catholic High School (Lawrence, Massachusetts)
- Colegio Marista Guaynabo
- Kutama College
- Marian College (Dublin)
- Maris Stella High School
- Marist College (Poughkeepsie, New York)
- Marist College, Athlone
- Mount Saint Michael Academy
- Marist School, Marikina Philippines
- Our Lady of Lourdes High School (Poughkeepsie)
- St. Agnes Boys High School
- Saint Joseph Academy
- St. Mungo's Academy
- Marist Comprehensive Academy, Uturu, Okigwe, Nigeria
- Marist Brothers Juniorate, Uturu, Okigwe, Nigeria
Australian Marist schools
- Aquinas College, Adelaide, South Australia
- Assumption College, Kilmore, Victoria
- Marcellin College, Bulleen, Victoria
- Marist College Ashgrove, Queensland
- Marist College Canberra, Australian Capital Territory
- Marist College Kogarah, NSW
- Marist College Penshurst, NSW
- Marist College Rosalie, Queensland
- Marist Regional College, Burnie, Tasmania
- Newman College, Perth, Western Australia
- Our Lady of the Sacred Heart College, Alice Springs, Northern Territory
- Parramatta Marist High School, Westmead, Sydney, NSW
- Sacred Heart, Mosman, Sydney, NSW (Formerly Marist Sacred Heart)
- Samaritan Catholic College, Preston, Melbourne, Victoria (formerly Redden College and St. Joseph's College, North Fitzroy)
- St. Joseph's College, Hunters Hill, Sydney, NSW
- St Augustines College, Cairns, Queensland
External links
- Los Maristas
- Marist Australia
- Marist Brothers
- Marist College
- Marist College Kogarah, Australia
- Newman College, Perth Australia
- Sacred Heart College, Adelaide, South Australia
- St. David's Marist Inanda - Johannesburg, South Africa
- Marist Brothers Linmeyer - Johannesburg, South Africa
- Our Lady of Lourdes HS, Poughkeepsie, NY
- Marist High School - Eugene, OR
- Marist High School - Bayonne, NJ
- Marist High School - Chicago, Illinois
- Marist High School - Atlanta, Georgia
- Central Catholic High School-Lawrence, MA
- St. Francis Xavier's School, Tsuen Wan, Hong Kong
- Marist Regional College - Tasmania, Australia
- Northern Marista's Schools in Brazil
- South Marista's Schools in Brazil
- Central Marista's Schools in Brazil
- St. Francis Xavier's College, Tai Kok Tsui, Hong Kong
- St Henry's Marist Brothers College - Durban,South Africa
- Mexican Marist High School
- Marist Senior School - Berkshire, England
- Archbishop Molloy High School - Briarwood, New York
- Marist School, Marikina, Philippines