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Marcellin Joseph Benedict Champagnat, FMS (20 May 1789 – 6 June 1840) was a French Catholic religious born in Le Rosey, village of Marlhes, near St. Etienne , France. He was the founder of the Marist Brothers , a religious congregation of brothers in the Catholic Church devoted to Mary and dedicated to education.
In 2017, the Marist Brothers released a statement to survivors and victims of abuse. It was issued by the 22nd General Chapter and stated that "Abuse is the very antithesis of our Marist values, and undermines the very purpose of our Institute. Any abuse of children is a betrayal of the noble ideals of our founder, St Marcellin Champagnat". [15]
The branch of the “Marist brothers” was founded on January 2, 1817 by Marcellin Champagnat. It was integrated into the Society of Mary on April 22, 1842 and was approved by Rome in 1863. The Marist brothers are religious (but they are not priests, unlike the Marist fathers). Marist brothers live in community.
Saint Marcellin Champagnat the founding father of the Marist Brothers. Marian shrine at the heart of the campus. The school was named after Saint Marcellin Champagnat, the French founder of the congregation of the Marist Brothers. The name "Champville" is derived from the French phrase "la ville de Champagnat," which translates to "the city of ...
Font: Garamond, used in the time of the founding Marist father, St Marcellin Champagnat. Bible stamped with the Miraculous Medal: Illustrates Marist Catholic College North Shore's Marist charism, which values love and care for others. The Miraculous Medal is a medal design based on the visions of St. Catherine Labouré in the 19th century ...
Marcellin Champagnat's project was to establish teaching brothers to catechize and educate children in rural areas. This project, which predates his entry into the seminary and his affiliation to the Saint-Irénée Group, officially began with the training of the first two brothers, Jean-Marie Granjon and Jean-Baptiste Audras, on January 2, 1817.
In the 1980s, the school name reverted to Sacred Heart College. Along with this change came the introduction of girls in 1979 as a result of the amalgamation between Yeoville Holy Family Convent and St Angela's Ursuline School. In two years, the college transformed from an all-boys, all-white school to a multi-racial, co-educational institution ...
A statue of Saint Marcellin Champagnat, the Patron of the University and founder of the Marist brothers near the Administration Building The Marist Brothers of the Schools (FMS) , commonly known as the Marist Brothers, is a congregation of men who devote their lives to Christian education throughout the world, running Catholic schools or ...