A young man moved by convictions
Champagnat started the Marist mission, inspiring to be a significant presence in basic education, higher education, health, social and missionary activities.
Marcellin José Bento Champagnat, today Saint of the Catholic Church, was a young man moved by convictions and was not indifferent to his reality. He started the Marist mission and inspires us to be a significant presence in basic education, in higher education, in health, social and missionary activities. The traditional Eucharistic celebration for your day will take place this Friday, the 5th, at 6:30 pm, with online transmission on PUCRS YouTube channel .
At just 27 years old and unhappy with the education model of his time, especially the abandonment of children and young people, he decided to found a Catholic institution dedicated to education in rural France, in 1817. Over the years, he became a person from where his feet stepped: he was born in a very simple family, in Rosey < span data-contrast = "auto">, in the middle of the French Revolution; lived in Lyon, La Valla , l 'Hermitage ; walked through Paris and so many other cities in the country.
The Marist mission started in Brazil in 1897 with the arrival of the first Marist Brothers. Present in more than 80 countries on five continents, h oje is organized into three administrative units, which involves thousands of lives every day.
Global Network of Marist Schools
There are more than 700 schools in the Marist Network in every corner of the world. They are directors, teachers and students who follow the values of Saint Marcellin Champagnat on a daily basis. Every eight years, the headquarters of the Marist General Government invites leaders to reflect on current events, define guidelines and think about great strategies . No last o and ncontro, the purpose of creating a Global Network of Marist Schools arose.
As a member of Commission I international M issue M arista , Ir. Manuir Mentges , p < / span> ró-reitor de PUCRS Graduation and Continuing Education , conect or o PUCRS Science and Technology Park Creativity Laboratory, Tecnopuc Crialab à s Office of Education and Evangelization at the headquarters of the Marist General Government, l í der d the project. Ir. Manuir Mentges highlights < span data-contrast = "auto"> that the laboratory team was indicated by the ability to act r at the interfaces between different areas of knowledge, through co-creation , using methodologies that enhance the expression of creativity and innovation in projects.
After the development of an global query with 16,000 participants in 58 countries , topics were defined for that the Global Network of Marist Schools began to consolidate: a digital platform connecting the whole community, development of projects with shared meanings, such as Marist values, and strategies for the involvement of Schools in extreme political and economic situations where access to the internet is limited. < span data-contrast = "none"> Learn More
Be transformative presence
In 2020, to mark and give more meaning to the date, especially in the midst of a historic and delicate moment that the world is going through, people from different mission fronts were invites das to tell how the Marist charism is renewed and remains present in the face of the challenges of our time.
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