Workshop Registration

Session 1 – The Marist Spirit

Session 2 – Marist History

Lunch

Session 3 - Images of Mary

Session 4 - Marist Education

*CLOSING

AGDENDA and GUIDE

Faculty Retreat, NDV/SF

January 7, 2019

INTRODUCTION

• Who we are and why we are here
  
  
  
  • What are the Basics that every employee (teacher/staff) should know
  
  
  • What does it mean to Be Marist?
  
  
  • NDV’s link to Sisters of St. Joseph
  
  
  
  

Introductory Prayer Session

• A Marian Church -- Call to Mission within a Marian Church for the Society of Mary/A Society of Mary school

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Session 1 --

Part 1:  Basics on The Marist Spirit

1.  The Spirit of the Society

2.  Building the Spirit through Marist Prayer

3. Introductory Insights on the Spirit

4. Thoughts on Mary and Spirit

5. Five Pillars of the Marist Way of Life

6.  Stated Core Values

7.  Example of a means to Share these Values in a School community

8.  A summary of what Being Marist means

Exercise:  Tie your Culture Framework with items above – how are they affirmed?  How are they complemented?

Part 2:  Basics on The Marist History

1. The Fourviere Pledge


2. Basic Background on the Society of Mary and the Marist Family


3. Locations in the Earliest Beginnings


4. Jean Claude Colin Basics (handout)


5. St Peter Chanel (map)


6. Marists in the USA

Exercise:  Which place, story or saint can you share with your students?

Closing Prayer and Reflection:  A stone 

SESSION 2

Part 1 -- Mary

• Images of Mary and Relating to Mary as the Marists Do (or “Imagining” How the Marists Relate to Mary)

Part 2 -- Marist Education

1. Introductory General Idea:  Elements of Marist Education


2. Instructions for Teachers in Belley, France (1829)


3. 1872 Constitutions:  Boys in Colleges (1872)

Exercise:  Which instructions do you find helpful for your work?

Closing Prayer Service “Magnificat”