COVER STUDIA 3 TOMO III 402x280_Layout 1 28/04/17 10.07 Pagina 4 ° 3 MARIST BROTHERS TUDIA N STUDIA FMS STUDIA N° 3 FMS S fms History of the Institute marists 2017 Dawn’s uncertain light a new beginning (1985-2016) istory of the nstituteVolume 3 STUDIA Brother Michael C. GREEN fms C. Green Michael GENERAL HOUSE, ROME - 2017 MARIST BROTHERS HISTORY OF THE INSTITUTE OF THE MARIST BROTHERS VOLUME III Dawn’s uncertain light (1985-2016) Brother Michael C. GREEN GENERAL HOUSE, ROME 2017 FMS Studia N° 3 FMS Studia N° 3 - January 2017 Cover: A new dawn breaking at the Hermitage. Director: Pictures and photos: Artwork: Luiz Da Rosa AMEstaún TIPOCROM, s.r.l. Archives of the General House Via A. Meucci 28, Publicatons Commission: 00012 Guidonia Br Antonio Ramalho, Editor: Luiz Da Rosa, Institute of the Marist Brothers Rome (Italia) Estefanía Aguirre General House -Rome Editing and Administration: Author: P.le Marcellino Champagnat, 2. Printer: Br Michael C. Green C.P. 10250 - 00144 ROMA C.S.C. GRAFICA, s.r.l. Telephone (39) 06 54 51 71 Via A. Meucci 28, Supervision: Fax (39) 06 54 517 217 Commission for the Spiritual E-mail: [email protected] 00012 Guidonia Patrimony of the Institute Web: www.champagnat.org Rome (Italia) TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION .......................................................................................................9 PART 1. SIGNS AND MILEPOSTS 1. THE GENERAL CHAPTERS .......................................................................................17 The Chapters as markers of the journey .....................................................................17 The XVIII General Chapter of 1985, that of the new Constitutions .............................19 Audace et Espérance – the XIX General Chapter of 1993 ..........................................26 Choose Life! The XX General Chapter of 2001...........................................................34 New Hearts for a New World – The XXI General Chapter of 2009 .............................43 Taking a sounding from four Chapters: resonances, dissonances, and silences ..........50 2. THEMES IN THE CIRCULARS OF BROTHER CHARLES ............................................55 Our New Constitutions .............................................................................................55 Vocations ................................................................................................................58 Discernment .............................................................................................................60 The Founder Challenges his Brothers ........................................................................61 Sowers of Hope ........................................................................................................63 An Urgent Appeal: Sollicitudo Rei Socialis .................................................................64 The Champagnat Movement of the Marist Family ......................................................66 Marist Apostolic Spirituality ......................................................................................68 3. THEMES IN THE CIRCULARS OF BROTHER BENITO ..............................................71 Walk Peacefully Yet With a Sense of Urgency ............................................................71 Fidelity to the Mission in Situations of Social Unrest .................................................75 To Convoke the General Chapter ..............................................................................77 Concerning Our Material Goods ...............................................................................78 Green Volume III istory of the nstitute 4. THEMES IN THE CIRCULARS OF BROTHER SEÁN ..................................................80 A Revolution of the Heart, Marcellin’s spirituality and a contemporary identity for his Little Brothers of Mary .......................................81 Marvellous Companions. Community life among Marcellin’s Little Brothers of Mary .............................................................................84 Making Jesus Known and Loved. Marist apostolic life today ......................................86 In Her Arms or in Her Heart. Mary Our Good Mother. Mary Source of our Renewal .....................................................................................89 5. THEMES IN THE CIRCULARS OF BROTHER EMILI ..................................................93 He gave us the name of Mary ...................................................................................94 6. THE CHAPTERS AND CIRCULARS: A RICH NARRATIVE OF THE ESSENCE OF BEING MARIST .....................................97 PART 2. MARISTS IN MISSION: REORIENTATION AND EXPANSION 7. THE REORIENTATION OF MARIST EDUCATION: PARTICULIÈREMENT DES PLUS DÉLESSÉS ...........................................................103 The magnitude of change ........................................................................................103 A Marist seed that sprouted in Chosica ...................................................................110 An exercise of discernment for the whole Institute ..................................................117 The growing discourse of solidarity, evangelical discernment, and re-foundation ....119 The reformulation of Marist education ....................................................................131 Formation and association of Marist educators ........................................................142 Marist Tertiary Education .........................................................................................146 8. THE EXPANSION OF THE MARIST MISSION: “OTHER SOCIAL AND PASTORAL MINISTRIES” ...................................................151 Social projects among needy young people and communities ................................153 Marist Youth Ministry ..............................................................................................156 Animating and co-ordinating social justice and solidarity .......................................162 The rights of children and young people .................................................................166 Mission Ad Gentes ..................................................................................................170 9. THE MARIST INTERNATIONAL MISSION ASSEMBLIES OF 2007 AND 2014: WINDOWS INTO A NEW WAY OF BEING MARISTS IN MISSION ......................177 6 istory of the nstitute PART 3. MARIST SPIRITUALITY: THE HEART OF BEING A MARIST 10. SETTING A CONTEXT ..........................................................................................191 Spiritual families as schools of spirituality ...............................................................191 11. DEVELOPMENT OF MARIST SPIRITUALITY ..........................................................195 Sources and foundations .........................................................................................195 The Constitutions of 1986 and the introduction of “Marist Apostolic Spirituality” ............................................201 Promoting Marist apostolic spirituality after 1993 ...................................................206 The development and contribution of Water from the Rock ....................................211 12. GIVING LIFE TO MARIST SPIRITUAL PATRIMONY ...............................................219 Courses and Centres of Formation ...........................................................................220 Marist Notebooks and other written and electronic publications .............................225 Music, art and other media .....................................................................................228 International Commission of Marist Spiritual Patrimony ..........................................230 The Renewal of the Marist Places ............................................................................232 13. WITNESSES AND MARTYRS: SEEDS OF NEW LIFE ................................................237 Fidelity: the Brothers of China .................................................................................237 The Spanish martyrs ................................................................................................239 Fidelity and witness of the modern era ....................................................................244 The Canonisation of the Founder ............................................................................256 14. CREATIVE FIDELITY TO THE FOUNDING MARIST SPIRITUAL INTUITIONS ........................................261 PART 4. GOVERNMENT AND STRUCTURAL DEVELOPMENT: LOOKING FOR NEW WINESKINS 15. A CONTEXT OF CHANGE .....................................................................................269 7 Green Volume III istory of the nstitute 16. DEVELOPMENTS IN LEADERSHIP OF THE INSTITUTE .........................................273 The General Council’s approach to its twin responsibilities of animation and government ...................................... 273 The Contribution of General Conferences ...............................................................288 Regional Conferences .............................................................................................296 17. RESTRUCTURING ..................................................................................................301 18. OTHER MATTERS IN THE GENERAL ADMINISTRATION ......................................315 Financial management ............................................................................................315