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 Devotion
to Mary in Chaminade's Life and Thought
Jean-Baptiste
Armbruster, SM.
Translated by Joseph Roy, SM,
and
Joseph Stefanelli, SM.
45 pp. $5.00.
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This
publication, produced by the former Marianist Province of the
Pacific, truly lives up to its name, as it provides a thorough
investigation into Blessed Chaminade's devotion to Mary in his life
and thought.
According to Father
Jean-Baptiste Armbruster, SM, the work's author, "Chaminade's
charism can be summed up in these words: a missionary spirit
committed to the spread of the Christian faith; a filial love for
Mary; and a resolve to progress in Christian perfection in order to
establish in the Church and at its disposal a people of saints."
Armbruster's work explores this
statement–as it traces Chaminade's source of Mariology, both in
terms of scholars who may have influenced the Founder and scriptural
passages that were key to his thinking–and examines our alliance
with Mary in terms of being her children, following her son, and
serving as her missionaries.
Devotion to Mary in
Chaminade's Life and Thought was produced for the fiftieth
anniversary of the Pacific Province.
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 Enfleshing
the Word:
Prayer and the Marianist Spiritual Journey
Enrique Aguilera,
SM, and Jose Maria Arnaiz, SM
302 pp. $8.00
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This is a
book for all Marianists, lay and religious, and can be of help
individually or in preparing for a meeting. It uses the metaphor of
a journey: we listen to God’s call, we are to become like Jesus, and
we set out. Each section contains suggestions on prayer for
individual or group use, including several scripture passages and
various suggestions for praying in the way of Chaminade developed in
clear, modern language. Spirituality, prayer, scripture, the
Marianist charism, and the writings of William Joseph Chaminade are
at your fingertips.
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 Marian
Writings, Vol. 1 and Vol. 2
William J. Chaminade
Vol. 1, 239 pp; Vol. 2, 446 pp.
$3.00 each or $5.00 per set
No charge to
members of the SM or FMI
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This
scholarly work presents a complete collection of Father Chaminade's
writings to his religious and lay followers regarding Mary in
scripture and tradition. These writings include letters, sermons,
notes, personal reflections, conferences, and loose note pages taken
from original sources and in Father Chaminade's own handwriting.
Father Armbruster's work
contains many valuable tables and indices of interest to the
analytical scholar. For example, Father Chaminade's biblical and
non-biblical sources are indexed. Non-biblical sources include
Father Chaminade's contemporaries as well as Saints Bernard,
Augustine, and Ambrose.
Marianist scholars will
appreciate the detailed completeness of this work with its use of
resources from the Marianist archives, cross references and Table of
Historical Introductions which give valuable insights into the
origins of these documents. Also included is a key to foreign
language titles that allows one to go from an English title document
to the original document in the language in which it was written.
Many letters of Father
Chaminade make at least an allusion to the Blessed Virgin. Some of
them contain a more lengthy development and these are presented
first. They "are like the milestones in the life of the Founder to
which we must constantly refer."
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 Mary,
Collaborator with the Holy Spirit: Reflections on the Teaching of
Blessed William Joseph Chaminade
Paul J.
Landolfi, SM
123 pp.,
Saragossa Publications, $8.00
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What are the teachings of Father
Chaminade regarding the relationship between Mary and the Holy
Spirit? How do we, as Marianists, view the collaboration between
Mary and the Holy Spirit, and build a relationship within this
collaboration? Paul J. Landolfi, SM, addresses these two questions
in his book, Mary, Collaborator with the Holy Spirit.
Dividing this book into two sections, Father Landolfi begins by
submitting a "summary of the teaching of Father Chaminade on the
relationship of Mary and the Holy Spirit." And in order to assist
those who want to meditate on Father Chaminade's words, the second
part "is a compilation of texts of Father Chaminade that relate to
this topic." This well researched work thoroughly examines this
important aspect of Marianist life.
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 Mary
in Modern Spirituality
Quentin Hakenewerth, SM
49 pp., $2.00
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This booklet contains
a clear explanation of how Mary was called to bring the whole world to
Christ. The two themes of “seeing” and “listening” are instructional
to modern-day Christians in their call to do likewise. Sin is defined
in personalistic terms: holding one another at a distance. The result
of sin is loneliness and a feeling of being worth nothing. Redemption
from this state comes from the willingness to be defenseless and
unprotected, as Mary was. Learning how to see and to listen frees one
from alienation and sets one on a path of a meaningful life: to bring
Christ into the world, with Mary as a role model and resource.
The size of this
booklet is very deceiving. Its length is 49 pages, but is published in
very small print format. The author’s depth of thought and development
of the subject matter belies its size. The enlistment of Mary’s help
in rechristianizing France formed the original basis of the Marianist
charism. Father Hakenewerth invites the reader to be part of bearing
Christ to the whole world.
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 The
Mother of Jesus Was There
Quentin Hakenewerth, SM
49 pp. $2.00
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(From the
Foreword)
This booklet is
not only to be read, but to be prayed and lived. It is about the
Mother of Jesus. . . . She is a significant presence in the world and
in our lives. It is our grace to experience that presence and to be
blessed by it in surprising ways. . . When you arrive at the end
of the booklet, may you discover that all along the way, “the Mother
of Jesus was there.”
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 The
Promised Woman
Monograph 37
Proceedings of the International Symposium on Marianist Spirituality,
May 1992
738 pp. $16.00
No charge to
members of the SM or FMI
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If one wishes
to know the wide array of perspectives in the Marianist world about
our common spirituality, this collection of papers will be of
interest. Some are remarkable for their scholarship; others are
touching in their ability to capture the spirit of a particular
culture and how Marianist spirit interfaces with it. While the
richness of the work lies in the expansive scope of thought and
experience contained in its pages, individuals and groups might find
that focusing on a set of papers from a cluster of writers will
provide much grist for the reflective mill. . . .
more
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 Scripture
and the Marian Writings of Father William Joseph Chaminade
Monograph 44
Bertrand Buby, SM
148 pp., $5.00
No charge to
members of the SM or FMI
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This book is a
thoroughgoing development of the topic by a Marianist priest and
well-known scripture scholar. He reveals the background out of which
Father Chaminade developed his Marian teaching and devotion to the
Bible, including the French School of Spirituality and his reading of
the Fathers of the Church. Father Buby tells
us that while Father Chaminade was not a Mariologist, his love for and
devotion to Mary prompted him to use the whole of the Bible to teach
about Mary in a practical, wisdom-like manner. He observes that Father
Chaminade gave us a Marianist heritage that is close to Vatican II’s
synthesis of Mary in chapter 8 of the Dogmatic Constitution of the
Church (Lumen Gentium, §§ 52-68), thus affirming just how far Father
Chaminade had tapped into the roots that later flourished in the
1960’s. The book is thoroughly researched, using Marianist sources and
contains numerous direct quotations from Father Chaminade. A bonus is
a page-long prayer by the author that begins each of the ten chapters
to help the reader focus on the spiritual content.
Father Buby’s genius
is his ability to use his talent and education as a scripture scholar
to lay the foundation of his books on solid research. Yet, his work is
never lofty or up in the clouds cut loose from his pastoral,
practical, work of using scripture to inspire the reader to greater
devotion to Jesus and Mary and to greater response to the demands of
discipleship.
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Things Marianist was
developed in 1992 as a response to individuals and groups looking for
easily-accessible materials on Marianist spirit and charism. Before
the advent of this series, most printed information was historical
research in book or monograph form. The target audience included
parishioners, parents of high school students, and new members of
Marianist lay communities.
NACMS has modeled the pamphlets on the
popular Catholic Update
series. Each issue can stand alone, but taken as a set,
the pieces provide a broad overview of the special character and gifts
of Marianist life. Things Marianist may be ordered as a
single copy of an issue, in quantity to receive a discount, or in sets
(one copy of each issue).
Each pamphlet includes an annotated
bibliography of further reading on the topic. To date, eight issues
have been printed; several have gone into a second printing, and
47,000 copies are now in circulation.
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the title below to read a brief
description of this issue.
Why Mary?
Carol Quinn
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Two Readers: A Colorful Enantiodromia
Peter Daino,
SM
230 pp., $20.00
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"May the
anthology you hold in your hand–whether
you be a Redbead or a Greenbead–open your mind to that textual joy
or that textual passion which you steadfastly avoided in the first
half of your reading life. May the Power of Enantiodromia be with
you." Using the metaphor of Mary as the "reader's guide," we are
introduced to:
15 rosary beads in red and green
A painter and a doctor
Newspaper articles and a bookstore gathering
Friendship and alienation
Loss and discovery
Crusaders and contemplatives
Words and silence
Sorrow and joy . . .
Enantiodromia is the tendency of everything to become its opposite.
Jump in wherever you are in your life with what you know and have
been, and find your other self. Brother Peter Daino explores the
discovery of wholeness, of finding and losing and finding anew, of
the healing power of loving opposites, of learning to participate
with joy in the sorrows of the world.
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 Until
Christ Be Formed in You
Paul J. Landolfi, SM
148 pp. Saragossa Publications $5.00
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In this book, Father Landolfi
facilitates conversation between Mary, the mother of Jesus, and the
reader. Each chapter begins with a passage from scripture that depicts
an event or description of Jesus' life. Father Landolfi then poses
questions that ask the reader to look at this passage through the eyes
of Mary and Jesus. Father Landolfi writes, "This booklet may be used
individually for personal prayer or for group prayer discussion. The
conversation hopefully will engender conversation of one's own."
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