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The Armbruster CollectionClick on Image to Order
This monograph provides the deep background into Chaminade’s spiritual thought, a thought that is to be pondered with the heart. This collection is an excellent resource for seasoned Marianists who seek a deeper understanding into the mind of the Founder.
Armbruster examines the spiritual life and formation based on Chaminade’s writings on direction, as well as Chaminade’s affection for and use of the Three O’Clock Prayer and the Apostle’s Creed.
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The Chaminade Legacy
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To prepare for its bicentennial of 2017, the Society of Mary has produced a critical edition of the writings and words of Blessed William Joseph Chaminade. Now the initial offering of this multivolume French work–Ecrits et Paroles–is available in English under the title The Chaminade Legacy.
The reader follows step by step the evolution of Chaminade's thought and activity and examines the dynamism of a spirituality that, while remaining always open to God's inspiration, must often adapt itself to the human condition, both political and cultural.
This edition follows both a chronological and an historical methodology. . . . more
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The Chaminade Legacy, Volume 2Click on image to order
The next three volumes (2, 3, and 4) of The Chaminade Legacy gather together Father Chaminade's notes for conferences and sermons. In his own words to the police of Bordeaux.
These eight notebooks contain very incomplete notes, and some extracts or partial extracts of other works. There is little order or connection among them . . . he jotted down his thoughts on loose sheets of paper. When he thought he had sufficiently grasped his subject, he stopped writing. The majority of these writings were never revised. All of these loose sheets were gathered together by his secretary a few months ago; two of the notebooks are not even yet covered.
The same observation may be made for Father Chaminade's other small notebooks. He never wrote out a speech or a conference, only notes to focus his ideas. Most of the time, he did not even record his final thought . . .
An earlier edition of these notes, as the Notes d'Instruction, was published at Fribourg between 1963 and 1967 in 13 mimeographed volumes. With few exceptions, these notes are usually autographs. They may be dated between 1800 and 1809, and almost all were intended for lay people. They are published in the order of the classification in the General Archives (AGMAR) of the Society of Mary in Rome.
It may be asked what profit we may draw from reading these notes for conferences and sermons. A person interested in theology and the history of theology can find here a living insight into what the Church was teaching during the first quarter of the 19th century, right after the French Revolution.
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Devotion to Mary in Chaminade's Life and ThoughtClick on Image to Order
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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Fullness of Life Through PrayerClick on Image to Order
This booklet, inspired by William Joseph Chaminade’s principles of prayer, is meant to help us use prayer to live life to the fullest. This little book, with its reflections and corresponding scriptural references, is a guide to learning how to pray.
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God Alone: Thoughts from AdèleClick on Image to Order
Adèle de Batz de Trenquelléon is well known in the Marianist Family as the founder of the Marianist Sisters. Perhaps not as well known is her gift of staying in community and communication through writing letters. In God Alone we have published quotes from these letters in a daily calendar format. A blank page has been provided in this publication to encourage the reader to write his/her own thoughts and prayers that are inspired by Adèle’s words.
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Marianist SoundingsClick on Image to Order
Contains short articles of interest to Marianists, both lay and vowed
religious. Published fall and spring; in an easy-to-use
7 x 8.5 inch format.
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Our Marianist HeritageClick on Image to Order
First published in 1974 and revised in 2003, this book began as retreat presentations in 1971. Its aim is to probe the life of faith, the centrality of Jesus Christ, the role of Mary, and the value of community. It probes some specific questions, such as, what is it about the Society of Mary that gives it a special role in the Church, and what is it about the Society that guarantees the diversity of gifts in the church.
In addition to laying out a bird’s-eye view of the times in relation to religious life (in the preface), the author discusses Father Chaminade’s spirituality (characterized by openness to reality), its scriptural and historical underpinnings, Mary and some of her titles, and the concept of community within the institute and within the Church as a whole.
The author includes other parts of Marianist heritage in the form of The Three Offices, The Three Categories, The System of Virtues, and Father Chaminade’s understanding of the apostolate.
Father Stefanelli asks very probing questions of the Society of Mary. While he spoke and wrote for the Society in particular, this book is an important orientation for lay Marianists in understanding the charism and apostolate they have committed themselves to, and points a direction in the formation that is needed to think, feel, and act as a Marianist.
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A Short History of Marianist SpiritualityClick on Image to Order
A Short History of Marianist Spirituality is exactly that—short. Yet within its 139 pages, Cada captures the essence of the origins and development of Marianist spirituality. Ever attentive to language, Cada examines the evolution of many phrases and concepts dear to Marianists and carves a solid analysis for why Marianist spirituality is fundamentally “lay,” “adaptive,” and “Modern.”
This work is an essential primer for anyone wishing to enter more fully into the history of our charism.
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William Joseph Chaminade: Writings on Mental PrayerClick on Image to Order
This volume is a collection of original texts on mental prayer from the letters, writings on prayer, and talks and retreats given by William Joseph Chaminade; therefore, the language is from the 19th century. Father Chaminade believed the religious habit was to be interior, developed through the prayer of faith. "We must be the image of Jesus Christ," he said. "His actions must be the model of ours. To make a copy, one must first cast one's eyes upon the original." This is the goal of the prayer of faith.
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Writings on FaithClick on Image to Order
Throughout his lifetime, Father William Joseph Chaminade continually made references to faith, so NACMS is pleased to announce a new two-volume set in English devoted to the words of the Founder in this area, Writings on Faith.
This work, produced by Jean-Baptiste Armbruster, SM, has been translated from the original French by Joseph Roy, SM.
The first volume contains selections from Chaminade’s letters from 1796 to 1849, 53 years of his active life in the service of the Church. Time and time again he urges his correspondents to allow the spirit of faith to transform their entire being, their intelligence, their heart, their will, and their decisions.
Volume two is divided into two sections: faith in the writings for lay people and faith in the writings for religious life. Beginning with his writings on the Marian Sodality, the collection then moves to extracts from Manual of the Servant of Mary and selections from retreats for sodalists in which Father Chaminade often developed ideas to strengthen them in their Christian faith. Notes d’Instruction were brief texts he used for preaching and teaching. Many biblical texts on faith enrich these passages and allow us to realize more fully to what extent Father Chaminade knew, used, and taught the Bible. This section includes writings from 1801 to 1844 . . . more
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Ambrogio Albano, SM, General Editor
English Version, 1423 pp., $20.00
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This book includes 52 articles that reflect the major themes in the life of Marianist religious. For a listing of subject matter in this work, please click on the link below for the contents page.
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