“This prayer recalls the hour when Jesus, on Calvary, gave Mary as Mother to His beloved disciple and asked him to take her into his home. Traditionally this prayer reminds Marianists of the mystery of the spiritual maternity of Mary and the invitation addressed to all of us to live as a child of Mary and to take her into our hearts.” (FMI Rule of Life (1984), II.3) And as the SM Rule of Life reminds us, the Three O’Clock Prayer is the “spiritual reunion of all Marianists” (SM Rule of Life (2007), 4.7).
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On February 2, 1801, Father Chaminade gave birth to the Sodality: his vision for the spiritual regeneration of France in the wake of the French Revolution. On this day the first lay Marianists committed to incarnating Father Chaminade’s vision. The Sodality would be the seedbed for the Society of Mary and the Daughters of Mary. This was the genesis point of the entire Marianist Family. In 1824, Chaminade wrote a letter to the pastors of Bordeaux defending the Sodality, its means and ends.

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This is an excerpt from an interview with Brother Tom Giardino, SM, in which he discusses his own introduction to Father Ferree, and how his love of Marianist Studies grew during his years in the novitiate.
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In this clip, Brother Tom Giardino, SM, talks about Ferrees interest in charts (which can be found in A Ferree Resource Collection,) and he discusses the idea of "Degrees of Consecration," one of the central concepts of Ferree's interpretation of Marianist life.
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God Alone, Thoughts from Adèle is a compilation of quotes taken from the collection of letters written by Adèle de Batz de Trenquelléon to other young women committed to helping the poor and supporting each other in their faith.

This audio file includes Adèle's words of faith and courage selected for the month of September for the listener's contemplation and reflection (read by Katy Gehred). If you are interested in purchasing this book/journal of daily inspirational quotations, click on the image to the left or visit our bookstore.

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