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Sr. Laura Leming, FMI, and Jessica González Uhlig explore the foundational partnership between Father Chaminade, Adèle de Batz de Trenquelléon, and Marie Thérèse de Lamourous. Discover Adèle and Marie Thérèse as influential women who helped form the Marianist Family and created a timeless model for modern collaboration.

Jessica González Uhlig, the NACMS program administrator, continues her exploration of Marianist leadership by looking at the importance of the interior life for today’s leaders. She draws on examples from our Marianist Founders to illustrate “leadership that was rooted in deep prayer, community, and a vision larger than themselves.” Our Marianist Founders show us that “true leadership begins with the inner life—with cultivating virtues such as humility, courage, and fidelity to one’s values.”

"I'm still here, Matt." Those four words, spoken during a moment of profound challenge, changed everything for Matt Naveau. In this episode of Sharing Our Marianist Stories, Matt shares his deeply personal journey of encountering Adèle de Batz de Trenquelléon—not as a distant historical figure, but as a living companion through some of the most challenging years of his life.

Jessica González Uhlig, the NACMS program administrator, examines the leadership qualities of two key female figures at the beginning of the Marianist Movement. Jessica reminds us: "In an era when women’s public leadership was limited by societal norms, Marie Thérèse de Lamourous and Adèle de Batz de Trenquelléon carved bold, faith-filled paths that reveal timeless principles of transformational leadership. Their lives offer a Marianist model of leadership rooted in courage, compassion, community, and mission."

In this episode of Sharing Our Marianist Stories, Bro. Esteban Reyes, SM, shares his inspiring journey as a Marianist Brother--from Mexico to serving in the United States--and details the profound role Our Lady of Guadalupe and a miraculous sign during prayer played in confirming his vocation.

On November 14, 1801, Adèle de Batz de Trenquelléon (Foundress of the Marianist Sisters) and her family returned to their château in France after four years of exile.

After many turbulent years amidst the French Revolution that included the government’s suppression of faith and the exile of priests who would not profess their loyalty to the government, Blessed William Joseph Chaminade was exiled from France and went to Saragossa, Spain. There, he encountered the Shrine of Our Lady of the Pillar.

As we mark the anniversary of the initiation of Faustino Pérez-Manglano’s cause for canonization (October 17, 1986), Bro. David Betz, SM, offers his reflection on Faustino’s devotion to the Rosary and his invitation to deepen our spiritual lives through prayer to Mary.

In our 50th episode, we sit down with Fr. Jim Fitz, S.M., a man with much to celebrate.