E-Publications

Intermediate	The Hurricane of Racism In "The Hurricane of Racism," Ted Cassidy, SM, describes the nature of racism and presents a method to go about changing it. Despite the fact that racism strongly seeks to maintain power, through strong leadership a person or group can bring about a change.
Basic	Marianist Calendar of Saints: Blessed William Joseph Chaminade After a long trek from the French border, a French priest was arriving in Saragossa. He was tired, but the sight of the lone tower of the Basilica of the Virgin of the Pillar was balm to his tired feet.
Basic	History of the Gold Ring in the Society of Mary The gold ring was introduced into the Society of Mary from the very beginning.
Advanced	The Restoration of Christian Schools in Bordeaux During the Consulate and the Empire In his biography of Father Chaminade, Father Simler indicated, among the works of the Servant of God, the involvement he had in the restoration of the Christian Brothers of St. Jean Baptiste de La Salle in Bordeaux. This article by Father Joseph Verrier, SM, fills in many details not mentioned in Father Simler's account.
Basic	Do You Believe in the Communion of Saints? Father Paul Landolfi, SM, writes, "Brother Carmine Annunziata (Kenya) emailed me and jokingly complained: 'Why wasn’t I listed among the saints? Is it just for the few?'”
INT / ADV	History of the Constitutions of the Daughters of Mary Immaculate This historical snapshot traces the name "Daughters of Mary," Chaminade's system of government for the FMI, and the drafting of the Constitutions for the Marianist Sisters.
Basic	Conscience that Would Not Be Silenced Looking back over my 26 years as "The Tablet’s" Vienna correspondent, I can think of no more remarkable story than that of Blessed Jakob Gapp.
Basic	The Soldier of Mary: William Joseph Chaminade A tribute to Blessed Chaminade originally published in a French newspaper in honor of his beatification.
Basic	The Marianist Founders and Social Justice Felipe Melcher, SM, has assembled useful quotes from Marianist sources that pertain to key elements of how Marianists view social justice.
INT / ADV	You Are the Body of Christ The aim of Brother Hugh Bihl's essay is to expound a most important dimension of church theology—that we (i.e., the church members) are the Body of Christ.
BAS / INT	Be Light to the Intellect: FMI Cir. No. 6, May 25, 2015 “We carry in body and spirit the wounds of our personal story, a story that has deeply and indelibly marked our past and present life. Wounds, for the most part healed, others perhaps still open, mark our way of being and of inserting ourselves in society, in the community. Our wounds are not hidden from you, O Lord. Pour the balm of your love.”
Basic	Like Jesus, He Gave His Life Protecting His People: Brother Miguel Ángel Quiroga Brother Miguel (“Michel”) Ángel Quiroga died defending life in Colombia. Read about his life and his martyrdom in this article compiled by Paul Landolfi, SM.
Intermediate	Musings on Marianist Catholic Higher Education in Light of Father Fleming's "A New Fulcrum" Brother Thomas Giardino, SM, executive director of the Association of Marianist Universities (AMU) muses on Marianist higher education in light of Father David Fleming’s chapters on Marianist education in "A New Fulcrum: Marianist Horizons Today."
Basic	Marianist Martyrs: Witness, Conviction, and Stability Experience the sites and stories of Marianist Martyr Blessed Jakob Gapp and the Spanish Marianist Martyrs in this YouTube video sponsored by the Society of Mary's Province of the USA, which was produced by Brother Brandon Paluch, SM, and directed by David Brun.
Basic	I Had a Dream the Other Night: Chaminade Interview and Stability Father Paul Landolfi, SM, shares his “dream interview” with Blessed Chaminade. The duo discuss the Marianist vow of Stability, with our Blessed Founder emphasizing the importance and inclusive nature of this commitment to Mary and Jesus and the Marianist Family.
Reference	General Superiors of the FMI Here are the names, faces, and terms of service of the women who have guided the Marianist Sisters as General Superiors. We thank God for their leadership.
INT / ADV	The Role of Marianist Educational Leaders in the Inculturation of Marianist Spirituality and Pedagogy Blaise M. Mosengo, SM, writes that "Just as the generation of Marianist pioneers brought the spirituality of Marianist education to Africa, it is now time for African Marianist educators to address, in 'African languages,' different questions related to Marianist culture in school."
Basic	A Fresh Look at Blessed Father Chaminade We may know certain incidents of Blessed Father Chaminade's life, recall key quotations, but we still need to discover who he is as a person.
Advanced	Educational Traditions of the Society of Mary Brother Joseph J. Panzer's popular 1965 dissertation examines the history and educational methods of the Society of Mary. This is a classic text on Marianist education.
Resource	Marianist Music Be taken to the foot of the cross, make an act of consecration, or literally sing the praises of Blessed Chaminade with Marianist music composed by Brother Stan Zubek, SM.