I WAS BAPTISED:

I AM A CHRISTIAN

Whom am I following in my life?

Is it…… Champagnat?

¡¡NO!!¡¡NO!!

I am following the I am following the very same one that very same one that

Champagnat Champagnat followedfollowed

I am following I am following Jesus ChristJesus Christ

• Because He is my Savior

• Because He is my Redemeer

• Because He is my Lord

• Because He gave his life for me

• Because He is the whole focus of my life

• Because He is my life

• Because He is my everything

I follow Jesus, in I follow Jesus, in Mary’s wayMary’s way

And, what And, what about about

Champagnat?Champagnat?

How does he How does he enter into my enter into my

following of following of Jesus?Jesus?

There are There are millions of ways millions of ways to follow Jesusto follow Jesus

We call them We call them Christian Christian

SpiritualitiesSpiritualities

Well, one of Well, one of them is…..them is…..

TheThe

Champagnat’s Champagnat’s

SpiritualitySpirituality

He, the first He, the first Brothers and all Brothers and all

their successors,their successors,

lived this lived this spiritualityspirituality

Our Constitutions Our Constitutions are the written are the written

expression of that expression of that Marist SpiritualityMarist Spirituality

If we truly If we truly accept them accept them

as our Rule of as our Rule of life…life…

We structure our We structure our whole being whole being according to according to

that spiritualitythat spirituality

And we follow And we follow Jesus in a Jesus in a Marian wayMarian way

Sharing Sharing Marcellin Marcellin

Champagnt’s Champagnt’s CharismCharism