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Br heriberto of uraguay was getting sick from an uncurable disease that was getting to his lungs. His pupils prayed for nine days for him through St Marcellin Champagnat and the next day he was cured! so St marcellin pulled off a miracle.
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Saint Marcellin Champagnat was canonized by Pope John Paul II on April 18, 1999. Pope John Paul II recognized Saint Marcellin's significant contributions to education and the founding of the Marist Brothers religious congregation.
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∙ 11y agoBr Heriberto of Uruguay was getting sick from an incurable disease that was getting to his lungs. His pupils prayed for nine days for him through St Marcellin Champagnat and the next day he was cured! So St Marcellin pulled off a miracle.
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∙ 12y agoBr Heriberto of Uruguay was getting sick from an incurable disease that was getting to his lungs. His pupils prayed for nine days for him through St Marcellin Champagnat and the next day he was cured! So St Marcellin pulled off a miracle.
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Official portrait of Marcellin Champagnat Priest & Founder Born May 20, 1789
St. Etienne, France Died June 6, 1840 (aged 51)
Marlhes, FranceHonored in Roman Catholicism Beatified May 29, 1955, The Vatican byPope Pius XII CanonizedApril 18, 1999, The Vatican byPope John Paul II Feast June 6 AttributesCompassion, Empathy PatronageEducation & Teachers
Saint Marcellin Joseph Benedict Champagnat (May 20, 1789 - June 6, 1840) was born in Rozet, village of Marlhes, near St. Etienne(Loire),France. He was the founder of the Marist Brothers, a religious congregation of men in the Roman Catholic Church dedicated to education.
Champagnat was ordained a priest in 1816, and was part of a group led by Jean-Claude Colin which founded the Society of Mary, also called the Marist Fathers and Brothers, a separate religious congregation to the Brothers Marcellin founded later.
Contents[hide]- 1 Early years
- 2 Seminary and ordination
- 3 Founding the Marist Brothers
- 4 Final years
- 5 Quotes
- 6 External links
Marcellin Champagnat was born the ninth of ten children at Le Rosey, a hamlet in the Rhône-Alpes region (Loire Département, Saint-Étienne Arrondissement, Mahrles commune). He spent his childhood years in this area amidst the turmoil of the French Revolution where he witnessed the atrocities of civil war.
Marcellin's character was influenced by three people in his family. His father Jean-Baptiste, an intelligent, hard-working, enterprising man, contributed to his formation as a citizen. His mother, Marie-Thérèse Chirat, and his aunt Louise (from the Sisters of St. Joseph) served as models and guides to strengthen his steps as a believer and to deepen his faith.
The area of Marlhes in which Champagnat lived and worked had been badly affected by the French Revolution and Napoleonic Wars, and the local community was poor and very uneducated.
[edit]Seminary and ordinationFrom 1805 to 1813, Marcellin attended the minor seminary in Verrieres. At one stage, quite discouraged, he overcame the temptation to leave religious life. He then attended the major seminary in Lyon for his spiritual and theological formation as a priest.
It was here that the idea for the Society of Mary was conceived and promoted by a group of seminarians, including Marcellin. From the start, he announced the Society should include Teaching Brothers to work with children deprived of Christian education in remote rural areas because others were not going to them.
[edit]Founding the Marist BrothersAfter his ordination as a priest on 22 July 1816, Champagnat's first posting was as curate to the parish of Lavalla-en-Gier. Marcellin was distressed that the people in the village were so isolated that they did not know much about the rest of the world. There was also little happening to help young people learn more about the Catholic faith. Teachers were poorly paid and not respected and therefore teaching attracted those with low ability and bad character.
At the end of October 1816, Marcellin visited the dying Jean Baptiste Montage. Champagnat was horrified that this seventeen year old boy who looked more like a scrawny child of twelve was totally ignorant of the basic beliefs of the Catholic faith. He knew that there were many young people like Jean who were poor and lacked knowledge of religion and God. This event motivated him to act.
On 2 January 1817, Marcellin encouraged two young men Jean-Marie Granjon and Jean-Baptiste Audras, to join him in forming the nucleus of the Marist Brothers. Others soon followed. La Valla thus became the birthplace of the Marist Brothers.
The first Brothers were young country men, most of whom were between 15 and 18 years old. They were more used to hard work in the fields than to prayer, intellectual work and working with children and the uneducated.
Marcellin motivated these teenagers with his enthusiasm for teaching and spreading the gospel. He lived among them, like one of them. He taught them how to pray and to live in religious community as Brothers, and how to be teachers and religious educators themselves.
Very soon, he sent them into the most remote villages to teach the children, and sometimes the adults as well, the basics of religious knowledge, and of reading and writing. Between 1817 and 1824, he started a traditional primary school at La Valla and used it as a teacher training centre for his young Brothers.
Encouraged by the success of the school in La Valla, others were founded at Marlhes in 1819, in Saint-Sauveur-Street 1820, and in Bourg-Argentalin 1822. But this success endangered the small congregation, which had little more than novices. In March 1822, eight applicants came from Haute-Loire, giving a new impetus to the institution, and allows the creation of new houses inVanosc 1823, Saint-Symphorien-le-Chateau1823, and Chavanay Charlieu 1824.
Champagnat decided to build a novitiate on land purchased from the hermitage at St. Chamond. One sign of both his trust in God and the huge success the Brothers had become, was the building being designed to accommodate 150 people. The chapel was blessed on August 13, 1825. In 1837, Champagnat printed a Rule for his Brothers. Exhausted by his travels and his incessant efforts to gain recognition for his work with the authorities in Paris, and having been sick for a long time, Champagnat began preparing for his succession and Brother Francis was elected as Marcellin's replacement, on October 12, 1838.
[edit]Final yearsStatueof Champagnat at Belo Horizonte,Brazil.
After a long and painful illness caused by cancer Champagnat died on 6 June 1840, aged 51, at Our Lady of the Hermitage in the Gier River valley about 30 kilometres from where he had commenced his work. He was buried on 8 June. He left this message in his spiritual Testament of May 18, 1840: "Let there be among you just one heart and one mind. Let it always be said of the Little Brothers of Mary as it was of the early Christians: See how they love one another!" By that time there were 278 Brothers and 48 Marist schools in France and Oceania(South Pacific), and by 1856 there were 300 houses and more than 1500 Brothers.
The Marist Brothers Institute was not formally approved until 1863 by Pope Pius IX. The educational philosophy of Champagnat was simple: to teach children one must love them, and secular subjects should be well taught as a means of children to the schools, where they would learn the basic elements of their faith. Champagnat saw God at the centre of life and the Virgin Mary as a sure means of attracting people to God.
Marcellin Champagnat was declared Venerable in 1920 by Pope Benedict XV beatified by Pope Pius XIIon 29 May 1955, and canonised by Pope John Paul II on April 18, 1999. His feast day is observed in the Roman Catholic Church on 6 June. At their most numerous the Marist Brothers numbered about 10,000. In 2005 there were around 5,000 brothers.
[edit]QuotesTo raise children, we must love them and love them equally.
I cannot see a child without wanting to tell them how much God loves them.
Let there be among you just one heart and one mind. Let it always be said of the Little Brothers of Mary as it was of the early Christians: See how they love one another!
[edit]External links- several biographies
- several writings from, to or about Champagnat
- german description of Champagnat's life (pdf)
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∙ 9y agoSaint Marcellin-Joseph-Benoît Champagnat was canonized on April 18, 1999, by Pope John Paul II.
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What is the name of the pope who canonized Marcellin Champagnat?
Pope John Paul II canonized Marcellin on March 18, 1999.
What is the population of Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez?
The population of Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez is 3,373.
What is Saint-Marcellin-lès-Vaison's population?
The population of Saint-Marcellin-lès-Vaison is 342.
What is the area of Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez?
The area of Saint-Marcellin-en-Forez is 31.09 square kilometers.
What is the area of Saint-Marcellin-lès-Vaison?
The area of Saint-Marcellin-lès-Vaison is 3,560,000.0 square meters.
When was Saint Renee Grillard canonized?
There is no such canonized saint.
Is Pope Alexander III a canonized saint?
No, he is not a canonized saint.
Where was Saint Marcellin born?
If you are referring to Saint Marcellin-Joseph-Benoit Champagnat, he was born on May 20, 1789, at Hameau du Rosey, Lyon, France.
Did Saint Marcellin have siblings?
If you are referring to St. Marcellina, she was the sister of Saint Ambrose of Milan and Saint Satyrus,
When was Renee Gillard canonized?
There is no such canonized saint.
Who is Saint Dougherty?
There is no such canonized saint.
When was Saint Cecelia cononized?
Saint Cecilia was canonized by the Catholic Church in the 4th century.
