Pastoral Ministry
Parish life, the sacraments and the ordinary, patient care of the people entrusted to us.
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Our Service
Marists are not defined by a single work. We take up whatever the local Church asks of us, and we try to do it in the spirit of Mary.
Marists are not defined by one single work. The Church asks us for parishes and schools, for formation houses and retreats, for chaplaincies and service among the poor — and we take up what is asked of us in the place where we are.
What holds it together is the manner rather than the task: listening before acting, forming local leadership rather than replacing it, and staying long enough for the work to belong to the people themselves.
Apostolates
Areas of Marist service
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Education
Schools and teaching, where faith and learning are offered together to the young.
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Youth Ministry
Walking with young people as they work out what to believe and how to live.
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Formation
Accompanying candidates and confrères through the long work of becoming a Marist.
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Missionary Service
Going where the Church asks, including places where the Gospel is newly heard.
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Social and Community Development
Practical solidarity: health, water, livelihoods and the dignity of the poor.
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Service shaped by the place it is in
A Marist parish in a city and a Marist mission station in a rural district do not look the same, and they are not meant to. What is constant is the way we try to be present: listening before acting, forming local leadership rather than replacing it, and staying long enough for the work to belong to the people themselves.
- We serve under the authority of the local bishop and alongside the local clergy.
- We give particular attention to young people and to those on the margins of church life.
- We form lay Marists to carry the same charism in their own state of life.
- We hand works over when the local Church is ready to carry them.
On the ground
Where this service happens
Our apostolates live inside real places, with real communities.
Formation house
Marist Formation House, Douala
The formation house accompanies young men in the first stages of Marist life. Candidates come from several countries, which makes…
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Parish
Notre-Dame de Fourvière Parish, Yaoundé
The parish serves a dense and growing quarter on the edge of Yaoundé. Three Marists live in the community here,…
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Saint Peter Chanel Mission, Nairobi
The mission combines a parish with a secondary school, and the two shape one another. Teachers are involved in parish…
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This work is carried by people who said yes
If you are drawn to a life of service in the Church, the Marist family would be glad to speak with you.