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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.
INT / ADV	The Three O'Clock Prayer Jean-Baptiste Armbruster, SM, traces the origin and evolution of the Three O'Clock Prayer. (The prayer's purpose and meaning has changed over time.) He culminates his work with proposals on using it today.
Basic	Mary an Activist? Explore Mary's pain of losing her child through an act of violence. Susan Handle Terbay ponders Mary's grief and sees her not as a meek woman, but as an activist.
Advanced	Why Are There Two "Societies of Mary"?: Notes on the Origins of Marianists and Marists Fun fact: Did you know there are two religious congregations with the name "Society of Mary" (SM) in the Roman Catholic Church? Brother Timothy Phillips, SM (Marianist), and Alois Greiler, SM (Marist), look at this unusual occurrence.
Basic	A Sociologist Considers the Contributions of Marie Thérèse de Lamourous Laura M. Leming, FMI, a sociologist at the University of Dayton and a Marianist Sister, highlights Marie Thérèse's "best practices" of social ministry in relation to this Marianist Founder's work with former sex workers at the Miséricorde.
Basic	Blessed Jakob Gapp: Social Justice Animator For Father Jakob Gapp, martyred by the Nazis during World War II, the identification point is social justice. Through his life and actions he sang Mary’s song, the Magnificat, and proclaimed how God lifts up the lowly and casts down the powerful.
Resource	Meditation on the Creed Blessed Chaminade offered to his disciples a “prayer method based on the Creed.”
Basic	Marianists in Eastern Africa Faces, places, and stories from the Marianist implantation in Eastern Africa—covering the years 1957-2006. Learn about the joys, struggles, and challenges along the way as the Marianist charism takes root.
INT / ADV	Chaminade and Mary According to Johann G. Roten, SM: "Chaminade was more than a moralist; he was a prophet who proclaimed courageously the victory of Christ, whose most beautiful work is the Virgin Mary. Indeed, his thought is definitely more Christological and ecclesial than Marian."
Basic	Concerning the Prayer of Faith (I) True love always seeks the interests of the beloved and how to please him or her. The opposite is not love but possessive self-centeredness.
Basic	Concerning the Prayer of Faith (II) Father Chaminade is emphatic: “We must remember faith belongs more to the heart than to the mind.”
Basic	Concerning the Prayer of Faith (III) This is the final installment in Father Eduardo Benlloch's series of spiritual reflections on what can be called a Marianist style of meditation.
Basic	Our Lady of the Pillar: Patroness This is an interesting story, seemingly unbelievable, about Mary’s first apparition in history, states Brother John Samaha, SM.
BAS / INT	Marianist Theme: Mary Through words and images, Father Solma explains his rediscovery of Mary . . . a woman some put on "the shelf" following the Second Vatican Council.
Resource	The Life of Mary Father Paul J. Landolfi, SM, shares his beautiful reflection on the life and witness of Mary, told through her joy, sorrow, and glory.
BAS / INT	Mary and Freedom According to Brother Lawrence J. Cada, SM, "American Catholic spirituality draws its most distinctive genius from the high ideals of the American ethos. Freedom is the ideal that will link Marianist spirituality and American Catholic spirituality."
Resource	From a Full Heart: Thoughts from Father Chaminade This is a spiritual quote a day, the Chaminade way, developed by Francis J. Greiner, SM.
Advanced	Introduction to Social Justice A practical pamphlet on the topic of social change, written by Father William Ferree, the premiere Marianist expert in the field of social justice and thought . . . a man who reminds us of the importance of “organizing for the common good.”
Intermediate	What Marianist Spirituality Is for Me and How It Works Peter Daino talks of the woman who taught the Word to speak, who stands next to the oppressed, and who teaches us not to be silent in the face of atrocity. The article concludes with a personal story illustrating the Marian method of prayer.
Intermediate	Vision and Leadership Styles of Marie Thérèse de Lamourous and Adèle de Batz de Trenquelléon Alison R. Cawley explores the leadership qualities developed by Adèle de Batz de Trenquelléon and Marie Thérèse de Lamourous during the chaos and upheaval of the French Revolution.