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Resource	Marianist Heritage Sites Photo Album A collection of photos of foundational sites for the Marianist Family, along with detailed descriptions of the photos and locations.
Basic	Miracle in Buenos Aires A look at the miraculous healing of Elena Graciela Otero, through the intercession of Father Chaminade
Intermediate	Marianist Vow of Stability and the Marianist State Just what is the "State of Religious Living in the World"? And, how does one make a permanent commitment to live a vocation as a lay Marianist? Albert E. Prendergast, a member of the Visitation State Community, examines these questions as he traces the roots of commitment to lay Marianist life and its implications for today.
Intermediate	Reimagining the Marianist Family in the United States: Continuing the Conversation on the Marianist Movement In this work, Brother Raymond Fitz, SM, explores the history of our Marianist charism and its apostolic intent and examines how we today can use these same aspects as an “ecclesial movement” to minister to the “fractured city and the silent violence of poverty.”
Basic	Mary's Eager Optimist Father Herbert Kramer, SM, provides the reader with an easy-to-read primer on the life of Adèle de Batz de Trenquelléon, Fonder of the Marianist Sisters. This 23-page work captures the essence of Adèle.
Basic	Hosanna! For those who love a good newspaper feel, "Hosanna!", a six-issue series dedicated to the cause of Adèle's beatification, written in 1957-58, makes for a great morning read, especially with a cup of coffee or tea. "Hosanna!" is packed with short nuggets of wisdom about the Founder of the Marianist Sisters.
Intermediate	William Ferree, SM: Sketch, His Life and Catholic Social Thought Sister Gabrielle Bibeau, FMI, uses personal interviews and Ferree's own journals and drafts of his works to probe the development and influence of this great Marianist thinker in the realm of Catholic Social Thought.
Intermediate	Witnesses from the Past, Hope for the Future: A History of the Marianist Family in Times of Persecution and Hardship Gabrielle Bibeau, FMI, examines different times under which the Marianist Sisters were forced to operate under dangerous circumstances of suppression and violence, namely, the French secularization of the early twentieth century (which almost wiped out the Sisters), and the First and Second World Wars. By examining these events, she hopes to show how being people of hope and faith is part of the DNA of Marianist Sisters, not to mention the Marianist Family as a whole.
BAS / INT	A Witness of Love: Examining the Correspondence of Four Nonviolent Activists In "A Witness of Love," Caitlin Cipolla-McCulloch writes: "This message of radical love is at the root of nonviolence in the Christian tradition . . . it is central to the lives of four correspondents, William Joseph Chaminade, Adèle de Batz de Trenquelléon, Dorothy Day, and Thomas Merton."
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.
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.
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? This Lent, 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.”