A Fresh Look at Blessed Father Chaminade
We may know certain incidents of Blessed Father Chaminade's life, recall key quotations, but we still need to discover who he is as a person.
Do You Believe in the Communion of Saints?
As we celebrate All Saints' Day and All Souls Day, NACMS looks back at this article by Father Paul Landolfi, SM, which asks "Do You Believe in the Communion of Saints?"
Transition of the Marianist Charism
Father Ted Cassidy explores the changing dynamics of the Marianist Family and the role of the Society of Mary and Marianist Sisters in today's Church.
Things Marianist: How Can We Be Guided on the Marianist Path?
This "Things Marianist" examines Blessed Chaminade’s method of prayer both from the perspective of an individual journeying with a companion (spiritual direction) and a communitarian perspective (spiritual accompaniment of a community). Marianist experts Stepehen Glodek, SM; Pati Krasensky; and Thomas Redmond, SM; are the coauthors of this work.
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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.
Nursing Station
Brother Stephen Glodek, SM, shares his insights on the beatification of Blessed William Joseph Chaminade. He states that our Founder reminds us that "who we are is Christ--broken, crucified, and risen. We are to be that face and love of God for all God’s people."
Guadalupe: A Personal Account
Brother Stephen Glodek, SM, shares his personal feeling and realization that the miracle of Our Lady of Guadalupe "had little to do with roses in December or miraculous pictures on cloaks. The miracle of Guadalupe is something about a God who loves each of us."
Anniversaries
Sister Laura Leming, FMI, shares her prayer-filled feelings of commitment in light of the falling of the World Trade Center.
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.
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.