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MARIST BROTHERS OF THE SCHOOLS |
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| FOUNDATION 1817 LAVALLA, FRANCE |  | FOUNDER ST MARCELLIN CHAMPAGNAT |
| HISTORY | ST MARCELLIN | FOUNDATIONS |
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| HISTORY |
| IN 1817 A YOUNG FRENCH MARIST FATHER FULFILLED A DREAM BY ESTABLISHING A TEACHING ORDER OF BROTHERS TO PROVIDE EDUCATION TO BOYS IN THE POOR AGRICULTURAL DISTRICTS OF FRANCE. ST MARCELLIN WAS DETERMINED THAT HIS ORDER SHOULD FOCUS STRICTLY ON EDUCATION AND FORBADE THE ADMITTANCE OF PRIESTS OR THE TAKING OF HOLY ORDERS BY THE BROTHERS. CALLED THE LITTLE BROTHERS OF MARY THEY WERE ORIGINALLY UNDER THE SOCIETY OF MARY (MARIST FATHERS) BUT IN 1842 THEY BECAME INDEPENDANT WITH THEIR OWN BROTHER SUPERIOR-GENERAL. IN COMMON WITH MOST ORDERS APPROVED AT THAT TIME THEY WERE HIGHLY CENTRALISED. THE ORDER SOON SPREAD THROUGH FRANCE AND ACROSS TO THE BRITISH ISLES. WHEN THE OCEANIA REGION WAS COMMITTED TO THE CARE OF THE MARIST FATHERS THEY PROVIDED BROTHERS TO ASSIST THE FATHERS IN THEIR MISSIONARY WORK OPENING A WHOLE NEW FIELD OF ENDEAVOUR FOR THE ORDER. SINCE THOSE EARLY YEARS THE HIGH REPUTATION OF THE BROTHERS AS TEACHERS HAS SEEN THE ORDER SPREAD TO EVERY CORNER OF THE GLOBE BRINGING ST MARCELLIN CHAMPAGNAT'S SPIRIT OF CATHOLIC EDUCATION TO MILLIONS OF YOUNG MEN. |
| AUSTRALIAN FOUNDATION |
| THE ARRIVAL OF THE MARIST BROTHERS IN AUSTRALIA IS INTIMATELY LINKED TO THE PUBLIC SCHOOLS ACT OF 1866 AND THE DECISION OF THE CATHOLIC BISHOPS TO "GO IT ALONE" RATHER THAN SUBMIT TO STATE CONTROL OF THEIR SCHOOLS. DENIED STATE FUNDING THE BISHOP'S TURNED TO THE TEACHING ORDERS TO STAFF PAROCHIAL AND LATER SECONDARY SCHOOLS. SEVERAL APPROACHES HAD BEEN MADE TO THE MARIST BROTHERS DURING THE 1850's AND 1860's BUT IT WAS NOT UNTIL 1872 THAT THE FIRST BROTHERS ARRIVED. MUCH OF THE CREDIT FOR THIS MUST GO TO THE TIRELESS EFFORTS OF THE MARIST FATHERS WHO HAD TAKEN OVER ST PATRICK'S PARISH, CHURCH HILL IN 1868 AND IT WAS IN THIS PARISH THAT THE FIRST SCHOOL WAS ESTABLISHED. IN 1874 OCEANIA WAS MADE A PROVINCE WITH ITS HEADQUARTERS IN SYDNEY. FROM SYDNEY SCHOOLS WERE ESTABLISHED IN NEW ZEALAND AND ON SEVERAL PACIFIC ISLANDS. IN AUSTRALIA TOO SCHOOLS WERE OPENED IN NSW, VICTORIA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA AND QUEENSLAND. THE EXTENSIVE NETWORK OF MARIST SCHOOLS IN VIRTUALLY EVERY STATE OF AUSTRALIA TESTIFIES TO THEIR SUCCESS AND REPUTATION AS TEACHERS. TODAY THE SPIRIT OF ST MARCELLIN CHAMPAGNAT LIVES ON NOT JUST IN THE MARIST SCHOOLS BUT IN THE NOW LAY-RUN SCHOOLS THEY FOUNDED . |
| OTHER MARIST CONGREGATIONS |
| FOR INFORMATION ON THE FOLLOWING MARIST CONGREGATIONS SEE THEIR INDIVIDUAL PAGES SOCIETY OF MARY MARIST SISTERS MARIST MISSIONARY SISTERS |
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| FOUNDATIONS |
IN 1916 THE PROVINCE OF AUSTRALIA (FORMERLY OCEANIA) LOST NEW ZEALAND TO A SEPARATE PROVINCE AND IN 1948 WAS ITSELF DIVIDED INTO A NORTHERN PROVINCE COVERING QUEENSLAND, THE ACT AND MOST OF NEW SOUTH WALES AND A SOUTHERN PROVINCE COVERING VICTORIA, SOUTH AUSTRALIA, WESTERN AUSTRALIA, PART OF NEW SOUTH WALES AND THE NORTHERN TERRITORY. IN 1953 THE PROVINCES WERE RENAMED SYDNEY AND MELBOURNE RESPECTIVELY. THE DIOCESES OF WAGGA WAGGA AND WILCANNIA-FORBES WERE ORGINALLY GIVEN TO THE SOUTHERN PROVINCE BUT, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF BROKEN HILL, REVERTED TO SYDNEY LATER THOUGH THE FOUNDATION AT FORBES REMAINS EXTRA-TERRITORIALLY SUBJECT TO THE MELBOURNE PROVINCE. THE DISTRICT OF MELANESIA IS DEPENDANT ON SYDNEY BUT IS A JOINT RESPONSIBILITY WITH MELBOURNE. THE FOLLOWING LISTS ALL AUSTRALIAN MARIST FOUNDATIONS GROUPED UNDER THE PROVINCE OF FOUNDATION OR TO WHICH THEY WERE ASSIGNED IN THE DIVISION OF 1948. FOUNDATIONS MADE OUTSIDE OF AUSTRALIA ARE NOT INCLUDED. |
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ASHGROVE |
AUBURN |
AYR |
BEENLEIGH |
BLACKTOWN |
BONDI BEACH | ||||
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BOOVAL |
BOURKE |
BOWRAL |
BROADWAY |
BURANDA |
CAIRNS | ||||
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CAMPBELLTOWN |
CANBERRA |
CASINO |
CHURCH HILL |
COOGEE |
CROYDON PARK | ||||
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DACEYVILLE |
DARLINGHURST |
DRUMMOYNE |
DUNDAS |
EAGLE HEIGHTS |
EASTWOOD | ||||
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EMERALD |
EMU PLAINS |
ENNOGERA |
GLADESVILLE |
GLADSTONE |
GRAFTON | ||||
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HAMILTON HILL |
HUNTERS HILL |
INNISFAIL |
KOGARAH |
LIDCOMBE | |||||
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LISMORE |
MAITLAND |
MITTAGONG |
MOSMAN |
MURGON |
NEWCASTLE | ||||
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NORTH SYDNEY |
OATLEY |
PAGEWOOD |
PALM ISLAND |
PARRAMATTA |
PENSHURST | ||||
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QUEANBEYAN |
RANDWICK |
ROSALIE |
ROSEMEADOW |
RYDE |
SPRINGWOOD | ||||
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SUNSHINE BEACH |
SYDNEY |
TOOWOOMBA |
WESTMEAD |
WINSTON HILLS |
WOOLHARA | ||||
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ALICE SPRINGS |
BENDIGO |
BROKEN HILL |
BULLEEN |
BUNBURY |
CAMBERWELL | ||||
CHURCHLANDS |
CLAYTON |
EAST BRUNSWICK |
FITZROY |
FORBES |
GLENELG | ||||
GRIFFITH |
HAWTHORN |
KARAMA |
KILMORE |
KYNETON |
LARGS BAY | ||||
LEETON |
MITCHELL PARK |
MOUNT MACEDON |
NETLEY |
NEW NORCIA |
NORTH BALWYN | ||||
NORTH FITZROY |
NORTHAM |
NORWOOD |
PARKES |
PARKEVILLE |
PORT ADELAIDE | ||||
PRESTON |
SALE |
SANTA TERESA |
SEMAPHORE |
SHEPPARTON |
SOMERTON PARK | ||||
SUBIACO |
TEMPLESTOWE |
THEBARTON |
TRARALGON |
WANGARATTA |
WARRAGUL | ||||
WOODLANDS |
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