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| FOUNDATION 1816 LYONS, FRANCE |  | FOUNDER JEAN-CLAUDE COLIN |
| HISTORY | JEAN-CLAUDE COLIN | FOUNDATIONS |
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| HISTORY |
| THE SOCIETY OF MARY BEGAN IN THE EARLY NINETEENTH CENTURY IN FRANCE. A YOUNG MAN, JEAN CLAUDE COURVEILLE, RECEIVED AN INSPIRATION TO FOUND A RELIGIOUS CONGREGATION DEDICATED TO AND WORKING UNDER THE NAME OF MARY. THE INSPIRATION WAS UNDERSTOOD AS COMING FROM MARY HERSELF. DURING HIS YEARS IN THE SEMINARY, JEAN CLAUDE COURVEILLE MET WITH OTHER YOUNG MEN TO DISCUSS AND SHARE THEIR IDEAS OF FOUNDING A RELIGIOUS CONGREGATION THAT WOULD HAVE A SPECIAL NAME AND A SPECIAL ROLE WITHIN THE CHURCH. A KEY MEMBER OF THE ORIGINAL GROUP OF TWELVE YOUNG SEMINARIANS WAS JEAN CLAUDE COLIN LATER TO BECOME THE FIRST SUPERIOR-GENERAL OF THE MARISTS. ON THE 23RD JULY, 1816 IN THE CHAPEL OF OUR LADY AT FOURVIÈRE IN LYON, FRANCE THE GROUP TOOK A SOLEMN PLEDGE TO WORK FOR THE FOUNDATION OF THE SOCIETY OF MARY. THE ORIGINAL DREAM FOR THE SOCIETY OF MARY WAS A RELIGIOUS CONGREGATION COMPOSED OF BOTH MEN AND WOMEN, RELIGIOUS AND LAY. HOWEVER THE CHURCH AUTHORITIES INSISTED ON SEPARATE FOUNDATIONS. TODAY THIS GROUP COMPRISING FOUR BRANCHES IS COMMONLY KNOWN AS THE MARIST FAMILY. |
| AUSTRALIAN FOUNDATION |
| ONE OF THE CONDITIONS ATTACHED TO THE APPROVAL OF THE MARIST ORDER BY ROME WAS THE ACCEPTANCE OF PASTORAL RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE VAST AREA OF THE PACIFIC KNOWN AS THE APOSTOLIC VICARIATE OF WESTERN OCEANIA. IT WAS THIS RESPONSIBILITY WHICH BROUGHT THE MARISTS TO SYDNEY IN THE 1830's EN ROUTE TO THE MISSION FIELDS. AT THE TIME THEY WERE THE ONLY OTHER MALE RELIGIOUS ORDER BESIDES ARCHBISHOP POLDING'S BENEDICTINES LOCATED IN AUSTRALIA. THE CONVENIENCE OF SYDNEY AS A COMMUNICATIONS POINT BETWEEN EUROPE AND OCEANIA LED TO THE MARIST'S FIRST FORMAL FOUNDATION IN 1845 - A 'PROCURE' TO SUPPLY THE MISSIONS AND ACT AS A FINANCIAL CLEARING HOUSE. WITH THE SHORTAGE OF PRIESTS IN SYDNEY THE MARIST'S ALSO AGREED TO ACT AS PASTORS OF ST CHARLES RYDE AND LATER HUNTERS HILL. IN 1868 THEY ALSO TOOK CHARGE OF ST PATRICK'S CHURCH HILL AND WERE NOW FIRMLY PART OF THE AUSTRALIAN CHURCH. |
| THE AUSTRALIAN PROVINCE |
| IN 1898 OCEANIA, INCLUDING THE AUSTRALIAN COMMUNITIES, BECAME A PROVINCE WITH ITS HEADQUARTERS AT HUNTERS HILL IN SYDNEY. AT THE TIME NEW ZEALAND WAS ALREADY A SEPARATE PROVINCE. IN 1925 THE AUSTRALIAN COMMUNITIES WERE PLACED UNDER THE NEW ZEALAND PROVINCE ALTHOUGH OCEANIA CONTINUED TO MAINTAIN ITS PROVINCIAL ADMINISTRATION IN HUNTERS HILL UNTIL 1971 WHEN IT MOVED TO SUVA. TODAY THIS PROVINCE MAINTAINS A SINGLE ADMINISTRATIVE HOUSE IN SYDNEY. IN 1938 AUSTRALIA BECAME A PROVINCE IN ITS OWN RIGHT INCLUDING ALL AUSTRALIAN FOUNDATIONS OTHER THAN THE OCEANIA PROVINCIAL ADMINISTRATION. THE WORK OF THE PROVINCE HAS NOW SPREAD TO FOUR STATES AND INVOLVES MISSIONS, SECONDARY EDUCATION, A SEMINARY, CARE OF PARISHES AND THE LISMORE DIOCESAN ABORIGINAL APOSTOLATE. |
| OTHER MARIST CONGREGATIONS |
| FOR INFORMATION ON THE FOLLOWING MARIST CONGREGATIONS SEE THEIR INDIVIDUAL PAGES MARIST BROTHERS OF THE SCHOOLS MARIST SISTERS MARIST MISSIONARY SISTERS |
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| FOUNDATIONS | |||||
THE SITUATION OF THE MARIST FOUNDATIONS IN AUSTRALIA WAS UNUSUAL. PRIOR TO 1925 THE SYDNEY FOUNDATION WAS PART OF THE MARIST MISSION TO OCEANIA ALTHOUGH THE PRESENCE OF MARIST PRIESTS LED TO ADDITIONAL FOUNDATIONS BEING MADE DISTINCT FROM THAT MISSION. THIS WAS RECOGNISED IN 1925 WHEN THE AUSTRALIAN FOUNDATIONS CAME UNDER THE NEW ZEALAND PROVINCE AND LATER IN 1938 WHEN AUSTRALIA BECAME A SEPARATE PROVINCE. HOWEVER THE ORIGINAL FOUNDATION EFFECTIVELY REMAINED IN EXISTANCE FIRST AS THE PROVINCIAL ADMINISTRATION FOR OCEANIA AND AFTER 1971 AS A SEPARATE ADMINISTRATIVE HOUSE FOR THE PROVINCE. ADDITIONALLY THE SEMINARY AT CLYDESDALE ESTABLISHED BY BISHOP BATAILLON MUST BE CONSIDERED A FOUNDATION OF THE OCEANIA PROVINCE DISTINCT FROM THE AUSTRALIAN FOUNDATIONS. | |||||
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ARMIDALE |
ASHGROVE |
BELLAMBI |
BURNIE |
CHURCH HILL | |
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CLAREMONT |
GEELONG |
GLADSTONE |
GLEN DAVIS |
HABERFIELD | |
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HUNTERS HILL |
KEWDALE |
LANE COVE |
MALVERN | ||
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MILLERS POINT |
REDCLIFFE |
SUNSHINE WEST |
TRARALGON |
TOONGABBIE | |
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WOODLAWN |
PROVINCE OF OCEANIA |
HUNTERS HILL |
CLYDESDALE |
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