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Sub Tuum Praesidium – Marist Brothers in Australia 1872-2022
by Julian Casey, John Luttrell, Peter Rodney and Neville Solomon
SESQUICENTENTARY OF THE MARIST BROTHERS IN AUSTRALIA – A NEW HISTORY!
The religious institute of the Marist Brothers of the Schools has educated thousands of young Australians since the first four brothers arrived in 1872. That influence continues today in the 56 schools of Marist Schools Australia, in youth care provided by Marist180, in the outreach of Australian Marist Solidarity and in thousands of lay Marists, colleagues and ex-students.
For all of these, ‘Sub Tuum Praesidium’ has been their traditional hymn for occasions of solemnity and celebration.
The authors, all Marist Brothers, write from a broad experience of the Marist mission locally and internationally. They trace the development of the Marist Institute in Australia and identify the contributions of many Marist Brothers and their colleagues. It’s a story of development and fruitful adaptation, along with failures and shame.
Provincial Peter Carroll sees this history as significant for the Marist sesquicentenary in Australia – an opportunity ‘to celebrate achievements, apologise for our failures and give thanks to God and all those who have supported us in our life and mission’.
Part social history, part personal memoir and part pastoral theological analysis, it sure-footedly achieves its objective of providing a window onto a religious order of educators, as it discerned the ’signs of the times in Australian society and church over the past 150 years.
Mark O’Connor FMS, Vicar for Communications, Parramatta Diocese
This book is a detailed history of the Marist Brothers in Australia over the past 150 years. It contextualises Marist people and works within the social and political history of Australia and the Church. It portrays the characters, the tensions, successes and failures, as the Institute has followed its mission through changing circumstances. A valuable resource and inspiration for all of us who name ourselves “Marist”.
Jennifer Elvery, Deputy Leader, Marist Association of St Marcellin Champagnat
ISBN 9780646853253
576 pages, hard cover
Published by Marist Brothers Australia
June 2022 release
