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Jean-Claude Courveille makes a pilgrimage to the shrine of the “Black
Virgin” at the cathedral of LePuy in France. There he experiences
healing while praying before the statue of the Virgin and anointing
his eyes with oil from the vigil lamps. He comes to believe that
the Blessed Mother wants to help the Church through a society consecrated
to her and bearing her name.
1816
Courveille along with 11 seminarians, including Jean-Claude Colin,
upon ordination dedicate themselves to the founding of the Society
of Mary.
1822
Colin’s draft of an initial constitution for the Society
of Mary composed of priests, brothers, sisters, and the laity receives
preliminary approval from Rome. The Marists’ first missionary
work is in the remote areas of the Diocese of Beeley in southeast
France.
1836
Pope Gregory XVI gives canonical approval to the formation of
a religious institute of Marist Fathers with simple vows
under a
superior general as well as separately governed communities
of Marist Brothers and Marist Sisters. Colin is appointed Superior
General of the Society of Mary.
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The
founder's room at home.
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1850
The laity branch of Marists, the Third Order of Mary, is canonically
instituted. 1863
The Marists arrive in the United States to serve the needs
of the immigrant Church.
1873
The Holy See approves the constitutions of the Society of
Mary.
In the Spirit of Mary
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