Mar Salan [Music] champag Auntie what's the revolution a person or a wild animal masalan chat's innocent question to his Aunt Louise makes a smile but David it makes [Music] sense hey marelon you're a young man now you were born the same year as the revolution in 1789 on the 20th of May I defend all that's good about Liberty equality and fraternity but I'm horrified that there's so much cruelty daddy worries about the atrocities that could take place in mares and they respect him learn from him and you'll be good and just I'd like to and mommy is teaching me to pray to the Virgin so that I can be like that here where marselan was caught in a huge snowstorm I'd like to look back with you Evelyn and David at his life his mother Marie terz Shira and Aunt Louise her sister-in-law were very influential in Marcel's religious Awakening he was a bad student right Juan see for yourselves he was very shy and on his first day at school marcelin come up and read can I begin I didn't ask you how unfair I'm not coming back so yesterday was your first and last day of school all right but you'll help me on the farm and the mill he had success rearing Lambs but one day the words of a visiting priest made a striking impression on him I'm really sure now that I want to become a priest it's God's will that's been difficult to accept you have to study hard you have very little education but we have faith in you he went to the minor seminary in virier being 16 he was older than his classmates and was a member of the happy gang he failed that year and they sent him back home what a [Music] disaster mother we prayed together to sanan franois Reis in the shrine I really want to study hard so as to become a good priest I'll help you Marcela so that you can get back into verier so that's what happened his conduct was excellent his studies were mediocre no wonder he had a lot of failures finally he got into the St era seminary in Leon [Music] this is a really good group they'll be talked about in the future I admire champet he has made such progress in his studies in his spiritual life such determination to reach out to the most uneducated Lads in the holidays young people and adults don't miss a word of his catechism I like your plan to found the Society of Mary K a tree with many branches so as to spread the faith in Mission LS but I think one very important part is missing teaching here in France it wasn't inv visaged in the original project but we'll think about it they were ordained on the 22nd of July 1816 the following day they went up to the shrine of forier our lady we come to entrust the future Society of Mary to you marela returned alone with One Plea to the virgin we need Brothers champet was sent to lavala as assistant to the parish priest he caught sight of the church bell tower I am a poor sinner but you entrust me with your flock Lord with your mercy and the help of Mary I will do my utmost for my parishioners showing a lot of kindness to all of them on a cold Autumn night a young man came to find him monila is a very rugged area but Montan is seriously ill you're a good lad Shan Marie and you've listened to his poor mother's request let's go only 17 and he's dying he's never been to school and knows nothing about God we've been abandoned here for so many years he consoled him lovingly and spoke to him him about God you don't know him but God has always loved you and you will be happy with him Jean Baptist you are in his hands I'll come back soon Montana's death made a big impression on marela and on his return he made the decision of his lifetime we need Brothers it is essential to educate children in a Christian way especially the most in need with your blessing good mother I begin humbly I'll take care of your training you Jean Marie gron and you Jean baptisto Tas will be the first brothers and this small house your home shall we give it a name yes we'll make a sign saying House of the little brothers of Mary on the 2nd of January 1817 The Institute of the Marist Brothers was born quietly like a small Bud which promised life that is how God [Music] works how clever we are making nails to earn our living and how well father Marcela has taught us now that we have more Brothers the children's classes are going very well looking praying studying lots of things we live with joy [Music] oh we've given Comfort to Our Sick brother and now you can't succumb I've hardly any strength remember oh most gracious Virgin [Music] Mary they're coming to rescue us thank you good mother with the help of corve maalam managed to buy a plot of Rocky land near the river J we work hard it's important to help out we do it with enthusiasm father and with the sweat of our brow laala is the Cradle the heritage is the family home happily inaugurated this month of May in 1825 you were the first to have your formation here after lavala there were already 30 and the schools continued to open Marc Salan also had to put up with a lot of disappointments interference and jealousy from coril upset him and discredited him he eventually became seriously ill but he recovered and got going again to educate children you have to love them and love them all [Music] equally we've been through some difficult years both inside and outside the congregation Colin Superior general of the Marist fathers is asking me for brothers to go to [Music] oania how I'd love to go with you Pierre I'm going happily I'll give it my all Pierre Chanel was the first marised [Music] martyr I thank God that it is you franois who has been chosen by a majority to be my successor when I met you father Marcela I was nine and your catechism for the first communion impressed me and you soon added to the small initial Community becoming the sixth marest [Music] brother at Daybreak on the 6th of June 1840 Marcela chanat began the everlasting life in our father's house we will live like you all for Jesus Through Mary all to Mary for Jesus Mar Salan was canonized by Pope John Paul II in 1999 200 years after the founding of the Marist we have a challenge a new beginning well we have a lot of new beginnings of course we're not starting from zero but it's about taking on the champan style in our Changing Times you are an excellent lay Marist Evelyn it's true now lay people can become part of the Marist family which was impossible in the early days Montana affected shagat what would that mean today multiplying the interest and effort so as to to get to the farthest peripheries that need the light of the Gospel with Mary go in haste to a new land and we want to contribute so that many of our brothers live in strength light the consolation of our friendship with Jesus Christ offering a prospect of life and meaning just as St Maran champan did in his [Music] day [Music] h