School Founder
St Marcellin Champagnat was born on 20th May 1789 and spent his first 15 years in the small hamlet of Rosey in France. He entered the Seminary and after 11 years of study he was ordained at the age of 26. He was the founder of the Society of Mary and to him was given the task of founding a teaching Order. The society of “The Little Brothers of Mary” – more commonly known today as “The Marist Brothers” – was founded in 1817.
While every age has seen men and women, chosen by God to consecrate themselves to the glorious work of the education of children, Marcellin-Joseph-Benedict Champagnat, founder of The Little Brothers of Mary (The Marist Brothers), stands worthy of special praise. Father Champagnat died on 6th June 1840. In 1999, he was canonised a saint of The Church by Pope John Paul II.
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