Newsletter 15: 26 October 2021
Dear Colleagues,
This week has seen Marist educators from across the globe gather each afternoon and evening online to engage in a range of shared experiences to launch the new Marist Global Network of Schools. It is pleasing and enormously encouraging to see the number of Australian Marists involved. Be assured your contributions are greatly appreciated.
The word of welcome from Brother Carlos Alberto Rojas, the Director of the Secretariat for Education and Evangelization opened the events on Monday afternoon.
This project, under the leadership of the Secretariat for Education and Evangelization from the beginning sought the Design Thinking and the Appreciative Inquiry methodology. The brightness on the faces and Marist family spirit is felt online as if all were physically present in one conference room of the General House in Rome. This is an indication that the sessions for the week that will end of the 29th of October 2021 will give birth to something that will have great impact on the institute and the final beneficiaries, the children, and young people.
The work sessions will focus on areas of opportunities divided into themes and topics seeking contributions through participation in the various groups.
It is our hope that the participation of all Marists of Champagnat will give a resounding welcome to the birth of this Network of school through cocreation.
Brother Ernesto Sanchez, the Superior General also spoke and highlighted four key features of Marist education the new network will seek to flourish in close collaboration. These were:
CREATIVITY
EDUCATIONAL INNOVATION
JOURNEYING WITH THE YOUNG IN OUR SCHOOLS
SERVICE TO THE YOUNG PEOPLE IN OUR SCHOOLS
If you are interested to learn more about this exciting new initiative and view some of the recorded sessions from the week, follow the link to the Champagnat Global website.
May Mary our Good Mother and Saint Marcellin pray with and for us for the success of this significant development for Marist education worldwide.