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Prologue by Mr. Coveny, Marist Way Director

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Prologue by Mr. Coveny, Marist Way Director

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While attending Marist School, we are called, and we seek to place God in the center of our lives.

To live a Marist life or share a Marist Way, we say that we strive to follow God…as Mary did.

Mary followed God in a certain way.

Though we do not know all that Mary did, the way we think Mary lived her life and went about her work inspires us. The Marist priests call this “Mary’s work.”

We believe that at the heart of Mary’s work is an openness to all people, excludes no one, and is designed to enable men and women to grow and develop according to their call.

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The work of Mary presupposes or assumes you have a relationship with God.

How do you describe your relationship with God -- or describe ways that you are still searching for God?  Or helping others search for God?  How did your summer reading help you in this search?

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Inspired by the book you read, how will you express mercy and compassion to your classmates this school year?

Name specific, constructive ways.

What or whom from your book inspires you to do "Mary's Work"?

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Mary was filled with the Holy Spirit.  As believers, we have the Holy Spirit working in us, and we believe there is nothing we can accomplish for God outside the power of the Holy Spirit.

How do you tap into the power of the Spirit, or do you rely on your strength to get through difficult situations and trials?

Explain how the characters in your summer reading tapped into the power of the Spirit, or did they rely on their own strength to get through difficult situations and trials? Give specific examples.

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1. Post your name, the title of your book, and author.
2. If you can, make a constructive comment about a book in your homeroom.

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Mr. Coveny, Marist School's Director of the Marist Way, has written questions for us to consider and reflect upon.  For whatever book you read this summer, now you will utilize the Marist Way theme, "Doing the Work of Mary," to "look through" as a "lens" to interpret your selection and how it can inspire your actions.

Everyone will answer the "Living the Marist Way" questions.

As a homeroom, discuss each question together. As a student, choose at least one question to reflect on and answer completely in the comment field about how your book connects with the Marist Way.

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Doing the work of Mary inspires us to “step beyond where we are,” out of our comfort zone and to reach others with whom we may not otherwise connect.

How has your summer reading inspired you to reach out?  Reflect on a few ways that you have done this over the summer.

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The work of Mary is marked by mercy and compassion.

Describe examples of mercy and compassion from the book you read.

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Example: Ms. Williams, Dune by Frank Herbert 

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Example: Ms. Williams, Dune by Frank Herbert 

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Maya Pinto, Harry Potter and the Chamber of secrets by J.K. Rowling

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Maya Pinto, Harry Potter and the Chamber of secrets by J.K. Rowling

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Sidon Afeworki, Boy in the Striped Pajamas  John Boyne 

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Sidon Afeworki, Boy in the Striped Pajamas  John Boyne 

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Mason Hubbard, Projekt 1065 by Alan Gratz

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Mason Hubbard, Projekt 1065 by Alan Gratz

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Amay Cholia, Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas

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Amay Cholia, Concrete Rose by Angie Thomas

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Brennan Owens, Lord of Flies by William Golding

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Isabella Sansone, To all the boys I've loved before by Jenny Han

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Isabella Sansone, To all the boys I've loved before by Jenny Han

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Campbell Caldwell, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Grace Lin

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Campbell Caldwell, Where the Mountain Meets the Moon Grace Lin

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When Holden Caulfield gets kicked out of prep school, a lot of mercy was shown with what happened and how he got in trouble.

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Jackson Bartholomew, World War Z, Max Brooks

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Jackson Bartholomew, World War Z, Max Brooks

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Holden at one point reaches back out to his ex girlfriend. He wasn't afraid to reach back out to her and it kind of gave me courage that I could do the same.

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avery radics, dead girls can't tell secrets by Chelsea Ichaso

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Reading about the atrocities in this book, it allowed me to have a more compassionate heart about those affected by discrimination. This will help me to keep an open heart to all this year. The book inspires me to do "Mary's Work" because of the intense suffering of those in the book inspires me to help those who are suffering.

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When the old man helped heal the dragon's wound instead of running away in terror.

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The main character is considered as a bad kid and has zero relationship with God. So it kind of showed me that if you have a relationship with God you will be better.

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I will express mercy and compassion to my classmates this year by giving all of my classmates a time to talk and listening to their opinion. This was inspired from the book because when a boy wanted their opinion to be heard they held a conch, and that was their signal to talk and the other boys to listen. I will also stay on task and not let myself get off task because the boys did that and it all turned into chaos. Jack inspires me to be like Mary because he was very compassionate and helped the boys to try to be rescued.

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In my book a character has to stand up against everyone around him to do the right thing. This is doing the work of Mary because even though it was more difficult it still was the right thing.

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While reading this book I think some constructive ways I can express compassion to my classmates is always listening to others just like Harry would do. The main characters from this book will inspire me to do Mary's work.

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It inspired me to reach out to my friends and talk to them even if I have not talked to them in a while.

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When one of the characters saves another character from the zombies it remined me of Mary because Mary would save a kid she didn't know.

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1. Sarah Kate Huggins, The Lord of the Flies by William Golding.

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By switching places with the suffering Shumel, Bruno shows compassion by allowing Shumel to be relived of his suffering at the concentration camp.

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In a tough position, Holden trusted his gut at one point which could have been God/Holy Spirit leading him to that.

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This book is about building many good small habits to help create a better overall person which I will strive to be.

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It inspired me to be aware of others suffering around the world

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Mary would help the people around her that were being discriminated against. In my book, Michael inspires to do the work of Mary.

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It has inspired me to reach out and try different things this summer that I normally wouldn't do.

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This book has inspired me to reach out to others just like the people in the book reach out to those in trouble. During the summer I would help my mom around the house and others in need.

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When the main character finds the cure he saves everyone instead of selling it for profit.

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I am inspired by Laura Jean because she is kind and she cares for everyone around her

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This summer reading helped my with my search for god because it helped me create small habits to get closer to God.

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This book reminds me of mercy and compassion because they helped eachother through everything and were patient and caring

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When Maverick Carter makes his mistakes, such as dealing drugs and skipping school, his friend tells him to change his life before he gets killed, which made him feel merciful. 

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When Maverick Carter makes his mistakes, such as dealing drugs and skipping school, his friend tells him to change his life before he gets killed, which made him feel merciful. 

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Jack showed mercy and compassion to the other boys when even though he didn't like them, he gave them meat and fed them well.

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this book inspired me to be more caring towards others and reach out to help people more. they helped each other and it inspired me to do that too

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In my book, the main character is considered a bad kid, but does good things a lot. I am going to try and focus on doing the right thing always this year and stay away from the bad.

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This year I will demonstrate Living the Marist Way by doing service in my community to those in need.

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I would express to them that you can always repent for your actions and as long as you believe and trust God, you can get through anything.

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I would express to them that you can always repent for your actions and as long as you believe and trust God, you can get through anything.

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This year I will express my mercy and compassion to my classmates by allowing others the right to express their opinion and to be respectful towards their opinions too. In my book, the characters wouldn't let others express their opinions and it caused chaos.

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Ralph showed mercy and compassion because he made sure that everyone would have food and water.