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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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Ephrata Tesfaye, "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

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Ephrata Tesfaye, "Just Mercy" by Bryan Stevenson

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Michelle Lee, "The Nightingale" by Kristin Hannah

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Michelle Lee, "The Nightingale" by Kristin Hannah

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Parks Kaiser, "42 Is Not Just a Number: The Odyssey of Jackie Robinson, American Hero" By: Doreen Rappaport

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Parks Kaiser, "42 Is Not Just a Number: The Odyssey of Jackie Robinson, American Hero" By: Doreen Rappaport

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Campbell Fletcher, A Tale of Sorcery, by Chris Colfer

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Campbell Fletcher, A Tale of Sorcery, by Chris Colfer

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Nathan The Hobbit J.R.R Tolkien

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Fin Connelly, Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters, by Rick Riordan

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Fin Connelly, Percy Jackson and the Sea of Monsters, by Rick Riordan

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Katherine Brunner, The Summer of My German Soldier, By Bette Greene

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Katherine Brunner, The Summer of My German Soldier, By Bette Greene

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Jack Richerson "The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkien

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Jack Richerson "The Hobbit" by J.R.R. Tolkien

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Evan Secor, Wins, losses and lessons, by Lou Holtz

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Evan Secor, Wins, losses and lessons, by Lou Holtz

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Olivia Brown, One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus

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Olivia Brown, One of Us is Lying by Karen M. McManus

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The person that inspires me to do Mary's work is the hobbit 

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The person that inspires me to do Mary's work is the hobbit 

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Nathan

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In my book many of the characters showed mercy and compassion when helping each other overcome there struggles that they have been suffering with. Another showing of compassion is when the main character and all her friends would not let her deal with her problems alone and would not let her try to fight her battle by herself. My main character also saw the best in every person and would not let their cruelty get the best of her.

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The person from the book the closer would be the main character Mariano Rivera because he perseveres through hardships and gets to his total goal of making the MLB.

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After reading the book, I am inspired to treat people the same no matter what things they do and how others perceive them. Jackie was the first player to truly play baseball in a league that was all-white. People didn't perceive him well, and treated him poorly. However, the general manager of the dodgers continued to believe in Jackie.

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Isabelle steps out of her comfort zone to help the people that need her. She reaches out to help stranded airmen and doesn't stop until she knows that they have made it safely out of occupied France. She inspires me to help my classmates in any way I can and to reach out to others.

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I will express mercy and compassion by not letting others struggle by themselves or go through their darkest times of their life alone. The main character from my book inspires me to do the work of mary.

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Zoey Schoenberg, "The Shape of Love", Gelsey Kirkland.

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Zoey Schoenberg, "The Shape of Love", Gelsey Kirkland.

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Besides the title itself, "Just Mercy," the book depicts mercy within an unmerciful system. Bryan Stevenson, the author, was an attorney during the surge of mass incarceration during the 80s. He started a nonprofit organization called the Equal Justice Initiative that assisted marginalized communities like people of color, the lower class, and victims of mental illnesses. The book allowed readers to see the injustice within the system, and Bryan Stevenson brought light into the incarcerated, most specifically Walter McMillian, a wrongly accused man. It shows us that we need to be more empathetic and tolerant towards marginalized communities; just mercy.

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The main character uses her perseverance as she goes through hard times as she journeys back into the world she loves after a difficult time in her life

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The characters showed mercy and compassion in my book by in one chapter the girl protagonist Patty who is a 12 year old Jewish girl living in Arkansas through the WWII period. She meets a Prisoner of War in her father's store and she realizes that this soldier is not like the mean ones that her dad has talked to her about. Later in the chapter, Patty was out and she finds the man she saw earlier, Anton, and she comes to find out that he escaped from the Prisoner of War Camp. She decides to help him and takes him back to her house to hide because he told her that he only wanted freedom and no violence. Patty then believes him and hides him from being captured again. This shows mercy and compassion because Patty never met Anton before and she risked everything to help him from being captured again.