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Letter 102, 19th of March 1837
My very dear Brother Euthyme,

I am very pleased with your brief letter. Courage, dear brother; Jesus and Mary will be your reward; call on them to help you when you are tempted, they will never let you give in. Try to make your meditation well, it is a major element in the life of a religious. I can tell you that I guarantee your salvation if you are faithful to making your meditation well.

Remember, too, how important your beginners class is; it is up to you to train in their religion all the children you teach; it is up to you to open or close heaven to them. So, dear friend, aim to edify them, pray for them, to imprint the love of God strongly in their young hearts. Say three Ave Marias every day before the beginning of class.

A Dieu, I leave you in the Sacred Hearts of Jesus and Mary,
Champagnat.

This letter was written to Brother Euthyme when he had been experiencing personal problems and had shared them with Marcellin. Marcellin in return wrote back with advice and help. Brother Euthyme was not the only one of the Marist order writing to Marcellin, and Marcellin answered each and every one of his Brothers letters. This inspired and empowered his followers, as even though Marcellin was largely preoccupied, he still took the time out of his day to help his Brothers and demonstrated his love and compassion for everyone.

Letter to Brother Bartholomew, 21st of January 1830
My dear Brother and close associate, Bartholomew:
I was very happy to have news from you. I rejoice with you over your
good health. I know you have many students: that means that there will be
many imitators of your virtues, because when they see you
they will follow your example, and cannot help but be good.
How very important is the work you do! How sublime! You are always among
those with whom Jesus took delight, since he expressly forbade his
disciples to keep the children away from him.
And you, my dear friend, not only do not keep them away, but
you do everything in your power to lead them to Him. Oh how well-received
you will be by the divine Teacher!…that generous teacher who
will not fail to pay back even a glass of cold water!
Tell your children that Jesus and Mary love them each very much: the good ones
because they are like Jesus, who is infinitely good;
those who are not yet as good (…) because they will be some day; that the
most holy Virgin loves them as well because she is the mother of all the children
in our schools. Tell them too that I love them very much;
that I never go to the altar without thinking about you and your
beloved students; that I would like to have the joy of teaching, of dedicating
myself in a more direct way to educating these innocent children.
Things are going quite well in all the establishments.
Pray for me and for all our houses.
I have the honour of being your affectionate Father in Jesus and Mary.

This letter of Marcellin's was written for one of his Brothers, Brother Bartholomew. Marcellin wrote this in regards to Bartholomew's teaching principles, and summarising what the school was about. This reflects Marcellin's personality, as he taught all his Brothers on teaching and educating children. This empowered his followers to continue living through their faith in Marcellin and God, and to strengthen their love and devotion to the children.

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Marcellin Champagnat has left a strong and surviving legacy, from the time he was born in 1789 to today, 2018. When Marcellin founded the Marist Brothers in 1818, he hopes that his order would be educating and helping children for years to come. Luckily, his dream became a reality, and today, over 3000 Marist Brothers are globally living out the teachings of Marcellin, and participating in the priestly, prophetic and kingly works of Jesus. The Marist Brothers have created their spirituality the centre of their lives and sacrifice their time, much liked Marcellin, into educating and providing for the approximately 500,000 children across the world. They speak out daily about injustice, and have worked to create schools and education programs in less fortunate countries and areas, giving them their rights to education. Using the massive influence they have gained over the past 200 years, and their locations in over 79 different countries, the Marist Brothers dedicate themselves to aiding the poor and spreading the Christian teachings to the world.

As well as the Brothers, the Marist order is also supported by over 70,000 laypeople, who are just as important as the brothers themselves in spreading their spirituality. The lay men and women are a vital part in the participation in works of Jesus. By attending masses and building a strong faith, speaking out against injustice, respecting human dignity, sacrificing themselves for others and using however much power and influence they have to contribute to Christian service and promote God, laypeople are just as important as priests when it comes to living Saint Marcellin Champagnat's goal of educating and respecting all children in the way of God.

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Dignity of the Human Person is one of the 7 themes of CST, and the main message is that everyone has the right to be respected equally to everyone else because we are all created in God's image, Marcellin Champagnat took aboard this theme by teaching anyone and everyone he could about Mother Mary and to join the Marist Brothers to spread the word.

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he Rerum Novarum, an encyclical written by Pope Leo XIII, echoed the thoughts and actions of Don Bosco. Don Bosco strongly believed that everyone should have fair working conditions, and he tried to get the poor boys who had jobs fairer treatment. Rerum Novarum reflects the thoughts and actions of Don as it says; ‘An employer should pay a fair wage and an employee should give a full day’s work for a full day’s pay’. The message of this statement relates to what Don Bosco did as it reflects how he tried to make the boy's wages and working conditions fair. This also relates to the CST of rights and responsibilities, as the worker's have a right to be given fair treatment and wages, and they also have a responsibility to work hard.

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Marcellin participated in priestly work in many aspects in his daily life. Prayer was the major aspect to this. Marcellin devoted his life to prayer, and it was a huge part of his journey in Christianity. When training to become a priest, Marcellin struggled with his studies, so he prayed for strength to be able to continue. Praying was the centre of his life; he prayed to Mother Mary. Another way Marcellin participated in the priestly works of Jesus was by sacrificing his time to teaching and creating a better life of the children of France. He devoted every second of his time as a priest in educating and benefiting others. Not only sacrificing himself for the children, but also to his Brothers, keeping consistent communication with them and responding to all their letters, even when Marcellin was busy. Before Marcellin had even opened the school however, he had already sacrificed himself over and over. After buying a small house in January, 1817, Marcellin, with the help of two brothers, began the long and tedious task of rebuilding and starting a school. He sacrificed all his time and work incredibly hard to earn money so that the possibility of teaching the rural children of France became true. His sacrifice did pay off when he officially opened the Marist School in 1818.

Prophetic Works of Jesus that Marcellin Participated in
Marcellin participated in many prophetic works of Jesus. He spoke out against injustice, acted for human dignity and worked towards freedom and respect in the society. By speaking out against the cruel punishment methods used by teachers at the time, Marcellin revolutionised education, and created a loving and caring environment for children to learn. He also aspired to have dignity respected by preventing the abuse of children and catering for every child's right to attend school, whether they be poor or wealthy. Additionally, he worked hard for freedom and respect, providing children and his Brothers a place where they were respected and given the freedom to express themselves.

Kingly Works of Jesus that Marcellin Participated in
The kingly works of Jesus were another important part of Marcellin's life. Marcellin used all the power and influence he had in the seminary to start his order. Marcellin had made friends in the seminary who were all followers of Mary and shared his point of view on education. Using his influence, Marcellin created an institute that was targeted to everyone, whether they be priests or laypeople, that's whole purpose was to educate and provide a caring environment. The power and influence Marcellin used was dedicated to opening the Marist school that would be cheap enough for the poorest of families to afford and with a timetable that caters for harvesting and farm work, and therefore contributing to Christian service and promoting human dignity and respect. "To make Jesus Christ known and loved through the Christian education of youth, especially the most neglected," Marcellin Champagnat

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Luke 15: 3-7
PARABLE OF THE LOST SHEEP

3 Then Jesus told them this parable: 4 “Suppose one of you has a hundred sheep and loses one of them. Doesn’t he leave the ninety-nine in the open country and go after the lost sheep until he finds it? 5 And when he finds it, he joyfully puts it on his shoulders 6 and goes home. Then he calls his friends and neighbours together and says, ‘Rejoice with me; I have found my lost sheep.’ 7 I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent.

The Parable of the Lost Sheep is found in the Gospel of Luke (15: 3-7) and Matthew (18: 12-14). Both parts tell of a shepherd who owns 100 sheep, and one sheep gets lost from the rest. Instead of just leaving without the one who got lost and continued on with 99 sheep, the shepherd left the flock after making sure they were safe and set out to find the lost sheep After finding it, the shepherd carries it back to the flock. The sheep represents a sinner, someone who is lost and misguided, and the shepherd symbolises the Lord. This parable tells us that God will never abandon one of his children, and when they are lost, he will go and guide them back to the good. The parable also mentions celebrating over the return of the lost sheep, and how the shepherd was celebrating more over the return of one sheep than over the 99 sheep who were not lost. Referencing back to the symbolism of the sinner and God, this can be perceived as the Lord will rejoice immensely even when only one person repents their ways, compared to 98 more people who do not repent their sins.

Marcellin Champagnat was not a shepherd of sheep, but he was of children. He guided and taught the young of France through a loving heart and compassionate personality, not through the strike of a hand. He never abandoned one sheep, even if it meant costing him discomfort. He made the fees to his school low enough for all rural families to afford, and created the timetable to benefit children who needed to help on the farm during harvest. He loved all children, and rejoiced at the success and safety of each individual.

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The message of CST is that human rights must be protected and so should responsibilities, such as providing and protecting your family. these must be carried out. Saint Marcellin Joseph Benedict Champagnat has shown this through his actions by reaching out to others and teaching those who didn't go to school about Mother Mary, and to bring in more and more brothers to go and do likewise.

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When Marcellin was born, which was the start of the French Revolution, which was had a massive impact on the french society where the people overthrew on monarchy and took over the government, it started with The Storming of the Bastille, which put everyone in disarray

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As soon as he become of age e was sent to school, although he didn't think the way the teachers taught students by inflicting pain wasn't just, and thus made a deep impression on him, so he wouldn't stand for it and left. at the age of 14 he had no intention of becoming a priest, to be more precise he was more keen to make money by raising lambs for the market with his father, he leaned the basics of farming and all the jobs that came with it such as carpentry, masonry and so on.

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Marcellin was the original founder for the Marist Brothers in 1817,which now has schools in Australia teaching boys to become gentlemen. He also repaired the fist place of the Marist Brothers. he could do this from his carpentry and masonry skills he learned at a young age after he decided school wasn't for him, he worked with his father to raise lambs.

He also taught more and more brothers to go outside of the country and to spread the brotherhood among the world.

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Saint Marcellin Joseph Benedict Champagnat, he was born in Le Rosey in the village of Marlhes near St Etienne in France. he was born on the 20th of may in 1789 just after the French Revolution and died one the 6th of June in 1840 at Our Lady of the Hermitage, Saint-Chamond, Loire, France.

His feast day is on the 6th of June. his nationality was of course French, he had another sibling Marie-Anne Champagnat and his parents were Jean-Baptiste Champagnat and Marie Therese Chirat Champagnat