Christendom: How should Christian life be practiced?

Monasticism and Religious Orders

Monasticism originated as a discipline of separation from the world

Foundational vows are chastity, poverty, and obedience

Over time became less isolated from the world and more involved in social services

• Isolation: copying books, wineries, art
• Enclosure: education, hospitality to pilgrims and refugees, hospitals, orphanages
• Apostolic: Go to the poor and needy where they are, missions

Different orders add different vows and ideals

New orders sometimes founded to deal with new challenges in Christianity

The Marianist Family

Historical Context of the French Revolution

• Separation of church and state, secularism
• Privilege of church leaders was intertwined with privileges of monarchy
• Reduction of privilege resembles suppression / oppression
• Suppression / oppression also happened
• Resists the push to reduce religion to a government agency
• Adopts the revolution ideals of equality and cooperation

The Founders

• Marie Thérèse de Lamourous
  • Ran a home for displaced women
  • Not vowed to a religious community
• Adèle de Batz de Trenquelléon
  • Founded an order of sisters/nuns: Daughters of Mary Immaculate
• William Joseph Chaminade
  • Founded an order of priests and brothers: Society of Mary

Characteristics of Marianist Universities

• Educate for formation in faith
  • Figure out what you believe and are committed to, not necessarily catechesis in a particular religious denomination
• Provide an integral, quality education
  • Integral in the sense that whole wheat bread is pan integral, educate the whole person in all subjects and skills helpful for flourishing as a person
• Educate in family spirit
  • The most distinctive
• Educate for service, justice, peace and integrity of creation
  • The same root as integral again, connecting the individual to larger society and environment
• Educate for adaptation and change
  • Compare debates following the French Revolution between fighting to revert to the monarchy or adapt to the republic

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