Attentive to the cry of the poor, and the demands of social justice, we shall be concerned about the needs and rights of those who suffer… We shall work to promote justice and charity which are an integral part of the Gospel message.

Stabat Mater
O how sad and sore distressed
Was that Mother, highly blest
Of the sole-begotten One.

By “Tasting God … that feeling that delights not only the senses, but also the heart and makes us vibrate towards our deepest call … we begin our journey in Marist spirituality and discovers that our call is for the community and within a community, discovering that it is with God and for God at the same time. A call that does not seek to impose itself but rather to accompany, in the style of Mary, the one whose heart is wounded.

Stabat Mater
Through her heart, His sorrow sharing,
All his bitter anguish bearing,
Now at length the sword has passed.

For Fr. Colin, SM, the communion of mind and heart was basic to the very mission of the Society. It would be the means by which Marists learn to discover the Gospel together and live it as Mary did.

Stabat Mater
At the cross her station keeping,
Stood the mournful Mother weeping,
Near her Son until the end.