The XIII Superior General of the Society of Mary, Rev. David Fleming, gives a brief tour of Blessed Chaminade’s room in Bordeaux, France.

View more photos of our visit to La Madeleine on our Flickr set.

LIVE FROM BORDEAUX: International Marianists participating in Horizons 2010 celebrate the French national holiday in Bordeaux, France on July 14, 2010.

The Palace, The Grand Trianon, Marie-Antoinette’s Estate and The Gardens…all in one day!

This pretty much sums up our day.

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From day 1 in Europe. First stop: Madrid, July 6, 2010. More photos on Flickr.

Reflection presented at Province Gathering 2010
Session 2: Celebrating our beginnings
Thursday, July 1, 2010, 9:15 a.m.
Hyatt Regency North Ballroom
Louisville, Kentucky

My Marianist story began seven years ago when, as a contact, I applied for—and was accepted to—the Marianist formation program. Since then, I have lived in four different parts of the Province: San Antonio as an aspirant; Dayton as a first-year novice; St. Louis as a second-year novice; and San Antonio as a temporary professed—and, as of last October, a perpetually professed.

Throughout my entire life in the Society of Mary, I have known and lived in only one province: the Province of the United States. Therefore, the story of the first eight years of the province coincides with my own formation as a Marianist brother. As I reflect on these past seven years, …

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