'Now is the Time'

This was the catch cry and theme for our recent Joint Formation Encounter between Marist Brothers' and Lay Marists in Mittagong. In the words of Br Pau Fornells, the Director of Marist Bureau of the Laity, he said

• It is a time of thinking of the Church being born.


• It is a time of building together, as Marist Companions, the Church that Jesus spirit wants here today in Oceania.


• It is a time of listening to the call of God together again.


• Yes, it is a time of sharing our call: “You will be my witnesses in Jerusalem, in the whole Judea and Samaria, and until the confines of the earth” (Act 1, 8).


• It is a time of being brothers and sisters in the same mission trusted by the Lord: the children and young, especially the most in need.


• It is the time of the Spirit that He wants to outpour once again on his Church.


• Yes, it is a time of making community, gathered around the same table.

Attached is the photo of the members who attended the Formation.