--Fraternal Life in Community

     In every Marianist community we aim to live in such a way that the presence of God is felt.  By an atmosphere of fraternal charity and shared faith, we seek to grow in prayer and in the search for God.

    In communities inspired by faith, we seek to live like the first community of Jerusalem, having but one heart and one soul.  thus we hope to bear witness to the presence of Christ and to show that, still today, the gospel can be lived in all the force of its letter and spirit.

     The Marianist community aims to be an image of the first community of Jesus' disciples, united with Mary and filled with the Holy Spirit.  We give ourselves to community life in order to bear witness to God's love, to attain holiness, and to fulfill our apostolic mission.

     We form a new family, based on the gospel of the Lord, in which we share in common prayer, friendship, possessions, work, successes, and difficulties.  We aim to make family spirit the distinctive mark of our communities, growing in the characteristics of Mary, particularly her faith, humility, simplicity, and hospitality.

     In all things, we strive to make our community a schola amoris, where seek to see Him in all peoples, and to strive to give of ourselves wholly and completely.