Vitality of Marist studies
This ‘forum’ which usually appears once a year, provides a place of exchange for research in the field of the history and spirituality of the congregation. Many Marists and others contribute. Together all volumes form a substantial library of studies. As the logo, the tree with many branches indicates, the journal includes material on the other Marist branches as well. The articles may relate to the religious history of France and the Pacific, the field of spirituality then and today, and Marian spirituality. They study religious founders and foundations and open up a perspective for Marist, religious and Church life and mission today.
The name – the journal
In 1816 twelve young men promised to begin the Society of Mary at the Marian shrine above the city of Lyon, Fourvière. The Latin name was Forum vetus. From there the journal takes its name. Forum Novum is the place to present something of the life, history, and spirituality of this congregation today. Forum Novum was published for the first time in the autumn of 1989. Since then 12 volumes have been published (the more recent ones appear on this website). Publication is under the direction of the superior general and his council. At this time Fr Alois Greiler sm is editor and the main driving force behind the journal.
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Forum Novum Vol 22.2 - December 2020
Marist Historiography
Seven Contributions
I. Marist Studies 1816 – 2020
♦ From Jeantin to Coste. A survey on Marist Studies in the 20th century
II. Marists Sources
♦ Marist Journals from 1836 to 2020
♦ Marist Iconography and Jean-Claude Colin
♦ The Spanish Mystics as Source for Colin’s Thinking
IV. Marist Hermeneutics
♦ Thougths on Marist Hermeneutics
Forum Novum Vol 22.1 - December 2020
I. Marist History
♦ Lionel Roos Jourdan, Le voyage des missionnaires maristes depuis Toulon aux Antipodes. – illustrations
II. Marists in Education
♦ Leon M. Olszamowski sm, Venerable Jean-Claude Colin, s.m. A Saintly Educator for His Times and Ours
♦ Alois Greiler sm, Marist Sponsored Schools in Europe Today
♦ Alois Greiler sm, Selected Bibliography on Marist Schools, their History and their Ethos
III. Marist Spirituality and Theology
♦ Tom Ryan sm, Colin, Moral Theology and Pastoral Practice
♦ Youssouph Stev Youm sm, Prophetic Personality of Jean-Claude Colin and its Moral Impact on Marist Missionaries Today
IV. Marists and Laudato Si’
♦ Bernard McKenna sm, Something Old – Something New. Exploring Frameworks for Marist Eco-Spirituality and Practice
♦ Sam Tukidia sm, Marist Spirituality and Laudato Si’: Towards Possible Ecologically-Inclusive Frameworks for Marist Life and Mission
♦ Gaston Lessard sm, En homage à la mémoire de Bernard Bourtot (1940-2020)
Forum Novum Vol 21.2 - December 2019
Forum Novum Vol 21.1 - December 2019
I. Marist History
♦ + Jean Coste sm, Le Blason de la Société de Marie
♦ + Jean Coste sm, The Coat of Arms of the Society of Mary
♦ Alois Greiler sm, A Short History of Marists in Schools in Michigan, USA
II. Marist Spirituality
♦ Youssouph Stev Youm sm, Pour une réponse Mariste de la crise migratoire
♦ +Edwin L. Keel sm, Disciple of Her Son: Mary in the Life of the Church.The Society of Mary
♦ Alois Greiler sm, Villa Maria: From the House of Mary to the Marian Church
♦ Grazia Anna Morelli smsm, L’unione intima e costante con Dio in Suor Marie de la Croix
♦ Grazia Anna Morelli smsm, L’union intime et constant avec Dieu en Soeur Marie de la Croix
III. International Lay Marist Conference Ireland 2019
♦ Niamh Brennan, The Human Person in an Evolving Universe. Introducing Creation Spirituality
♦ Niamh Brennan, Der Mensch in einem sich entwickelndem Universum. Hinführung zur Schöpfungsspiritualität
♦ Maureen Meatcher, How do we live out our Call as Lay Marists in Today’s World? Colin’s Vision for the Society of Mary
♦ John Larsen sm, Discerning Together Paths for Marists to Walk Confidently into the Future
IV. The Cause of Fr Colin
♦ Ron Nissen sm, Chronology of the Cause (1875-2019)
♦ Alois Greiler sm – Ron Nissen sm, Literature on the Cause of Father Colin
♦ Alois Greiler sm, The Writings of Jean-Claude Colin (1790-1875)
♦ Ron Nissen sm, Reluctant Saint? The Cause for Beatification of Marist Founder,Fr. Jean-Claude Colin
V. The Colin-Biography by Justin Taylor
♦ Justin Taylor sm, Was Jean-Claude Colin a Founder?
♦ Book Review: Justin Taylor, Jean-Claude Colin, Adelaide, 2018
VI. Mission and Missiology
♦ Cor Rademaker sscc, Katholieke Oceaniëmissies in 1837. De Mannen van Coudrin en Colin
♦ Cor Rademaker sscc, The Catholic Missions in Oceania in 1837. Colin’s and Coudrin’s Men
♦ Frans Wijsen, Van ‘missiethuisfront’ naar ‘missionaire parochie’: Honderd Jaar Nederlands Missie in Vogelvlucht
♦ Frans Wijsen, From ‘Mission Home Front’ to ‘Missionary Parish’: An Overview of a Century of Dutch Missions
Obituary: Edwin Leo Keel sm (1943-2019)
Forum Novum Vol 20 - December 2018
I. Marist Beginnings
♦ Jean Coste sm, The Mandate Given to Marcellin Champagnat by his companions in 1816. An essay on the history of the tradition.
♦ Gaston Lessard sm, Le projet de Société de Marie en 1817
♦ Gaston Lessard sm, The Planned Society of Mary in 1817
II. Life of the Early Marist Missionaries
♦ Lionel Roos-Jourdan, Nourritures missionnaires. De l’importance de l’alimentation et de ses conséquences sur les missionnaires, la Mission et le territoire
♦ Lionel Roos-Jourdan, Images et Missions Maristes d’Océanie – ILLUSTRATION
♦ Mervyn Duffy sm, We Worship God Better than in the Finest Churches. Liturgy and the early Catholic Missionaries to New Zealand – ILLUSTRATION
III. German Marists and World War II
♦ Alois Greiler sm, In the School of the Cross. The German Marists 1933 tot 1950
♦ Alois Greiler sm (text) – Elizabeth Charlton (research), From Samoa to Somes and back. The Internment of Father Albert Merten sm and Brother Joseph (Julius) Krieger sm during World War II
IV. Marist Spirituality
♦ Gaston Lessard sm, Decision Making and Marist Spirituality. A reading of three passages from Mayet’s Memoirs: The 1845 deliberations on purchasing a house in Paris
♦ Fritz Arnold sm, God Comes from the Future to Us. Prphetic and Mystical Thinking of Colin, the Founder of our Soicety of Mary
Book presentation:
♦ Justin Taylor sm, Jean-Claude Colin. A reluctant Founder, Adelaide, ATF, 2018
Forum Novum Vol 19.2 - December 2017
Forum Novum Vol 19.1 - December 2017
I. Marist Study Day, Auckland, 5 June 2017
♦ Alois Greiler sm, Marist Spirituality in a Trinitarian Key
♦ Justin Taylor sm, The Context of the Work of Mary
♦ Gemma Wilson sm, the Early History of the Marist Sisters
♦ Edward Clisby fms, A Short History
♦ Romuald Gibson fms, Over-view of the Past 200 Years of Our Congregations
♦ Patricia Leamy smsm, Collaborators in “Continung the mission of Mary in the Church”
II. Marist Street Names
♦ Alois Greiler sm, Streets Named after Marists in Germany
♦ Anthony King sm, The Streets Where You Live, Fifty Years of Marist History at Toongabbie 1938-1988
♦ Elizabeth Charlton, Marist Street Names in New Zealand – Map
III. Marist History
♦ Gail Reneker sm, Jane Frances sm, Rosemary Simon sm, Living Our Marist Story
♦ Alois Greiler sm, The American Missions and the Early Marists. A Pre-History of the US-Provinces
♦ Elizabeth Charlton, We shall remember them: Our World War One Chaplains
IV. Marist Spirituality
♦ Anthony King sm, A Marist’s Reflection on Mary
♦ Gerard Hall sm, Return to Origins: Fourvière and the Many-Branched Marist Tree
♦ Gerard Hall sm, Retour aux origines: Fourvière et l’arbre mariste aux multiples branches
♦ Gaston Lessard sm, Charles Girard (1935-2017): Souvenirs d’un collègue
♦ Gaston Lessard sm, Charles Girard (1935-2017): A colleague remembers
Forum Novum Vol 18 - December 2016
I. Bicentenary of Fourvière 1816-2016 / Le bicentenaire de Fourvière 1816-2016
♦ Gaston Lessard sm
Pour le bicentenaire de la promesse de Fourvière
For the bicentenary of the Fourvière Pledge
♦ Faustino Ferrari sm
Appedix Monitum of Archibishop John Thomas Troy (1739-1823), Dublin, 12 January 1793
♦ John Hannan sm
The Fourvière-Promise for Us Today
La promesse de Fourvière pour nous aujourd’hui
La Promesa de Fourvière para nosotros hoy
II. Marist History and Spirituality / Histoire et spiritualité mariste
♦ Lionel Roos-Jourdan
Maristes et Marins, ou le goupillon et le sabre dans la rade de Toulon
♦ Edwin L. Keel sm
S’ouvrir à l’Esprit de la Société. La rhétorique d’un texte
To Open Oneself to the Spirit of the Society. The Rhetoric of a Text
Communion as Mission. Where Ministry, Community and Spirituality Intersect
♦ Alois Greiler sm
Colin and Mary and Marists Today
♦ Anthony Kennedy sm
Going to the Peripheries – Fr Pierre Bouillon sm in the South Solomons
♦ Mervyn Duffy sm
Antoine Garin – A Marist Saint?
♦ Roland Lajoie sm
Forum Novum Vol 17 - December 2015
Marist History and Spirituality / Histoire et spiritualité mariste
♦ Jean Coste sm
Le père Colin et la Société de Marie avant le grand séminaire
♦ Peter McMurrich sm
The 150th Anniversary of Villa Maria Monastery 2015
♦ Lionel Roos-Jourdan
Hommes de foi, hommes de sciences. Missionnaires maristes et ethnographes en Océanie
♦ Rafael Rámila sm
Simposio sobre María de Agreda. Roma 29-30 de octubre del 2015.
Marists in Education / Maristes en éducation
♦ Philippe Paturel
♦ Alois Greiler sm
Marist Ethos in a Global World. 90 Years of St. Mary’s College Blackburn
♦ 23 July 1816 – 23 July 2016: Bi-Centeneray of the Fourvière Pledge. A dossier
Forum Novum Vol 16 - December 2014
Réseau Européen Éducation Mariste – Forum 2014 à Toulon
European Marist Education Network – 2014 Forum in Toulon
♦ Bernard Bourtot sm
– Présence mariste dans le Var
– Marist Presence in the County Var
♦ Alois Greiler sm
– The One-Page Rule. Colinian Inspiration for Independent Thinking in Marist Education Today
– La règle d’une page. L’inspiration de Colinpour une pensée libre sur l’éducation mariste aujourd’hui
♦ Lionel Roos-Jourdan
– Les Maristes de la Seyne, le collège des R.R.P.P. maristes durant son premier siècle
Marist History and Spirituality /Histoire et spiritualité mariste
♦ Jan Hulshof sm
– Father Colin and Spiritual leadership
– ’Leader and Servant’ (Luke 22:26 inConst. 177)
♦ Lionel Roos-Jourdan
– Jean Baptiste Podevigne, mariste,missionnaire et marin. L’aumônier baroudeur de Dieu
♦ Ken Scadden
– Brief History of Mount Street Cemetery Wellington
♦ Bernard Thomasset sm
– Éducation dans la deuxième génération mariste : 1854-1880
♦ Thomas G. Dalzell sm
– The Marists and All Hallows College
♦ Gerald Arbuckle sm
– The ‘Francis Factor’ and the People of God
♦ Jan Snijders sm
– The Marist Founding Myth
♦ Gaston Lessard sm
– About “the Marist Founding Myth”
Forum Novum Vol 15 - December 2013
Forum Novum Vol 14 - December 2012
Colin: Marian, mystical and missionary spirituality
♦ Jean-Claude Colin
Discours d’ouverture d’une mission
♦ Friedrich Arnold sm
Transformation of Fr. Colin by Tasting God in Cerdon
♦ Fernando Ingente sm
Father Colin’s Perspective on Marist Novitiate Formation
♦ Gaston Lessard sm
L’humilité de Marie et de Jésus
♦ Gerard Hall sm
Marist Mission as Prophetic Dialogue
♦ Pierre Allard sm
Connaître davantage Marie pour l’aimer plus
Marist History and Spirituality /Histoire et spiritualité mariste
♦ Carlo-Maria Schianchi sm
Causa Colin – yesterday and today
♦ Jan Snijders sm
1842 Part 1: A Quiet Period in Between
♦ Bernard Bourtot sm
Les pères maristes à Verdelais au tournant du 19e siècle : 1880-1930
♦ Alois Greiler sm
Marist Ethos in Our Schools Then and Now
♦ Hugh Laracy, Patrick O’Reilly
♦ Claire Fabre
Une evocation scénographiée des origines maristes à La Neylière
Forum Novum Vol 13 - December 2011
Marists and Education
♦ Tony Hanna
Some of the Challenges facing Catholic Education
Certains défis auxquels l’éducation catholique se trouve confrontée
♦ Kevin Quigley
Catholic Education in a Society that is either indifferent or hostile
L’éducation catholique dans une société qui se montre soit indifférente, soit hostile
Colin and Marist Spirituality
♦ José Rodriguez sm
Nature and foundations. Chapter 1 CS
♦ Jan Hulshof sm
The Religious Superior and Spiritual Leadership
Le supérieur religieux et le leadership spirituel
♦ Alois Greiler sm
God’s grace towards me was not in vain. A reflection on the Pauline Dimension of Marist Spirituality
♦ Alois Greiler sm
♦ Dossier: Prayers and Blessings by Father Colin
Marist history
♦ Hugh Laracy
St Patrick on Bougainville, Papua New Guinea
♦ Justin Taylor sm
Reading the Bible in the Time of the Curé of Ars
Marist Iconography
♦ Mervyn Duffy sm
Investigating the Marist Crest: 1 Precursors
♦ Katherine Foi
A report on Marist Photos, Fiji
Forum Novum Vol 12 - December 2010
The new Constitutions
♦ J. Rodriguez SM
Las nuevas Constituciones : una respuesta de fidelidad creativa y un instrumento de renovación de la SM
♦ J. Rodriguez SM
The New Constitutions, a response in creative fidelity and an instrument of renewal of the SM
♦ K. Duffy SM
Constitutions Chapter Five: Entering Nazareth
♦ A. Greiler SM
Do Great Things for God like Mary
♦ The Marist (SM) Constitutions
A Bibliography
Marist History and Spirituality
♦ B. Bourtot SM
Les Pères Maristes à Montbel (1852-1903)
♦ P. É. Vachon SM
Pédagogie mariste
♦ H. Laracy
Of Missionaries and Mariners: Marists, Milanese and the Vicariate of Melanesia, 1845-1859
♦ J. Thornhill SM
More of the Same or a New Impetus for Our Marist Mission?
Forum Novum Vol 11 - December 2009
Contents
Présentation – H. Bonnet-Eymard sm
Presentation – H. Bonnet-Eymard sm
Marists after Vatican II / Maristes après Vatican II
►A Greiler sm
Marists at Vatican II
►A. Brambila fms
Les Frères Maristes et le sacerdoce après Vatican II
►J. Hopkinson sm
A Marist’s Missionary Journey in the Latin American Church. In the Spirit of Vatican II, Medellin, Puebla and Aparecida
►J. Hopkinson sm
Un caminar de un misionero marista por la iglesia de America Latina en el espiritu del Vaticano II, Medellin, Puebla y Aparecida
►J. Hulshof sm
Peter and Mary. A Chapter of Marist Spirituality
►J. Hulshof sm
Pietro e Maria.Un capitolo della spiritualità marista
►H. Kronenberg sm – H. Saris sm
Catechists and Church Workers in the church of Bougainville
►P. Westerman sm
Présence attentive dans notre temps
►J. Thornhill sm
The Society of Mary in the Aftermath of Vatican II
Marists and Education / Maristes et éducation
►B. Malone sm
Colin and Colleges
►M. Á. Ramírez González sm
María de Guadualupe, un modelo pedagógico para nuesto tiempo. El caso del Colegio Franco Inglés en México
Short Notices – Notices Brèves
►P. Leamy smsm,
Auxiliaries of the Marist Missionaries–Women’s perspectives
►A. Kennedy sm, S. Faka’osi sm, M. Crawford sm, P. Matairatu sm, G. Momis sm, R. Girana sm, S. Maetara sm
The First Oceanian Marist: Petelo Likumoakaaka
►E. Keel sm,
The Logo for Forum Novum and Maristica
►G. Lessard sm,
Forum Novum de 1989 à 1999
►G. Lessard sm,
Forum Novum from 1989 to 1999
►G. Bigotto fms,
A dix ans de la Canonisation