Dear Marists of Champagnat! Greetings from NYC! I am writing to you once again to share with you information about young people in initial formation from all over the region. With pleasure I present to you some scholastics from the province of Norandina. As Marists of...

The Arco Norte Regional Committee Meeting took place in Guatemala from September 28th-30th, 2019. The attendees included were: Br. José Sánchez Bravo, American Commission of Provincials (CAP) Coordinator; Br. Gregorio Linacero, Coordinator of the Committee; Br....

Following the calls of the XXII General Chapter of the Marist Institute of building and strengthen our identity as a global family within the different regions of the Institute, we the postulants and pre-postulants from the region of Arco Norte, had a virtual...

Within the framework of the week for Laudato Si', on May 23, the members of the Arco Norte and América Sur regions met virtually for the presentation of the Integral Ecology Bulletin initiative, by the Integral Ecology thematic group, formed in the Second Assembly of...

From October 21st to 25th, 2019, the Provincial Councils of Canada, USA, Central and Occidental Mexico, Central America, and Norandina joined together in Long Branch, New Jersey in the USA. They met as a part of the plan for the Arco Norte Region to reorganize the...

On June 29th the Provincials of the Arco Norte Region met by videoconference: Brothers Gérard Bachand, Patrick McNamara, José Sánchez, César Augusto Rojas, Miguel Ángel Santos, and Hipólito Pérez, along with João Carlos do Prado and Ken McDonald as liaisons for the...

“Life is a movement forward!” This is the title that could be used to introduce the Assembly of Canada that was held from July 30 to August 1. Indeed, August 1, 2021, is a pivotal date for Marists in Canada, lay people and brothers. The Province of Canada became the...

On April 12, the American Conference of Provincials (CAP) was held, with the theme Leadership in times of uncertainty, where the 10 Marist Provinces of the continent shared their experiences in the context of the pandemic in both regions: Arco Norte and América Sur.

The Province of México Occidental held its XX Provincial Chapter from 17 to 19 July at the “Spacio La Valla” in Guadalajara. During the celebration, Br. Luis Enrique assumed his mandate as provincial. The new provincial council was also elected for the next three years. others Ernesto Sánchez (Superior General), Brother João Carlos Do Prado (General Councillor) and Brothers Luis Felipe González and José Sánchez from the Province of México Central were present in person. The sessions were accompanied virtually by four Brothers capitulants who joined us from Haiti, several lay Marists, Mexican Brothers and Brothers from the Haitian sector.

On December 2, the regional team for the Formation of Lays met to close the activities of 2021. Despite the challenge of two years in a pandemic, quarantines and isolation, this group of Marists from Champagnat managed to share the lay processes that their provinces...