The Document
PROPOSALS FOR ACTION
1. To continue to support the Champagnat Movement of the Marist Family, and to work actively with other people attracted to our charism in exploring new ways through which their vocations can be recognised and supported in the life of the Church; 2. to support the developing of local communities of brothers and lay people to share Marist life, spirituality and mission; 3. to develop, in the AUs and the regions, formation experiences (both specific and shared) which are inspired, amongst other things, by the documents In The Footsteps of Marcellin Champagnat, Water from the Rock, and Gathered Around the Same Table; 4. to establish an international commission, composed of brothers and lay people, with the goal of developing a guide for shared formation, allowing for various cultural and regional differences; 5. to enlarge the operation of the Bureau of Laity and to increase, as appropriate for each place, the involvement of lay Marists in various structures of animation at regional and provincial level; 6. to hold another International Marist Mission Assembly, along the lines of Mendes; 7. to enliven vocations ministry through a co-operative effort of brothers and lay people.
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