St Marcellin Champagnat Biography

St Marcellin Champagnat Biography

In France on the 20th of may 1789, St Marcellin Champagnat was born. He grew up on a farm
with his mum and dad. When Marcellin was 11 he did not like school and definitely did not like the
teachers as they were strict and abusive also when he was young a priest came up to him and
suggested to go and study being a priest and for the first couple of years he found the studying very
very hard.

Marcellin was older than all his classmates he failed his first training college for priests so he was
sent immediately home  but he was sent to an organisation because of his mum and some local
priests and sooner on he became the patron saint of teachers and education.

Marcellin Champagnat had a dream to make more boys/men follow Jesus and not become a
priest so he made a organisation called the marist brothers. Marcellin's other dream was to make
our saviour Jesus Christ known and loved.

After Marcellin founded the Marist brothers (who my dad works for) he figured out just why he called the
organisation the Marist Brothers so he looked onto the name some more and though Marist is in the
way of Mary and the brothers men that the men are the brothers of Mary,Jesus and God he wanted
us all to be apart of one family.

Finally after he told all the brothers about why he chose the name for them he told them one big
thing that could change their whole lives… first they had to change their names to something
different then what they have and second of all they were not aloud to get married or have kids
they had to put their life to god and nothing else. But in 2012 they made a decision that they were
aloud to get married and have kids but they could not get any more job and had to travel the world for
a long long time that is what my dad does but they are not call marist brothers they are called marist
lay but the brothers now can not go and get married it is only the people that would like a wife and
kids but also put their life to god .

Marcellin died of cancer on the 6st of june 1840 he was only 51 years of age when he died.
Marcellin was Canonized on the 18th of April 1999 by the pope, Pope John.I cannot see a child
without wanting to let him know how much Jesus Christ has loved him and how much he should,
in return, love the divine Savior...This is one of St Marcellin's famous quotes it has a big impact of
people's life to know and love Jesus.

I think St Marcellin Champagnat is a great person because he was always looking for the
people who don't believe in god and jesus and help them learn about Jesus and then the
non-believers know and love jesus and also St Marcellin had a dream to make boys and men
believe more in Jesus so when Marcellin dies the brothers will keep his tradition by teaching others
to love Jesus.


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