THE MARIST BROTHERS.

Lyttelton Times, Volume LXIX, Issue 8395, 2 February 1888, Page 5

THE MARIST BROTHERS .

The Roman Catholic Boys’ Schools in Christchurch are about to be taken of by members of the Society knows aa t&a Manat Brothers. Already one of Brothers is in the city, and several otboae are expected to arrive within a few day*. As the confraternity is new to many, oven of the Catholics, here, the following Information as to its status and work will appropriate to the present time. The religious congregation of the Little Brothers of Mary, usually called the lOkM Brothers, was founded in 1817 by the Abbe Ghampagnat, and introduced intothe British Isles in 1852, and into the Colonfec in 1866. The congregation was formally approved by the Holy See on Jan. 9, 1868. Its object is twofold—the sanctification of its own members and the Christian education of youth. The Brothers conduct parish schools, middle-class schools (day and evening), and boarding schools. The Society last year comprised 8600 Brothers, 524 schools, with an average attendance of about 80,000 children, who, under their fostering care, receive the blessing of a sound Christian education. The British Province, besides the establishments in the British Isles, has also houses in Sonth Africa, Australia, New Zealand, New Caledonia, Canada, and the United States. The Brothers have a Novitiate in Sydney for the Australian Colonies.