The Founder of the Society of Mary
On Friday last news was received by cable- from Europe by tlio Very Rev. Father Regnault, S.M./ Provincial of the Society of Maryj that the founder of the Order, Father Joan Claude Colin, had been declared venerable by the Congregation of Rites at Rome. Jean Claude Colin was bora in France in 1790, and whilst in' college preparing for the priesthood he conceived the idea of founding the Marist Order, which received the approbation of the Holy See in 1836. Among the first members of the society were the Blessed Peter Chanel, the Venerable Father Champagnat, Father Bataillon, and Father Servant. The Venerable Jean Claude Colin died on November 15, 1875. A more extended notice will appear in our next issue.
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New Zealand Tablet, 17 December 1908, Page 17
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128The Founder of the Society of Mary New Zealand Tablet, 17 December 1908, Page 17
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