First an apology for not indicating that there would be no Daily Bread on Friday. I was at Camp Marist with close to 100 students and faculty for part of our Leadership Training Program, Camp Champagnat. It was going very well when I left Friday evening and will conclude at noon today.
Also today, seventeen Marist Brothers will celebrating their Jubilees at the Immaculate Conception Center in Douglaston, Long Island, representing 1,140 years of Marist Consecrated Life. Brother Valerian T. Doiron, at age 97, close to 98, will be celebrating 80 years as a Marist Brother. Needless to say, this is a rare, almost unique milestone in American Marist history, or even in the global Marist World. Br. Bernard Curtin, reaches 75 years, another rarity, and four brothers have reached their 70th anniversary. Eight, their 60th, and four, their 5oth. One brother, his 25th, a mere "child" among these record-breaking veterans. Marists from all corners of the province will join the Jubilarians for a Mass of Thanksgiving, at which we will all renew our vows, and continue the feast over a fine meal. St. Marcellin left us an injunction in his Spiritual Testament, to "love our vocations, to be faithful and steadfast to them to the end with manly courage." He reminds us that "there are difficulties in leading the life of a good religious, but grace sweetens all their bitterness, Jesus and Mary will come to your aid, and besides life is soon over and eternity never ends." (The Spiritual Testament of Joseph Benedict Marcellin Champagnat). These brother jubilarians have taken these words to heart and serve as models for all Marists, vowed and lay. Ad Multos Annos!
Bro. Rene
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