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Marist Fathers

LC control no.n 88183187
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Corporate name headingMarist Fathers
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Variant(s)Maristes
Society of Mary (Lyon, France)
Societas Mariae (Lyon, France)
Société de Marie (Lyon, France)
S.M. (Societas Mariae)
See alsoFounder: Colin, Jean-Claude, 1790-1875
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Special noteNot the same as: Marist Brothers (see NAR n 80141987)
Do not confuse with: Marianists (see NAR n 79040177)
Found inGioannetti, Franco. Jean-Claude Colin, una spiritualità per il nostro tempo. English. A spirituality for our time, 1989: page 9, etc. (Society of Mary; Marist Fathers; Marists)
Kapsner, Oliver Leonard. Catholic religious orders, 1957 (Marist Fathers; variant names: Maristes; Society of Mary; Societas Mariae, Société de Marie (Lyon); abbreviated as S.M.; founded 1816 in France by Jean Claude Colin; present in the United States since 1863)
LC data base, July 18, 1989 (hdg.: Marist Fathers)
New Catholic encyclopedia. Second edition, 2003: volume 9, page 176 (Marist Fathers; The Society of Mary (SM, Official Catholic Directory #0780), whose members are known as Marists, is distinct from another congregation of the same title, the members of which are called Marianists, although both societies began in France at about the same time; founded informally by Jean Claude Marie Colin in 1816; initial approval was received from Rome in 1822; Colin's original concept of a single four-branched society has developed over time into a family of independent congregations; aside from the Marist Fathers, these are the Marist Brothers, the Marist Sisters, and the Marist Missionary Sisters)
Society of Mary/Marist Fathers and Brothers website, viewed February 23, 2024: link to About page (under Founder: founded by Jean Claude Colin; Rome approved the Society of Mary, Marist Fathers, in April, 1836)
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