Our Service

Missionary Service

Going where the Church asks, including places where the Gospel is newly heard.

The Society of Mary was missionary from its first years, when confrères were sent to Oceania knowing they would probably not return. That willingness to be sent is still part of what it means to be a Marist.

Mission today

In practice it means serving in remote districts, learning local languages, accepting assignments far from home, and handing over work to local clergy and lay leadership as soon as they are ready to carry it.

African Marists are now themselves missionaries, sent within the continent and beyond it.

The people behind it

Marists serving in this apostolate

Br. P. Christian NGOURA, SM

Brother, Health Post Coordinator

Sainte-Marie Mission, Dakar · Senegal

Our apostolates

Other areas of Marist service

Pastoral Ministry

Parish life, the sacraments and the ordinary, patient care of the people entrusted to us.

Education

Schools and teaching, where faith and learning are offered together to the young.

Youth Ministry

Walking with young people as they work out what to believe and how to live.

Formation

Accompanying candidates and confrères through the long work of becoming a Marist.

Missionary Service

Going where the Church asks, including places where the Gospel is newly heard.

Social and Community Development

Practical solidarity: health, water, livelihoods and the dignity of the poor.

See all our service

Vocations

Is God calling you to a life of service and mission?

Every Marist vocation begins with a quiet question. If that question is alive in you, we would be glad to walk with you as you listen for the answer.

Discover the Marist vocation Speak with the vocation team