
Br. Ernesto, Superior General: “Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!”
Dear Marists of Champagnat.
This Christmas, in the Church, we begin the Jubilee Year 2025, with the motto “Pilgrims of Hope”. We will also celebrate in the Institute the two hundredth anniversary of the inauguration of the House of Notre-Dame de l’Hermitage and we will have the XXIII General Chapter, with the theme “Hermitage 200: home for all, river of Life”. It is an invitation to each of our Marist communities and works to listen to the voice of the Spirit and to be a home for all. For this, we are enlightened this Christmas by Jesus, Mary and Joseph, who formed the Sacred Family that inspires and accompanies us.
In this time of great challenges in our world, let us be pilgrims of hope, with fraternal life and solidarity.
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
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Br. Ernesto Sánchez Barba, Superior General