It was released a book about Scouting in the schools of the Brasil Sul-Amazônia Province

A book that recovers the history of the performance of the Marist Brothers in the Scout Movement of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, in the Brasil Sul-Amazônia Province, was released on April 17, in Porto Alegre.

The storybook, written by Lourival Francisco dos Santos Junior, current director of the Tupã-Ci Scout Group (Colégio Marista Rosário – Porto Alegre), is entitled “Scouting in the Marist Colleges of Rio Grande do Sul: Contributions of the Marist Brothers for the development of the Scout Movement in the State”, and was published by the PUCRS publishing house.

During the launch of the book, which took place in the library of the Rosário Marist College, Br. Dionísio Rodrigues, Vice Provincial, highlighted the relevance of the theme chosen for the work: “The book is, in itself, a living and present memory. The result of this intense work fills us with pride, since it makes a historical review of Scouting in Marist schools, and the preservation of memory regarding the contribution that the Marist Brothers made to this Movement. Being aware of how significant that association was, and continues to be, in the comprehensive training of children, adolescents, and young people; not only here in Rio Grande do Sul, but all over the world, it’s very powerful.”

The book on the Marist mission, the fruit of over 15 years of research by the author, records important aspects of the history of 22 scout groups that worked in different cities in the state of Rio Grande do Sul, between 1925 and 2002, and it also contains biographies of the main Marist Brothers who contributed to the development of scout groups in these educational spaces.

At the event, the author of the book, together with the regional representative of the Scout Movement, handed a decoration to the province on behalf of the Scouts of Brazil. The digital version of the book can be downloaded for free from the publisher’s website, by accessing this link