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		<title>25 Years Celebration, Marist International University College, Nairobi, Kenya.</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The closing of the 25 Years celebration has been initiated with the sport tournament on the 4th and the 5th of February 2012 during which 15 teams from different  Universities were present as participants, Marist International University College, Stratmore University, Cooperative University, Apostles of Jesus and Tangaza College. The competition was composed by Football, Volley Ball, Basket Ball, Net Ball and Karate. The students from different Universities came to Marist International University College where the sport competition took place.<br /><br /> <center> <img src="images/25_1.jpg" width="640" height="480" border="0" alt="" /> <br /><br /> <img src="images/25_2.jpg" width="640" height="480" border="0" alt="" /> <br /><br /> <img src="images/25_3.jpg" width="640" height="480" border="0" alt="" /> <br /><br /> <img src="images/25_4.jpg" width="640" height="480" border="0" alt="" /> <br /><br /> <img src="images/25_5.jpg" width="640" height="480" border="0" alt="" /><br /><br /> <img src="images/25_6.jpg" width="640" height="480" border="0" alt="" /> <br /> </center>  <br /><br />The main celebration to mark the end of the Jubilee of Marist International University College will be on the 10th of February 2012. The celebration will start at 9 am with the Mass which will be presided by the Archbishop or his representative.<br />More than 35 guests as former Students Brothers of MIUC during the 25 years are coming to join the 120 Brothers at MIUC, the biggest Marist community in number. The Marist Brothers are present in more than 17 Countries in Africa.<br />]]></description>
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		<title>Celebration of the Centenary of the Arrival of the Marist Brothers in Fianarantsoa, Madagascar</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Fianarantsoa is one of the cities in Madagascar where the Marist Brothers have their mission. In January 2012, at St Charles&#039;s Parish Church, the Brothers in Fianarantsoa with the christians and young people were in celebration of the 100 years of the presence of Marist Brothers in Madagascar. The opening of the Centenary was on the 13th to 15th of August 2011 in Antsirabe.<br />Here are some photos of the occasion in Fianarantsoa sent by our Bro Tiamaro.<br />If you wish to send news to FMSFRIENDS, write to csandratana(at)yahoo.fr  or  frtiamaro(at)yahoo.fr<br /><br /> <center> <img src="images/fianar1001.JPG" width="640" height="480" border="0" alt="" /> <br />Bros. Denis, Tiamaro, Pierrot and Sylvain.<br /><br /> <img src="images/fianar1002.JPG" width="640" height="480" border="0" alt="" /><br />Bros. Pierrot, Sylvain, Denis, Thomas and Bigotto. <br /><br /> <img src="images/fianar1003.JPG" width="640" height="480" border="0" alt="" /> <br />In the Church, St Charles&#039;s Parish, Ambatomena, Fianarantsoa.  </center><br />]]></description>
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		<title>BEST WISHES FROM POSTULANCY OF THE PROVINCE OF MADAGASCAR</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The formators and the postulants of the Marist province of Madagascar would like to wish all the Marists and friends all over the world MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR 2012. MAY THE NEW BORN CHILD OF MARY BRING ALL OF YOU PEACE AND FREEDOM THROUGHOUT THE COMING YEAR 2012<br />This year, the province has 9 postulants; three of them are in the second year. The postulancy programme lasts for 2 years. After the two years of formation, they will join the noviciate in Rwanda. In the postulancy, there have been some important events like the official opening of the year of formation and the visit of the general counselor, Brother Ernesto Sanchez, in October. We are also preparing for the Christmas and the New Year celebrations. Every year, we also mark the foundation day (2nd of January) in a special way.<br />In the postulancy, there are 4 formators who are working hard to pass on the marist heritage to the young ones in the formation house.<br /><br /> <center><img src="images/DSC04267.JPG" width="640" height="480" border="0" alt="" /><br /><br />Brothers Tiamaro, Denis, Bigotto, a French couple (french teachers) and the postulants</center> ]]></description>
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		<title>100 YEARS - MARIST BROTHERS IN MADAGASCAR</title>
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<center><br><b>CENTENAIRE DE L&#146;ARRIVEE DES FRERES MARISTES &agrave; MADAGASCAR</b><br><br></center>
&#148; Marista mitondra aina vaovao &#147; (Maristes, porteurs de vie nouvelle). Tel est le slogan retenu pour la c&eacute;l&eacute;bration de l&#146;arriv&eacute;e des fr&egrave;res maristes &agrave; Madagascar. Cent ans de labeur et de sacrifices au service de l&#146;&eacute;vang&eacute;lisation. Cent ans d&#146;&eacute;ducation et surtout de pr&eacute;sence aupr&egrave;s des jeunes malgaches !  Une telle occasion m&eacute;rite d&#146;&ecirc;tre marqu&eacute;e non seulement pour f&ecirc;ter l&#146;anniversaire mais &eacute;galement afin de reconna&icirc;tre la mission accomplie par les fr&egrave;res durant toutes ces ann&eacute;es de pr&eacute;sence sur le sol malgache. C&#146;est avant tout un moment fort d&#146;action de gr&#225;ces pour tout le chemin parcouru depuis l&#146;arriv&eacute;e des pionniers sur le sol malgache en 1912. 
<br><br>Saint Marcellin Champagnat, notre Fondateur disait bien : &#148; Si le Seigneur ne b&#225;tit la maison, les b&#225;tisseurs travaillent en vain &#147; (Ps. 126)<br>
Antsirabe et Betafo &eacute;taient les centres  des diff&eacute;rentes manifestations qui se d&eacute;roulaient du 13 au 15 août. Plus de cinq cents personnes ont particip&eacute; directement &agrave; la c&eacute;l&eacute;bration. Chacune des sept &eacute;coles maristes a envoy&eacute; des repr&eacute;sentants compos&eacute;s principalement d&#146;&eacute;l&egrave;ves, d&#146;enseignants et de fr&egrave;res. Les salles de classe du lyc&eacute;e priv&eacute; saint Joseph d&#146;Antsirabe et celles du Coll&egrave;ge Saint Louis de Betafo servaient de g&icirc;te pour les p&egrave;lerins. <br><br>
Betafo est le premier lieu de mission des premiers missionnaires maristes envoy&eacute;s &agrave; Madagascar. Les fr&egrave;res y ont œuvr&eacute; jusqu&#146;en 1976. Actuellement, ce sont les Pr&ecirc;tres sal&eacute;siens qui dirigent l&#146;&eacute;cole et la Paroisse. Les p&egrave;res sal&eacute;siens ont collabor&eacute; avec les fr&egrave;res durant l&#146;organisation et la tenue de ce jubil&eacute;. <br>
Le carnaval autour de la ville d&#146;Antsirabe, le p&egrave;lerinage Antsirabe-Betafo  (une distance de 23km) et la messe d&#146;action de gr&#225;ces dans la Cath&eacute;drale de Betafo le 15 août, ont &eacute;t&eacute; des moments forts de la c&eacute;l&eacute;bration. L&#146;&eacute;v&ecirc;que &eacute;m&eacute;rite d&#146;Antsirabe, Mgr F&eacute;lix Ramananarivo a pr&eacute;sid&eacute; la c&eacute;l&eacute;bration eucharistique, accompagn&eacute; de quelques pr&ecirc;tres, dont le cur&eacute; de la Paroisse Saint Louis de Gonzague de Betafo, son vicaire et quelques pr&ecirc;tres, proches collaborateurs et anciens &eacute;l&egrave;ves des fr&egrave;res maristes. Apr&egrave;s la messe, un repas fraternel a rassembl&eacute; les convives dans la grande salle du Coll&egrave;ge Saint Louis de Betafo pour marquer l&#146;&eacute;v&eacute;nement. L&#146;apr&egrave;s-midi &eacute;tait consacr&eacute;e aux activit&eacute;s culturelles où les &eacute;l&egrave;ves des diff&eacute;rentes &eacute;coles pr&eacute;sentaient des danses sp&eacute;cifiques de leurs r&eacute;gions. &agrave; travers des danses, des discours ainsi que des mouvements d&#146;ensemble de leurs r&eacute;gions d&#146;origine, les &eacute;l&egrave;ves ont r&eacute;ussi &agrave; exprimer leur joie et leur reconnaissance envers les fr&egrave;res maristes pour leur d&eacute;vouement total &agrave; l&#146;&eacute;ducation chr&eacute;tienne de la jeunesse.<br><br>  
Cette c&eacute;l&eacute;bration du centenaire de l&#146;arriv&eacute;e et de la pr&eacute;sence des Fr&egrave;res maristes &agrave; Madagascar s&#146;&eacute;tale sur une ann&eacute;e. Diff&eacute;rentes manifestations et activit&eacute;s sont pr&eacute;vues pour marquer les cent ans de pr&eacute;sence mariste dans la grande &icirc;le. En effet, formation, expositions, conf&eacute;rences-d&eacute;bat et bien d&#146;autres &eacute;v&eacute;nements  sont parmi les activit&eacute;s destin&eacute;es &agrave; c&eacute;l&eacute;brer cet anniversaire.<br><br> 
Puisse la c&eacute;l&eacute;bration de ce jubil&eacute; aider les maristes de Madagascar &agrave; &ecirc;tre plus attentifs aux appels de l&#146;Esprit Saint afin de mieux s&#146;engager dans leur mission. Prions aussi afin qu&#146;ils aient assez de courage et d&#146;audace pour &#148; partir en h&#225;te, avec Marie, vers des terres nouvelles &#147; pour faire conna&icirc;tre et aimer J&eacute;sus Christ &agrave; d&#146;autres jeunes. 
<br><br><i>RAZAFIMANDIMBY Maminiaina Michel, fms<br> 
Province de Madagascar</i> 
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<br><br><center><b>CENTENARY OF THE ARRIVAL OF THE MARIST BROTHERS IN MADAGASCAR</b><br><br>
 <i>(translated by Bro.  Sandratana Camille from the original text in french submited by Bro. Razafimandimby Maminiaina Michel) </i></center>
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"Marista mitondra aina vaovao " (Marist, bringing New Life). This is the slogan for the celebration of the arrival of the Marist Brothers in Madagascar. One hundred years of work and sacrifice in the service of the evangelization. One hundred years of education and especially presence among the  Malagasy youth! Such occasion should be marked not only to celebrate the anniversary but also to recognize the mission accomplished by the Brothers over the years of presence in the land of Madagascar. It is above all a live moment of thanksgiving for all the progress made since the arrival of the pioneers in Madagascar in 1912.
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Our Founder, Saint Marcellin Champagnat, said : "Unless the Lord builds the house, its builders labor in vain" (Ps. 126)<br><br>
Antsirabe and Betafo were the center of the various events taking place from August 13 to 15. More than five hundred persons were directly participants in the celebration. Each one of the seven Marist schools sent some representatives which were composed mainly of students, teachers and brothers. The classrooms of the private school St. Joseph of Antsirabe and the one of the College of Saint Louis Betafo were used as lodging for pilgrims.
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Betafo is the place of mission of the first Marist missionaries sent to Madagascar. The Brothers were working there until 1976. Currently, it is the Salesian priests who run the school and the parish. The Salesian Fathers have collaborated with the Brothers for the organization  of this jubilee.<br><br>
The carnaval around Antsirabe city, the pilgrimage Betafo-Antsirabe (a distance of 23km) and the Mass of thanksgiving in Betafo’s Cathedral on the 15th of August  were the top moment of the celebration. The Bishop Emeritus of Antsirabe, Mgr Felix Ramananarivo, presided the Eucharistic celebration accompanied by some priests of the parish of Saint Louis de Gonzague Betafo, with some  priests, close associates and former students of Marist Brothers. After the Mass, the guests gathered around a fraternal meal in the great Hall of the College Saint Louis in Betafo. The afternoon was dedicated to cultural activities during which students of different schools had specific dances of their regions. Students were happy to express their joy through dances, speeches of their regions of origin. They were gratful to the Marist Brothers for their total dedication to the Christian education for the youth.
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The celebration of the centenary of the arrival and presence of the Marist Brothers in Madagascar will be extended over a year. Various events and activities are planned to mark the centenary of Marist presence in La Grande Ile. Exhibitions, discussions and many other activities are among the agenda to celebrate this anniversary.
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May the celebration of the jubilee of the arrival of the Marist in Madagascar help the Brothers to be more attentive to the calls of the Holy Spirit and to be better commited in their mission. Pray also that they may have enough courage to "Go in haste, with Mary, to a new land" to make Jesus Christ known and loved by many young people.
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<i>Razafimandimby Maminiaina Michel, fms<br>
Province of Madagascar</i>

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