Where we are

France was the cradle of the Marist Sisters’ Congregation and today they are in many countries of the world
structured in the following manner.

The Superior General who lives in Rome holds the responsibility for the Congregation as a whole and is entrusted with the privilege of ensuring that the Charism handed down from our Founders becomes a living reality in today’s church and world.

The Congregation is divided into Units each with its own leader. Given our diversity, the Sisters in each country have designed a way of life best adapted to their local circumstances.

Our historical centre known as ‘The Jeanne Marie Chavoin Centre’ is based in Belley, France and many sisters go there to do research and be renewed in the spirit of the Founders.

At community level Marist Sisters strive to be creative in seeking out ways to express Marist living - "thinking as Mary, judging as Mary, feeling and acting as Mary".

“To be a Marist Sister is to be called by gracious choice to follow Christ in Mary’s way
recognizing her as Mother, model and first and perpetual Superior.” (Const.2)

The sisters engage in a variety of ministries; teaching, nursing, social work, parish ministry chaplaincies, catechetics, retreat work, as well as outreach to those on the margins - prisons, refugees, those who have been trafficked, disabled, etc.

Our sense of mission never dies. Our sisters, even when aged and less active, continute to be a life-giving presence for those around them.

Marist Sisters choose ministries where there is the possibility of fostering the "new church" (People of God), the Marian face of the church, showing the tenderness and compassion of God to those struggling to believe or belong, collaborating with, and enabling others to take up their role in the church and in society.

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