To Be A Marist

These are the texts of the Retreat Conferences given by Justin Taylor throughout the Society in 2007 and 2008.

The Spanish translation of the retreat talks is by Fr Luis De La Cámara of the Province of Europe, Region of Spain

They are presented here as PDF files. The free reader for this type of file (Adobe Reader) is available at the Adobe products site

The Whole Series

• All the talks in a single volume (118 pages - 623 KB)

The Talks individually

• Prologue (11 KB)
• 1. Mary, Support of the Church at its Birth (38 KB)
• 2. Mary, Support of the Church at the End of Time (40 KB)
• 3. The Earliest Church, Sole Model of the Society of Mary (42 KB)
• 4. Mary, the Church and her Society (60 KB)
• 5. What is Marist Spirituality (60 KB)
• 6. Crossing the Threshold (56 KB)
• 7. Being Contemplative in the Midst of Action (67 KB)
• 8. The Spirit of the Society of Mary (13 KB)
• 9. The Challenge of Fr Colin (70 KB)
• Epilogue (7 KB)

en Español (tr. Luis De La Cámara SM)

• PROLOGO
• 1 MARÍA, APOYO DE LA IGLESIA NACIENTE
• 2 MARÍA, APOYO DE LA IGLESIA EN LOS ÚLTIMOS TIEMPOS
• 3 LA IGLESIA NACIENTE,UNICO MODELO DE LA SOCIEDAD DE MARÍA
• 4 MARIA, LA IGLESIA Y LA SOCIEDAD DE MARÍA
• 5 ¿QUÉ ES LA ESPIRITUALIDAD MARISTA?
• 6 CRUZANDO EL UMBRAL
• 7 CONTEMPLATIVOS EN LA ACCIÓN
• 8 EL ESPÍRITU DE LA SOCIEDAD DE MARÍA
• 9 EL RETO DE LA REGLA DEL P. COLIN