The FM Connection is an invitation:

• to young men to come and live and grow in faith in Jesus,
• to develop a greater self-awareness in order to follow Jesus more closely, as Mary did.
• to live together with Marist Brothers developing the skills for building community at home and in the parish and beyond:
• to broaden and deepen ways of prayer and living spirituality as adult men in the Church and society
• to join in the mission of Marists in New Zealand , the Pacific and beyond.

 Why men?

Have you been to a primary school lately? Men are hard to find and few are in the helping professions. Take courage and be a man is the motto that some with a Marist education well know. Marcellin Champagnat-his example and that of his followers-presents a way of being Christian and manly for children and young people today.

Marist Brothers have a long tradition of inspiring young people to live the values of the gospel, to be good Christians and good citizens.
 
The FM Connection:

• continues this tradition in a new way to meet today's needs in Church and society;
• provides direction for young men who wish to follow Jesus as Mary did, whether that be as single people, as married persons, as diocesan priests or as Marist Brothers;
• provides opportunities for links to the mission of Marists, Brothers and lay together in New Zealand;
• the Pacific and the wider Marist world. (Marist Brothers and their lay partners are involved in 78 countries in the world today);
• maintains links with others in the archdiocese of Wellington and beyond whose focus is youth and young adults.

 The Living
 Our house is home for the FM Connection. Members of the community contribute to the negotiable all-costs rent that takes into account involvement in ministry in the parish and beyond in a realistic way, in which each is aware that members work and/or study.

We endeavour to live our core Marist values summarised as  Presence, trust, simplicity, family spirit, love of work, and the way of Mary.  Knowing this, we recognise that we:

• develop a common goal
• have a common mission with some ministry together to the marginalised, especially the young
• are welcoming and hospitable to others
• share together the daily responsibilities and tasks of the community
• share in animating the spiritual life of the community and with others in the parish
• each commit to some regular accompaniment (walking with) in our spiritual journeys
• welcome outside facilitation to help us keep the focus
• commit ourselves to a study of the sources of our faith and spirituality, deepening our relationship with Jesus.

For more information contact:  Brother Kevin Dobbyn
 
Mobile : +64 021 230 7990

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