1. 'The Work of Mary': a Missionary Spirit
Today is a time of great change when a new world is being born, and Mary has a special interest in bringing the women and men of our time into contact with Jesus Christ her Son. Marists share this effective concern of Mary, and are drawn into her family to work on her behalf. The term 'the work of Mary' covers the whole breadth of the Society of Mary inclusive of all its branches and also it denotes that the conditions are not set by the Marists themselves but by Mary. It is her work, done on her terms. Marists have this missionary spirit which at heart is open to all people. It excludes nobody but rather has a sense of urgency to see a brotherhood and sisterhood of all united in Christ.
