TITLE: Marist Laity Australia - Simplicity, Flexibility, Inclusiveness

Mary Help of Christians - May 24

Marian Celebration - Origin

Pius VII instituted the present feast in 1815, in thanksgiving to God for his liberation from captivity under Napoleon.
In 1844 at the first Provincial Synod of Sydney, Our Lady Help of Christians was chosen as the patroness of Australia.

Reflection Day November 2011

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Mary is the outsider that God chose to bring into the Centre