2.  LIFE › Living in Faith experience  A faith building program for high school students like you  A group of about 40 communities › 10 states, Puerto Rico, Ireland

3.  LIFE is a group based off the Marianist’s Society of Mary › A group dedicated to openness and progression  What all Marianist Schools strive for › Educate for formation in faith › Provide an integral quality education › Educate in family spirit › Educate for service, justice and peace › Educate for adaptation and change

4.  Chami (aka Blessed William Joseph Chaminade) › Our Main Dude  In the aftermath of the French Revolution, Father Chaminade, a diocesan priest from Bordeaux, France  While exiled to Saragossa, Spain he spent time at the shrine of Our Lady of the Pillar where he found inspiration  He co founded a group of men and women to form a community of Christian outreach and support.

5.  The Venerable Adèle de Batz de Trenquelléon › His Partner in Crime  Daughters of Mary Immaculate  The money in the group  Met up with Chaminade and was able to further their faith outreach program

6.  Venerable Marie Thérèse Charlotte de Lamourous › Another collaborator  Was working with her own group when she got in touch with Chaminade  Miséricorde and she was also the director of the women’s sodality. Today she is regarded as the Mother of the Lay Branch of the Family of Mary

7.  Our meetings are meant to a comfortable environment for all ages/grades  what you put in it, is what you get out of it  Open and non-judgmental feel