b'community responsibilities while observing the fivefully professed brothers modeling Marianist life. BROTHER DENNIS BAUTISTAThat includes daily prayer, holy hour and Mass, as Age: 48well as community chores such as shopping, cook- Hometown: Ewa Beach, Oahu, Hawaiiing, cleaning, etc. EducationAnything in a living situation, this group of peopleBachelor of Arts, Communications, Chaminade takes responsibility, Bro. Bautista said.University of Honolulu, 1994Decision-making also is shared, with discussion andMasters, Communications, Washington State decisions at a weekly community meeting. University, 1996Fr. Eden described living in a Marianist communityPh.D., Intercultural Communications, Washington State University, 2003as companionship at all kinds of levels.Were not a community of loners who happen to Society of Marylive in the same building; the interaction is by choice,First Vows: 2006he said, adding that brothers bring multiple viewpoints.Perpetual Vows: 2009Were not neutral on a lot of (topics), but we dothings together. MinistryAccording to Fr. Eden, the thought process of aAssociate Professor, Communications, St. Marys University, San Antonio,Marianist joining a new community, or welcoming 2006-2021other Marianists into a community goes somethingAspirancy Coordinator, 2010-11, 2013-2021like this: This is how Im going to be a Marianist.Director of Novices, August 2021-presentThis is how Im going to be a prayerful man. This ishow Im going to live my vows of poverty, obedience FATHER TIMOTHY EDENand celibacy, and Im going to do it with this group.Marianist vows are a cornerstone in the first year Age: 76of the Novitiate, which is a canonical year of study, Hometown: San Franciscoprayer and community, away from the busy-ness of Educationlife, as Bro. Bautista called it. With no responsibilityBachelor of Arts, Philosophy, Chaminade University,for ministries, novices focus on living, learning and Honolulu, 1968growing as a Marianist.Masters of Divinity, University of In addition to an in-depth study of the vows, formal St. Michaels College, Toronto, 1977novitiate studies include the congregations Rule ofEd.D., University of San Francisco, 2002Life, Catholic and Marianist history and education,aspects of prayer and, of course, Mary herself. Just as Society of Marythe Blessed Mother brought Jesus into the world, theFirst profession:1964Marianist Charism brings Jesus into the world today.Final Profession:1970The North American Center for Marianist StudiesOrdination: 1977(NACMS) assists the novitiate teaching with expert Ministryinstructorslay Marianists, sisters and brothers High school teacher, Alameda (California), Honolulu and San Francisco,in history and theology. Bro. Bautista and Fr. Eden 1968-83. also draw on the extensive experience of MarianistProvincial, Pacific Province, 1989-1997Sister Laura Leming, who has been the sisters Assistant Professor, Education and Theology, Chaminade University, 2000-2012Novitiate director, as needed, since 1987.Professor, Theology, St. Marys University, San Antonio, 2012-16The sisters novices and the brothers novices takeRector and Vice-President for Mission, St. Marys University, 2015-21Novitiate classes together, with Sr. Leming on the teach-Assistant Director, Novitiate, August 2021-present.ing team with Bro. Bautista and Fr. Eden. The combinedNovitiate classes demonstrate the collaboration betweenMarianist sisters, brothers and laity throughout Marianist the founding of the Daughters of Mary Immaculatehistory. Starting in 1800, founders Blessed William Joseph (Marianist Sisters) in 1816 and the Society of Mary in 1817.Chaminade, Blessed Adle de Batz de Trenquellon, Bro. Bautista called the collaboration exciting,and Venerable Marie Thrse Charlotte de Lamourous giving novices a vision of what Marianist religiousformed a series of small lay communities even before life will be and aspires to be in the future.\x00marianist.com/donate 19'