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Journey to the 150th Anniversary of Colin’s Death

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Marists and Friends are invited to celebrate this special anniversary of Fr Jean-Claude Colin's death on 15th November 2025.

"That Works for Me" (Marist Origins Doc 819 § 9)
Yesterday and today, serving Christ in the way of Mary.

You are invited to join us on this journey leading up to the anniversary:

• follow the daily videos with testimonies from around world – it will be uploaded weekly on this page, you can sign up for the 5 weeks to receive it via email, watch it on our YouTube channel or on social media;

• pray the Novena leading up to the 15th November;

• participate in the Pilgrimage in the footsteps of Fr Colin in La Neylière.

• Pray it, live it and share it! – we encourage you to forward the videos and prayers, so it may reach the wider world, whether on Facebook or Instagram or WhatsApp.

Venerable Jean-Claude Colin - pray for us!

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