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Prayers and Work by Brother Paul Ambrose, FMS

Brother Paul Ambrose Fontaine, founding President of Marist College, documented his over 75 years as a Marist Brother in the following autobiographical work.  Brother Paul’s “Prayers and Work” discusses his experiences helping to establish Marist College and the various missions he and the Marist Brothers assisted in founding around the world.   

August 28, 1913

September 1926

Spring 1927

Juniorate Memories

Scholasticate Memories

1929: Marist Normal Training School

Teacher 1934: Manchester, New Hampshire

Lowell, Massachusetts

New York, New York 1937–1941

My Last Memories of My Time at St. Ann’s

Washington, D.C. 1941–1943

Poughkeepsie, N.Y.–June 1943

The Scholastics

Centralizing the Scholasticate

1943-1946 Growing Pains: Building the Faculty

Blessings

Marian College Graduation-September 20, 1946

1955 Champagnat Beatification

Vice Provincial–1950

The General Chapter

Rome Generalate

Asian Missions

Onward to St. Genis

St. Genis Laval–1958

The Spirit

The Mandate

Goodbye and Get Going

Off to the Missions

Assistant General

Courier

Visitations

Sri Lanka and Pakistan: Apostolic Missions for the Church

Asia: Singapore, Malaya, Sarawak

Leaving Rome

Vatican II–1962

General Chapter 1967

Last Survey Tour

Finis Coronat Opus

A Transition Period

Back Home Again

Leeds Terrace, Lawrence

Chicago

Central Catholic High School

A prayer Answered

Back Home Again, for Good and for God

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