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The village of Cerdon, in the northern Bugey mountains
Detail: Official icon of Jean-Claude Colin, with Blessed Virgin and Child
Barbery: Cross on the site of the Colin home
Forest of Barbery: hiding place for priests during Revolutionaries' raids - and of quiet for the young Jean-Claude
St Bonnet-le-Troncy, boyhood home of Jean-Claude Colin
River Loire, which flows past the minor seminary of St Jodard
Lyon, Fourvière: ancient chapel of the Blessed Virgin and Basilica
Fourvière: sanctuary of the ancient chapel of the Blessed Virgin.
Cerdon: Fr Colin's first appointment as assistant to his brother, Pierre.
Cerdon: statue in the church of St John the Baptist
Presbytery at Cerdon: home for the first nine years of Jean-Claude's priestly life.
Belley: Minor seminary high school where pioneer Bugey missioners lived
Bugey mountains: village of Lacoux
Bugey mountains: church at Innimont
Bugey mountains: church at Innimont
Bugey mountains: statue at Arandas
Rome: The Quirinale, residence of the Popes at the time of Fr Colin's first visits
Rome: Odescalchi Palace, from the church of the Apostles where Fr Colin stayed in 1833
Belley: Chapel of La Capucinière, first Marist professions, 1836
Lyon, Puylata: General House of the Society of Mary from 1838
Rochefort du Gard: one of the shrines undertaken by Fr Colin and the Marists
Toulon, La Seyne: One of the first high schools established by the Marist Fathers
Marcellange: established by Fr Colin as a place of retreat for his missioners
Trappist monastery at Aiguebelle: Fr Colin would make private retreats here
La Neylière: planned by Fr Colin to be a place of silence and retreat
La Neylière: book belonging to Fr Colin
La Neylière: Fr Colin's study
La Neylière: winter sunset, from the room of Fr Colin
La Neylière: bedroom of Fr Colin
La Neylière: crucifix laid in the hands of Fr Colin upon his death
La Neylière: resting place of Fr Colin

 

Novena
Seeking graces through the intercession of Jean-Claude Colin
Vocation Year Novena card     |     Booklet     |     Leaflet 

Vocation Year Novena card

This can be used leading up to the Nov 15 anniversary
of the death of Jean-Claude Colin or at any other time.
Originally composed for the Year of Vocations, 2021-22, it is suitable for general use.
Double-sided, four to an A4 page.
Logo Marist Vocation year EN 

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Novena card
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 Novena booklet

This booklet asks ''Who is Jean-Claude Colin?' and gives a background for devotion to him, seeking graces, large and small, through his intercession. Daily themes reflect on his person and spirituality, with a passage from the Marist Constitutions and a concluding prayer. 
Novena booklet EN 1
 
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Booklet
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For manual printing: print pp 2,4,6 then reverse for pp 1,3,5,
 
'Easy-print' pages 
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Novena leaflet

This leaflet contains a prayer for graces through Fr Colin's intercession, as well as 'The Novena Tradition', 'Statement of Faith', brief biography ('Founder and Father') and Postulator's contact information.
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