Marcellin Champagnat

Marcellin was a typical liberate French peasant. When as a young boy a visiting priest suggested that he might like to train for the catholic priest hood. It took Marcellin Champagnat from 1805 - 1813 for him to have spiritual growth for the seminary. During the process of going to the seminary he left. But then he joined again. The reason is because of the many distractions he had. From other students. The Marist Brothers was founded by Marcellin Champgnat in 1817. On January 2, 1817 the 23 years old Jean Marie Grandjon.