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Maureen and Tom Smyth have had a long association with Marists in Australia.
The final day of our Marist Gathering in Auckland began by considering spiritual pathways. Alan Parker invited us to consider a plant or a tree, to study it and then to see what it might teach us.
The Franciscan Centre environment in which we were living and working over these days gave our discussions on the third day a fitting context. The 7.00 am Mass attracted not only our own participants but Friars and locals from the nearby suburbs of Auckland.
Participants at this Lay Marist Gathering come from four regions or administrative units - Melanesia, New Zealand, the Sydney Province and the Melbourne Province. Time today was spent in reflecting on the different ways each unit animates its lay Marist involvement.