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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

Colin Sesquicentenary

Events and resources to mark the 150th anniversary
of the death of Jean-Claude Colin

... prepared by a team of Marists for the Sesquicentenary Year
and leading to the Nov 15, 2025, anniversary... 

(page under further construction....)

 

 
Pilgrimage

A five-day pilgrimage will offer experiences of key places in the life journey of Jean-Claude Colin. At each station there will be an address by a Marist speaker...
For further information and bookings contact:   (link to follow)
11 01 0512 st bonnet 7j thru tree Tue, Nov 11: St Bonnet-le-Troncy and Le Barbery
Address by Fr Larry Duffy SM
02 0715 Fourviere ext 14 Wed, Nov 12: Fourvière
Address by Br Faustino Ferrari SM
00 0512 Cerdon views from vineyards 4J Thu, Nov 13: Cerdon
Address by Fr Paddy O'Hare SM
07 0213 Belley La Capuciniere 06 Fri, Nov 14: Belley
Address by Sr Teri O'Brien SM
14 1013 La Neyliere 05crpps Sat, Nov 15: La Neylière
Address by Fr Kevin Duffy SM
 0825 cover ntg
Colin calendar for 2026

Copies will be available for pilgrims and Nov 15 attendees at La Neylière.

 

 
Novena

A novena prayer prepared by the students of Casa di Maria, the Marist International Theologate, will be available here...
   

 

 
Who is Jean-Claude Colin to me?

Video sharings by Marists around the world, collected and collated by the students of Casa di Maria, the Marist International Theologate will be linked here...
   

 

 0925 Colin quotes 1
From the lips of Jean-Claude Colin

Selected quotations for reflection and response will be available here...
   

 

 Leaflets e
Liturgy and other resources 

Many are already available on this site's Resources pages or throuigh the Sharing the Story page.   ...