In 1830 at the age of forty Jean-Claude Colin accepted the call of his colleagues to take charge of the Society of Mary Marists He had joined this project as a seminarian in Lyons France in 1816 along with Marcellin Champagnat future founder of the Marist teaching brothers Since ordination he had been an assistant priest at Cerdon photo below preached revival missions in rural districts and been principal of a high school-seminary Colin always i...