Propose a 75-minute (1hr 15min) workshop, panel, dialogue, or lesson that helps participants strengthen Marianist community life and leadership grounded in mission and spirituality. We welcome proposals from individuals, communities, or other groups/teams.
Submit proposals through this Google Form by January 31, 2026
Questions may be sent to Rob Brodrick at info@mlc-na.org.
As Marianists, we are community builders. We build community everywhere we go—because of Mary, for Mary, and in a way informed by Mary. Some of these communities are within the three branches of the Marianist Family and our ministries and schools; others take shape in family life, civil society, the workplace, and at the margins. “Building Community with Mary” invites us to encounter Mary more deeply while sharpening the practices and structures that sustain our communal life in the Church and world.
MLC-NA will consider proposals other topics, though priority will be given to those that relate to the theme and help build a cohesive assembly experience.
Our assembly theme has at least two main subjects: Mary and the practice of community. Furthermore, there is the relationship between Mary and community. For inspiration, and not as an exhaustive list, some ideas include:
