The John Berne School is named after a street kid from France who lived at a time shortly after the French revolution. Jean-Baptiste was a child with problems similar to those that today’s children face: he didn’t have a father, he was orphaned, and he didn’t fit into normal school life.
St Marcellin Champagnat, the founder of the Marist Brothers, took Jean-Baptiste in to look after as his own. His trust was betrayed many times, but still Champagnat persisted. Eventually Jean-Baptiste became a Marist Brother himself.
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