MAPS (Marist Asia-Pacific Solidarity) began operations in 2002 as the international development agency of the Marist Brothers Sydney Province in Australia.

MAPS provides financial and material support as well as education and volunteers services for the Marist Brothers’ ministries in Pakistan, India, Cambodian, East Timor, Philippines, Papua New Guinea, Bougainville, Solomon Islands, and other places in the Pacific.

To achieve its goals, MAPS fosters a strong relationship with staff, parents and students of Marist Schools in Australia and supports them with educational and experiential programmes.

Solidarity is a unity of feeling and action among Marists, united by our common heritage and charism. This is the value at the core of our mutual inter-dependence and its expression includes:

• A belief that only Justice will bring Peace
• A focus on knowing the life of each other.
• An understanding that each of our brothers and sisters should have the means to determine their own future
• A desire to share our resources

MAPS will invite Australians to a relationship of solidarity with people in Asia and the Pacific. This is our Marist way of sharing with them human, material and financial resources vital for sustainable human development.

MAPS activities are aimed at:

• Raising awareness in our Region
• Developing International Solidarity
• Creating Partnership in Education
• Sharing our Resources
• Promoting Sustainable Growth