Montagne Day Pledges
Building the next generation of young philanthropists
St Marcellin Champagnat 75th Jubilee photo collage (unveiled at the Montagne Day Mass, 28 October 2016). Designed by Mr Sheldon Rose-Reddiar of St David’s Marist Inanda, and incorporating portraits of all the St David’s pupils and staff of 2016)
Montagne Day, and the Montagne Day Pledge campaign, was launched at St David’s Marist Inanda in 2016, in remembrance of St Marcellin Champagnat’s meeting with the dying young Jean-Baptiste Montagne on 28 October 1816 – a meeting that inspired his vocation to found the Marist teaching order.
In the spirit of the 75th Jubilee and the Marist value of Love of Work, each St David’s boy was encouraged to raise, through his own efforts or acts of service, R75 to contribute to the Jubilee Circles of Friendship initiative, in support of a bursary for a young boy in need. These donations formed the start of each year group’s own Jubilee Circles of Friendship as per the matric years that they will eventually become.
Montagne Day takes place at St David’s on or around 28 October each year, with the aim of encouraging the St David’s boys to become the next generation of young philanthropists. Since inception in 2016 the annual pledges have raised R227 000. Please click here to see the Montagne Day Pledge Class lists (2016 - 2023).
Montagne Day 2025
On Tuesday 28 October 2025 St David’s Marist Inanda celebrated Montagne Day with a Combined Montagne Day Mass, with this year being the 209th Anniversary of the date on which St Marcellin Champagnat visited the dying young Jean-Baptiste Montagne - an encounter which inspired St Marcellin to found the Marist teaching order.
In remembrance of this significant event in Marist history, all St David’s boys were encouraged to continue the legacy of St Marcellin by once again pledging to act in a manner that reflects the Marist values and, with this year being the Jubilee Year of Hope, to reflect on what being ‘Pilgrims of Hope’ means in our world today.
Montagne Day 2025 House Pledges – the Prep and College Heads of Houses read out their House Pledges at the start of Montagne Day Mass.
Montagne Day 2025 Pledge donations - boys were encouraged to make a donation towards their Class Year Bursary Fund (bursary funds held under the St David’s Marist Foundation), ie the current Grade 8 class will be donating to their Matric Class of 2029 Bursary Fund. 101 donations, totaling just under R30 000 were received this year, in support of the Old Boys' Bursary Fund.
The class years have now raised a combined R256 000 towards bursary funds - the Fr Bernard Brewer Bursary Fund, and the Old Boys' Bursary Fund from 2025. The Old Boys’ Bursary is awarded by the St David’s Old Boys’ Association either to the son of an alumnus who may have fallen on difficult times or to another appropriately identified candidate, to enable them to receive and complete their St David’s education.