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Saint Solomon Le Clercq, FSC
2025-09-03
Saint Solomon was secretary to Brother Agathon, the Superior General, after having been a teacher, director and bursar. He was martyred on Sept. 2, 1792, during the French Revolution. He was the first Brother of the Christian Schools to be martyred, and the first to be beatified. He was canonized in a ceremony in Saint Peter’s Square in Vatican City on Oct. 16, 2016, with Lasallians from around the world in attendance.
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Blessed Martyrs of Rochefort
2025-09-03
Blessed Brothers Roger, Léon and Uldaric were martyred in 1794 during the French Revolution. They were beatified on Oct. 1, 1995, as part of a group of 64 martyrs who died for their faith.
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"Saints On Their Way" Exhibit - Brother James Miller Guild
2025-09-14 12:30 (America/New_York)
The Brother James Miller Guild will take part in a special exhibit at Seton Shrine in Emmitsburg, Maryland, on Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025, that features American “saints on their way” and is part of a weekend event celebrating the 50th canonization anniversary of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton. If you are local, visit our booth and join the festivities.
Sunday, Sept. 14, 2025
12:30–5 p.m., “Saints On Their Way” Exhibit
The National Shrine of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton
339 S. Seton Ave., Emmitsburg, MD 21727-9297

The Brother James Miller Guild is an intentional community of those committed to promoting Blessed James Miller’s cause. The guild is housed at Christian Brothers Conference, the office for the Lasallian Region of North America. Guild members actively share Brother James story, pray for his intercession and take part in community events in-person and online.
To learn more about the guild, its benefits and to become a member, visit brotherjamesmiller. org/guild.

Lasallian Spirituality Fellows Gathering
2025-09-19 - 2025-09-21 | Ocean Rest, 3041 Central Avenue, Ocean City, NJ, 082226, United States
The inaugural cohort of Lasallian Spirituality Fellows program will gather in-person in Ocean City, New Jersey, from Sept. 19-21, 2025.

The Lasallian Spirituality Fellows program invites Lasallians to deepen their knowledge of Lasallian Spirituality while engaging in three in-person sessions and 15 virtual sessions over 18 months. The program presents Lasallian spirituality as a ministerial journey of faith, in both a personal and a communal way. Participants will continue to embark on this journey as educators in Christ, guided by the spirit for the good of the world, particularly the young and the poor.

1 La Salle: A Global Movement of the Spirit – Regional Webinar
2025-09-24 18:00
1 La Salle: A Global Movement of the Spirit
Date: Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. ET / 3:00 p.m. PT
Speaker: Emily Vogel, Regional Animator, 1 La Salle Initiative, Christian Brothers Conference, Romeoville, IL
As we kick off the 2025-2026 school year, we invite all Lasallian educators to join in a synodal style conversation regarding the 1 La Salle initiative that will be blossoming in the Lasallian Region of North America (RELAN) this year. Inspired by Saint La Salle and led by our Superior General Brother Armin Luistro, FSC, 1 La Salle seeks to elevate our collective mission efforts in our Region by strengthening our relationships with our Lasallian sisters and brothers around the world. Intertwining with the spirit of the Leavening Project, 1 La Salle answers the call to “build windmills” and to find innovative ways to harness our desires for a better world.
This webinar will include breakout conversations and participants will be invited to share about their mission efforts which move beyond their particular ministry. Together and by association, as we build our 1 La Salle movement in RELAN, we will invite your dreams and visions for how we can continue to spread the Lasallian mission and deepen our impact on all who are entrusted to our care.

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Blessed Scubilion Rousseau, FSC
2025-09-28
Blessed Scubilion Rousseau, FSC, was born March 21, 1797, in Annay la-Côte, France. He was serving as a catechist in his native village when he was introduced to the Brothers. He entered the novitiate in 1822. After 10 years of teaching in schools throughout France, he left for the island of Reunion where he dedicated the rest of his life to teaching and caring for the enslaved natives. He died April 13, 1867.
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Johnston Institute, SFNO Gathering
2025-10-09 - 2025-10-11 | The Cenacle on the Lake, 5500 St Mary St., Metairie, LA, 70006, United States
Fifth cohort Johnston participants from the District of San Francisco New Orleans (SFNO) will gather October 9-11, 2025, at The Cenacle on the Lake in Metairie, Louisiana.

The Brother John Johnston Institute of Contemporary Lasallian Practice is a two-year Regional formation program that focuses on deepening participants’ understanding of Saint John Baptist de La Salle’s story and vision, Lasallian pedagogy, the Lasallian promotion of justice and Lasallian spirituality while utilizing contemporary texts to inform and influence current and future Lasallian practice.

Saint Jaime Hilario Barbal, FSC
2025-10-10
Manuel Barbal Cosan was born on Jan. 2, 1898, in Enviny, a small town at the foot of the Pyrenees in northern Spain. Known for his serious nature, he was only 12 years old when, with the blessing of his devout and hardworking parents, he entered the minor seminary of the diocese of Urgel. He soon developed hearing problems and was advised to return home. Convinced that God was calling him, he was overjoyed in 1917 to learn that the Institute of the Brothers would accept him in the novitiate at Irun, Spain.
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Saint Martyrs of Turón
2025-10-10
In 1934, Turón, a coal-mining town in the Asturias Province in Northwestern Spain, was the center of anti-government and anticlerical hostility in the years prior to the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War. The Brothers’ school was an irritant to the radicals in charge of the town because of the religious influence it exerted on the young. The Brothers were known to defy the ban on teaching religion and they openly escorted their students to Sunday Mass.
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Blessed Nicolas Barré
2025-10-15
Nicolas Barré was born Oct. 21, 1621, in Amiens, France. In 1641, he joined the Minim Order of St. Francis of Paola, where he taught philosophy while still remaining a deacon. After becoming a priest in 1645, he became a professor of theology and librarian. After falling ill, he moved to a convent in Amiens and later to Rouen. While he was there, he carried out his idea of “Little Charitable Schools” and “the Charitable Teachers.”  He was consulted by John Baptist de La Salle and helped develop the foundation of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. Nicholas Barré died May 31, 1686, in Paris, France.
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Johnston Institute, DENA Gathering
2025-10-16 - 2025-10-18 | Shawnee Inn, 100 Shawnee Inn Dr, Shawnee on Delaware, PA, 18356
Fifth cohort Johnston participants from the District of Eastern North America (DENA) will gather October 16-18, 2025, at the Shawnee Inn in Shawnee on Delaware, Pennsylvania.

The Brother John Johnston Institute of Contemporary Lasallian Practice is a two-year Regional formation program that focuses on deepening participants’ understanding of Saint John Baptist de La Salle’s story and vision, Lasallian pedagogy, the Lasallian promotion of justice and Lasallian spirituality while utilizing contemporary texts to inform and influence current and future Lasallian practice.

Lasallian Spirituality in Sport – Regional Webinar
2025-10-21 18:00 - 19:00
Lasallian Spirituality in Sport
Date: Tuesday, Oct. 21, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. ET / 3:00 p.m. PT
Speaker: Mary Volmer, Mission Fellow for Athletics, Saint Mary’s College of California, Moraga, CA
“A living Lasallian spirituality never stops interpreting and describing itself, specifying and adapting the expression of its core elements for each new generation, enriched by their insights, experiences and conversations. This is how Lasallian spirituality thrives.” –Lasallian Spirituality Today
For Lasallian student-athletes and coaches, the experience of training and competition is often as formative and spiritually impactful as their experiences in the classroom or in the chapel.
In this webinar, we will consider the unique spiritual gifts the Lasallian tradition offers student-athletes, coaches and the scholastic communities they serve. We will begin conceptually by examining the ways in which a Pedagogy of Fraternity animates a Lasallian spirituality of sport. We will then unpack the role of coach as teacher, discuss the challenges and pleasures of attending the spiritual health of an increasingly diverse student body, and consider the utility of sport in a holistic Catholic education. Finally, we will offer concrete strategies to integrate Lasallian spirituality and Lasallian core principles into athletic programs.

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Johnston Institute, Midwest Gathering
2025-10-23 - 2025-10-25 | Brother David Darst Center, 6336 S. Kilbourn Ave., Chicago, IL, 60629, United States
Fifth cohort Johnston participants from the Midwest District will gather October 23-25, 2025, at the Brother David Darst Center in Chicago, Illinois.

The Brother John Johnston Institute of Contemporary Lasallian Practice is a two-year Regional formation program that focuses on deepening participants’ understanding of Saint John Baptist de La Salle’s story and vision, Lasallian pedagogy, the Lasallian promotion of justice and Lasallian spirituality while utilizing contemporary texts to inform and influence current and future Lasallian practice.

Blessed Arnold Rèche, FSC
2025-10-24
Jules-Nicolas Rèche was born into a poor family living in Landroff in the province of Lorraine. He left school at an early age to work as a stable-boy, a coachman, and finally as a teamster for a local construction company. Even as a young man he was known among his fellow workers for his piety and his self-discipline. He first met the Brothers while attending evening classes in their school and asked to be admitted into the congregation.
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Modern Missionaries: Expressions of the Gospel in Action Webinar – Brother James Miller Guild
2025-10-28 18:00 - 19:00
The Brother James Miller Guild will host an inspiring and informative webinar on Tuesday, Oct. 28, at 6 p.m. ET/ 3 p.m. PT. Titled “Modern Missionaries: Expressions of the Gospel in Action,” the webinar will feature guests Brother Dale Mooney, FSC, and Melissa Altman, a Maryknoll lay missioner, who will share their missionary experiences and reflect on the call to missionary discipleship in today’s world. We will discuss Blessed James’ powerful witness and practical ways to live out the church’s mission in our local communities and abroad.
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Encountering Lasallian Spirituality Retreat
2025-11-03 13:00 - 2025-11-06 08:00 | Bethany Center, 18150 Bethany Ctr Dr, Lutz, FL, 33558, United States
Inspired by De La Salle’s encouragement of the Brothers to take time away from ministry for spiritual rest and renewal, the retreat will provide Lasallian educators with space for personal and communal reflection and formation.
The retreat will cover three thematic areas that address the dynamics of Lasallian spirituality, the development of spirituality and Lasallian spirituality, and Lasallian spiritual leadership. Interweaving reflective retreat elements, practical sessions and daily Mass, Encountering Lasallian Spirituality will offer participants a reflective environment in which to step back from the busyness of everyday life. In deepening our connections with God, each other and De La Salle’s legacy, participants will find renewal and be emboldening to further integrate Lasallian spirituality into their lives.
For more information, visit lasallian.info/encountering-lasallian-spirituality-retreat-2025/

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Blessed Spanish Martyrs of the 20th Century
2025-11-07
During the Spanish Civil War in 1936, seven Brothers lost their lives for the crime of professing and teaching the Catholic faith. On Oct. 10, 1993, they were beatified.
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Huether 2025: Communications Preconference
2025-11-19 - 2025-11-20
Christian Brothers Conference will offer a preconference for Lasallian communications professionals prior to the start of the 2025 Huether Lasallian Conference. The conference, themed “Building Sacred Bridges: Igniting our Vocation as Lasallian Educators” will take place November 20-22 in St. Louis, Missouri.

Huether Lasallian Conference 2025
2025-11-20 - 2025-11-22
The 2025 Huether Lasallian Conference, themed “Building Sacred Bridges: Igniting our Vocation as Lasallian Educators” will take place November 20-22 in St. Louis, Missouri. All faculty and staff of Lasallian ministries are welcome to attend. Prior to the start of Huether, Christian Brothers Conference will offer a preconference for Lasallian communications professionals.

The Huether Lasallian Conference is an annual gathering of Lasallian educators in the Region. Location and theme change each year with a focus on innovative educational issues. All faculty and staff of Lasallian ministries are welcome to attend. Through a thoughtful blend of keynote addresses, panel presentations, breakout sessions, and prayer services, we call upon scholars from within and outside the Lasallian tradition in matters pertaining to each year’s theme.

Anniversary of the Heroic Vow
2025-11-21
On Nov. 21, 1691, Saint John Baptist de La Salle, Brother Nicolas Vuyart and Brother Gabriel Drolin professed the Heroic Vow, committing themselves to the establishment of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools despite any obstacles they might encounter.
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Educating the Algorithmic Generation — Regional Webinar
2026-01-20 18:00 - 19:00
Educating the Algorithmic Generation
Date: Tuesday, Jan. 20 at 6:00 p.m. ET / 3:00 p.m. PT
Speaker: Michael Ratajczyk, Ph.D., program director – M.S. & B.S. business intelligence and data analytics and associate professor, Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota, Winona, MN
Artificial intelligence (AI) has rapidly evolved from a niche technological concept to a force reshaping nearly every sector of society. From education and health care to business, art and ethics, AI now plays a visible and often transformative role in how we learn, work and make decisions. This webinar explores AI’s growing influence across society, emphasizing how today’s students are both witnesses and active participants in this technological shift. AI represents one of the most profound technological shifts of our time, simultaneously inspiring innovation, disrupting norms and challenging our understanding of human creativity and knowledge. This webinar explores the good, the bad and the ugly of generative AI (GenAI) through the lens of education and society.
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Commemoration of the Transfer of the Relics of Saint John Baptist de La Salle
2026-01-26
John Baptist de La Salle was buried in the chapel of Saint Suzanne on Holy Saturday, April 8, 1719. On July 6, 1734, his body was transferred to a chapel at Saint Yon. The tomb was vandalized during the French Revolution but the relics were not. In 1841, the superiors received approval to have the relics moved to the Generalate.

After the Brothers were expelled from France in 1904, the relics were taken from Rouen to Lembecq-lez-Hal in Belgium. In 1937 they were transported to Rome where they arrived on January 26, the anniversary of the promulgation in 1725 of the Bull of Approbation of the Institute. The relics are now in the church of Saint John Baptist de La Salle at the Generalate in Rome.

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Saint Mutien-Marie Wiaux, FSC
2026-01-31
Louis Wiaux was born in a small village in French-speaking Belgium where almost everyone was a devout practicing Catholic. His father was a blacksmith, while his mother helped to run a small cafe in part of the family home, where no rough language was allowed and where the evening of Belgian beer and card playing always concluded with the recitation of the rosary.
Louis proved neither physically nor emotionally suited to his father’s trade; he was convinced that the Lord was calling him to a different kind of forge. No sooner had he met the Brothers in a nearby school than he determined to enter the novitiate at Namur. After two years, teaching elementary classes, Brother Mutien was assigned to the boarding school at Malonne where he would spend the next 58 years.
Among the Brothers, it was said that he had never been seen violating even the smallest points in their Rule. After his death at Malonne, his fame began to spread through Belgium, where many miracles were attributed to him. His relics may be venerated in Malonne at the shrine built in his honor after his canonization.
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Saint Miguel Febres Cordero, FSC
2026-02-10
Francisco Febres Cordero was born into a family that has always been prominent in Ecuadorian politics. Crippled from birth, he had to overcome family opposition to realize his vocation to be a lay religious, the first native of Ecuador to be received into the Institute. Brother Miguel was a gifted teacher from the start and a diligent student. When he was not quite 20 years old, he published the first of his many books, a Spanish grammar that soon became a standard text. In time his research and publications in the field of literature and linguistics put him in touch with scholars all over the world and he was granted membership in the National Academies of Ecuador and Spain.
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Brother James Miller, FSC
2026-02-13
February 13, 2020, marked the inaugural memorial for beatified Brother James Miller, FSC. Brother James was killed in the afternoon of February 13, 1982, while repairing a wall just outside “La Casa Indígena De La Salle” in Guatemala.
In 2010, Brother James was designated a Servant of God and a martyr for the faith, and on Thursday, November 8, 2018, Pope Francis approved a decree recognizing that Brother James Miller died as a martyr. Brother James is the first De La Salle Christian Brother from the United States to be beatified. Brother James was beatified on December 7, 2019, in Huehuetenango. The Church calendar now considers February 13, the date of his death, as a memorial observance in the liturgical year.
Learn more about Brother James’ life, legacy and cause for canonization at brotherjamesmiller.org.

The Importance of "Grace" in Vocational Healing — Regional Webinar
2026-02-18 18:00 - 19:00
The Importance of “Grace” in Vocational Healing
Wednesday, Feb. 18 at 6:00 p.m. ET / 3:00 p.m. PT
Dr. Nelson Tung, chief of clinical operations, Martin De Porres Schools, Elmont, NY
This will be a Lasallian-inspired/trauma-informed webinar, designed to help all educators reconnect with their sense of vocation and explore sustainable self-care practices. We are all aware that education is more than a job — it is a calling, a ministry rooted in faith, zeal and the transformative power of human relationships. Due to the vast demands on educators, time, passion and dedication are all areas that can be compromised due to an array of professional and personal reasons. This webinar offers “opportunity” — opportunity to be in community with all Lasallians, to reflect, to learn, to share and to join one another to facilitate “grace.” The power of grace, especially for ourselves, is extremely healing. However, it can be very difficult to do sometimes. Therefore, we will explore the spiritual/clinical impact that burnout, compassion fatigue, secondary trauma stress and vicarious trauma can have. In turn, we will provide for spiritually directed/evidence-based practices to be able to combat it. The ultimate goal is to organically allow for grace, so that the whole person is cared for, and that a renewed direction/sustainability toward vocation, as well as spirituality, is reestablished.
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2026 LASSCA Conference
2026-03-01 - 2026-03-04
Anchored in Faith: Leading Lasallian Schools
Amid a Shifting Society
2026 LASSCA Conference
March 1-4, 2026 • Omni Houston Hotel • Houston, TX
The 2026 Lasallian Association of Secondary School Chief Administrators (LASSCA) Conference is excited to gather over 100 colleagues and District and Regional leaders to share best practices and conversations around the theme “Anchored in Faith: Leading Lasallian Schools Amid a Shifting Society” in Houston, Texas, from March 1-4, 2026.
The LASSCA Conference will begin on Sunday, March 1, 2026, with Mass on-site at 6:30 p.m., followed by the opening session at 7:30 p.m., which will include the presentation of the Brother Michael Collins Award of Excellence and an opening social at 8:00 p.m. The conference will conclude at approximately 10:00 a.m. on Wednesday, March 4, 2026. We encourage you to arrive early to give yourself plenty of time to explore and enjoy Houston’s sunny and warm February weather. General sessions will take place Monday and Tuesday. District meetings will be held on Monday, and open forums for presidents, principals and board members will take place on Tuesday. Breakout sessions will be on Monday and Tuesday afternoon.
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Johnston Institute, SFNO Gathering
2026-03-12 - 2026-03-14 | Mont La Salle, 4401 Redwood Road, Napa, CA, 94558, United States
Fifth cohort Johnston participants from the District of San Francisco New Orleans (SFNO) will gather March 12-14, 2026, at Mont La Salle in Napa, California.

The Brother John Johnston Institute of Contemporary Lasallian Practice is a two-year Regional formation program that focuses on deepening participants’ understanding of Saint John Baptist de La Salle’s story and vision, Lasallian pedagogy, the Lasallian promotion of justice and Lasallian spirituality while utilizing contemporary texts to inform and influence current and future Lasallian practice.

Johnston Institute, DENA Gathering
2026-03-19 - 2026-03-21 | Bon Secours Retreat Center, 1525 Marriottsville Rd, Marriottsville, MD, 21104, United States
Fifth cohort Johnston participants from the District of Eastern North America (DENA) will gather for the last time March 19-21, 2026, at Bon Secours Retreat Center in Marriottsville, Maryland.

The Brother John Johnston Institute of Contemporary Lasallian Practice is a two-year Regional formation program that focuses on deepening participants’ understanding of Saint John Baptist de La Salle’s story and vision, Lasallian pedagogy, the Lasallian promotion of justice and Lasallian spirituality while utilizing contemporary texts to inform and influence current and future Lasallian practice.

“Gen Z Isn’t Lazy: They’re Overwhelmed” — Regional Webinar Series
2026-03-23 18:00 - 19:00
Gen Z Isn’t Lazy: They’re Overwhelmed
Date: Monday, March 23 at 6:00 p.m. ET / 3:00 p.m. PT
Speaker: Rashad Young, High School Counselor, Christian Brothers College High School, St. Louis, MO
Today’s teens are often mislabeled as lazy, unmotivated or disinterested. In reality, many are overwhelmed — emotionally exhausted by social pressures, academic expectations and the nonstop demands of a digital world. Gen Z is not disengaged; they are drowning in overstimulation, anxiety and isolation. As Lasallian educators, we are called to see beyond behavior and into the heart of what students carry. This session will challenge common narratives around youth apathy and offer a more compassionate, trauma-informed understanding of Gen Z’s struggles. Together, we will explore how depression and overstimulation show up in students’ lives, and how our presence, patience and empathy can become sacred bridges to healing.
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