Blessed Nicolas Barré
2021-10-20
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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Regional Conference of Christian Brothers (RCCB) Meeting
2021-10-20 - 2021-10-21 | Montréal, QC
The Regional Conference of Christian Brothers (RCCB) Meeting will take place October 20-21, 2021. Learn more >

2021 International Lasallian Days for Peace (ILDP) Ends
2021-10-21, 2021-11-21
The 2021 International Lasallian Days for Peace (ILDP) will begin on September 21 (the United Nations’ sanctioned International Day of Peace) and will run through October 21.

Brother John Johnston Institute of Contemporary Lasallian Practice (DENA & Midwest)
2021-10-21 - 2021-10-23 | The Shawnee Inn and Golf Resort, Shawnee on Delaware, PA
The fourth meeting of the third cohort of the Brother John Johnston Institute of Contemporary Lasallian Practice will take place October 21-23, 2021. Learn more about the Johnston Institute >

Blessed Arnold Rèche, FSC
2021-10-22
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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Regional Vocation Formation Committee (RVFC) Meeting
2021-10-29
The Regional Vocation Formation Committee (RVFC) meeting will take place virtually October 29, 2021.

All Souls Day
2021-11-02

Blessed Spanish Martyrs of the 20th Century
2021-11-05
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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International Assembly of the Lasallian Educational Mission (AIMEL)
2021-11-10
The gatherings for the International Assembly of the Lasallian Educational Mission (AIMEL) will begin on November 10, 2021.

LVs Run
2021-11-13
The 2021 LVs Run will be held as a virtual event on Saturday, November 13, 2021. Learn more >

International Young Brothers Assembly
2021-11-13
The International Young Brothers Assembly will take place virtually November 13, 2021.

Lasallian Education Council (LEC) Meeting
2021-11-17 - 2021-11-18 | Hyatt Regency Baltimore Inner Harbor, 300 Light Street, Baltimore, 21202, United States
The Lasallian Education Council (LEC) will meet at the Hyatt Regency Baltimore Inner Harbor Hotel. Learn more about the LEC >

Huether Lasallian Conference
2021-11-18 - 2021-11-20 | Hyatt Regency Baltimore Inner Harbor, 300 Light Street, Baltimore, 21202, United States
The 48th Huether Lasallian Conference will take place November 18-20, 2021, at the Hyatt Regency Baltimore Inner Harbor Hotel. Learn more >

Lasallian Volunteers Advisory Board (LVAB) Meeting
2021-11-21 | Hyatt Regency Baltimore Inner Harbor, 300 Light Street, Baltimore, 21202, United States
The Lasallian Volunteers Advisory Board (LVAB) will meet at the Hyatt Regency Baltimore Inner Harbor Hotel. Learn more about Lasallian Volunteers >

Regional Communications Team (RCT) Meeting
2021-11-21 | Hyatt Regency Baltimore Inner Harbor, 300 Light Street, Baltimore, 21202, United States
The Regional Communications Team (RCT) will meet at the Hyatt Regency Baltimore Inner Harbor Hotel.

Regional Formation Institute
2021-12-02 - 2021-12-04 | Chicago, IL
The Regional Formation Institute (RFI) will take place December 2-4, 2021.

International Young Brothers Assembly (IYBA) Virtual Gathering
2021-12-08
A virtual gathering of the International Young Brothers Assembly (IYBA) will take place.

St. Juan Diego
2021-12-09

Regional Council of Young Lasallians
2021-12-10 - 2021-12-12 | Chicago, IL
The Regional Council of Young Lasallians will meet December 10-12 in Chicago, Illinois. Learn more about Young Lasallians >

Our Lady of Guadalupe
2021-12-12

Christmas Day
2021-12-25

Solemnity of Mary, the Holy Mother of God
2022-01-01

Regional Conference of Christian Brothers (RCCB) Meeting
2022-01-05 - 2022-01-06 | Napa, CA
The Regional Conference of Christian Brothers (RCCB) Meeting will take place January 5-6, 2021. Learn more >

Epiphany of the Lord
2022-01-06

Pre-General Chapter 46 meeting: RELAL and RELAN Capitulants (Virtual)
2022-01-17 - 2022-01-19
Capitulants to the 46th General Chapter from RELAL and RELAN will meet virtually. Learn more about the General Chapter >

Commemoration of the Transfer of the Relics of Saint John Baptist de La Salle
2022-01-26
John Baptist de La Salle was buried in the chapel of St. 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
2022-01-29
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
2022-02-08
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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Blessed James Miller, FSC
2022-02-11
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.
