Lasallian Association of Secondary School Chief Administrators (LASSCA) Conference
2024-02-25 - 2024-02-28 | Rosen Plaza Hotel, 9700 International Drive, Orlando, FL, 32819, United States
The Lasallian Association of Secondary School Chief Administrators (LASSCA) Conference will take place February 25 – 28, 2024 at the Rosen Plaza Hotel in Orlando, Florida.
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Johnston Institute (DENA)
2024-03-14 - 2024-03-16 | Bon Secours Retreat Center, 1525 Marriottsville Rd, Marriottsville, MD, 21104, United States
The sixth and final meeting of the fourth cohort of the Brother John Johnston Institute of Contemporary Lasallian Practice will take place March 14-16, 2024, at the Bon Secours Retreat Center in Marriottsville, Maryland.
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WEBINAR | Retired Lasallians Connect and Contribute
2024-03-19 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York) | NJ
This webinar is a part of the 2024 continuing formation series, which launched in the fall of 2023, hosted by the Lasallian Region of North America (RELAN). Lasallian educators from across the Region have designed these webinars to provide opportunities to discuss current trends in Lasallian Catholic education. The webinar presenters will offer resources to bring back to the classroom, office and educational community.

RETIRED LASALLIANS CONNECT AND CONTRIBUTE
Date: Tuesday, March 19, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. ET
Speakers: Robert N. Ortbal, Co-chair, Lasallian Companions, Midwest District, Burr Ridge, IL; Joan E. Williams, Busy Person Retreat Coordinator, Lasallian Companions, Midwest District, Burr Ridge, IL
Retired Lasallians in the Midwest, known as Lasallian Companions, share their experiences building community, enriching their spiritual lives, and assisting ministries. Retirement does not mean losing connection to or commitment to the Lasallian charism. Through both large group and small group gatherings, as well as individual contributions, Lasallian Companions connect and contribute throughout the year with monthly book, articles and movie discussions via Zoom, yearly in person gatherings as well as providing retreat ministries with assistance. For several years, including during COVID, Lasallian Companions remained connected with each other, the Midwest District and the larger Lasallian world by offering assistance and service to ministries and other organizations. Together, and in association, the Lasallian charism is a lifelong gift that those who have retired from active ministry can share with one another and the current Lasallian ministries.
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Johnston Institute (Midwest)
2024-03-21 - 2024-03-23 | Dunrovin Christian Brothers Retreat, 15525 St Croix Trail N, Marine on St Croix, MN, 55047
The sixth and final meeting of the fourth cohort of the Brother John Johnston Institute of Contemporary Lasallian Practice will take place March 21-23, 2024, at Dunrovin Christian Brothers Retreat in Marine on St. Croix, Minnesota.
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WEBINAR | Integral Ecology: A New Lasallian Educational Project
2024-04-16 18:00 | NJ
This webinar is a part of the 2024 continuing formation series, which launched in the fall of 2023, hosted by the Lasallian Region of North America (RELAN). Lasallian educators from across the Region have designed these webinars to provide opportunities to discuss current trends in Lasallian Catholic education. The webinar presenters will offer resources to bring back to the classroom, office and educational community.

INTEGRAL ECOLOGY: A NEW LASALLIAN EDUCATIONAL PROJECT
Date: Tuesday, April 16, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. ET
Speakers: Brother Gus Sinco, FSC, Director, Environmental Sustainability Education Initiative, RELAN
Integral Ecology (IE) reveals that the ecological crisis is not a collection of problems to be solved, but a symptom of a deeper human and spiritual crisis. At its core this crisis is our lost connection to the natural world and our own origins. IE education is an approach to teaching and learning that seeks to understand the interconnectedness of all of creation and provide an answer to the present human and spiritual crisis. Recognizing that our spiritual needs are just as important as our physical needs, we cannot truly heal the environment without also healing ourselves. “Integral ecology is, pedagogically, one of the best generators of educational approaches that could be characteristic of the new Lasallian educational proposal” (Declaration on the Lasallian Educational Mission [2020], p. 100). IE education seeks to help students develop a deeper relationship with God through a better understanding of the natural world and the environmental impact of their actions. It also seeks to help students develop the skills, knowledge and sense of responsibility they need to protect God’s gift and live more sustainably.
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Brother Raphaël Louis Rafiringa, FSC
2024-05-15 | NJ
Br. Raphaël Louis Rafiringa was born in Tananarive (Madagascar) on May 1, 1856.
His indefatigable missionary effort suffered as a result of two wars, one in 1883 and the other in 1895. All the missionaries having been chased from the island, Brother Raphaël confronted this difficult situation with a superhuman courage that was crowned with success. As a sign of their recognition of this, the French authorities decorated him with the Madagascan gold medal of merit. As a result of his remarkable literary effort, he was named a member of the Madagascan Academy. He died at Fianarantsoa on May 19, 1919.
On Oct. 18, 1979, the Brothers of this great island requested of Pope John Paul II the introduction of the Cause of the Servant of God.
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Solemnity of Saint John Baptist de La Salle
2024-05-18 | NJ
Each year, Lasallians honor Saint John Baptist de La Salle, founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools and patron saint of teachers, on May 15, known as the Solemnity of Saint John Baptist de La Salle or Founder’s Day. It’s a day to reflect on the rich history of the Lasallian mission and celebrate the man whose vision and dedication to providing a human and Christian education to the young, especially the poor, launched the worldwide Lasallian network.
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Buttimer Institute, 2024
2024-06-23 - 2024-07-06 | Manhattan University, 4513 Manhattan College Parkway, Riverdale, NY, 10471, United States
The 2024 Buttimer Institute of Lasallian Studies will be held Sunday, June 23 – Saturday, July 6 at Manhattan College in New York. Buttimer is an intensive Lasallian education and formation program that studies the life, work and spirituality of Saint John Baptist de La Salle and the origins of the Lasallian educational mission. Learn more about Buttimer >

LSJI, 2024
2024-07-15 - 2024-07-20 | Brother David Darst Center, 6336 S. Kilbourn Ave., Chicago, IL, 60629, United States
The 2024 Lasallian Social Justice Institute (LSJI), themed “Urban Intersections of Injustice,” will take place July 15-20 at the Brother David Darst Center in Chicago, Illinois. LSJI is a formation program for the based on the Gospel and our Lasallian vocation to the promotion of social justice and service to the poor. Learn more about LSJI >

Johnston Institute, Regional Gathering
2024-07-22 - 2024-07-25 | Lewis University, 1 University Parkway, Romeoville, IL, 60446, United States
Johnston’s fifth cohort participants will gather as a Region from July 22-25, 2024, at Lewis University in Romeoville, 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.

Transfiguration of the Lord
2024-08-06 08:00 - 17:00 | NJ

Saint Benildus Romançon, FSC
2024-08-08 | NJ
Pierre Romançon was born June 14, 1805, in Thuret, France. He was so far ahead of his classmates that when he was only 14 years old the Brothers engaged him as a substitute teacher. From 1821 to 1841 he taught in elementary schools before being appointed as director of a new school in southern France in 1841. He served in that school for the next 20 years, educating the boys of the village, many of whom had never been to school. The school became a center of social and intellectual life of the village. Saint Benilde died Aug. 13, 1862.
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Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
2024-08-15 | NJ

Saint Solomon Le Clercq, FSC
2024-09-04 | NJ
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
2024-09-04 | NJ
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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Nativity of Blessed Virgin Mary
2024-09-08 | NJ

Tradition and Transformation Through the Lens of Lasallian Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging
2024-09-16 18:00 - 19:00 | NJ
TRADITION AND TRANSFORMATION THROUGH THE LENS OF LASALLIAN DIVERSITY, EQUITY, INCLUSION AND BELONGING

Date: Monday, September 16, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. ET / 3:00 p.m. PT
Speakers: Dr. Carol Ann Gittens, Dean of the Kalmanovitz School of Education, Saint Mary’s College of California, Moraga, CA, and Alexsandra Walton, Director of Inclusion and Belonging, Saint Mary’s College High School, Berkeley, CA
One critical topic in the conversation of Lasallian tradition and transformation is Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging (DEIB). This webinar is developed from the more comprehensive Lasallian Institute for Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging offered in the summers of 2022 and 2023 at Saint Mary’s College of California. Building on Huether 2021, where the emphasis was on inclusion and belonging, the institute was launched. Over two years, 50 participants have engaged in this deep work for their school communities.
This presentation is for Lasallian educators who are curious about what DEIB means, who want to begin or advance their own professional development in DEIB and who want practical strategies to bring back to their ministries. The concept of belonging has been a critical element in the tradition of Lasallian schools. How do we continue that tradition today? We are committed to linking DEIB work to our Lasallian Catholic heritage and highlighting where participants can deepen their awareness and approaches of this critical topic for our times.
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Blessed Scubilion Rousseau, FSC
2024-09-22 | NJ
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
2024-10-10 - 2024-10-12 | 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 10-12, 2024, at the The Cenacle on the Lake Retreat Center 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
2024-10-11 | NJ
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
2024-10-11 | NJ
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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Brothers in Initial Formation Gathering
2024-10-11 - 2024-10-14 | Carmelite Spiritual Center, 8419 Bailey Road, Darien, IL, 60561, United States
The Brothers in Initial Formation Gathering will take place October 11-14 at the Carmelite Spirituality Center.

Blessed Nicolas Barré
2024-10-16 | NJ
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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Fostering a Culture of Vocation: The Call of Everyone Within Our Lasallian Family
2024-10-16 18:00 - 19:00 | NJ
FOSTERING A CULTURE OF VOCATION: THE CALL OF EVERYONE WITHIN OUR LASALLIAN FAMILY
Date: Wednesday, October 16, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. ET / 3:00 p.m. PT
Speakers: Brother David Caretti, FSC, Director of Vocation Ministry, District of San Francisco New Orleans, Napa, CA, and Chris Swain, Director for the Office of Lasallian Vocation Ministry, Christian Brothers Conference, Romeoville, IL
All engaged in the Lasallian charism contribute to animating and instilling a culture of vocation – a shared mission to awaken “each person to discover how God desires them to love” and live that out as a “response to the needs of the world” (Circular 475 From Hope to Commitment: Understanding Lasallian Vocations, 2020).
This webinar will provide participants with shared understandings and practical ways to invite, encourage and accompany colleagues and young people in joyfully discovering the ways in which God is calling them. Within our Lasallian charism and mission, fostering a culture of vocation is a foundational commitment that forms our Lasallian educational community and provides vision and direction to everyone in carrying out their shared ministry.
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Johnston Institute, Midwest Gathering
2024-10-17 - 2024-10-19 | Brother David Darst Center, 6336 S. Kilbourn Ave., Chicago, IL, 60629, United States
Fifth cohort Johnston participants from the Midwest District will gather October 17-19, 2024, 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.

Johnston Institute, DENA Gathering
2024-10-24 - 2024-10-26 | 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 24-26, 2024, 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.

Blessed Arnold Rèche, FSC
2024-10-25 | NJ
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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Blessed Spanish Martyrs of the 20th Century
2024-11-01 | NJ
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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The Concentration Programs at La Salle College High School: Sparking Academic Interest in Sometimes Overlooked “Average” Students
2024-11-04 18:00 - 19:00 | NJ
THE CONCENTRATION PROGRAMS AT LA SALLE COLLEGE HIGH SCHOOL: SPARKING ACADEMIC INTEREST IN SOMETIMES OVERLOOKED “AVERAGE” STUDENTS
Date: Monday, November 4, 2024, at 6:00 p.m. ET / 3:00 p.m. PT
Speakers: Brother Anthony Baginski, FSC, Associate Dean for the Concentrations Program, and Michael Sabatino, Director of Technology and Information Systems and IT Professional Concentration Coordinator, La Salle College High School, Wyndmoor, PA
The concentration programs at La Salle College High School are designed to tap into the transformative potential of tailored educational pathways. This session explores how specialized concentration programs can reignite passion and engagement among students often overlooked by traditional educational models. A significant focus will be on the IT professional concentration, highlighting its relevance in today’s digital age and its accessibility for many schools to deploy. Learn how schools can integrate this program with minimal resources, leveraging existing technology and partnerships to provide students with valuable, industry-relevant skills.
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Huether Lasallian Conference, 2024
2024-11-21 16:00 - 2024-11-23 21:00 | Hyatt Regency Baltimore Inner Harbor, 300 Light Street, Baltimore, 21202, United States
The 51st Huether Lasallian Conference will take place November 21-23, 2024, at the Hyatt Regency Baltimore Inner Harbor Hotel. Learn more about Huether >
