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Saint Miguel Febres Cordero, FSC
2019-02-12, 2019-02-09
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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Saint Mutien-Marie Wiaux, FSC
2019-01-30
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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Commemoration of the Transfer of the Relics of Saint John Baptist de La Salle
2019-01-26
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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Year of Lasallian Vocations Begins
2018-12-02
The Year of Lasallian Vocations marks the 300th anniversary of Saint John Baptist de La Salle’s entry into eternal life and celebrates the impact of the mission he started. The yearlong celebration will take place during the 2018-2019 liturgical year, beginning on December 2, 2018, with Advent and concluding on November 24, 2019, with the feast of Christ the King.
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Huether Lasallian Conference
2018-11-15 - 2018-11-19 | Minneapolis, MN
“Limitless Potential: Transforming Lasallian Communities” is the theme for the Huether Lasallian Conference. Learn more >

Spring into Action
2018-10-12 08:00 - 17:00 UTC
The 7th annual Young Lasallian Spring into Action is March 15 – April 30, 2019. Spring into Action is an initiative that highlights service that occurs within our Lasallian ministries. It is a time to celebrate service and do something for others. The challenge is to join other Lasallians by participating in a volunteer or service activity and share that experience with others through pictures and social media. Sponsored by the Regional Council of Young Lasallians of the Lasallian Region of North America (RELAN), Spring into Action was created in response to a call to action found in Circular 461.
