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Blessed James Miller, FSC
2025-02-14
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.

Blessed James Miller Feast Day Celebration
2025-02-13 17:30 - 19:00 (America/Chicago) | Custer, WI, Custer, WI, United States
Gather in-person to celebrate the feast of Blessed James Miller, FSC, the first religious Brother from the United States to be beatified. Father Alan Guanella, pastor of Our Lady Queen of Heaven, and Brother Larry Schatz, FSC, vocation director, Midwest Director, will lead a prayer service at Brother James’ grave, followed by a reception at Sacred Heart Church.
5:30 p.m. Gravesite Prayer Service, St. Martin’s Church*
St. Martin Church Cemetery 6692 Highway 66 Custer, Wisconsin 54423
6:00 p.m. Reception, Sacred Heart Church
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
7377 Church St.
Custer, Wisconsin 54423
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*In the event of inclement weather, the prayer service will be held at Sacred Heart Church.
Questions, contact Chris Swain, at cswain@cbconf.org or (202) 529-0047 x104

Saint Miguel Febres Cordero, FSC
2025-02-11
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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Online Educator Forum: "Walking With Blessed James Miller: Integrating his Legacy Into Schools"
2025-01-29 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
Join us for an opportunity during Catholic Schools Week for educators to deepen their knowledge of Blessed James Miller’s life and martyrdom. Participants will have the opportunity to dialogue around integrating his legacy of faith, justice and social change into the school and classroom settings, as well as resources that can support these efforts.
This online forum will be led Christian Bordak-Roseman from St. John’s College High School, Washington, D.C.; Brother Patrick Conway, FSC, from Christian Brother’s University in Memphis, Tenneesee; and Lou Anne Tighe, from Cretin-Derham Hall, St. Paul, Minnesota.
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Questions, contact Chris Swain, at cswain@cbconf.org or (202) 529-0047 x104

Commemoration of the Transfer of the Relics of Saint John Baptist de La Salle
2025-01-26
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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Regional Webinar - Spiritual Direction: Walking the Sacred Path, Together
2025-01-08 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
Speakers: Holly Hoey Germann, Theology Teacher, Totino-Grace High School, Fridley, MN
Educators who have a deep faith positively impact the young people entrusted to their care. Often, educators will use their faith as a source of nourishment to sustain their ministry. However, many find themselves feeling “burnt out,” isolated in their faith and unsure of where to turn. Spiritual direction can be an antidote to these feelings.
Spiritual direction, also called spiritual companioning, is a contemplative practice. It is a way to grow and deepen one’s faith, regardless of background, tradition, or past experiences. It is a confidential, professional and sacred relationship between two people who journey together to discover how the Divine is moving in their life.
Through this webinar, Holly will explain spiritual direction as a contemplative practice. She will use Saint John Baptist de La Salle’s life as an example of someone who was committed to spiritual direction and the contemplative life as a way of maintaining his ministry. Finally, she will lead participants through a prayer experience as a glimpse into a spiritual direction conversation.
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"Hearts in the Peripheries" Institute Webinar
2024-12-09 09:00 - 10:00 (America/New_York)
The International Council for Lasallian Association and the Educational Mission (CIAMEL) is hosting a “Hearts in the Peripheries” webinar to further explain of the Leavening Project, share opportunities for collaboration and create energy around the movement, particularly during the invitational season of Advent.
All Lasallian educators, Brothers and Partners from the five Regions of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools are invited.
Participants are asked to prepare for the session by reading “The Leavening Project: Growing together in the Lasallian Dream” and Lasallian Reflection 10: Our Heart Is In the Peripheries.
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Martyr of Hope and Witness of Justice: Blessed James Miller Prayer Service
2024-12-07 12:00 - 13:00 (America/New_York)
Commemorate the fifth anniversary of Blessed James Miller’s beatification with us. Join us for an online prayer service, led by Brother Larry Schatz, FSC, on Saturday, Dec. 7 at 12 p.m. ET / 9 a.m. PT where we will remember and reflect on Brother James’ life and invoke his intercession.
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Huether Lasallian Conference, 2024
2024-11-21 16:00 - 2024-11-23 21:00 (America/New_York) | 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 >

The Concentration Programs at La Salle College High School: Sparking Academic Interest in Sometimes Overlooked “Average” Students
2024-11-04 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
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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Blessed Spanish Martyrs of the 20th Century
2024-11-01
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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Blessed Arnold Rèche, FSC
2024-10-25
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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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.

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.

Fostering a Culture of Vocation: The Call of Everyone Within Our Lasallian Family
2024-10-16 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
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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Learn more about the fall 2024 Regional webinars.

Blessed Nicolas Barré
2024-10-16
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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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.

Saint Martyrs of Turón
2024-10-11
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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Saint Jaime Hilario Barbal, FSC
2024-10-11
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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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.

Blessed Scubilion Rousseau, FSC
2024-09-22
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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Tradition and Transformation Through the Lens of Lasallian Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Belonging
2024-09-16 18:00 - 19:00 (America/New_York)
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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Learn more about the fall 2024 Regional webinars.

Nativity of Blessed Virgin Mary
2024-09-08

Blessed Martyrs of Rochefort
2024-09-04
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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Saint Solomon Le Clercq, FSC
2024-09-04
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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Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
2024-08-15

Saint Benildus Romançon, FSC
2024-08-08
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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Video by Ed Sirois, La Salle Academy, Providence, RI

Transfiguration of the Lord
2024-08-06 08:00 - 17:00 (America/New_York)

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.

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 >
