RELAN

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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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.

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.

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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Encountering Lasallian Spirituality Retreat
2025-11-03 13:00 - 2025-11-06 08:00 (America/New_York) | 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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Registration for the retreat and overnight accommodations for the retreat closes Monday, Sept. 15, 2025, at 5:00 p.m. ET.

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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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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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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.

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, 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.

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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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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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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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.

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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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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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.

"Saints On Their Way" Exhibit - Brother James Miller Guild
2025-09-14 12:30
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.

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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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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Saint Benildus Romançon, FSC
2025-08-14
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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Lasallian Social Justice Institute
2025-07-21 - 2025-07-26
“El Otro Lado”
July 21-26 • El Paso, Texas

The Lasallian Social Justice Institute (LSJI) is a formation program for the Partners and Brothers in the Region based on the Gospel and our Lasallian vocation to the promotion of social justice and service to the poor.

Johnston Institute, Regional Gathering
2025-07-14 - 2025-07-18 | Lewis University, 1 University Parkway, Romeoville, IL, 60446, United States
Fifth cohort participants will gather as a Region from July 14-18, 2025, 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.

Buttimer Institute
2025-06-29 - 2025-07-12 | Manhattan University, 4513 Manhattan College Parkway, Riverdale, NY, 10471, United States
The 2025 Buttimer Institute of Lasallian Studies will be held Sunday, June 29 – Saturday, July 12 at Manhattan University 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 >

Prayer Writing Workshop
2025-06-22 - 2025-06-26 | Christian Brothers Center, 635 Ocean Road, Narragansett, RI, 02882
In an effort to further support and promote the 2025 Year of Lasallian Spirituality, Christian Brothers Conference is pleased to offer a Prayer Writing Workshop for a select group of writers, across all experience levels and ministries. The goal for the gathering is twofold: 1) to create four seasonal prayer resources that will be distributed to educators around the Lasallian Region of North America (RELAN) and 2) to be a spiritually and professionally enriching time of growth.
Applications are now closed.

Brother Raphaël Louis Rafiringa, FSC
2025-05-21
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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Regional Webinar – Navigating the Generative Landscape in Catholic Schools
2025-04-10 18:00 - 19:00 | Virtual
Navigating the Generative Landscape in Catholic Schools
Date: Thursday, April 10, 2025, at 6:00 p.m. ET / 3:00 p.m. PT
Speaker: Father Nate Wills, CSC, Ph.D., faculty of the Mary Ann Remick Leadership Program and director of the Higher-Powered Learning program in the University of Notre Dame’s Alliance for Catholic Education
Amid the explosion of generative artificial intelligence tools, how should Catholic educators and schools respond? How might these tools empower Catholic school teachers to meet the needs of all learners? What’s helpful and what’s harmful? In this dynamic webinar, Holy Cross priest and education professor at the University of Notre Dame, Father Nate Wills will address the burning questions of Catholic educators regarding AI while staying grounded in educational best practices and church teaching. Learn practical ways to use powerful generative AI tools to supercharge your teaching and help your students grow.
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Johnston Institute, Midwest Gathering
2025-03-27 - 2025-03-29 | Alverna Center, St. Mary’s University, 1175 W. Wabasha St., Winona, MN, 55987, United States
Fifth cohort Johnston participants from the Midwest District will gather March 27-29, 2025, at the Alverna Center on St. Mary’s University’s campus in Winona, Minnesota.

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
2025-03-20 - 2025-03-22 | 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 March 20-22, 2025, 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.

Theological Reflection: The Educator’s Journey to Transformation
2025-03-18 18:00 - 19:00
REGIONAL WEBINAR FOR THE YEAR OF LASALLIAN SPIRITUALITY
Theological Reflection: The Educator’s Journey to Transformation
Presenters: Brother Michael French, FSC, and Brother Michael Phipps, FSC
Date: Tuesday, March 18, 2025, 6:00 p.m. ET/ 3:00 p.m. PT
Saint John Baptist de La Salle encouraged his Brothers to see their faith formation and ministry as one — a united force of transformation, rooted in their relationship with God. A practical theologian, De La Salle’s writings provide a spiritual framework for educators to integrate faith and teaching. Theological reflection has long been a process for fostering dialogue around seeing new perspectives and making meaning of current contexts, using texts as reference points for guiding discourse.
Employing the tool of theological reflection, we will seek to understand how the tenets of De La Salle’s spiritual program continue to inspire the transformational vocation of teacher. This webinar invites participants to explore the enriching impact of De La Salle’s theology alongside the pillars of Lasallian spirituality and to reflect on their experience of faith and ministry in their journey as an educator.
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