The Lasallian Region of North America (RELAN) includes Lasallian ministries in the United States and Canada. It includes three Districts and is one of five Regions in the worldwide Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (De La Salle Christian Brothers). The first Brothers arrived in North America in the early 1800s and established the first permanent Lasallian school in Montreal, Canada, in 1837. In 1842, John McMullin became the first American Brother. He founded Calvert Hall in Baltimore, Maryland, in 1845, which became the first permanent Lasallian school in the United States and continues to be administered by the Brothers today as Calvert Hall College High School.
See a directory of all RELAN ministries, sorted alphabetically and by state.
RELAN includes three Districts (Provinces):
District of Eastern North America (DENA)
The District of Eastern North America (DENA) includes ministries in Florida, Washington D.C., Maryland, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Puerto Rico, Québec, Rhode Island, and Toronto. See DENA’s ministry directory.
DENA has integrated ministries from the former District of Francophone Canada in the new Quebec Sector.
Midwest District
The Midwest District includes ministries in Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, Montana, Oklahoma, Ohio and Tennessee. See the Midwest District’s ministry directory.
District of San Francisco New Orleans (SFNO)
The District of San Francisco New Orleans (SFNO) includes ministries in Arizona, California, Colorado, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oregon, Texas, Washington and Baja California, Mexico. See SFNO’s ministry directory.