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The De La Salle Brothers, officially named the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (; ; ) abbreviated FSC, is a
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religious congregation of
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for men founded in
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by Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (1651–1719), now based in
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, Italy. The De La Salle Brothers are also known as the Christian Brothers (sometimes by Lasallian organisations themselves), French Christian Brothers, or Lasallian Brothers. The Lasallian Christian Brothers are distinct from the
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, often also referred to as simply the Christian Brothers, or Irish Christian Brothers. The Lasallian Brothers use the
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abbreviation FSC to denote their membership of the order, and the honorific title Brother, abbreviated "Br." The Lasallian order stated that the Institute had 2,883 Brothers, who helped in running 1,154 education centers in 78 countries with 1,160,328 students, together with 107,827 teachers and
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associates. Summary of statistics as of December 2023, with link to detailed 136-page report. There are La Salle educational institutions in countries ranging from impoverished nations such as Nigeria to post-secondary institutions such as
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, Lebanon), and
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, US). The central administration of the Brothers operates out of the Generalate in Rome, Italy and is made up of the Superior General and his councillors. A number of Lasallian institutions in several countries have been accused of, and have admitted and apologised for, long-standing and serious physical and sexual abuse against their charges.


History

In March 1679, Jean-Baptiste de La Salle met the teacher
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in a chance encounter at the Convent of the
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. Nyel asked for La Salle's help in opening free schools for the poor boys in Reims. A novitiate and normal school were established in Paris in 1694. Then the brothers decided collectively to take what is called a "vow of association" that is still performed today. This initial vow required the brothers to stay together and interact with their community, instead of living in separate monasteries or isolated convents such as in the priesthood. La Salle spent his life teaching poor children in parish charity schools. The school flourished and widened in scope; in 1725, six years after La Salle's death, the society was recognised by the pope, under the official title of "Brothers of the Christian Schools". La Salle was canonised as a saint on 15 May 1900. In 1950 Pope
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declared him to be the "Special Patron of All Teachers of Youth in the Catholic Church". The order, approved by
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in 1725, rapidly spread over France. It was dissolved by a decree of the
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set up after the French Revolution in February 1790, but recalled by
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in 1804 and formally recognised by the French government in 1808. Since then its members penetrated into nearly every country of Europe, Africa,
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, Asia and Australia.


The Order

As
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, members take the three usual vows of
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. The Institute's headquarters is in Rome, Italy. The order has five global regions: North America (Région Lasallienne de l’Amérique du Nord, RELAN), Asia/Oceania (Pacific-Asia Regional Conference, PARC), Europe/Mediterranean (Région Lasallienne Européenne-Méditerranéenne, RELEM), Africa (Région Lasallienne Africano-Malgache, RELAF), and Latin America (Region Latinoamericana Lasallista, RELAL). During the International Year of Literacy/Schooling (1990), the
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awarded the Noma Literacy Prize to Lasallian Institutions. The order says that its key principles are faith in the presence of God, concern for the poor and social justice, inclusive community, respect for all people, and quality education. In 2017 the Institute had 3,800 brothers, 75% fewer than in 1965. The decline is due partly to many brothers reaching retirement age, and the small number of new recruits. In the same period the number of students in Lasallian schools increased from about 700,000 to over a million.


Superiors General

The following have served as Superior General of the De La Salle Brothers: * 1717–1720 Br. Barthélemy (Joseph Truffet), FSC * 1720–1747 Br. Timothée (Guillaume Samson Bazin), FSC * 1751–1767 Br. Claude (Pierre Nivet), FSC * 1767–1777 Br. Florence (Jean Boubel), FSC * 1777–1787 Br. Agathon (Joseph Gonlieu), FSC * 1795–1810 Br. Fumence (Jean-Baptiste Herbet), FSC * 1810–1822 Br. Gerbaud (Sébastien Thomas), FSC * 1822–1830 Br. Guilluame de Jésus (François Marre), FSC * 1830–1838 Br. Anaclet (Claude Louis Constantin), FSC * 1838–1874 Br. Philippe (Mathieu Bransiet), FSC * 1874–1875 Br. Jean-Olympe (Joseph Paget), FSC * 1875–1884 Br. Irlide (Pierre Jean Cazaneuve), FSC * 1884–1897 Br. Joseph (Joseph Marie Josserand), FSC * 1897–1913 Br. Gabriel Marie Joseph (Joseph Marie Josserand), FSC * 1913–1923 Br. Imier de Jésus (Antoine LaFabrègue), FSC * 1923–1928 Br. Allais Charles (Jean Petiot), FSC * 1928–1934 Br. Adrien (Petiot), FSC * 1934–1940 Br. Junien Victor (Auguste Détharré), FSC * 1940–1946 Br. Arèse-Casimir, FSC * 1946–1952 Br. Athanase Émile (Louis-Arthur Ritman), FSC * 1946–1956 Br. Denis-de-Jésus (Alphonse-Louis de Schepper), FSC - Vicar General * 1956–1966: Br. Nicet Joseph Loubet, FSC * 1966–1976: Br. Charles Henry Buttimer, FSC * 1976–1986: Br. José Pablo Basterrechea, FSC * 1986–2000: Br. John Johnston, FSC * 2000–2014: Br.
Álvaro Rodríguez Echeverría Álvaro Rodríguez Echeverría (born 1942 in San José, Costa Rica) is a Costa Rican Religious (Western Christianity), religious of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools or De La Salle Brothers, a Catholic teaching order. He served ...
, FSC * 2014–2022: Br.
Robert Schieler Robert Schieler, FSC (born 1950) is an Catholic Church in the United States, American Catholic who serves as a member of the De La Salle Brothers, Brothers of the Christian Schools. He was elected Superior general (Christianity), superior general o ...
, FSC * From 2022: Br.
Armin Luistro Brother Armin Altamirano Luistro (born December 24, 1961) is a Filipino Lasallian Brother who served as secretary of the Department of Education of the Philippines under President Benigno Aquino III. He is the first Asian Superior General of ...
, FSC


Activities


Education

La Salle initiated a number of innovations in teaching. He recommended dividing up of the children into distinct classes according to their attainments. He also taught pupils to read the vernacular language. In accordance with their mission statement "to provide a human and Christian education ... especially othe poor" the Brothers' principal activity is education, especially of the poor. The Lasallian order stated that the Institute had 2,883 Brothers, who helped in running 1,154 education centers in 78 countries with 1,160,328 students, together with 107,827 teachers and
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associates.


Institutions

* The Guadalupana De La Salle Sisters were founded by Br. Juan Fromental Cayroche in the Archdiocese of Mexico. they teach in twelve countries. The motherhouse is in
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. * The Congregation of the Lasallian Sisters was founded in 1966 by the Brothers of the Christian School in Vietnam to take care of the needs of poor children abandoned because of the civil war there. The office is in
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. * Lasallian Volunteers were lay people who volunteered for one or two years to engage in teaching and other Lasallian activities. They received room and board and a living stipend. The Lasallian Volunteers program ended on June 30, 2022, after 32 years.


Protection of the environment

English Lasallian lay brother and missionary Paul McAuley went to Peru in 1995 as part of his ministry in the Brothers of the Christian Schools, and set up a school in a poor shantytown in
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; after a few years he was honoured with the British award of MBE for his work. He gave the award away and said that he would otherwise have returned it in protest at British companies' activities in the rainforest. In 2000, he founded the La Salle Intercultural Student Community, a hostel for indigenous schoolchildren in Belén, a neighbourhood of the jungle city of
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. He helped tribes in the
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to fight against oil and gas companies expanding into the rainforest; local news media described him as a "Tarzan activist", "white terrorist" and "incendiary gringo priest". In July 2010, the Peruvian government revoked his residency permit for participating in activities "such as protest marches and other acts against the Peruvian state which constitute a breach of public order." He fought the expulsion in Peruvian courts and won his right to stay. On 2 April 2019, his dead body was discovered in the same hostel he founded in Iquitos; his body had been burned after his death. Peru's episcopal conference praised McAuley and called on the authorities to investigate the crime.


Other activities


Investment services

In 1981, the Institute started Christian Brothers Investment Services (CBIS), a " socially responsible investing service" exclusively for Catholic organisations, saying that it "encourage companies to improve policies and practices through active ownership".


Winery

The Brothers arrived in
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, US, on the southern edge of the
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, part of the greater
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in 1868. In 1882 they began making wine for their own use at table and as
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. They also began to distill
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, beginning with the pot-still production method that is used in the
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region. Their production expanded until 1920, when prohibition limited their production to wines for sacramental use. In 1932, at the end of
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, they relocated the winery to the Mont La Salle property in the
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and continued making wine, in larger quantities. In 1935 Brother Timothy Diener became wine master, and he served in this position for 50 years. In the 1950s they acquired
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near St. Helena, California. Varietal wine was made at the Napa Valley facility, generic wine and brandy were produced at Reedley in the
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, and barrel ageing was handled at Greystone. The Christian Brothers winery operated under the corporate name "Mont La Salle Vineyards". In 1988 the winery employed 250 people and produced 900,000 cases of wine, 1.2 million cases of brandy, and 80,000 cases of altar wine. Proceeds from sales helped to fund the Christian Brothers programs and schools, such as Cathedral High School in Los Angeles, and the care of ageing Brothers. In 1989 the vineyards were sold to Heublein, Inc. The sacramental wine brand was purchased by four former Christian Brothers winery executives who carry on production under the name "Mont La Salle Altar Wines". The Brothers retained the Mont La Salle property and have a retreat located there.


Controversial incidents


Child sexual abuse

In the
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(HIA), an inquiry into institutional sexual and physical abuse in Northern Ireland institutions that were in charge of children from 1922 to 1995, the De La Salle Brothers admitted in 2014 to the abuse of boys at two institutions: the former De La Salle Boys' Home Rubane House in Kircubbin,
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, and St Patrick's Training School in west
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, and apologised to its victims. The order accepted that one of its earliest overseers engaged in sexual offences. Representing the de la Salle order, Kevin Rooney QC said the brothers recognised that some of their members had caused "immense pain" to children which was "in contradiction to their vocation". Senior Counsel Christine Smith QC said, "... ose homes operated as outdated survivors of a bygone age." The Inquiry's first public hearings were held from January to May 2014 with the inquiry team reporting to the Executive by the start of 2016. Module 3: ''De La Salle Boys Home at Rubane House, Kircubbin'', started on 29 September 2014 and was completed on 17 December, when the chairman paid tribute to the victims who testified. By October 2014 about 200 former residents of Rubane House made allegations of abuse, and 55 alleged that they themselves were physically or sexually abused. Billy McConville, orphaned when his mother
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was abducted and shot by the IRA in 1972, waived anonymity and described repeated sexual and physical abuse, and starvation, at Rubane House. During the inquiry counsel for the De La Salle order said compensation had been paid, and accepted that some members had abused young boys at the home, but that the order believed that some claims "did not take place". Brother Francis Manning FSC said that the order welcomed the inquiry. Before the abuse issue had become public a Brother wrote in a letter to an alleged abuser "It is best forgotten and I have told some brothers that no reference is to be made to it among themselves or the boys. The whole affair is best dropped with the prayer that all will learn that lesson that our holy rule is very wise in its prescriptions". The order conducted dozens of internal interviews in this case, but did not report the matter to police. On 11 March 2022 statements of apology were made in the
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by ministers from the five main political parties in Northern Ireland and by representatives of six institutions where abuse had taken place, including Br Francis Manning representing the De La Salle Brothers. Several abuse survivors and their family members were critical of the apologies that were made by the institutional representatives. In the 1960s the deputy headmaster of St Gilbert's
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(for young minor offenders) run by Brothers from the De La Salle order in
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,
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, England, was convicted of six counts of sexually abusing boys at the school. He was subsequently reinstated as a teacher at another school. In 2014, former pupils of the school described "a 30-year campaign of sadistic and degrading abuse" including rapes and beatings. A headmaster, a deputy headmaster, and Brothers were reported to have been among those responsible. Police launched an investigation into allegations of abuse at the school between the 1940s and 1970s after former pupils were interviewed by
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, and documents intended to be unavailable until 2044 were released under the
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. In 2017 and 2018 two former staff members were tried for serious sexual offences, assault causing
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, and child cruelty. They were acquitted of all charges other than three charges of child cruelty against one of the defendants, on which the jury was unable to reach a verdict. Other, named, abusers were reported to have died. There were other cases with many victims in countries including Scotland (St Ninian's in Gartmore, Stirlingshire; St Joseph's in Tranent; St Mary's in Bishopbriggs), Australia, and Ireland where "Some 46 alleged abusers are named in these 84 allegations of sex abuse." Serious and detailed allegations about decades-old abuse have been reported in the US, with several lawsuits being settled in favour of victims. After the scandal became widely known, branches of the Order apologised, publicly or to individual victims, for several of these cases.ie/rpt/01-01.php Government of Ireland:Establishment of the Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse (CICA):The De La Salle Brothers, 1.129–1.131
/ref> At St William's residential school in
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, England, between 1970 and 1991 many boys were abused; 200 now-adult men have said they were abused. Abusers including the principal, James Carragher, were imprisoned in 2004 for past sexual abuse at the home. Five victims started High Court action for compensation in 2016. Four of the cases were dismissed in December 2016 The De La Salle order repeated their apologies for and condemnation of the abuse. The De La Salle Brothers also operated the controversial BoysTown school between 1961 and 2001, which is known for having the largest case of child abuse at a single institution in Australia's history. Although only two staff, Brother Francis Brophy and Stephen Anthony Gray, were convicted of child sexual abuse by 2017, the trustees for the De La Salle Brothers had paid almost $27 million in compensation for 219 credible claims of abuse, representing the highest figure against a single church-run institution in Australia. Investigations and trials continued into 2022 involving a number of other schools and the De La Salle order has only apologised where they have been legally found guilty and not where the allegations haven't been prosecuted. This had brought about a widespread condemnation from former, allegedly abused pupils who lack the evidence to bring about a prosecution.


Canonized and venerated Lasallians


Saints

* Jean-Baptiste de La Salle (30 April 1651 – 7 April 1719), founder of the Institute, canonized on 24 May 1900 * Salomone Leclercq (15 November 1745 – 2 September 1792), Martyr of the French Revolution, canonized on 16 October 2016 * Bénilde Romançon (14 June 1805 – 13 August 1862), schoolteacher, canonized on 29 October 1967 * Miguel Febres Cordero (7 November 1854 – 9 February 1910), Ecuadorian Brother, canonized on 21 October 1984 *
Mutien-Marie Wiaux Mutien-Marie Wiaux (also known as Mutien-Marie of Malonne; 20 March 1841 – 30 January 1917) was a Belgian member of the Brothers of Christian Schools, who spent his life as a teacher and is honored as a saint by the Catholic Church. Lif ...
(20 March 1841 – 30 January 1917), Belgian teacher, canonized on 10 December 1989 * Cirilo Bertrán Sanz Tejedor and 7 Companions (died 9 October 1934), Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War, canonized on 21 November 1999 * Jaime Hilario Barbal (2 January 1898 – 18 January 1937), Martyr of the Spanish Civil War, canonized on 21 November 1999


Blesseds

* Jean (Leon) Mopinot (12 December 1724 – 21 May 1794), Martyr of the French Revolution, beatified on 1 October 1995 * Jean Baptiste (Udalric) Guillaume (1 February 1755 – 27 August 1794), Martyr of the French Revolution, beatified on 1 October 1995 * Pierre-Sulpice-Christophe (Roger) Faverge (25 July 1745 – 12 September 1794), Martyr of the French Revolution, beatified on 1 October 1995 * Julian-Nicolas Rèche (2 September 1838 – 23 October 1890), educator, beatified on 1 November 1987 * Jean-Bernard Rousseau (22 March 1797 – 13 April 1867), "Catechist of Slaves", beatified on 2 May 1989 *
Raphaël Rafiringa Raphaël-Louis Rafiringa, FSC (born Firinga; 3 November 1856 – 19 May 1919) was a Catholic religious brother from Madagascar who served as a De La Salle Brother at a time in his nation when foreign missionaries were expelled. Rafiringa was rai ...
(3 November 1856 – 19 May 1919), Malagasy Brother, beatified on 7 June 2009 * Edmigio Isidoro Primo Rodriguez and 6 Companions (died between August to September 1936), Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War, beatified on 10 October 1993 * Honorato Andrés Zarraquino Herrero and 4 Companions (died between October to November 1936), Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War, beatified on 11 March 2001 * Ovidio Bertrán Anuncibay Letona and 57 Companions (died between July 1936 to March 1937), Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War, beatified on 28 October 2007 * Agustín María García Tribaldos and 73 Companions (died between July 1936 to July 1938), Martyrs of the Spanish Civil War, beatified on 13 October 2013 * James Alfred Miller (21 September 1944 – 13 February 1982), missionary to Guatemala and martyr, beatified on 7 December 2019


Venerables

* Chretien (Alpert) Motsch (26 May 1849 – 6 April 1898). professed religious, declared Venerable on 12 January 1996 * Adrien-Félix-Jean (Exupérien) Mas (7 June 1829 – 31 January 1905), professed religious, declared Venerable on 3 March 1990 * Adolphe (Théophanius-Léo) Châtillon (31 October 1871 – 28 April 1929), Canadian professed religious, declared Venerable on 2 April 2011 * Giovanni (Teodoreto) Garberoglio (9 February 1871 – 13 May 1954), professed religious and founder of the Union of Catechists of Jesus Crucified and Mary Immaculate, declared Venerable on 3 March 1990 * Augustin Arnaud (Victorin Nymphas) Pagès (7 September 1885 – 16 April 1966), professed religious, declared Venerable on 6 April 2019 * Francisco Andrés (Andrés Hibernón) Garmendía Mendizabál (3 September 1880 – 11 March 1969), professed religious, declared Venerable on 3 July 2008 * Wendelin (Gregorio Cesario) Bühl (13 September 1896 – 11 December 1973), professed religious, declared Venerable on 6 April 1995 * Leonardo (Adolfo) Lanzuela Martínez (8 November 1894 – 14 March 1976), professed religious, declared Venerable on 17 December 2015 * Jean Prosper Fromental Cayroche (27 June 1895 – 5 December 1978), professed religious and founder of the Guadalupan Sisters of de La Salle, declared Venerable on 5 July 2013


Servants of God

* Ghislain-Florent (Térence) Pronier (29 February 1757 – 6 July 1794), Martyr of the French Revolution * Antonio (Louis) Camilleri (1 September 1923 – 29 May 2011), Maltese professed religious


See also

* List of
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* Parochial patronage


References


External links


LaSalle.org, Web site of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools – La Salle

De La Salle Christian Brothers, Province of Great Britain

Brief history of the Lasallian Institute
* *Internet Archive ** ** (but some will be about the Irish
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) ** {{Authority control Institutes of Catholic religious brothers Catholic teaching orders Charities based in Oxfordshire Religious organisations based in Italy Religious organizations established in 1680 Catholic religious institutes established in the 17th century 1680 establishments in France