Pope John XXIII Dies
The beloved Pope John XXIII died on June 3. Christian Brothers from De La Salle College in Washington sang the Solemn Pontifical Mass at the Shrine of the Immaculate Conception (Washington) in his memory.
It was reported that Pope John’s last general audience, of significance to the Brothers, was on May 15 of that year. That day, he spoke about three topics:
- His encyclical Pacem in Terris
- The 72nd anniversary of Pope Leo XIII’s Rerum Novarum
- The feast day (May 15 in those years) of St. John Baptist de La Salle.
Institute Bulletin, July 1963, p. 133, and also FSC, September 1963, p. 2. Photo by “Giordani,” appeared in the July Bulletin of that year. Lasallian Digest of Summer 1963 pp. 48-49
Peace Corps Director Visits DLS College in Manila
R. Sargent Shriver, director of the Peace Corps, visited De La Salle College in Manila on August 31. A Filipino foundation bestowed an award to the Peace Corps, and Mr. Shriver gratefully accepted it.
FSC, December 1963, p. 4.
Statistics
The largest districts (provinces) in the world, with the number of Brothers in each, are:
- St. Louis (715)
- New York (622)
- North Belgium (550)
- Baltimore (525)
- Valladolid, Spain (512)
There are still 82 Brothers for countries behind the Iron Curtain, but no students.
New York Newsletter, June 1, 1963, p. 4.
Brother’s Mechanical Article Published
Brother G. William (Sheekey), of Central Catholic HS (Pittsburgh) had a six-page article published in English in the July 1963 issue of the Institute Bulletin, a mostly-French language magazine with worldwide readership among the Brothers. His article was entitled “Mechanical Devices in Teaching.”
Institute Bulletin, July 1963, pp. 163-168.