Past News Articles
Bishop Whelan Offers Mass at LSA-NYC
New York, NY - Auxiliary Bishop Edmund Whalen, vicar for clergy in the archdiocese, offered Mass March 2 at La Salle Academy on March 2. Pinch hitting for Cardinal Dolan, who was sick, Bishop [...]
Saint Patty’s Day 1940s
We hope you will pardon the Christian Brothers of St. Thomas College (Scranton, PA) as the camera interrupts their partying during the early 1940s on St. Patrick’s Day…after school, of course. (Many Brothers might [...]
Bishop Loughlin Partners with Cornell; Uses Science to Show Dangers of Vaping
Brooklyn, NY - Students at Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School in Brooklyn have learned a science lesson — but also a life lesson — about the dangers of vaping. A 2019 CDC survey showed [...]
Book Circle
Lincroft, NJ - Brother Dennis Lee visited Brother John McMahon’s ‘Book Circle’ recently to talk about CTIE. The group of eight has been eager to hear from the ‘busy’ Brother Visitor, as the first [...]
Third Sunday of Lent (March 15)
Gospel - John 4:5-42 Jesus came to a town of Samaria called Sychar, near the plot of land that Jacob had given to his son Joseph. Jacob’s well was there. Jesus, tired from his [...]
La Salle Educational Center of Homestead Joins DENA
from the article "Brother Victorino’s legacy continues," by Ana Rodriguez Soto - Florida Catholic newspaper Homestead, FL - On February 4, 2020, the La Salle Educational Center, founded by alumni of Lasallian schools in [...]
Sunday Gospel (02/23/20)
Gospel - Matthew 5:38-48 Jesus said to his disciples: “You have heard that it was said, An eye for an eye and a tooth for a tooth. But I say to you, offer no [...]
Brother Joseph Lapp, FSC
Words of Remembrance for Brother Joseph Lapp, FSC Written and delivered by Brother Colman Coogan, FSC Mass of Christian Burial La Salle Hall Ammendale, MD March 2, 2020 Today I would like to share [...]
Anonymous benefactor donates $1 million to Calvert Hall
Baltimore, MD - An anonymous alumnus has donated $1 million to Calvert Hall College High School to create a scholarship endowment to support students engaged in the arts. “Our benefactor is directly investing in [...]
La Salle Uni. and Merck Partner to Prepare Students
Philadelphia, PA - La Salle University and multinational pharmaceutical giant Merck have teamed up with Pathway for Patient Health to offer a suite of new courses aimed at preparing undergraduate students for careers in the life science industry. The [...]
Sunday Gospel (02/16/20)
Gospel - Matthew 5:17-37 Jesus said to his disciples: “Do not think that I have come to abolish the law or the prophets. I have come not to abolish but to fulfill. Amen, I [...]
First Sunday of Lent (March 1)
Gospel - Matthew 4:1-11 At that time Jesus was led by the Spirit into the desert to be tempted by the devil. He fasted for forty days and forty nights, and afterwards he was [...]
Ash Wednesday (February 26)
Gospel - Matthew 6:1-6, 16-18 Jesus said to his disciples: “Take care not to perform righteous deeds in order that people may see them; otherwise, you will have no recompense from your heavenly Father. [...]
Second Sunday of Lent (March 8)
Gospel - Matthew 17:1-9 Jesus took Peter, James, and John his brother, and led them up a high mountain by themselves. And he was transfigured before them; his face shone like the sun and [...]
Palm Sunday (April 5)
Gospel - Matthew 26:14—27:66 One of the Twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, “What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you?” [...]
Easter Sunday (April 12)
Gospel - John 20:1-9 On the first day of the week, Mary of Magdala came to the tomb early in the morning, while it was still dark, and saw the stone removed from the [...]
Fifth Sunday of Lent (March 29)
Gospel - John 11:1-45 Now a man was ill, Lazarus from Bethany, the village of Mary and her sister Martha. Mary was the one who had anointed the Lord with perfumed oil and dried [...]
Fourth Sunday of Lent (March 22)
Gospel - John 9:1-41 As Jesus passed by he saw a man blind from birth. His disciples asked him, “Rabbi, who sinned, this man or his parents, that he was born blind?” Jesus answered, [...]
Brothers In Initial Formation Retreat 2020
Darien, Illinois - Brothers Paul Avvento, Steven Barbaro, David Deradoorian, JD Macioce, and Kyle Mena joined eight other Brothers in initial formation from RELAN at the Carmelite Spiritual Center, February 7th - 9th. This [...]
Sunday Gospel Reflection (02/09/20)
Dawn M. Nothwehr, OSF, Ph.D
Catholic Theological Union
Gospel - Matthew 5:13-16 Jesus said to his disciples: “You are the salt of the earth. But if salt loses its taste, with what can it be seasoned? It is no longer good for [...]
DENA’s Beyond the Borders – ESL Program in New Jersey
Brothers Thomas Casey, Thomas Browne, and Richard Galvin celebrate the graduates of the ESL program. Asbury Park, NJ - In the words of Isaiah (38: 12), DENA’s Evening ESL Program for young [...]
Lenten Message 2020
Return to Lent main page Dear Brothers and Lasallians, One of my most meaningful Lenten seasons was just over thirty years ago in 1989 when I had the privilege of making a Lasallian [...]
New Book From LSU
Philadelphia, PA - Karen Reardon, Megan Schoen and Jaime Longo, editors, have published the book In Living Color: An Anthology of Contemporary Student Writings on Race (2020) with assistance from Parnilis Media. This book [...]
Young Brothers Lead 25 in Confirmation Retreat
Towanda, PA - Five Brothers in initial formation traveled north west from Philadelphia recently to lead a Confirmation Retreat. Brothers David Deradoorian, JD Macioce, Kyle Mena, Rafael Rodriguez (SFNO), & Andrew Wozniak (SFNO) spent [...]
Lasallian Association of Elementary and Middle School Gather for Mission
Eatontown, NJ - The District's four San Miguel model middle schools gathered for their biennial winter workshop, hosted by the Office for Mission & Ministry. Focusing on the theme Great Things are Possible, San [...]