Past News Articles
“Christmas time 1679”
1679: De La Salle did not set out to "found" a new Institute. More precisely, it developed and evolved one step at a time. At "Christmas time" of this year, "the five teachers move[d] into [...]
December 24
December 24: It's Christmas Eve. In his meditation to be read on this day, De La Salle wrote in part, "If you wish to profit by the coming of Jesus Christ in you, you must [...]
December 23 1837
1837: The first Lasallian school in Canada began conducting classes on this day. The four Christian Brothers were Brothers Aidant, Adelbertus, Rombaud, and Euverte. Brother Angelus Gabriel (FSC), The Christian Brothers in the United States [...]
On the Lower East Side, Introducing La Salle Academy’s New President
The students that helped make the evening happen with Joan MacNaughton and Brother Thomas. (Photos by Tequila Minsky) from The Villager, by Tequila Minsky New York, NY - When Brother Thomas Casey first [...]
December 22 1937
1937: The Lincoln Tunnel (bw. Manhattan and Weehawken, NJ) opened to vehicles. However, our historical fact today regards not the Lincoln Tunnel, but rather the Queens-Midtown Tunnel, bw. Manhattan and Queens. Bro. Anthelm Patrick Martin [...]
December 21 1837
1837: The four Christian Brothers who pioneered the first Lasallian ministry in Canada enrolled 200 students for their school in Montreal on this day. Brother Angelus Gabriel (FSC), The Christian Brothers in the United States [...]
December 20 1920
1920: One of the most influential American Christian Brothers died on this date. Brother Maurelian founded Christian Brothers College (now University) in Memphis in 1871 and organized the acclaimed Christian Brothers' exhibits at the World's [...]
December 19 1984
1984: The Premier of Communist China and the British Prime Minister (Margaret Thatcher) signed the Joint Declaration to transfer Hong Kong from British rule back to China effective 1997. The Christian Brothers first came to [...]
Brothers Visit the Holy Land
Bethlehem - The Brothers spent ten days in the Holy Land from November 29th to December 9th. They stayed with the Brothers Community in Bethlehem and visited with the staff and the students. They [...]
Fielding myths and questions about consecrated life – Br. David Deradoorian for Horizon
Reprinted with permission from HORIZON: Journal of the National Religious Vocation Conference, www.nrvc.net. IN PREPARATION FOR MY SECOND YEAR of teaching, I hung up a metal street sign in my classroom. “God at Work,” it [...]
December 18 1845
1845: Brother Philippe (Superior General) wrote to Archbishop Eccleston of Baltimore to request that the Christian Brothers be allowed to open a novitiate in Baltimore for American candidates, rather than compelling them to make the [...]
December 17 1959
1959: Over 200 people attended La Salle College's Centenary (1863-1963) Fund Dinner in the campus ballroom. Among the speakers were Bro. Daniel Bernian (President) and Pennsylvania Governor David L. Lawrence. The purpose was to form [...]
December 16 1884
1884: The "World's Industrial and Cotton Centennial Exposition" opened in New Orleans. This event included, in its Educational Department, a grand arrray of works and exhibits produced by Lasallian students in the U.S. The exhibit [...]
December 15 1927
1927: Landry Memorial HS, a Lasallian ministry in Lake Charles (LA), had opened in September of that year but was dedicated on this date. Bro. Angelus Gabriel (FSC), The Christian Brothers in the United States [...]
December 14 1929
1929: With its 1865 charter, Rock Hill College (Ellicott City, MD) was a very early Lasallian ministry of higher education in the U.S. It burned and closed forever in 1923. That charter, however, was transferred [...]
December 13 1827
1827: This was the birthdate of Brother Francis (McMullen). Of the five young men who volunteered to venture to Montreal 1842 to be trained as the first American Lasallian vocations in the U.S., he was [...]
December 12 1928
1928: Groundbreaking was held for the new De La Salle College in Washington. Msgr. William Ryan, Rector of Catholic Univesity, was selected to turn the soil. De La Salle College gave hundreds of young Brothers [...]
Solving Puzzles
Ammendale, PA - Br. Ed Gallagher is solving puzzles? Recently, Ed received a St. John’s College High School puzzle as a gift from Mrs. Molly Williams in the admission’s office at St. John’s. Ed [...]
December 11 1899
1899: Disappointing news came out of Rome when the Sacred Congregation convened and turned down the American Brothers' appeal which would have allowed them to teach Latin and Greek in Lasallian institutions in the U.S. [...]
Brother Martin Zewe, FSC, Honored with SJCHS President’s Medal
From left: Bro. Martin Zewe, Don and Laura Harlan, SJC President Jeff Mancabelli, Alison Ochoa, daughter of Maj. Gen. Ronald Beckwith ’53, Kiko Washington ’76 and Joe Bruno ’67 Washington, DC - On [...]
December 10 1989
1989: A French Christian Brother noted for his prayerfulness and willingness to patiently shoulder "the daily grind," Brother Mutien Marie (1841-1917) of Belgium was declared a saint by Pope John Paul II. Brothers of the [...]