Past News Articles
November 11 1928
Election of Brother Adrien as Superior General of the Institute. He served in this post until 1934. Did you know that Bro. Adrien succeeded his own sibling (Bro. Allais-Charles; died 1928) as Superior General? Christian [...]
November 10 1900
A Gothic side altar honoring St. John Baptist de La Salle was erected within St. Patrick's Cathedral (New York) and was dedicated by Archbishop Corrigan on this day. Bro. Angelus Gabriel, The History of the [...]
November 9 1924
The cornerstone of the new La Salle Academy (Providence, RI) was laid and in the following year the structure was completed. Journey in Retrospect: A Century of Service, 1848-1948 (Brothers of the Christian Schools, New [...]
November 8 1887
The Golden (50th) anniversary of the Lasallian presence in Canada was held. The sole survivor of those four pioneers (Bro. Adelbertus) participated in the observance. Bro. Angelus Gabriel, The History of the Christian Brothers in [...]
Sunday Gospel Reflection (11/10/19)
Diane Bergant, CSA
Professor Emerita
Gospel - Luke 20:27-38 Some Sadducees, those who deny that there is a resurrection, came forward and put this question to Jesus, saying, "Teacher, Moses wrote for us, If someone's brother dies leaving a [...]
November 7 1837
The first four Christian Brothers on the North American continent, led by Brother Aidant, finally reached their destination of Montreal after an arduous trek from France. Their first school would open over a month later. [...]
Brother Dominic and the Tennis Club
Staten Island, NY - Br. Dominic Gisondo has been a member of the Westerleigh Tennis Club on Staten Island since 2004. He serves as the editor of the club newsletter as well as the [...]
November 6 2018
Today the Church marks the Optional Memorial of the Blessed Spanish Martyrs of the 20th Century. They gave their lives during the tumultuous Spanish Civil War (1936-1939) in Almeria, Valencia, Barcelona, Cartagena, Ciudad Real, Toledo, [...]
The International Lasallian Archivists Gathering Historic Success
The Inaugural meeting of ISLA, the International Society of Lasallian Archivists Rome, Italy - More than 30 Archivists from over 20 Districts of the Institute gathered at the Motherhouse in Rome to participate [...]
November 5 1945
Mrs. Louise (Drexel) Morrell, the sister of St. Katherine Drexel, died on this day. Mrs. Morrell was the guiding force behind Lasallian ministries at St. Francis Vocational School (Eddington, PA) for at-risk boys and at [...]
November 4 1959
Ground was broken on this day in Towson (MD) for the new campus of Calvert Hall College High School, which had outgrown its overcrowded building in downtown Baltimore. Calvert Hall (1845) is the oldest permanent [...]
Christian Brothers Debut New Video for National Vocation Awareness Week
Washington, DC - From November 3-9, the Church and Religious Orders are celebrating National Vocation Awareness Week. “An annual week-long celebration of the Catholic Church in the United States dedicated to promote vocations to the [...]
November 3 1837
The first four pioneering Brothers to venture to North America arrived in New York City after sailing over three weeks from France. From New York they travelled up the Hudson to Albany and to Troy, [...]
November 2 1870
The first 11 years in Santa Fe (St. Michael's College) proved extremely challenging to the pioneer Brothers there, and withdrawal was seriously considered. But Brother Botulph (Schneider) arrived from New York on this date with [...]
November 2019
It’s November, and most turkeys are running a little nervous! During their daily post-supper recreational walk, two of the novices at the Legacy Baltimore District Novitiate (Ammendale, MD) check out the poultry pens of the [...]
November 1 1959
Around Labor Day 1959, St. John's College High School finally opened its much-anticipated Military Road campus in Washington, after standing on Vermont Avenue (downtown) for eight decades. On this day, however, the building was officially [...]
Sunday Gospel (11/03/19)
Gospel - Luke 19:1-10 At that time, Jesus came to Jericho and intended to pass through the town. Now a man there named Zacchaeus, who was a chief tax collector and also a wealthy [...]
October 31 1937
La Salle College in Philadelphia kicked off its 75th anniversary (1863-1938) on this date (the Feast of Christ the King) with a Diamond Jubilee Mass celebrated by Cardinal Dennis Dougherty at the Cathedral of SS. [...]
How St. John Baptist de La Salle brought education to millions of poor kids like me
from America magazine, by Paul Mariani - September 13, 2019 Statue of De La Salle on Manhattan College campus. I am sitting in a small classroom in one of those World War II [...]
Chili Cook Off
Philadelphia, PA - Brother JD of Jeremy House, under the guidance of Brother Rafa, won the faculty Chili Cook-Off at LSCHS?
October 30 1936
Cardinal Eugenio Pacelli, three years away from being elected Pope Pius XII, visited Christian Brothers College in St. Louis (MO) and reviewed the Corps of Cadets there. Bulletin des Ecoles Chretiennes 25 (April 1937), pp. [...]
October 29 1967
Brother Benilde (1805-1862), a distinguished teacher in France, was declared a saint by Pope Paul VI. He was the first Brother of the Institute to canonized and became the second saint of the Institute, after [...]
Superior General Visit 2019
November 6 - 20, 2019During Brother Superior's Pastoral visit, he will be accompanied by RELAN General Councillor Brother Timothy Coldwell FSC and one of our Brothers Visitor while at many of the ministries of DENA.One [...]
October 28 1922
As Italy slipped into political chaos in the early 1920s, Benito Mussolini was invited to form a new government and thus became the youngest premier in Italian history. An eerie photograph of several Christian Brothers [...]
October 27 1859
71 days after leaving France, pioneering Christian Brothers arrived in the Santa Fe in the Territory of New Mexico. Their ministry evolved into St. Michael's High School and St. Michael's College, which eventually was renamed [...]