Past News Articles
October 26 1960
The Brothers Visitor of the USA districts of the Christian Brothers filed their incorporation papers in the State of New Mexico as "Christian Brothers Major Superiors," also known as "Christian Brothers Conference." This legal incorporation [...]
28 Attend First Vocation Summit of Year at St. Joe’s
Buffalo, NY - The first Vocation Summit in DENA for this academic year, took place on October 24 at St. Joseph's Collegiate Institute in Buffalo, NY. Twenty-eight students in grades 9-12 from Pittsburgh Central [...]
October 25 1881
Archbishop Joseph Alemany of San Francisco praised California's Lasallian ministries in a letter to Brother Justin (McMahon) on this date: "St. Mary's College as well as the other schools under the Brothers here give me [...]
Christian Brothers Academy Announces New President
L to R: Matthew Keough, Brother Joseph, John O'Connor Dewitt, NY – Christian Brothers Academy recently announced the appointment of Matthew Keough who will succeed Brother Joseph Jozwiak, FSC, as President of [...]
Sunday Gospel (10/27/19)
Gospel - Luke 18:9-14 Jesus addressed this parable to those who were convinced of their own righteousness and despised everyone else. "Two people went up to the temple area to pray; one was a [...]
October 24 1964
The 18th Summer Olympic Games in Tokyo ended with its closing ceremonies. During these games, gold medals for the eight-oared rowing competition were won by the U.S. Two members of that team were students at [...]
DENA Joins Prayers for Hope DACA
Defend DACA #DACAHOPE #DENASolidarity Join with others on November 12 to #DefendDACA. With the fate of DACA now in the hands of the Supreme Court, hundreds of thousands of people could lose their homes, [...]
Marauder Fan
Buffalo, NY - Yes, once a Marauder fan, always a Marauder fan! When the opportunity presents itself, Br. Peter Henderson can be found on the balcony of the Brothers' House in Buffalo cheering for [...]
October 23 1888
St. John's Indian School opened near Gray Horse (OK); the Sisters of St. Francis conducted this ministry for Native American boys of the Osage tribe. Christian Brothers from the Legacy St. Louis District eventually replaced [...]
October 22 1940
Bishop Thomas Boland, just recently consecrated as the new Auxiliary Bishop of Newark, returned to his alma mater at St. John's Parish School, a Lasallian school in Orange (NJ), to celebrate a Pontifical High Mass [...]
October 21 1984
St. Miguel Febres Cordero, an exemplary Christian Brother educator from Ecuador, was canonized a saint. His name is honored by the network of Miguel Schools in the U.S., and his Feast Day is February 9. [...]
October 20 2001
As a major component of its 150th anniversary (1851-2001), St. John's College High School in Washington, D.C., held its "Anniversary Gala" (reception, dinner and dancing) at the Marriott Wardman Park Hotel in the Nation's Capital. [...]
October 19 2014
Pope Francis beatified (declared "Blessed") Pope Paul VI who guided the Church from 1963 until 1978. Before he became Pope with the name of Paul VI, Archbishop Giovanni Montini became an Affiliated (Honorary) Member of [...]
St. Peter’s Hall of Fame
Staten Island, NY - The newly established St. Peter’s Boys High School Hall of Fame’s Inaugural Induction Celebration staged at the Hilton Garden Inn, saw hundreds of alumni and friends gather at the Bloomfield [...]
October 18 2015
Louis and Marie Zelie Martin were canonized (declared saints) on this day. Mr. and Mrs. Martin were the parents of St. Therese of Lisieux. It is likely that Mr. Martin, as a boy, was taught [...]
Sunday Gospel Reflection (10/20/19)
Brother Michael Moore, O.M.I
Gospel - Luke18:1-8 Jesus told his disciples a parable about the necessity for them to pray always without becoming weary. He said, "There was a judge in a certain town who neither feared God [...]
October 17 1911
America's greatest Catholic churchman of this time period, Cardinal James Gibbons of Baltimore, became an Honorary Christian Brother: "Brother Justin, who has been staying here, today at Baltimore presented his Eminence Jas. Card. Gibbon [sic] [...]
Calvert Hall Featured on Midday Maryland
Baltimore, MD - As the Lasallian Community at Calvert Hall college high school celebrates its 175th anniversary, the school is getting a lot of press. Calvert Hall was recently featured on Midday Maryland. We [...]
El Paso Bishop Seitz Calls for a Stop to Hate and Violence
On October 13, 2019, Bishop Mark J. Seitz of the Diocese of El Paso released a pastoral letter titled Night Will Be No More. The letter responds to racism, xenophobia, hatred, and white supremacy [...]
October 16 1980
"Brothers in Concert," an event featuring the dual piano and singing talents of Brothers Laurence Walther and Vincent Malham, was presented at the Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C. This benefit performance, repeated in other U.S. [...]
CBA Sophomore Raises Nearly $50,000 for Teen at St. Margaret’s Center
Albany, NY — A sophomore at Christian Brothers Academy gained recognition after raising money to help a teen with disabilities at St. Margaret’s Center. Gabriel Donovan is like most teens except he was born [...]
October 15 1995
Calvert Hall College High School celebrated its own observance of 150 years of educational excellence (1845-1995) with a Mass of Thanksgiving at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Baltimore. Cardinal William Keeler served as [...]
LSU Jubilee Celebration Brings #300LaSalle to Campus
Philadelphia, PA - Tuesday, October 8 marked the Jubilee Symposium, a day of events at La Salle University based around the theme, “Engaging an Uncomfortable World: Lasallian Universities as Communities of Transformation” as [...]
October 14 1848
The Christian Brothers took charge of the boys' department of St. John's Parish School in Orange (NJ). The Brothers departed this school with the opening of the new Hudson Catholic HS in Jersey City in [...]
October 13, 1848
The Brothers' Superior General in France wrote a letter of encouragement on this date to Brother John Chrysostom (Barat), the first American Brother to receive the Robe in the U.S. (not Montreal): "It is indeed [...]