Past News Articles
ESPN Mobile Unit Gives Manhattan Students a New Classroom
Riverdale, NY - Students in the Manhattan College sports media production program have a new classroom. A new ESPN mobile production unit arrived on campus on March 6 and will serve as a classroom for those [...]
Second Sunday of Lent (March 17, 2019)
Lent: Resources & Self-Guided Online Retreat Luke 9:28B-36 Jesus took Peter, John, and James and went up the mountain to pray. While he was praying his face changed in appearance and his clothing became [...]
Pray for the Victims of Christchurch New Zealand
As one Lasallian family, let us continue to pray for peace in our world, especially for the innocent victims of the violence the at al Noor and Linwood mosques, in Christchurch, New Zealand. We pray [...]
St. John’s Performing Arts at Disney World
Orlando, FL - Brother Mark Brown accompanied students associated with the Performing Arts Department of St. John’s College High School on their recent trip to Disney World. Four ensembles competed in Festival Disney and [...]
Community a Home that Reaches Beyond Borders
Bedford Park, NY - The Bedford Park community recently welcomed its third refugee in as many years. The community cooperates with the International Rescue Committee by giving temporary lodging to a refugee that the [...]
Christian Brothers Academy Celebrates Music Appreciation Week
Dewitt, NY - Christian Brothers Academy celebrated Music Appreciation Week Feb. 25-March 1. Each morning, members of the chorus, band and orchestra performed for students as they entered the building. There was also a [...]
Lasallian Association of Secondary School Chief Administrators
Houston, TX - A keynote speaker at the recent regional conference of the Lasallian Association of Secondary School Chief Administrators (LASSCA) was Brother Robert Schaefer. Happy to have some time in the States, he [...]
Brother Leads Lenten Faith Night for Parents
Washington, DC - Br. Paul Avvento led a Lenten Adult Faith Night at St. John’s College High School on Tuesday, March 5, 2019. This was held the evening before Ash Wednesday and a wonderful [...]
Brother Paul Avvento Presented at Young Adult Lenten Retreat Day
provided by Br. Edward Shields, FSC Br. Paul Avvento, FSC Tarrytown, NY - On Saturday, March 16, Brother Paul Avvento, FSC, shared his vocation experience with young adults, 18 to 35, as part [...]
First Sunday of Lent (March 10, 2019)
Luke 4:1-13 Filled with the Holy Spirit, Jesus returned from the Jordan and was led by the Spirit into the desert for forty days, to be tempted by the devil. He ate nothing during those [...]
March 2019
March 15 brings the infamous Ides of March and the death of Julius Caesar. This 1992 photo from the Calvert Hall yearbook (Towson) featured the Latin Club moderated by Brother Larry Shine. (1992 Cardinal and [...]
Sunday Gospel Reflection (03/03/19)
Brother Richard Galvin, F.S.C.
Auxiliary Visitor
Gospel - Luke 6:39-45 Jesus began speaking in the synagogue, saying: Jesus told his disciples a parable, "Can a blind person guide a blind person? Will not both fall into a pit? No disciple [...]
February 28 1912
One of the most influential American Christian Brothers, Brother Justin (McMahon), died on this day. He became the first Visitor of the San Francisco District in 1868 and guided the expansion of the Institute in [...]
Lenten Prayer Pilgrimage
Return to Lent main page Tuesdays during Lent (starting March 12th) 7:30 - 8 PM (EDT) Zoom Web Conferencing Pope Francis has declared 2019 a Jubilee Year in honor of Saint John Baptist de [...]
Ash Wednesday (March 6, 2019)
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. When you give [...]
Lenten Message 2019
Return to Lent main page Dear Brothers and Lasallians, I made it! Some days I can share the news with the Brothers in my community that I reached my daily goal of walking [...]
Senior Brothers Get Away Weekend
Long Branch, NJ - Earlier this month, twenty of our confreres enjoyed the Senior Brothers Get Away Weekend at Ocean Place in Long Branch, NJ. The weather was beautiful and the Brothers reported it [...]
February 27 1862
Today is the Feast Day of St. Gabriel Possenti. Young Francis Possenti was a student of the De La Salle Brothers' school in Spoleto, Italy, before he joined the Passionist order in 1856 with the [...]
February 26 1999
This was a big day at St.Gabriel's Hall, near Philadelphia. A special prayer service and reception were held, attended by the Superior General during his pastoral visit to the U.S., to celebrate the Feast Day [...]
Brothers in Initial Formation Weekend Hosted in DENA
RELAN's Brothers in Initial Formation Ocean City, NJ - The Lasallian Region of North America's (RELAN) fourteen Brothers in Initial Formation gathered at Ocean Rest for their winter retreat during the long President's [...]
February 25 1878
Four Christian Brothers, led by Bro. Jubinus, set out from Bayonne, France, to establish the first permanent Lasallian foundation in Spain, in Madrid.Battersby, W. J. [FSC], History of the Institute of the Brothers of the [...]
February 24 1688
De La Salle and two Brothers arrived in Paris. This was the first expansion of the Institute outside of the Lasallian schools in the Rheims area. The first Lasallian ministry in Paris was the school [...]
February 23 1455 (estimated dates)
Johannes Gutenberg printed his first Bible. La Salle magazine has periodically published articles featuring La Salle Univerity's Art Museum and its impressive Susan Deleavy Collection of Biblical Literature.https://www.onthisday.com/day/february/23 See also La Salle magazine (notably issues [...]
February 22 1880
The new structure on Vermont Avenue intended for St. John's Institute (later chartered as St. John's College) was ready for occupancy--appropriately, on Washington's Birthday.Bro. Angelus Gabriel, The Christian Brothers in the United States 1848-1948: A [...]
Sunday Gospel Reflection (02/24/19)
Mr. Steve Sheridan
St. John’s College HS Religion Teacher
Gospel - Luke 6:27-38 Jesus said to his disciples: “To you who hear I say, love your enemies, do good to those who hate you, bless those who curse you, pray for those who [...]