Past News Articles
November 2018
De La Salle Institute, engraved and hand‐tinted Postcard, ca. 1890. The De La Salle Institute was one of the preeminent New York City educational institutions. Situated in the former Charlier Institute on 59th Street from [...]
Advent Retreat 2018
Home Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Christmas Epiphany Calendar Letter Each Sunday Advent Reflection consists of: A three part retreat session Words of the Founder, Saint [...]
Prayer at West Catholic
Philadelphia, PA - West Catholic Preparatory High School marked the conclusion of the International Lasallian Days of Peace ten days ago with a video of a group of students and teachers praying the prayer together [...]
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. [...]
Central Catholic Hosts Second Vocation Summit
The young men gathered for the Vocation Summit ended the formal event with Mass in the Brothers' Community chapel on the Central Catholic campus. Pittsburgh, PA - On Thursday October 25, young men gathered [...]
Manhattan College to Host International Conference of the Refugee and Migrant Education Network
Riverdale, NY - Don't miss the upcoming international conference of the Refugee and Migrant Education (RME) Network, which will take place at Manhattan College, Riverdale, NY, November 15-17, 2018. Globally recognized practitioners and academics will present [...]
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. 204-207.
La Salle Uni. Alumni Association Honors La Salle Academy with Signum Fidei Medal & William Matthews, Esq., ’90 with Finley Award
La Salle Academy students Philadelphia, PA - The La Salle University Alumni Association will honor La Salle Academy and William Matthews III, Esq., ’90 on November 9 at the Association’s annual Awards [...]
Archivists from Region, Institute Gather
FRONT ROW: Bro. Hilaire Raharilalao (Archivist of the Brothers’ international HQ in Rome); Bro. Emmet Sinitiere (Archivist, Legacy New Orleans-Santa Fe District); Amy Surak (Archivist of Manhattan College and of the Legacy NY, LI-NE, [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Calvert Hall Students’ Real Life Job Experience In New Greenhouse
Originally from CBS News 13 - WJZ Baltimore, by Ron Matz “It allows our young men...to apply the things they’ve learned... in a real-life situation, and it gets dirt under their fingernails,” said Brother [...]
GoLocal Live Highlights San Miguel Providence
Providence, RI - San Miguel School Executive Director John Wolf appeared on GoLocal LIVE ahead of the school’s 25th Anniversary Gala at Rhodes-on-the-Pawtuxet on Friday. San Miguel School of Providence is a private, independent Lasallian middle school [...]
October 26 1861
The Pony Express, which began at its eastern terminus of St. Joseph (MO) in April 1860 and stretched westward to Sacramento (CA), announced the end of its existence on this date because the recently-completed transcontinental [...]
Sunday Gospel Reflection (10/28/18)
Gospel - Mark 10:46-52 As Jesus was leaving Jericho with his disciples and a sizable crowd, Bartimaeus, a blind man, the son of Timaeus, sat by the roadside begging. On hearing that it was Jesus [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
Senior Brothers’ Trip
Eatontown, NJ - Two dozen confreres participated in the Senior Brothers Trip last week. Special thanks to Brother Robert Hazard for creating the itinerary and tending to the details. Enjoyable experiences in Newport, RI and [...]
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.Information [...]
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 [...]
Sunday Gospel Reflection (10/21/18)
Gospel - Mark 10:35-45 James and John, the sons of Zebedee, came to Jesus and said to him, "Teacher, we want you to do for us whatever we ask of you." He replied, "What do [...]