Although another source states it was Sept. 8, it would appear that September 15 is the more reliable date to ascribe for the opening of classes at Cathedral Parish School in Baltimore–the forerunner of today’s Calvert Hall. This was the first permanent Lasallian ministry in the United States.
Bro. Angelus Gabriel (FSC), The Christian Brothers in the United States 1848-1948: A Century of Catholic Education (New York: Declan McMullen, 1948), p. 79.
