Four pioneering Christian Brothers launched the first Lasallian school in New York City–St. Vincent’s Parish School on Canal Street on Manhattan. 96 pupils, both English- and French-speaking, attended classes that day.
Bro. Angelus Gabriel (FSC), The Christian Brothers in the United States 1848-1948: A Century of Catholic Education (New York: Declan McMullen, 1948), pp. 116-117.
