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    St. John Baptist de La Salle was a French priest born in 1651 who founded the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. As a priest, he was disturbed by the lack of education available to poor children and worked to establish schools run by lay teachers to provide them a free education. He trained the lay teachers himself and formed a community of brothers to staff the schools. As founder and superior of the order, he pioneered new approaches to teacher training and education for all children. He died in 1719 and was later canonized as a saint and named the patron of Christian teachers.

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    St. John Baptist de La Salle was a French priest born in 1651 who founded the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. As a priest, he was disturbed by the lack of education available to poor children and worked to establish schools run by lay teachers to provide them a free education. He trained the lay teachers himself and formed a community of brothers to staff the schools. As founder and superior of the order, he pioneered new approaches to teacher training and education for all children. He died in 1719 and was later canonized as a saint and named the patron of Christian teachers.

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    St.

    John Baptist de La Salle


    Founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, Patron of
    Christian Teachers
    Life of
    St. John Baptist
    De La Salle
    Risk-Taker
    Decision Maker
    Servant-Leader
    Humble Servant
    Educator
    OBJECTIVES

    At the end of this module, you will

    1. Identify key events in the life of St. John

    2. Create meaning on the significant events in


    the life of St. John with one’s own key events
    “Let us remember that
    we are in the Holy
    Presence of God”
    - St. John Baptist de La Salle
    FAMILY

    Eldest son of a
    wealthy couple

    Noble family in
    France
    Birthdate: April 30, 1651
    Birthplace: Rheims, France

    Old Place New Place:


    Hotel De La Salle
    Destined for the Church
    Born into an influential family

    Highest university honours

    Entered the Seminary of St.


    Sulpice Seminary, Paris at age
    nineteen

    Likely to reach a high status in the


    Church.
    Family Man
    Became Legal Guardian
    of his 6 brothers and sisters

    His mother died at age 20

    His father died at age 21


    A Scholar: 1678
    Ordained a priest at age 27

    2 years later, he obtained a Doctorate in


    Theology

    On his way home to the cathedral each


    day, would see poor children who had
    no hope of anything better

    Met a layman friend, Adrian Nyel

    Became involved with teachers,


    students, school and condition of
    poverty
    La Salle as a Teacher
    Teacher Training Center
    Students are grouped
    according to ability
    Taught good manners and
    practical subjects in their
    own language – a BIG
    difference to normal schools
    at the time!
    Risk-Taker
    Devoted his talents to
    open schools for poor
    children

    Abandoned his family,


    canonry and wealth

    Established a community
    of brothers
    Risk-taker
    Resisted ecclesiastical
    authorities

    Formed a community who


    offered free education for all

    • Children
    • Delinquents
    • Working Young Men
    Servant-Leader
    Taught in own
    language

    Trained Lay Teachers

    Superior of the
    Brothers
    Humble-Servant
    Went into Solitude at
    Parmenie in 1712-14

    Serious attack of Rheumatism


    Period of self-doubt

    Received letter from the


    Brothers to return – when he
    got back, said "Here I am.
    What do you want me to do?"
    Parmenie, France
    Last Days
    Died at St. Yon near
    Rouen

    April 7, 1719 on
    Good Friday

    Age 68
    Achiever: Christian Educator

    Pioneered in training college teachers


    Reform schools for delinquents
    Technical schools
    Secondary schools for modern languages, arts and
    sciences
    Educational Institutions spread across the globe –
    now 73000 Lasallian workers
    Life of St. John Baptist De La Salle
    Born at Rheims, France on
    April 30,1651
    Ordained Priest on April 9, 1678
    Died on April 7, 1719
    Canonized as Saint on May 24, 1900
    Patron of Christian Teachers on
    May 15, 1950 by Pope Pius XII

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