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Lasallian educational institutions [1] are educational institutions affiliated with the De La Salle Brothers, a Catholic religious teaching order founded by French priest Saint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle, who was canonized in 1900 and proclaimed by Pope Pius XII as patron saint of all teachers of youth on May 15, 1950. [2]
The Lasallian educational tradition as expressed and lived at De La Salle College is an extension of the apostolic mission of the Catholic Church. As part of one of the largest educational networks in the world, the Lasallian mission can be found in over 110 schools and ministries just in the United States and Canada.
In the United States and Canada, the De La Salle Christian Brothers and Lasallian Partners serve more than 100,000 people through a network of seven colleges/universities, 51 secondary schools (four are Cristo Rey), and 21 middle and elementary schools (11 are San Miguel).
There are seven colleges and universities within the Lasallian Region of North America (RELAN), which includes Bethlehem University located in Palestine, the first Catholic university in the Holy Land.
Catholic schools exist to promote the Gospel, communicate Christ and help to form Christ in the lives of students. As such, Catholic schools help Catholic families and other people of faith to the discovery of life’s meaning and elicit new hopes today and in the future.
We Are. The Lasallian mission is present in 79 countries around the world, with approximately 3,100 De La Salle Christian Brothers (Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools) and 104,600 Lasallian Partners serving one million young people in about 1,100 educational ministries.
History of La Salle. Founded in 1863, during the Civil War, the history of La Salle is interwoven with the history of the City of Philadelphia. La Salle’s rich past revolves in many ways around the story of the immigrant Catholic community that helped transform the United States.
