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- Jean-Baptiste had the best education available at a time when most in France lived in turmoil and extreme poverty. Instead of pursuing a career in law as what was expected of him, he decided to pursue the priesthood. At the age of 26, he was ordained to the priesthood by the Archbishop of Reims.
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La Salle thereby began a new religious institute, the first one with no priests whatsoever among its members: the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, [5] also known as De La Salle Brothers in Europe Australasia and Asia, and the Christian Brothers in the United States.
St. Jean-Baptiste de La Salle was a French educator and the founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools (sometimes called the de La Salle Brothers or the Christian Brothers), the first Roman Catholic congregation of male nonclerics devoted solely to schools, learning, and teaching.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
He was the eldest son of wealthy parents. At the age of eleven, La Salle was committed becoming a priest. At the age of sixteen, he was named Canon of Reims Cathedral. At the age of eighteen, he received a master's degree in classical literature and arts, as well as philosophy.
The brothers lived in common but did not pursue ordination to the priesthood. Instead, they devoted themselves exclusively to the education of poor young boys. To better assist the brothers, Father de La Salle began to write and organize so as to form the brothers in the art of education.
Jun 26, 2020 · Jean-Baptiste had the best education available at a time when most in France lived in turmoil and extreme poverty. Instead of pursuing a career in law as what was expected of him, he decided to pursue the priesthood. At the age of 26, he was ordained to the priesthood by the Archbishop of Reims.
But it was especially as a priest that John Baptist de la Salle loved his vocation as an educator. Like St. Ignatius Loyola, he taught letters that he might have the right to teach Christian doctrine.
Born at Reims of a noble family, de la Salle was early destined for the Church. He was tonsured at eleven years of age and became a canon of Reims at sixteen. Three years later he went to study at Saint-Sulpice and was ordained priest in 1678.
