Life of St. John de La Salle
Rachel Cruz
EDM535M
Assignment 1 : Reflection on the life of Saint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle
I enrolled in this class, Lasallian Philosophy on Education I had no idea who St. La Salle was. Reading about him amazes me, his involvement in education was almost by accident, without ever consciously setting out to do so. He lived in a time when society was characterized by great disparity between the rich and the poor. Jean Baptiste de la Salle believed that education gave hope and opportunity for people to lead better lives of dignity and freedom. St. Jean Baptiste de la Salle came from a rich family, highly educated yet when he saw the plight of the poor he was greatly moved into the calling God vested upon him. “At that time, most children had little hope for the future. Moved by the plight of the poor who seemed so "far from salvation" either in this world or the next, he determined to put his own talents and advanced education at the service of the children "often left to themselves and badly brought up". (The Work Is Yours: The Life of Saint Jean Baptist de La Salle, Christian Brothers Publications, 1989)
He was led to his life's work through small steps as he responded in faith to the various situations that he was presented with. “What began as a charitable effort to help Adrian Nyel establish a school for the poor in De La Salle's home town gradually became his life's work. With De La Salle's help, a school was soon opened. Shortly thereafter, a wealthy woman in Rheims told Nyel that she also would endow a school, but only if Monsieur La Salle would help.” ("John Baptist de La Salle: His Life and Times", Signs of Faith, Winter 2000, De La Salle Institute)
That was the start of his calling, as if he just stumbled into it, to rising to the need to train the teachers from his home to eventually establishing the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. I would love to run my school like St. Jean Baptiste de la Salle, man who serves
EDM535M
Assignment 1 : Reflection on the life of Saint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle
I enrolled in this class, Lasallian Philosophy on Education I had no idea who St. La Salle was. Reading about him amazes me, his involvement in education was almost by accident, without ever consciously setting out to do so. He lived in a time when society was characterized by great disparity between the rich and the poor. Jean Baptiste de la Salle believed that education gave hope and opportunity for people to lead better lives of dignity and freedom. St. Jean Baptiste de la Salle came from a rich family, highly educated yet when he saw the plight of the poor he was greatly moved into the calling God vested upon him. “At that time, most children had little hope for the future. Moved by the plight of the poor who seemed so "far from salvation" either in this world or the next, he determined to put his own talents and advanced education at the service of the children "often left to themselves and badly brought up". (The Work Is Yours: The Life of Saint Jean Baptist de La Salle, Christian Brothers Publications, 1989)
He was led to his life's work through small steps as he responded in faith to the various situations that he was presented with. “What began as a charitable effort to help Adrian Nyel establish a school for the poor in De La Salle's home town gradually became his life's work. With De La Salle's help, a school was soon opened. Shortly thereafter, a wealthy woman in Rheims told Nyel that she also would endow a school, but only if Monsieur La Salle would help.” ("John Baptist de La Salle: His Life and Times", Signs of Faith, Winter 2000, De La Salle Institute)
That was the start of his calling, as if he just stumbled into it, to rising to the need to train the teachers from his home to eventually establishing the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools. I would love to run my school like St. Jean Baptiste de la Salle, man who serves