What is the Story Behind the Name

DE LA SALLE

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 Jean-Baptiste de La Salle

Monsieur de La Salle

Canon de La Salle
Père de La Salle

Saint Jean-Baptiste de La Salle

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 Titles accorded to
De la Salle

-  the “Father of Modern Pedagogy”

-  A “Saint”

-  Patron Saint of Chris6an Teachers

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 SW#1
BINGGO
Father s Mother s name Number of Birth place
Birth date
name siblings

age 11- 1st step age 15/16-the Age20- events that

age 7- His dream His age when he
to priesthood title he received changed his life Was ordained
priest

At age 30 the decision he

His Spiritual Director The man he helped to made that caused an at age 40 the vow
who introduced him toestablished the 1 school
st

for the boys uproar to the he made

the academe family

.His statement at his

One crises Significant event
Meaning of FSC deathbed which is the Significant event
experienced by the summary of his life of at the
at the Parminie
institution faith and zeal Rouen

Title given to him Title given for doing

Date of his death His last words Feast Day for creating a ordinary things extra
better school ordinarily well

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 Father s s name Number
MotherFamily Background of Birth place
Birth date
name siblings

age 11- 1st step age 15/16-the Age20- events that

age 7- His dream His age when he
to priesthood title he received changed his life Was ordained
Dreams/ambi6ons priest

At age 30 the decision he

His Spiritual Director The man he helped to made that caused an At age 40- the
who introduced him toestablished the 1 school
st
uproar to the vow he made
the academe for the boys Encounter/response/vow
family

.His statement at his

One crisis Significant event
Meaning of FSC deathbed which is the Significant event
experienced by the summary of his life of at the
atCrises
the Parminie
institution faith and zeal Rouen

Title given to him Title given for doing

Date of his death His last words Feast Day for creating a ordinary things extra
ordinarily well
Legacy better school
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Birth date and
Birth place

ON : APRIL 30, 1651

IN: REIMS, FRANCE

Almost all economies, are based on agriculture, so

when crops failed that year the result is
widespread famine (starvation) followed by
epidemics.

• recovering from religious war

There was a big gap between the rich and poor , with
certain areas enjoying so much wealth, while others
languished.

• poor are very poor

Rich are very Rich

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REIMS, FRANCE
• cathedrals

Known for:

• clothing, • wine
ANCESTRY

De La Salle family does not belong to the His mother came from a noble family who ran a
Nobility class but rather to the (upper successful winery business. His mother, Nicolle,
middle class) who traced their ancestry to is a relative of Claude Moet who is the founder
Menault De La Salle, a cloth merchant in of one of the world’s largest expansive champagne
the late 15th century. producer, Moet & Chandon.

https://thirtysomethingsdotblog.wordpress.com/2017/06/22/st-john-baptist-de-la-salle-a-true-innovator/

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 17th Century France
THE SOCIO-POLICAL CONTEXT
Social Classes
A social order based on their acknowledge rights rather than work.
1. Clergy
2. Nobility
3. Third Class: Middle Class
a. (Upper Middle Class) – Professionals
b. Artisans (Craftsmen: Lower Middle
Class ) – Skilled
4. Peasants
5. Poor
6. Beggars, Vagabonds

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 •  His parents were people of standing, his
father holding a judicial post (a
magistrate at the provincial court of Father
Rheims) (Judge of the Court of Appeals)
Louis De La Salle

Her family was famous throughout the

Champagne region for both their vineyards
( owner of a vineyard and Moet Champagne
which is sHll in existence today Mother:

(Daughter of a nobleman Jean Moet, Seigneur de Brouillet)

Nicole Moet de Brouillet was known for her deep and genuine piety, Nicole Moet de Brouillet
and one biographer of De La Salle aHributes to her the deep sense of
the presence of God that was to become such an important part of De
la Salle's spiritual vision.

https://www.genealogieonline.nl/en/stamboom-de-
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 Nicole gave up her right to nobility by marrying Louis De La
Salle, a man outside of her class.

She married for love rather than for position or wealth and
security, which was the norm at that time.

It is little wonder that De La Salle gave up his wealth to pursue

higher ideals, though the wonderful example set by his mother.

Nicolle Moët de Brouillet, a woman of great influence on a

young John.

https://www.lasallianfoundation.org/ways-to-help/moet-club

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Married at the age of seventeen
(dlsl 25), she bore eleven children
during twenty years of married life.
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THE BROTHERS & SISTERS OF JOHN BAPTIST
DE LA SALLE
SIBLINGS (10)
Brothers: (4)
Jacques Joseph
Jean Louis entered priesthood
Pierre – became a lawyer
Jean Remy – joined the army, had a wife but became
mentally ill and died at a mental institution
Sisters: (2)
Marie – married Jean Maillefer
Rose-Marie – entered the convent in Rheims at 16 years
old but died suddenly at the age of 25
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 Complete dedication to what he saw as God’s will
for him dominated the life of John Baptist de la
Salle.
  https://www.franciscanmedia.org/saint-john-baptisaint-de-la-salle/

to be a priest
Age 7

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Chasing his dream….

At the age of 10 years old,
answered the
Divine call and Tonsure: rite of admission to the clerical state by the
was admiKed clipping or shaving of a portion of the head
into the ranks of the clergy.
He received the tonsure

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 A few years later, in 1661,
Canon Dozet resigned his canonry in
favor of his young cousin.

https://www.lasallian.info/wp-content/uploads/2012/12/Meditations-2007.pdf

AGE 19
(age 16) LEFT HOME
-H e w a s FOR SEMINARY
ma d e a
canon o Later he was sent to the
Rheims f the
Cathedr seminary of St. Sulpice
al to complete his studies

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 At age 19,
De La Salle studied at the Sorbonne
while residing at the Seminary of
St. Sulpice in Paris.

St. Sulpice was notable for a rigorous lifestyle and

intended to produce priests capable of self-sacrifice and
self-discipline.

Mindful of the needs of the poor,

a regular task of the seminarians was
to teach catechism to the poor.

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 he was compelled to return
to Reims 16 months later

upon the
death of his parents

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Two Great Tragedies (age 20)
•  Mother s death – 36 yrs old
(July 20, 1671)
•  Nine months later
•  Father s death - 47 yrs old
(April 9, 1672)
•  Left the seminary
•  Legal guardian of property and family
•  The 21-year-old seminarian became head of the
•  household, with four brothers and two sisters to take care of.

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 Because of his love for his vocation to the
Priesthood DLS followed the advice of his
Spiritual Director - Fr. Nicolas Roland, by
enrolling immediately at the University of Reims,
taking the evening courses in theology to
complete the courses he took in Paris.

Fr. Nicolas Roland

Spiritual Director

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 A dream came true… Nicholas Roland

§ April 9, 1678 Holy Saturday

He was ordained priest by the
archbishop of Rheims (age
26-27)

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At the age of 28 John Baptist De La Salle was
settling gradually into the routine and the
lifestyle of a pious and zealous but rather
comfortable and respected young priest. He
was just ordained as a priest a year earlier.

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A man so gifted and so positioned
might well become an important
member of the Church hierarchy or a
distinguished professor.
-St JBDLS Magazine
destined to be…
Experts say that he was destined to be a
bishop, archbishop, cardinal, or even a Pope
someday because of his Family Connections
and Education.

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 Eighteen days aRer DLS ordinaHon, his spiritual
director Nicolas Roland died
(April 27, 1678).

Just before that, Roland made DLS the executors

of his will. This means that DLS has to take care of
the Sisters of the Child Jesus to be his spiritual
father and to help them get their legal status as a
Nicholas Roland
Religious, teaching poor girls from King Louis XIV.

DLS was not yet 27 years old when Roland died
and faced these tremendous responsibili6es.

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 However God has other plan…

It all started when he met Mr. Adrian Nyel

"God, who directs all things with wisdom and

moderation,

and who does not force the will of men,

wishing to have me completely occupied with the care

of the schools,

involved me unexpectedly and in a short time,

so that one commitment led to another without my

being aware of it."
— De La Salle

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Establishment of
the first school ( AGE 28)

Adrien Nyel – enterprising

school teacher sent by a
philanthropist to open a
school
- sought the
help of help of John Baptist
De La Salle
- first school
for boys was opened in April
15, 1679

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 The Teachers
§ Inexperienced
In addition to helping the
Brothers where he § Poor and hungry
could, even doing § By standers
classroom teaching at
the school in Grenoble, § Drunkards
he spent a good deal of § LiKle opportunity for
personal time in retreat advancement in studies
at monasteries
The Students
•  Poor boys
•  Street children
•  Child laborers
•  Undisciplined
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In 1681, De La Salle
realized that he would have to
take a further step—he brought
the teachers into his own home

to live with him.

De La Salle’s
relatives were upset, his
social class was
scandalized, and
they thought he was
carrying the Gospel a bit
too fAR

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 So, in 1683,

he resigned his position of canon

at the cathedral and, in the winter

In 1683-84,

he gave away all that he had

to feed the poor during a particularly
severe famine in France.

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 Winter of 1683-1684:
JBDLS used the bulk of his family
inheritance to feed the poor. He gave
away his entire fortune and kept just
enough not to be burden on the Brothers
when it came to his priestly
responsibilities. Thus he quickly and
irrevocably joined his Brothers in real
poverty. Now, they would all be fully
dependent on God alone.

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 May 28, 1684 - John Baptist De La
Salle and twelve others made their first
solemn vow of obedience.

With this vow came the title Brothers of the

Christian School (FSC) a distinctive habit was
approved,

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•  As the institute grew, string of crises went along with it, (41 yrs old)

•  Brothers are either sick, dying or were leaving (disillusioned)

•  Some parish priest wanted to control the brothers

•  The Writing Masters( a group of teachers who ran schools for fee)
accused De la salle that his free schools had some students who could
afford to pay, thus should not be there

•  Financial problem

•  one of his most trusted disciples, Nicolas Vuyart, deceitfully deserted

him

To reveal the real beauty

of a diamond it has to be
polished by fire…with fire….

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 HEROIC VOW
(40yrs old)
November 21, 1691
vow of AssociaHon:
promised Gabriel
Drolin
to live together
and maintain
their schools even as
Nicol t
r
Vuya
if they have to beg and "
live on
bread alone
§ ,
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 religious habits
The habit-taking ceremonies, also called robing
ceremonies,

"they wear the habit that is

proper to them as a sign of their
consecration and as a witness to poverty,”- the Rule.
a white collar or
bib ("rabat"),

a white collar or bib ("rabat"), In the time of

SJBDLS it was commonly worn by ecclesiastics and
by many other people, including the laity (lawyers,
for example).

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He will continue to do all
for the love of God PARMINIE
PARMINIE

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 Throughout Rouen, and
soon throughout the Society, word
spread that “the Saint is dead.

At four o’clock in the morning on

Good Friday 7, 1719, De La Salle made
an effort to rise from his bed as if to greet
someone, then joined his hands, raised
his eyes to heaven, and died.

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 Last Days

•  Died at St. Yon near Rouen

•  April 7, 1719 on Good Friday

•  Age 67

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 I adore in all things the

will of God in my regard.

St. John Baptist De La

Salle last words

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 Reflection #1
Complete dedication to one’s calling by God, whatever it may be, is a rare quality.

Jesus asks us to “love the Lord your God with all your heart, with all your soul, with all your mind,
and with all your strength” (Mark 12:30b, emphasis added).

Paul gives similar advice: “Whatever you do, do from the heart…” (Colossians 3:23).

Reflection:
Write a statement which will manifest the summary of your relationship with your God so far. And,
in not more than five sentences, explain its meaning .
“I adore in all things the will of God in my regard.”
Saint John Baptist de La Salle

FAITH
STATEMENT

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